~ insomnia? Nope. Coma sleeping. I was out and didn’t move until 6. ~ Frankie is about to lose his end-of-bed sleeping privileges. ~ Biggest Loser just makes me sad this season. ~ What to do with leftover figs? They are coming close to resembling the nasty squishy toe jam (literally) bombs I remember from …
Real Life
Apparently over the course of two weeks during a drought. Before After And we have vegetables running everywhere!! And sunflowers While I enjoyed trying different cafes, pubs, and restaurants, I was ready to return to cooking my own food. Even in places that have a great selection of whole real food, sodium is often excessive. …
I’m excited about this smoothie because it will numb my throat. That’s all. Normally, I would feel good about all the healthy junk in it and the wheatgrass miracle powder, but I just want the throat pain gone and this purple baby will do it for me. Now to the rattling thoughts in my head …
~ The ark has arrived! I swam to CrossFit today. ~ I’m starving and miss my oatmeal. ~ I’m freezing and need my jacket. ~ How much longer until Spring Break?? ~ Why am I craving Turkey and cranberries? ~ Guess I’ll have this instead. ~ Happy Wednesday!
~ I hate waking up at 2am with that “i’m going to throw up” feeling. I knew those enchiladas last night had a weird taste to them. Darn it. La Fiesta is more like La Turn Your Stomach Lining Inside Out-a. Definitely not a party. ~ I can’t find any diet ginger ale :’( ~ …
Today’s randomness ~ when did 35* become “kinda warm”? ~ I’ve come a long way if running out of almond butter puts me in a grinchy mood ~ Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for $4.35 a gallon? Because it would be A LOT CHEAPER!!!!! Good grief, I’m going broke on …
~ Today is National Chocolate Brownie Day!!! ~ New School lunch bill passed. Good news is better food for kids at school. So-so news is school fundraisers may now be severely limited. I know first hand how much we depend on these fundraisers. I’ll be racking up on the cheese popcorn next time a Boy …
~ Are milk and cookies a good choice of breakfast? ~ Children’s letters to Santa…parents, be careful what you say to your kids. They WILL repeat you word for word! ~ Family psychos. You have to laugh and hope that particular branch is far away from yours. ~ Christmas season is flying by too fast!! …
This will be a Thanksgiving I will never forget. I’ll let the pictures speak.. First Dinner-The home of one of my favorite sisters’ (in law). Dixie knows how to enjoy some peanut butter! And the toys behind her belong to my 1 year old nephew who was busy socializing with the family. We used the …
~ So freakin’ giddy right now. Christmas lights a blazin’, watching Grinch, eating oatmeal, and making a target list. ~ Speaking of target, this commercial CRACKS ME UP! That’s me right now. Without the freaky grin. ~ Brag time: since cutting sugar, my glucose levels are slowly coming down. So is my weight. ~ Did …
~ sleeping in is NOT overrated. I should do this more often. ~ Stephen brought me hot mocha in my new Grinch mug. 🙂 He’s a keeper. ~ Blogging via crackberry while in a huge bubble bath is actually fun. ~ I want a hula hoop. ~ I don’t get the Justin Beiber craze. ~ …
~ I’m positive today is Friday. ~ Bright flowers on a chilly morning. ~ Hot oatmeal makes it perfect. ~ If I’m not any better by the end of the day, back to the ol’ sawbones I go. ~ 2 weeks of zero crossfit. My arms are noodles again. ~ The Target commercials about Black …
~ coffee….you are so good to me. ~ yes my socks light up. don’t hate. ~ I hate bailing on CrossFit. ~ I hate throwing up even more ~ is it wrong to drink my pre-workout protein shake even though I didn’t work out? ~ fog is beautiful ~ so is this. A student asked …
~~Yep, my house is a plethora of red and green. It looks like Santa and the Grinch went off to have little Polar Expresses. (shudder). But having all my lights on and listening to some Kenny G made me feel better. ~~ Don’t ask me how many times I’ve watched the full length Grinch movie. …
~ What is this wet stuff falling from the sky? ~ I still hold out hope for Nick and Jessica. Just like Bo and Hope from Days of our Lives..meant to be. ~ I woke up thinking about lines from Dumb and Dumber..why?? ~ Mom, did you ever think your firstborn would love oatmeal so …
I have been running since February 2005. My first run was early in the morning on a very cold track around a local park. I weighed a lot more than I do now, but I wasn’t running to lose weight. I was running because I couldn’t sleep and couldn’t stop the bad dreams that I …
It’s here alive and well, I promise. Being sick has put running on the back burner, but I plan to get in my morning workout and run tomorrow. I’m not sure how fall racing will play out. I still have my eye on some trail races in October and November but for once, I’m just …
It’s been a long day already. State testing started today and although my kids do not take the tests, we have to be extgremely quiet and reserved and hold the bathroom breaks to near emergencies only. I had a little guy get sick and never in all my 11 years of teaching have I had …
First—6.5 miles on the trails!! This is the first time the weather has cooperated in 3 months. I live in Alabama, and it’s rarely this cold and wet for so long. The trail was really worn out from all the ice and melting ice. But, with half marathon training underway, I needed a place to …
I love this place. To me, it’s like my candy store without the candy..well….sort of. Anyway, I treated myself to a trip to Birmingham so I could indulge in some pre-Christmas shopping. I drooled. I really did. It really is a place full of overpriced crap, but I love this overpriced crap. Check out …