I mentioned on Twitter earlier that the Body Pump class I took last night really kicked my booty! It seems like every muscle in my body is sore (a good sore though.) I know I pushed myself, but dang! I guess I’ve been slacking in the strength-training department, as the last time I did any [...]

Wearing headphones while racing: Motivating Music or Tuning into Danger? Although I’m fairly new to racing, (I’ve run in three 5k’s, and one 10k) I’ve been printing off as many entry forms for upcoming races that I can get my hot little hands on. One of the first ones I printed off had some alarming [...]

Hi everyone! How’s your Tuesday going so far? I started mine out very peacefully with a coffee and a Green Monster. The Green Monster had the usual suspects involved: 1 carrot, 1.5 c. spinach, ½ frozen banana, ice cubes, and almond milk. I got out of bed 15 minutes earlier than I usually do so [...]

It took me a long time to be where I am today in regards to eating. I can currently say that I am pleased with not only what I eat, but also my eating habits. In high school, I had disordered eating during my sophomore year. I got down to a very low weight for [...]

is a very lethal combination. Or heavenly. I don’t know about you, but getting out of bed and out the door this morning was a 10 on the difficulty scale! I just didn’t wannnaaa (said in the ultimate winey-voice Alas, I did indeed get and up go to work, thankful for such a great weekend. [...]

This weekend’s been a great first anniversary! I just wanted to make a special appreciation post for my husband and our first year together as husband and wife. Here’s some pictures of our “big day” last year on this day. It was in Nokomis, Florida on Casey Key beach. This is actually how Niko got [...]

The third part of our anniversary trip was spent with extreme gluttony! Right after we got done hiking, we made a bee line to get our wine-drinkin’ on. We ended up deciding on going to August Hill Winery, and boy oh boy, am I glad we did! Keep in mind I’ve never been to a [...]

Hi everyone! Today if officially the husband and my first anniversary! Are you getting sick of it yet? Good, because later there will be a part three, and then even later I’ll be writing a post reminiscing of our wedding day, full out with pictures of our beautiful beach wedding! I will very much enjoy [...]

Hey hey everyone! Anniversary weekend is going fabulously so far! I have to make this blog fast, because we’re just making a quick stop at where we’re staying between festivities and dinner. So I will hereby name this post anniversary weekend part 1. This morning Shane and I woke up bright and early to drive [...]