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My husband and I have been married for 7 years.  We dated for three years before we got married.  We each owned one stationary bike that we brought with us when we got married causing various people to wonder if we race each other on our stationary bikes in the basement.
My husband loved his stationary […]

This past week I’ve read numerous posts describing bloggers’ feelings on fall.  Personally, I love it.  I love the cool crisp air.  I love wearing jeans and a fleece.  I love being able to run outside and not worry about the dreaded Runner’s Gut.  However, there are a couple of drawbacks.  The first is that […]

This little voice inside my head wakes me up almost every morning and I would like it to stop talking to me. I’ve heard that 95 percent of what we worry about never comes to pass. So why do we worry? Why do we put thoughts of negativity into our heads? They drive me crazy!
So, […]

I’m not a doctor, nor do I carry any professional credentials, not the slightest. However, I am a stay-at-home, full-time, primary caregiver to two children. As such, I’ve developed certain techniques that work for me. I thought I’d share one; maybe you’ll find it useful. If not, hey, maybe it didn’t take that long to […]

I am pleased to report that the hydration pack was a success.  Yes, my husband would probably say it was also successful in making me look like a dork, and yes, he’s probably right.  I think though he might be a little biased due to the fact that I filled the “bladder,” yeah it does […]

I’ve written boatloads about various fruity ideas for the past 3 weeks, today I want to finish the series by discussing some ways to preserve summer vegetables.
Common ways to preserve veggies are canning and freezing. Drying is also a good method; however I have no experience with drying foods so I will leave that […]

Today I was going to write about either a far too short long weekend or about kids consuming social media. But Lucy has been sick and so, instead, I’m talking about customer service skills.
On Monday night, Lucy and I visited our local Emergency Room. She’d been vomiting all afternoon and had begun melting […]

Yesterday the woman sitting next to me in spinning was surprised to find out I have two little kids. I like to think that it’s because of my fabulous in-shape body. I’m totally kidding; I’m still working on getting rid of my no longer-pregnant-by-a-long shot belly. I was surprised though that she […]