Tag Archives: Health & Fitness

“We are a nut free school.” The words hit me like a ton of bricks. Dramatic reaction? Yes. But like many kids, my son’s favorite meal item is a peanut butter a...

Stephanie felt great until she ran across something in her mailbox that knocked her down.  Check out her video blog to see what happened.  What do you need to banish f...

When I posted about the Ladies Hiking Group my sister and I started, a lot of you chimed in, telling me how you’d like to start something similar! You asked how we did it and how ...

Well, if you haven’t noticed, summer is here. Nothing like a warm day to make me think about how I wish I had perhaps focused a bit more on certain toning exercises in the winter and spring mont...

I sat perched on a stool in the kitchen while my husband finished up dinner.  As he stirred the food, I asked him again and again, if he was sure it was okay for me to leave and go to the gym. He...

My not-quite-two-year-old daughter stepped on the scale the other day. She giggled, looked down at the number, and stepped off. She was totally unaware of what she was doing, other than copying someth...

It's been almost a year since my sister and I started our ladies-only hiking group. I can't even remember exactly what prompted us to start the group. All I know is I'd had 3 babies in 4 years and I t...

How many hours a month do you spend standing on the soccer field sidelines, watching your kids back hand spring at gymnastics, or even just standing in your own cul-de-sac while your kids bike around?...

Two kids, two adults and one dog live under my roof. That’s eight feet and four paws constantly traipsing in dirt. I feel like a broken record yelling “shoes off” to the kids as they...

Our house had been owned by the bank and when we received the keys, my “honey-do project list” quickly added up to be about a mile long. Right up towards the top, next to patching the hole...