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Today is Veteran’s Day, a day to honor those who have served our country in the armed forces. If you have served in one of the branches of our military, thank you! Today I want to talk about one of my army heroes… My papaw was born in 1895 and grew up on a […]
My mom told me that autumn was my dad’s favorite season, and I can’t believe that I never knew that. I love fall, but can’t say that it’s my favorite season. I always like the season that we’re in; although, I prefer winter when it’s snowing. Here are some of the things that I love […]
Last weekend Sue over at This Mama Runs for Cupcakes ran her first marathon, the Marine Corps Marathon. Afterward, she wrote your typical recap of the race; however, on Friday she wrote the best race recap that I’ve ever read. If you don’t read any other race recap ever again, read this one, The REAL […]
Can I just say that my favorite Halloween tradition comes after trick-or-treating? My favorite little Indiana Jones stops by my house every year after he collects his loot and we trade candy. One Mounds equals as much candy as he wants from my basket. One 3Muskateers equals three candy choices. Unfortunately, he hasn’t gotten any […]
After a very stressful six days in Tennessee spent mostly in a hospital helping care for a loved one, I returned home yesterday afternoon to my very own copy of The Mother of all Meltdowns that I had won on Work In Sweats Mama’s blog. Not only had Nicole (one of the authors) signed my […]
The weather has been pretty perfect for taking many of my clients outside for boot camp style workouts. This particular client and I met at 6:45 this morning for a walk/run strength training session. We power walked for 1/2 mile while stopping along the way to do lunges, push-ups, squats, jumping jacks, chest presses, rows, […]
Bill got totally spoiled this morning when I made him a hot breakfast. This just goes to show that miracles do happen! Don’t get used to it, Babe! 😉 And later today at the grocery store I bought him this surprise! When we were first married and lived in Utah, we couldn’t find Entenmann’s in […]
Life suddenly got a whole lot busier for me; but no matter how busy my life gets, I never forget to appreciate what a wonderful world we are given to live in. On Monday morning when my first client and I finished up our run, I noticed what a beautiful gift a little spider left […]
Let’s start today’s post with a moment of silence for this Nike shoe that stayed on the fence post on the corner of our road for the entire week that we were at the beach. I’m assuming that the owner had long ago left the beach… Perhaps she had lost the other shoe on […]
I had always wanted to go parasailing, so last summer while we were at the beach we decided to go! I am terribly afraid of heights, so I was more than a little worried about going, but it was something I had to do! We decided if we were going to do it, we might […]
Sunday afternoon as I scrolled through my twitter feed, I saw a tweet from Running Bloggers letting me know that I’d made the 2013 Readers’ Choice Top 100 Running Blogs! Sweet! I came home from my visit with my parents to the BEST. SURPRISE. EVER!!! Bill and Joseph painted this VT stripe on our garage […]
TOP TEN REASONS TO FOLLOW A RUNNER’S BLOG: 10. To learn how to raise chickens… 9. To experience bungee jumping without really having to jump… 8. To read about addictive shopping for children’s clothing and shoes… 7. To follow a day in the life of a busy soccer mom… 6. To learn how to make […]
This morning I went out on my run all alone… One of my BRF’s was at spin class and the other BRF texted me last night to say that her knee was bothering her. Without a tempo run or specific goal for today’s run I had trouble focusing, so I just ran and took a […]
Last week I wrote I’ve Become a Lazy Runner, and set some long overdue goals for myself. Run forever Continue to work on my running form (huge improvement from last year) Become competitive in my age group at our local 5K’s Do a tempo run one day per week Run four to five days a […]
1. Favorite afternoon snack…. Avocado 2. Favorite tweet I’ve received recently… Thank you Bart for your vote of confidence, but you kicked my butt. 3. Favorite new item that I pinned to Pinterest this week… Be sure to pop over to Janine’s blog The Purple Giraffe and check out her detailed tips for staying […]
Ten years ago today, Bill and I bought our third, and we say final house. We have no plans to move; we’ve acquired too much crap to ever move again we like it here that much! We burned a lot of calories over the three or four days that we moved, but never missed a […]
Top ten reasons not to ask a runner how their long run went: 10. There’s got to be something better you can do with that hour you’re going to lose. 9. Seeing black toenails grosses you out. 8. You’d rather not have them show you how they can no longer touch their toes. 7. If […]
What a greaaaat way to start my day! I met my BRF Shawn (yes, I have two BRF’s) for a 6:30 AM run, ran/walked with my 7:30 client, trained three more clients, and then lifted weights. Whew! Throw in five loads of laundry, and then training my final client of the day at the wellness […]
Hello again! I (Julie) am writing today while Deb and Bill are off on their relaxing vacation. I’m sure they are having a great time and missing all of us like crazy! 😉 Before reading further, I need you to prepare yourself…..I am about to ask you to make a VERY VERY VERY important decision. […]
Today is Memorial Day and we must not forget those that fought and paid the ultimate sacrifice for us. Our freedom comes at a great cost to many, and we honor them today. Yesterday I wrote about Memorial Day and honoring our heroes, and you can see that post, Remembering Our Heroes, here. Yesterday afternoon […]
