Another year, another Black Friday. My family has been doing this for many years, long before it became such a national news maker. In fact, we now celebrate our family Thanksgiving on the Saturday after the actual day. My sister and…

To all my family, friends, readers, and recipe searchers: Thank you. Thank you for allowing me to use this little corner of the bloggosphere to ramble about my passions, struggles, fears, and accomplishments with running, CrossFit, cooking, photography, teaching, and LIFE!…

  Here comes the HOLI-CRAZY! We are on the fast track to the last few days of the year and leading up to the big Christmas and New Year’s Eve parties. Food everywhere. Clothes that are getting a little snug with…

This week is the start to a very busy holiday season that is fast approaching! It is also the start of those great ideas “When I decide to __________ in January……” We all get to that point in the fall when…

Earlier this week, I talked a little about roasting vegetables for a quick way to get a wide variety of vegetables in my meals. One of my favorite vegetables for the oven is broccoli. Roasting brings out a unique sweet flavor…

Tonight, we returned to  All Fired Up to continue one of our big traditions of making/painting ornaments. I’m sure I’ve told this, but I’ll tell a quick version. Our first Christmas came 4 months after our wedding and during that time,…

  It’s time to turn the ovens back on again. If you live north of the Mason-Dixon line, this may seem like a strange statement. If you live in the South, you know where I’m coming from. In the hottest parts…

Mind is blown. Did everybody in the world know this except me???   As for other news, it’s cold. I’m not acclimated to it yet. Therefore I’m freezing. Oh and today is “Hat day” at school. I’m wearing my Warrior Dash…

Happy Thanksgiving week! I can’t believe this week is almost here. I keep thinking that I have all this time to get ready for the holiday season. Hold on to your oven mitts, the season is already here, kicked back on…

With winter waiting around the corner, even for Alabama, race training is at a standstill since I’m fighting off strep throat, sinus infection and now bronchitis. Since I refuse to give into lack-of-training depression, I might as well mention a few…