A couple weeks ago I put a question up on the Not Your Average Mom Facebook page asking readers to share their favorite Christmas books to read with the kids. There were so many great suggestions — we haven’t read most of them! I’m really looking forward to reading these this year. So I thought […]
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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 […]
The Maintain Through The Holidays Challenge
You know what totally sucks? Really looking forward to the holidays for the whole month of November and then waking up on January 1st realizing that your family had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas season but you didn’t really get to enjoy any of it. You know what sucks even more? All that stuff I […]
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 […]
You Are One Decision Away From Everything
Today was one of those days where nothing went the way I thought it was going to go when the day began. When I first started writing this post I listed all the things that went much differently than I had originally anticipated. But it was boring and confusing, and really the details aren’t all […]
My Baby Is Not Such A Baby Anymore
Number 7 turned eight years old on Saturday. She asked for: cake ice cream seaweed (the kind you eat) Nutri grain bars a Lego set a watch a scooter with nothing girly on it and a dog She got a cake (decorated by Number 4) and ice cream, seaweed and Nutri grain bars (she tried […]