One of the things I feel super passionate about is exercise. I don’t view exercise solely as a means to lose weight. It can definitely help in that department, but for me, exercise is the foundation for pretty much everything. For me, exercise is an antidepressant. I have been Zoloft/Celexa/Lexapro/Everything Else free since exercise became […]
Archives for April 2017
Have You Become A “No Monster”?
How many times do you think you say NO to your kids every day? Five times? Twenty times? A hundred times? I bet if I kept track, it would be in the triple digits. Easily. Sometimes I say no to them before they can even finish a complete sentence. I’ve been thinking about this a lot. […]
What I Learned Over Spring Break
Last week was our spring break. It was the first spring break in about five years that we haven’t had major money problems. Where we weren’t in danger of losing our house, where the Man from CL&P wasn’t coming to knock on our door on an almost monthly basis, where we weren’t on food stamps, […]
Seven Things You Can Do To Make Your Morning Routine Run More Smoothly
Last week the kids were off from school for spring break, and then yesterday was Easter. We had a great “staycation” full of mini adventures. The first five days of break we went geocaching, visited The Elephant’s Trunk Flea Market, went to a local creamery for ice cream, went to the beach, and went to […]
Someone Told Me It’s All Happening At The Zoo And Whoever That Person Is Should Never Be Listened To Again. Ever.
Two years ago I took the kids to the Bronx Zoo for the first time. I took them on a Wednesday, which (unbeknownst to me at the time) is the free day, and the whole entire world goes then, and the trip didn’t exactly go as planned. It took me a while to build up […]
Easy Scavenger Hunt For Kids With A Twist!
On day three of spring break we had a dentist appointment, I had some stuff do to at home, and I had to teach some swim lessons later in the afternoon, so we didn’t have time for a full-on adventure. But it was super nice out, so I decided to do a scavenger hunt at home with […]