Top 25
It’s like a top 10 list, only there’s 25 because I thought it would be a fitting celebration of the 25 lbs I’ve lost. Why I like to run (AKA Why I don’t stop when it hurts): 1. Weight loss. 25 lbs gone proves it works!2. Leg muscles. I’ve got buff calves now, dude.3. Running [...]
Updates updates updates!
So since I’ve harassed Erron about not reading my blog I feel like I should actually post an update. Then it might actually be worth checking in! First news, since I left things hanging in my May post, is about running. I’m still running and I’m running lots. I usually get in 5 runs each [...]
Here and Now
The moments flow, one sliding into the next.Moments of joy.Moments of tenderness.Moments of fury so great they take up the whole world.Reading stories on the couch,Getting lost in worlds and times far from here.Walking in the warm afternoon sun,Going wherever sidewalk leads us.Following threads of imaginationInto those places children sometimes let us witness.Watching their little [...]
Still running
So for those (few) of you who read my blog and I don’t talk to on a regular basis, here’s the update on me and my leg. I took a couple of weeks totally off from running and then I did a short “test” run before the half-marathon clinic. Things felt not too bad so [...]
What a difference a week makes
I wish I’d taken a picture of my yard last week. I woke up to find that our spring had been buried beneath a growing blanket of fluffy white stuff. My laundry that I’d hung out in the afternoon sunshine the day before looked ridiculous with tiny snowpiles on hanging T-shirts and socks. Today, it’s [...]
Easter craftiness
Today being almost the last possible moment to do Easter crafts, we cleared off the kitchen table and got out our crafting supplies. Before I could put away the spray bottle, though, Lily sat down with it and the comb to pretty herself up. As always seems to happen when kids and water are in [...]
The Business of Being Born
Last night, I went to a screening of Ricki Lake’s new documentary, The Business of Being Born. After having an unsatisfying hospital birth and then a life-altering homebirth, Ricki wanted to do something to educate and empower women in regards to homebirths and modern childbirth practices in North America. At first she looked into becoming [...]
Making Mama proud
My kids had a fight today. It was awesome. It went something like this: Lily: And then he said no more five and then fifteen (“Reading” books out loud to herself in the playroom.)Nick: Lily! I found The Runaway Pumpkin Book! Do you want me to read it to you?Lily: No! I’s reading!Nick: I’ll read [...]
Veggie-tastic
So, you know that trait of preschoolers where they like to do the same thing over and over and over again? Yeah, Lily is thoroughly entrenched in that whole thing. Every time it’s TV time she chooses Toopy and Binoo. She plays with the same baby (“I want my baby Rory!”) every single day despite [...]
Spring Sun!
Spring is in the air. We’re just a couple of weeks past our latest deep-freeze and already the snow is melting and the sun is making me think of my garden. Apparently the kids are thinking the same thing since this is what I found in my back yard yesterday morning.Yup. They’re outside in their [...]
