It’s only Wednesday and this week has felt a bit frantic. I don’t like that word, but I keep using it for some reason. I’m so busy with work and daily parenting that I can’t even make dentist and eye doctor appointments. I’ve rescheduled my hair appointment three times. The gray is getting very pronounced. […]
6 Tips for Running in the Cold
I am from the mountains of Western North Carolina and have run several races in very cold weather. The temperatures are bitterly cold around here so in an effort not to hurt myself or become defeated, I researched the best ways to run in the cold. Follow these 6 research-based tips to keep your […]
Friday 5: Birthdays and Sunsets
Happy Friday, everyone! Whew, this week has flown by. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to relax some over the weekend and reboot. I hope you’ve had a good week. Below I offer five thoughts and photos from mine. Like I’ve said before, this is a fun activity to do even if you […]
Quiet after the storm
After four months of emotion, activity and a lot of change, I sit here in the quiet of my room with only the ceiling fan and the clicking of these keys offering background noise. And I must stay, it’s quite nice. Last September I started a new job. I’d been working from home for four […]
Nine & Six
My two boys were born one day apart. Three years and one day to be exact. Brooks turned nine yesterday, and today Case turns six today. Their birth stories are so clear and special in my mind, as they probably are for every mother. It’s hard to believe all these years have already flown by. […]
Support Local Schools with Box Tops for Education #EarnWithBoxTops #Ad
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. As always, all opinions are 100% mine. #EarnWithBoxTops #CollectiveBias #Ad I’ve served on the PTA at my boys’ elementary school for the past several years. Even though I’m now working full-time outside of the home, I still participate in PTA. I love being […]
Mommy & Me: Welcome to the Wilderness
It’s been a while since I’ve written a ‘Mommy & Me’ post. I need to write these more often. They highlight those intimate moments or experiences shared with my two sweet boys. They both have birthdays this weekend. Brooks turns 9 on Friday and Case turns 6 on Saturday. It’s a little mind blowing to […]
Miracle Morning
I’ve always been a morning person, if I go to bed at a decent time, that is. There’s something relaxing and inspiring about the earliest hours of the day, and it’s a time when I do some of my best work. I love to get up early before the boys, have a cup of coffee […]
5 Reasons to Stay Active in the Cold
We’ve had some crazy weather lately in North Carolina. In early December, we experienced one of the biggest snows we’ve had in a long while then over the past couple of weeks, temperatures have been drastically cold, even causing streaming mountain waterfalls to freeze solid in their cascading tracks. It’s very tempting to hole up […]
Get back out there
When I was seventeen-years old, I got my first snowboard for Christmas. I grew up in Western North Carolina and lived only 20 miles from a ski resort. I’d never been on a snowboard and had only skied maybe twice. Snowboarding was just becoming popular with high school students back then, so a group of […]
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