It’s the last day of 2013. I did a lot of things I never thought I would do this year. I lost 40 pounds. I ran a half marathon. I completed the NYC Triathlon. I completed my first marathon. The NYC Marathon!!! I raised over $8000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I started a […]
Archives for December 2013
Let’s all live our best lives!
When I was in second grade, I remember helping a girl in my class with a math problem. She looked at me and she said, “You’re a really good teacher!” That was, and still is, one of the best feelings I’ve ever had in my whole life. I’ve always liked helping other people. Teaching other […]
Family game night always looks like so much fun…when it’s someone ELSE’S family.
About 2 months ago, I started Operation Organization. It was initiated for several reasons. A combination of several major stressful events occurring simultaneously had me feeling seriously out-of-control. I was wasting tremendous amounts of time looking for things that would have been easily located if the house was picked up. And I wanted a place […]
Back to basics.
I got an iPad about a week ago. I still don’t really know what I’m doing with it. But I love it. In fact, I’m kind of wondering how on Earth I survived without it. A friend of mine gave me an old Leap Pad that her son had outgrown back in October. I saved […]
Just call me Dopey.
There are plenty of advantages to having older brothers and sisters. But there are also some disadvantages. Mainly in the vocabulary department. When you are 2 or 3 and you have a big brother or sister, you learn some words you wouldn’t learn until much later. You know, when you started going to school. And riding […]
The Twelve Days of Christmas
I’ve been working pretty hard on several aspects of myself over the course of the past few years. I’ve worked on my mind, my body, my children, my house. I have made a lot of healthy changes. But there’s one area that still needs attention. My marriage. It almost always comes last. I am fully […]