Giving New Meaning to Parenting

I’ve been working out early in the morning for over a year now. When I actually stop and think about it, it still amazes me. I have never been a morning person. When the night begins to fall, my energy begins to bubble up and I get a second wind. However, [...]

One of the things I had to convince myself when I first went back to working out after having kids is that I didn’t need a expensive new wardrobe.  No, I’m not a shopaholic, but rather was using it as an excuse for why I just wasn’t quite ready to go back to the gym.  [...]

We’re acquainted with the family of my daughter’s 3-year old friend, Lily; we’d probably be better friends but both her parents work, and I’m a stay-at-home dad. Mysteriously, the schedules of two-parent-working families and those of at-home-parent families rarely coincide.
So I was excited last week when Lily’s mom told me that she was going to [...]

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 [...]

One thing I of course love about working out is how much better I feel and look. I enjoy being able to get smaller clothes. Who am I kidding? I love being able to get smaller clothes! No matter how much I exercise, chasing my kids around the playground will always wipe [...]

I fell into spinning by accident.
The first day of Pilates class, I went to drop my younger son (YS) off at childwatch after dropping my older son off at preschool. Unfortunately, I wasn’t the first to finish the trip. Hordes of preschool parents had also been counting down the days for school to [...]

This past weekend was a big deal to me. On previous Mother’s Days, (alright, there have only been 3 of them since my oldest is only 4), I’ve enjoyed sleeping in until roughly 10 am and having breakfast in bed. This year I was up before 6 am. By 10 am, I [...]

One of the things I have noticed about people who work out is we tend to operate at extremes. Some people join a gym and then aren’t able to make it or, in my case previously, could make it but much prefer to sit on the couch with their precious free time. Other [...]