August 2012

This is exactly how I encourage my kids to run. Make momma proud! Tripping people is a child’s number one God-given gift. Their abilities to shoot a slingshot, creatively mock their siblings and even hold their own adorably bobbly head up may be latent but every baby is born knowing how to take an adult down. Take, for instance, my third son. We had just brought him home to a teeny tiny apartment where the only spot we could find to put him was in a pack-n-play right at the bottom of our bed thereby necessitating that one had to [...]

Me getting my beauty rest… Stuff I Did Yesterday: – Shopped for a metallic shirt without sequins. (Didn’t find one but got a be-sequined version anyhow because it’s always better to err on the side of too sparkly.) – Googled “foods that do weird things to your body” after another after-beet bowel movement that makes horror movies look amateur (Fun fact: Did you know that only 14% of people* have a recessive gene that makes their poop turn red after eating beets? I AM a special snowflake!!) – Cooked the most delicious shrimp and edamame dish using only coconut oil [...]

There are so many ways to be creepy and awkward in a gym – heck that’s half the reason I love them so much – but there’s one particular situation that has me stymied of late. (Seriously, I’m embarrassed to admit how much existential angst this caused me yesterday). The problem is this: The double drinking fountain. After a sweaty workout I like to sidle up to a nice (warm – why are they always warm?) water bar but inevitably there’s a line. My gym, like many, has double drinking fountains: one side for humans, the other for elves. (UPDATE: [...]