Outside my window…it’s freezing! time to take the air conditioner out of the window and think about where i put all of my long sleeved things… I am thinking…that today will be our Sabbath. perfect timing with sick kids and a momma who refuses to get sick. I am thankful for…my amazing parents…and forty years. […]

Outside my window…clouds and the threat of rain…and cooler temps. it’s fall! I am thinking…about how quickly time passes. how short life is. I am thankful for…being dearly loved. I am wearing…white hoodie, black flannel jammie pants with snowflakes. I am remembering…my fourth graders at CLC. I am hearing…Hillsong Live “Our God is Love.” over […]

I haven’t been posting about my workouts/health/nutrition lately. There might be a reason. There’s usually a reason I don’t post about things. Most of the time it has to do with discouragement or crisis or frustration or something of that sort. Yeah. I’m there. I’m loving my workouts, really. I have to say that. I […]

So this weekend, there’s this wedding. I’m coordinating it. It is making me laugh. And cry. And scream a little bit. It’s funny how when you watch a wedding from the pews and think about how beautiful everything is and how wonderful the celebration is and how beautiful everyone looks and how wonderful the bride […]

I got a call this morning from my Momma…I almost always love calls from my Momma…it’s just the nature of who she is and who we are. This morning’s call…I could have lived without. When we moved away from Rochester 13 years ago, I gladly came “home.” Though I had never lived in the town, […]

I took my kids fishing today. Alone. I’ve never been fishing alone in my life. I have always relied upon the expertise of my father or whatever other man was there to tell me what lure to use, how to bait the hook, how to cast the line, how to get the hook out of […]

Have you seen the show on…I don’t even know what channel it’s on…Nick?…Destroy Build Destroy? I mean, I don’t really blame you if you haven’t. It’s irritatingly tween-ish. My son totally loves it. Because seriously. They BLOW STUFF UP. And swim in gunk. And walk on quicksand. And cool boy stuff like that. The thing […]

Day 10: One-On-One Fountain of Youth Yoga, Calories burned: 105, average heartrate 87 Day 11: Gameday, Calories burned: 450, average heartrate 135 Gameday is a great workout, although long at 60 minutes. It hits several different sports: track and field, soccer, football, wrestling, speed skating, swimming, baseball, rock climbing. There’s tons of variety, so you’re […]

OK. Here’s the Asylum Check-In:Day 5: RestDay 6: Speed and Agility, Calories burned: forgot the hrmDay 7: Strength, Calories burned: forgot the hrm…Day 8: Back to Core, Calories burned: 250. average heartrate: 126Day 9: Vertical Plyo, Calories burned: not sure…last time was 300…forgot to put my monitor on. I should really do that. I’m going […]

And this is how I feel about Insanity the Asylum, Vertical Plyo: http://www.youtube.com/get_player I went through this workout seriously feeling like I had never done anything like it before…and I definitely have…just not quite this psycho. I did have fair warning. Oh. And the hair/lack of makeup/serious sweatiness…yeah. That’s what I look like at 7:14 […]