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Are you hiking with your eyes open or closed?

April 12, 2023 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I’ve spent a lot of my life just trying to survive and not really enjoying much of anything. There have been so many times my only goal was to just make it until bedtime. Just get the kids to bed and then try to stay awake for at least a little while to be conscious […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned Tagged With: being present, hiking, practicing gratitude

Hiking in Connecticut — Steep Rock Preserve

September 22, 2020 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

The weather here in Connecticut officially feels like fall. The leaves are beginning to show the first signs of turning colors, and the temperatures are perfect for hiking. Last weekend I took the kids to Steep Rock Preserve in Washington, CT. We had never been there before, and I’m still kind of new to hiking, […]

Filed Under: Life at My House, Self Care, Travel Tagged With: hiking, hiking in CT, hiking trails in CT, kid friendly hiking trails in CT, Steep Rock Preserve

If You Are Looking For A Fun (And 100% FREE) Spring Break Activity For Your Kids, Read This!

April 8, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

We did something awesome today! If you follow NYAM on Facebook, you may have seen my post a couple days ago asking readers to share some of their stay-at-home-for-spring-break-plans. I thought it would be fun to compile a list of activities and ideas for those of us who aren’t off to Disney or somewhere tropical. […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Life at My House, Moneysavers, Parenting Tagged With: adventure, facebook, geocache, geocaching, hike, hiking, nature center, zones

I live in the Land Of The Free, and that’s the way I’m going to parent.

July 4, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

This morning I went for a run. And being the 4th of July, Independence Day, I was thinking about this holiday. I was thinking about how one of the greatest things about this country is that we have freedom. And then as I was runningĀ I started thinking about how, in this country where we have […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: 4th of July, attendance, bikini, cell phone, defensive, family, freedom, hiking, hot dog, independence day, neighbor, politician, school, suburban, teachers, ticks

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