It’s been a few days since I’ve updated this corner of the interwebs! I took some time off in January to get back into school mode and one weekend turned into another and now I’m staring February right in its happy-hearted face. So what’s been going on? I’ve got a few drafts in the draft …
Real Life
This is the first day of Christmas Vacation for this exhausted teacher. I’ve been fighting off whatever the students had, which is a combo of the plague, flu, and some unnamed “virus” that causes respiratory misery and coughing. Since I wasn’t running any fever and I’m pretty much used to feeling like warmed over garbage, …
It’s been a rough few weeks with back-to-back sinus infections and strep throat. It seems as soon as I recover from one, I’m back to the doctor for something else. The big difference this year is Stephen is matching me step for step. He is NEVER sick. He had the flu about 4 or 5 …
It’s a cold, windy day and I had errands to run in Birmingham. I’m fighting off a vicious sinus infection and my fridge and freezer are empty. I needed to stock up on basic vegetables from Trader Joes, some paleo staples from Whole Foods, and a big restock at Penzeys. I didn’t want to be …
While I love the cooler air and the crisp wind in my face, I do NOT love the coughing and snorting and feeling like warmed over garbage. That’s a brief picture of what winter illness feels like for me. When the body aches start and the swimming head kick in, I just want to crawl …
Thanksgiving Day is usually a road trip and Gumbo. I wouldn’t have it any other way. My sister usually has a big dinner with her husband’s family and then they drive to MS to Mom and Dad’s house. I usually do something with Stephen’s part of the family but this year, we celebrated early. So, …
Who’s ready for a round of “what’s going on in your life?”?? After a night of restful, non-coughing, blissful REM sleep waiting for the Lord to take me home otherwise, I was going to stab my lungs with my broken rib, I decided to check out the property. We’ve had over 100 loads of dirt …
Every year, I wait patiently for the first signs of the holiday season. No, it’s not the July Hobby Lobby Christmas take over. That’s way too early. And hot. Starbucks caused some misplaced controversy last year with their “plain” red cup. The Christians got all hissy because they took it as a “war on Christmas”. …
(Motivation to survive the rest of the week. This full moon business has created a state of lunacy at school. Those looking for workout motivation, you’re on your own. I’m working out my face muscles and sleeping muscles.) Anyway, this post is WAY overdue. If you’re curious in any way about the Longest Story Of …
It’s time for an update on the RV~House building. Let’s refresh. September 2015. We bought the land. A few acres, woods on all sides, out in the country. March 2016. Our house sold in 2 hours. We moved into an RV on the property. Right next to a huge shop that Stephen built. The shop …
In the last couple of posts, I’ve detailed this 3-part perfect storm of my blog. It has been quite a ride, but with fantastic support from WP Site Care, I am thrilled with the results. From ditching Bluehost and changing my theme, we are now brought to this tale of deceit and scandal. Treachery. Utter …
The first installment in this giant stack of insanity included my move from Bluehost to SiteGround. This long story continues with needing to make some changes to my blog theme—the stuff that makes it look like it does. The nuts and bolts of the visual parts of a blog are the first thing people see …
Once upon a time, I was happily working on blog post when I got this email from my hosting server (Bluehost). Your web hosting account for katrina-runs.com has been deactivated, as of 09/12/2016. (reason: terms of service violation – malware/virus) This deactivation was due to a Terms of Service violation associated with your account. …
Is it fall yet? My mug says it is. This was a very long week at work. Wild kids, apple-tasting frenzys, school dances, and between all that, we are trying to teach them to count and read. Fun stuff, but stressful. After work yesterday, it was time for my post-Friday reluctance. Bag o’ meds. This …
Fall race training is off to a good start. I have been doing a mix of morning and late afternoon running at the park and at the trails. I have a couple of fall races with Rock ‘n’ Roll coming up and I hope to go back to my old stomping grounds with some local …
The days are getting shorter and this is a common site from my ridge. Alabama is still ignoring the pleas of all the basic girls around the world. Football is about the only thing I’m crossing off my fall bucket list. That and of course, the first sip of PSL. I managed to get mine …
working some fat off! This is me in my school group picture. I cried when I saw it and immediately made a copy, cut out the kids, and kept this in my planner for “inspiration”, I guess you could say. I wasn’t ready to do anything about it then. I was still struggling daily, hourly, …
Now that I live closer to the local park, I am trying to work in my morning running. I was little worried that I might be alone out here at daylight, but I was one of about 8 people taking trips around the track. There is a quiet solitude about running at dark. I actually …
We’ve all heard of the usual things regarding working out in the summer. No-brainers like drink water, dress for the heat, etc. This list is not that different except this is my brutally honest advice. Expert level: Absolut… 1. Just don’t do it. Stay inside between 10am and midnight. In fact…just stay inside during …
Here is what we started with. The shop is huge, but so is all our stuff. All the furniture is here and everything else we own. Over the next week, we hope to organize it and get a small sitting area ready next to the fridge, washer dryer, large sink for washing dishes. Here …