Let’s acknowledge upfront that this post is a generalization and that husbands and dads who help out and contribute to all the extra stuff that accompanies the holidays do exist. That being said, it’s safe to say that many women carry the burden of the holiday responsibilities. The cooking, the shopping, the surprising, the creating. […]
Mental Health
Taking Ownership Of The Holidays
Halloween is over and we are officially at the beginning of the holiday season. Well, in my mind we are. I kind of look at it like this photo a friend shared on his Facebook timeline: As soon as Halloween is over, I go into Christmas mode. Well, I guess that’s not totally true. I […]
A Really Nice Saturday
After a bunch of gross, rainy days, the weather in CT today was beautiful. It was 34° (F) when I woke up. Perfect running weather. I went for a (not fast) run. I love going for a run first thing on the weekends because the roads are so quiet. Then we headed to Wickam Park […]
Making Time And Decluttering My Brain
One of the things I work a lot on with the members of Not Your Average Fitness Course is using time effectively and finding time in the day to exercise (because lack of time is one of the biggest reasons women give for not making exercise a part of their routine). Recently I have been […]
Monday Is The New Sunday
Now that it’s October we have entered swim meet season which means that 1-2 weekends per month will be spent at the pool. Number 6 also started wrestling this year, and he will have wrestling meets — do they call them meets? or are they matches? — on the weekends starting in a month or […]
Clean Sheet Night
Back when I lived in Pennsylvania I had a friend who was also a teacher and she was about 10 years older than me. We were at a party or something and we were talking and I remember her telling me that she had a rule about no sex on clean sheet night. Meaning the […]