Since I have nearly gone a full week with braces, I can now impart words of wisdom. Advice: Wearing Braces This is for those who will someday also have to endure this primitive art of reshaping irregular tooth patterns. Wisdom Bit #1: The pain is not only from the...
It's been a full, full week, but I am finally posting my stats for the Seattle Danskin triathlon from last Sunday. Of course, I have a long story to tell, but I'll just state the numbers for now... Overall Rank 248 of 3496 Class Rank 39 of 342 (30-34 age group) Swim...
Somehow I missed the little detail that each North Olympic Discovery Marathon finisher would get a buddy at the finish. My Finish Buddy Bill Imagine my dismay when a bearded man - carrying a Vitamin Water and a finisher's medal came to my side and began asking me...
Where do I begin? The North Olympic Discovery (half) Marathon... Sunday was AWSOME! Stinkin' beautiful! We loaded the kids, swung by Katie and Ellie's to meet up with their family, and then stopped by Starbucks to get that extra little “kick”. We made it to the...
Here's a bit of info you ladies won't read in one of those new mom books. Front pack trials. If you have not yet had to do the following, odds are you will. You know your handy-dandy baby front pack? Someday you'll have to figure out how to go to the bathroom...
*Updated: Since writing this post I have learned a lot about postpartum depression and anxiety. I want to leave what I wrote so many years ago because I feel it's important to recognize the thoughts and assumptions and struggles that were really, really real back...
I was deep in thought at my local market today... when from over my shoulder I hear a voice... "These are for you." Flowers. From out of the blue. As I turn I hear the crinkle of cellophane and see a cluster of deep-reddish lilies with a hint of orange in them. I...
Lives look different from the outside. I wonder what misgivings I've had about others that I'll never know. Things are not always what they seem. Things may look easy when peering in from outside... not feeling the heat, not hearing the noise, not living in the mess....
Lucy wanted my corndog. I wanted my corndog. Mamma won. Throwing a fit... I didn't want the corndog because I have some great obsession with such fine cuisine, I just didn't know what else to eat that had meat. Anyway, I watched Lucy throw a fit about her denied...
There is no reasoning with a child - particularly one who is between the ages of 18 months and 48 months. Kids are the most unreasonable people Yes, it's a long window. A very, very long window. Long. Some insist that the "2's" are terrible. Some believe this is a...
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