It's Friday! Fr-Fr-Fr-Friday! And Friday the 13th to boot! Yes, Friday the 13th is my lucky day, so I'm looking forward to an awesome day. Of course, the fact that I leave on vacation with Beer Geek while my parents man the fort might have something to do with how awesome I feel. Either that or the lack of sleep. So here are some fun, random things for this Friday. It's our 21st anniversary today! Finally, our marriage is legal to have a beer. Still, I can't believe that we've been married 21 years. I'm pretty sure I'm only 25. (Do not remind me of the wrinkles and the grey streaks in my hair thankyouverymuch.) I was going to give you some thoughts on marriage, but I fell asleep. That's what 21 years of marriage does for you. I … [Read more...]
How marriage is like fitness
20 year ago, I made a decision that changed my life path: I made a random stop by the fraternity house where many of my college friends had belonged. I had heard a rumor that some alums were there hanging out for the evening. Beer Geek was one of those alums. 1 year later, I married him. 19 years of marriage later, I know I made the right decision. In many ways, keeping a healthy marriage is much like keeping a healthy lifestyle. So, here are 5 tips for maintaining a healthy marriage as well as a healthy lifestyle. 1. Don't compare. Your marriage, just like your fitness, is yours alone. Don't compare other couples public behavior to your day to day marriage. Same thing with running - you don't know where they … [Read more...]
How to live with a Crossfit spouse (guest post)
Today, I'm handing over the controls to a new friend from Elf for Health. She's going to share her expertise about something I know nothing about: living with a crossfit aficionado. Enjoy! (And stop on by Pavement and Pixie Dust to hear me share my expertise... on beer and fitness.) Hi,Becki from Pavement and Pixie Dust here. I’m fairly new to the run blogging community and I’m excited to be participating in the Elf4Health blog swap. Thanks to Erika for hosting my blog and make sure to check out her post over at my spot (rkjalernpan.blogspot.com) I am good at a lot of things. But when it comes to being an expert, I really had to stop and think. The first few things that came to mind were eating dessert for breakfast, talking to my … [Read more...]
16 years and counting!!!
16 years ago, I married my best friend. 16 years later, he's still my favorite person to drink a beer with. We have a lovely relationship where he drags me places for weird geographical stuff and I drag him places so I can race. Along the way, we drink at every brewpub and brewery that we can manage to visit. (Yes, my kids have been on enough brewery tours to GIVE a brewery tour LOL!) 16 years (17 years since our first date on Friday the 13th) later, you're still the one! In totally unrelated administrative news: I nearly went batshit crazy without blogger the last two days. Apologies to all my Facebook and Twitter friends. I also didn't have access to my treadmill and Beer Geek was out of town. Yeah, it wasn't pretty up … [Read more...]
2000-2009: the roller coaster years
I've noticed a lot of people writing not just Year in Review posts, but Decade in Review posts, so I think I'll bore you all with separate Decade in Review, Year in Review, and What's up for 2010 posts. Why be succinct when you don't have to? LOLWhile I'm in a pretty good place now, this was a bit of a rough decade for me. I spent the first half trying to get pregnant/trying to stay pregnant/surviving an infant who woke every two hours until he was two and only slept a bit better after that/struggling with postpartum depression/trying to survive a second pregnancy while handling a child who was a REALLY difficult three year old. Along the way, I also got my "dream" job only to discover my boss was not as family friendly as she professed … [Read more...]
Mostly Wordless Wednesday: 14 years!
15 years ago, Beer Geek and I went out on our first "date" (if you can all it a date since we went out drinking with our usual drinking companions LOL) 14 years ago, we had lovely wedding in Nebraska, followed by a huge reception in July in Virginia, and a wonderful honeymoon in August in Alaska. I highly recommend an entire summer of "wedding". LOL (Apologies for the poor picture quality. Beer Geek has an awesome scanner, but I don't even know how to turn it on, so I took pictures of our pictures.) Engagement picture - don't we look young? The only professional picture from the wedding The wedding in Nebraska Here we are "today" (it's a year or so old, but it's the most current picture I could find of just the two of … [Read more...]
