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Remember the last time you moved into a new place?  You spend weeks packing things in every spare moment.  You change your address everywhere you can.  Then you pick up everything and move it to the new place.  Then you begin unpacking.  You might find that a few things got broken or that the movers…

It’s cold and gray here today and one kid is sick and crabby.  So, I’m ignoring everyone and answering the questions I got asked as part of the 11 random things.  Maybe I’ll get motivated to run later (or maybe I’ll run to get away from the crabby kid…) From Larissa of Larissa Milano Fitness…

In November, Samantha of Running and Cupcakes challenged everyone to do 30 minutes of exercise for 60 days in a row.  I wasn’t sure how I felt about the challenge because I’m a big believer in rest days, but I figured I’d give it a try. And I succeeded!  Most days I did more than…

I was tagged by several people for this — Raul, EMZ, Larissa and Antonetta.  (If anyone else tagged me, let me know LOL) Here are the rules: 1. Post these rules 2. You must post 11 random things about yourself 3. Answer the questions set for you in their post 4. Create 11 new questions…

Please excuse the dust, I’m still working on my “punch list”.  ;o) If you are coming over here from my old blog, I’d love feedback on what you love and don’t about my new site. If you are new and have just stumbled upon the new version of my blog, pull up a chair, get…

1.  Yesterday was my third time taking the jivamukti yoga class.  I find this class both extremely challenging physically and incredibly mentally freeing at the same time.  My arms were trembling by the end of the class from the poses.  I’m mildly sore at this point, but thinking that more will hit soon.  But what…

We all get comfortable in our own little worlds.  We have a certain way of starting our days, certain restaurants we go to most often, heck, even a certain way we do laundry.  I’m not generally a “scheduled” person, but I’m finding more and more that I follow the same routine day in and day…

I recently had the opportunity to try out some Tommie Copper compression products.  They let me choose what to try and I opted for the calf sleeves and the ankle sleeves, based mainly on the injuries I was recovering from at the time. Tommie Copper  products provide not only compression, but they also contain copper…

I set myself up for failure today.  I know what I need to do to get myself to work out and I pretty much did the exact opposite today. I got up and showered.I put on real clothes.And makeup.We went out to lunch at Mad Fox.I drank almost no water.I had a beer with lunch….

1.  Since I only had a short run on the calendar yesterday, I focused on dealing with one of the major hotspots in my house.  Our house was built in the 1930s and has VERY little closet space or climate controlled storage space.  We have a weird little alcove in our master bedroom where I…

It’s OMG! beautiful here today!  Beer Geek went for a nice long bike ride while the kids rode their bikes near the house while I raked leaves.  Then I headed out for one last run in 2011. 4 miles in 39:45.  Not fast, but I love that my “easy” pace is back down to around…

2011 had its ups and downs, especially when it came to running, but all in all it was a good year. January In January, we had an a snowstorm and the boys were finally old enough to really play outside for hours.  Doesn’t hurt that VA is not usually terribly cold.  I started a 5k…