August 2012

August NatureBox Review + Recipe

August 31, 2012

I was so excited to get home from vacation and find my NatureBox waiting for me.  I love getting things in the mail and I love snacks, so NatureBox is a win/win for me. How do you eat your NatureBox?  One entire item at a time or do you open everything and try it first? [...]

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Tired, Sore, and Thirsty Thursday

August 30, 2012

I know that all sounds so negative, but really the only negative is the tired. 1.  I’m a night owl.  I’ve struggled my whole life to get myself to bed at a reasonable hour.  Jones is a night owl as well and I’m battling the same issues with him.  We’ve managed to get into a [...]

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The best laid plans…

August 29, 2012

The plan: Take the kids to camp and then hit the gym for 30 minutes of elliptical and lower body weights. The reality:  I could not find parking anywhere near the gym.  It’s attached to a middle school, so I think there must have been some sort of back to school thing going on.  I [...]

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Checking my ego at the door

August 28, 2012

As a runner, do you find yourself defining yourself by your speed?  Do you describe yourself (out loud or even in your own head) as a “fast runner” or a “slow runner” or a “back of the packer”?  Do you have certain expectations of what you can do at certain distances, ie. I run a [...]

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Yoohoo! Wagon! Over here!

August 27, 2012

Virginia has a law about kids starting school before Labor Day, so my kids technically have one more week of summer.  However, this morning, they start a full day Martial Arts camp.  (Why, yes, I am nervous about Shoo learning how to fight with swords…) So, today our lives return to a schedule.  I tend [...]

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Photo Friday and the Naturebox Winner

August 24, 2012

Today we leave to go back to Virginia. While I’m looking forward to seeing Beer Geek and being back in my own bed, leaving Wisconsin is always bittersweet. I am super lucky to have a wonderful relationship with my parents. (How many people can live at home for 2.5 weeks every summer and still be [...]

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Accidental speedwork and “Thirsty Thursday”

August 23, 2012

Yesterday I planned to run when I woke up, but I had a raging headache that was likely a result of dehydration.  I ended up spending most of the morning working on my computer and drinking glass after glass of nuun.  When I finally changed out of my pajamas (at a time later than I’m [...]

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Reason #8,344,000 why I workout

August 22, 2012

Yesterday we took the boys to an indoor waterpark.  You know, one of those ones with multi-story slides, lazy rivers, and a huge hot tub.  (Thank goodness for the hot tub – one of the reasons I don’t like swimming is I get cold easily.) Two of the slides had the option of riding a [...]

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Where my Merrells have taken me…

August 21, 2012

I love shoes.  (Yes, I realize that it’s amusing that I run minimalist and that I spend most of my time barefoot and still have a huge collection of shoes.)  When I’m packing for a trip, I have a really hard time only taking a few pairs of shoes.  Sometimes I have to though (like [...]

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State #21: Iowa – Will run for Watermelon

August 20, 2012

One of these days I’ll check the race description/elevation chart BEFORE I sign up. I’m beginning to feel like I’m not on just a 50 states quest, but rather a quest to find all the hills along the way. The Good: Muscatine, Iowa is a really cool small town.  The boys got to play at [...]

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