Category: You can do it

  • Boxes and Rails

    Boxes and Rails

    Today I went skiing with my 7 year old son.  He is at the age where freestyle skiing is all the rage and we’ve been focusing on conquering the beginner terrain park.    My technique in teaching him has not been without failure.  I have told him what to do, encouraged him to try and had…

  • Mile 1

    Mile 1

    On Saturday, I headed out for my morning run.  A paved running trails lays behind my house bordering a nature preserve making motivation innate on such beautiful mornings.  Rows of porches line the pathway and the aroma of coffee permeates as individuals rejuvenate and watch the sun blaze up from the horizon.   A casual…

  • Bad nights make for horrible looking mornings

    Bad nights make for horrible looking mornings

    It’s definitely not the way you want to start a Monday morning, the new week, or even the carpool to the elementary school.  Is there anything worse than waking up and seeing puffy eyes?  It’s the inescapable feeling that you have aged 7 years in one night.  This morning I look like I drink like a fish!…

  • 5 Resolutions you can keep

    5 Resolutions you can keep

    HAPPY NEW YEAR! yes I’m yelling    It’s that time of year that we hold ourselves accountable for new goals and set expectations of the coming year.  However, how often do we resolve to do the same things year after year.  Do we even stop to write them down  or do we have the list…

  • My kind of Craft

    My kind of Craft

    Years ago I gave up crafting. There were multiple reasons involved. I now thoroughly enjoy my craft less life. However, every so often my desire to replicate creativeness slowly rises.  It’s usually when I see something easy…or disposable.  Because perfectionism can’t seep back into my life and ruin my project. Hence…the advent Calendar. And because…

  • Time heals all wounds

    After 8 months of x-rays, MRI’s, cat-scans, surgeries, and a numerous trips to physical therapy, I have gone and done it again.  Saturday was the first time I ran since the morning of July 27.  On that morning, I headed out on my family reunion after a run, for a day of water skiing on our local lake. …