July 2011

The Husband cannot make a decision to save his life.  He will stare at a menu for five + minutes (even if there’s only two vegetarian options) and he looked at engagement rings for six months before settling on one.  He’s indecisive. On the other hand, I am very decisive.  I make a decision quickly [...]

A while back, DadHTP passed on an interesting series on Wired – Simon Wheatcroft, a blind runner, was training for the Cotswold 100, a grueling 100-mile ultramarathon in England.  Simon was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease when he was just a teen.   Simon always had to rely on friends – guides – to help [...]

Do you ever find that you talk yourself out of a workout before it’s really even begun?  I caught myself doing that today – I was only 100 meters into my swim and all these de-motivating thoughts began to race through my head.  “I’m tired.  My arms hurt.  My back is sore.”   Blah blah [...]

After three weeks of eating Mmmm Sauce for nearly every dinner, the Husband finally balked. “Um, babe?” he said in his sweet little English accent. “Don’t get me wrong, this dinner is amazing… But I am getting kind of tired of Mmmm Sauce.”   BLASPHEMY!  There can never be too much Mmmm Sauce!   I [...]

Lunch left me stuffed and sleepy. One food that I’ve really missed since cutting back on gluten on the advice of my medicine man is TORTILLAS.  Bread is easy to replace because there are so many good options on the market, but I’ve yet to see any gluten-free tortillas.  But today, I realized that corn [...]

One of the problems with goals is that goals very often prevent you from appreciating who you are – or where you are – at this very moment.  Have you ever noticed this?    If your goal is to lose 50 pounds, you might not appreciate the 10 you’ve already lost because you still have [...]

Today’s guest post comes from Susan Lacke, a regular contributor to one of my favorite sites, No Meat Athlete.  Enjoy! “Running is for crazy people.”  I stubbed out my cigarette and continued my reasoning.  “There’s no reason to run unless someone is chasing you. Those people are like a cult. Have you seen them? They’re [...]

Jen promised me that if I came to her hot yoga class at Y2Yoga this morning, she would play nice music, try not to crush my soul with too many half-moons, and turn on the fans every now and then.  An offer I cannot refuse! No, really – the only reason I actually made it [...]

My Saturday night is going to consist of these fierce stick-on nail polish strips and the Graham Norton show:  Americans – you must get on the Graham Norton train!  Funniest talk show ever.  We watch it on BBC America (which, of course, is a TV staple when you’re married to a Brit).   Guess who [...]

Unfortunately, we are no longer under contract for our first home.  Many of you have guessed this in the comments section or on Twitter.  While I am very sad to confirm that we lost the house, the entire process was eye-opening and educational, and I can’t regret all that we’ve learned.  I have lots of [...]

Hey, hey – it’s Caturday. If you don’t know what Caturday is, please go check out Katie’s hysterical weekly blog series.  Plus, today is Katie’s birthday, so Caturday is extra-special.   Last night, Katie hosted an awesome ‘girls only’ party with many, many different desserts and a multitude of different alcoholic beverages.  Hilarity ensued, as [...]

Human nose clips – it can be done!  Or maybe not.  Heh.           Thanks for a funny Friday!  Swimmers rule.  Although, I have been told this skill is also good for taking out the smelly trash and washing the shampoo out of your hair without soap getting in your nose.    [...]

In my recent post about doing flip turns, Victoria left me an interesting comment about keeping water out of my nose during the flip.  I had been blowing air out as I turned and figured the only other option was a nose clip.    Not so, said Victoria… After Christina and I both argued that [...]