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I’ve been thinking a lot about personal narratives – the stories that you tell yourself about your life.  We all craft a narrative every single day, and our narrative can be positive or negative (or a bit of both). Maybe your narrative currently includes thoughts like: “I hate my job,” “I love my family,” “I [...]

I'm off and away for another Operation Beautiful event!  To celebrate, I thought it'd be fun to list some of my favorite positive body image resources on Facebook.   My feed is FILLED with kind phrases and photos from these amazing organizations.  It makes me a happier, more accepting person, of both myself and others [...]

Another morning, another delicious breakfast. I've written about my love of savory breakfasts a lot lately, but I've also starting to slowly reaquiant myself with French toast because, let's be real, that stuff is AMAZABALLS. Henry likes it too but can only eat half a slice at a time, which is fine by me because [...]

You guys.  You GUYS! I finally pulled on my Big Girl Panties and went to Athletic Conditioning.   Here's the class description:  Sports inspired athletic workout. Focuses on exercise to increase your muscular and cardio endurance. Plyometrics, cardio drills, much more and totally addictive! If you recall, one of my goals for 2014 was to do [...]

I hope you had an awesome weekend! We certainly did. Last night, I realized that we ate every meal but breakfast OUT this weekend. How that happens, I do not know. Our only saving grace was we only paid for one meal – all the rest were gift cards or treats from various friends and [...]

I am 23 days away from the Big 3-0. Last year, if you had asked me how I felt about turning 30, I probably would’ve been rather negative about it… But as the date approaches, I’m feeling better and better about this milestone birthday. Everyone has told me that the 30s are exponentially better than [...]

Alex Ferguson is getting along quite well.  He is a really fun, friendly, and quirky cat, and he fits in with the dogs and Henry nicely.  I thought I should do an update on Fergie since so many of you have asked about  his adjustment! Ferguson Facts:   He eats SO SO SO much.  I [...]

Slap on the sunscreen and break out patio furniture – it’s feeling more and more like SUMMER! If in every photo you see of Henry for the next month, he is wearing that Thomas the Train shirt, that’s because I truly cannot peel it off him.  And when I finally do, he begs me to [...]

Happy April Fools!  Did I trick you with this morning’s post?  I know I fooled a few of you!  But it’s getting harder and harder to trick everyone.  I guess I’m known for my April Fools Day posts…  Here’s a look back at my favorites:   Wealthy Tipping Point:  When I convinced SO MANY readers [...]

…For IRONMAN AUSTRALIA! Holy crap.  Oh yes.  This is really and truly happening.   Last week, I got a last-minute invite to race in Ironman Australia.  The event is on May 4, 2014.  So yes – that means that I have a month to prepare to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, and run a [...]

Again – I love taking a photo every hour.  It’s so fun to see what you capture – and what you miss (meals, showers, dog walks…).   7:30:  Henry wakes up. We read books for a while and then…   8:30:  Watch cartoons for a bit. Henry is OBSESSED with Thomas the Train.  Obsessed.  I [...]

You probably heard about the big kerfuffle that SELF magazine found itself in this week.  In a piece in the April issue, the magazine asked whether running in tutus was “legit” or “lame.”  They accompanied the blurb – which harshly declared that tutus were ‘lame’ and “if you told us they made people run away [...]

I spoke at Barry University last night. Always happy to spread the Operation Beautiful story! The idea behind Operation Beautiful is to write a positive or kind message on a Post-It and leave it in a public place for strangers to find.  Some fun and interesting Operation Beautiful facts:   Over 20,000 notes have been [...]