July 2011

We had a busy morning, so we opted for a little lunch date.  Plus, I’ve been trying to get to Luna’s Living Kitchen for WEEKS, but they kind of have odd hours and kept missing out.  It was worth the wait! Luna’s is a cute little hippie/vegan restaurant.  It’s also mostly raw but I always [...]

I had two goals today at the pool:  swim 1,200 meters (200 more than normal) and do flip turns. Now, let me say – the 200 extra meters was no big deal, but the flip turns – oh my, so scary!  I usually do a tap and turn, not a flip, because no one has [...]

We were watching America’s Got Talent, and during a commercial break, I casually said to the Husband, “If you auditioned for American’s Got Talent, what would your talent be?”  I thought he’d say, “Oh, I dunno” and make a joke because – heck – that’s what I would say! I have no talent show skills.  [...]

Confession: My least favorite phrase is, “What will be, will be.”  Similarly, I hate, “If it’s meant to happen, it will happen.”   I know these are comforting phrases, and people who say them mean well (and I’ll admit that I’ve said them a few times, too), but whenever I think about the meaning behind [...]

As a former urban planner, I must say I was enamored with Oxford, Michigan.  It was the perfectly All-American 1950s downtown.  I loved it!  So quaint.  Mostly locally owned.  Walkable!  And near a farmers’ market and park.  Fun fact: I used to write Design Guidelines for developers in downtown areas in small Pennsylvania towns.  The [...]

I found myself in a rotten mood this morning.  I couldn’t go to sleep last night, woke up at 3 AM, and then I couldn’t fall back asleep.  Four hours is really not enough for me.  Especially on a travel day! Dear Detroit airport:  Your only redeeming feature is the cool concourse connection tunnel.   [...]

A reader named Tammy wrote in to say, “I signed up for my first trail run (10K) and am super nervous. I can run 5 to 8 miles on my longer runs and have completed a half marathon.  I’m training for another half in November.  I was wondering if you have tips or could tell [...]

Oh friends!  Thanks for talking sense into me this morning when I contemplated signing up for a Half Ironman.  Although I do this the race would be awesomely fun and exciting, I should just chill out and enjoy doing a few more sprints and Olympics.  Sometimes I really do let readers make my life decisions.  [...]

Want to know the most physically challenging moment of last month’s sprint triathlon?   Hint:  it wasn’t the swim! It was the transition from the swim to the bike.  Actually, both transitions sucked, but T1 sucked the hardest.  My legs were SHOT coming out of the swim, I was shaking from nerves, and generally, I [...]

Don’t get me wrong – I love fireworks as much as the next American.  But really – once you’ve seen a few firework displays, you’ve pretty much seen them all.  Which is why we opted out of the firework-watching insanity and retreated to a bowling alley last night. The Husband and I were I OBSESSED [...]

Eat your greens! I always KNEW I should eat stuff like collard greens, kale, Swiss chard, and mustard greens because they’re packed with nutrients and fiber, but I could never figure out how to prep the so they didn’t taste… well, absolutely disgusting.  Hah!  But really, greens are so delicious naturally that you don’t really [...]

I’m stuck under the covers, and I can’t untangle myself!  Help! Breakfast in bed has that effect.   I did briefly rise to make the Husband and I breakfast – but two hours later, we’re still laying around, making ‘sandwiches’ with the dogs (we are the bread and they are the meat and cheese).  A [...]

My fellow Americans – do you LOVE the long weekend thang or what?  Even though I’m planning to work, the Fourth is just such a fun holiday!  It’s like summer break.   My day was filled with writing, working at the clinic, walkin’ pups, and wetting my whistle (I heart alliteration).  I got a peanut [...]