I woke up really early because I had two things to accomplish: Escape Wal-Mart with all my appendages in place and get to the Farmer’s Market before it got too hot to enjoy living. Normally, getting to Wal-Mart before 10 am…

Today is it. The last weekday of summer break. I’ll be busy this weekend doing my usual school year stuff like laundry, meal prep, grocery shopping, more laundry, getting my long run scheduled, and some yoga, if I’m lucky and awake…

This post is sponsored by FitFluential LLC on behalf of the The Cherry Marketing Institute. Over the past few days, I’ve mentioned my participation in the 7-Day Tart Cherry Juice Challenge, but I have not explained the finer details of this…

  But give me about a week and then this will happen. Again.   Happy Almost Friday.

Can you believe this??!! On my neck of the ridge, it was lighter than this and I took advantage of it and went for a slow run around the neighborhood. It was too beautiful to sit in the house. I actually…

I thought I would have a full day in my classroom this morning. But after some late-night text and facebook messages, I had to be at a meeting at 7AM! Breakfast on the road. I knew from previous years that the…

I have made Brussels sprouts with bacon several times and I love the combination of the two together. I was getting a little bored with this dish and wanted to find a way to make them a little more flavorful and…

It’s that time of year again. I’ll admit, I am looking forward to getting back to a regular school/work routine with meal prep weekends, race training weekends, football weekends, and well…weekends! This week, It’s a mish-mash of what I have left…

I LOVE Saturdays! Knowing this was the last real Saturday before I go back to work, I reverted back to my school-year routine. Up early, make breakfast that doesn’t involve a smoothie or warmed up quiche, Farmer’s market, Target, Grocery store,…

This is basically a big chain of random stuff from the past 3 days. After returning from Montgomery, I crammed a lot of resting and coughing in between working in the classroom, salsa-making, and eating ALL THE THINGS. I did get…