“Think theater and go mirror-free! Participants want to be absorbed in a fun and motivating experience, not to watch their possibly out-of-shape bodies attempt to match a lithe instructor’s every shimmy and shake.” – so started a fitness newsletter about the latest workout trends that Turbo Jennie forwarded to me the other day. I wrote her …
Click to enlarge Happy NEDA week, everyone! This week – February 23 to March, 1 2014 – is National Eating Disorders Awareness week and I’ll admit that I wasn’t going to post about it at first. Mostly because I feel like I write so much about eating disorders on this blog that it’s kind of …
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Between busy schedules, noisy kids, diet restrictions, school pickups and work, planning a simple lunch out with friends can require more coordination than Angelina Jolie holding a G8 summit. For something that’s supposed to make our lives simpler, sometimes eating out is crazy complicated. But it’s important to me to find time to connect with …
Best eye makeup EVER. Wait, that sign has words?? My whole world view was rocked one day in 5th grade when my parents took me to get my eyes checked. It turned out that not only was I near-sighted but I was so near-sighted that the fact that signs contain actual words and not just blurry …
I love love love Natalie Dee. This weekend something awesome happened: My husband’s grandmother, the last living grandparent either one of us has, came to visit. It was the first time my children have ever met their great-grandmother although they know her well from the cards and stickers she sends them on their birthdays. In …
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See THIS is why soda needs a warning label. Or an IQ test. “Thirty eight grams of sugar?!” my son yelled as he swatted the drink out of his brother’s hand. “I will not let this demon death drink of high-fructose horrors will not claim you!!!” And with that he did some air karate, some …
I need this shirt SO BAD. “That’s not normal, you know,” the doctor said, tapping the chart lightly with her pen. She was looking at some preliminary test results for one of my sons who I had brought in to talk about his problems at school. (Ironically it’s not the son the school was telling …
The one unlit Olympic ring. The psychedelic mushrooms floating into the sky. Julia “tiny genius” Liptnitskaia. (You have to watch that video if you haven’t seen it yet!) All those poor puppies. There have been quite a few memorable moments from the 2014 Sochi Olympic games but let’s be honest, it’s Bob Costas’ Eye of …
I don’t know why but this made me laugh and just keep on laughing. My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard. No, like literally. Tuesdays are like Christmas here, thanks to our weekly delivery of milk. Every morning we start out with “Is it milk day?” as my boys rush out to check the …
Happy Valentine’s Day! Or Happy Friday! I have to say that while I’m not one of those v-day haters, this isn’t my favorite holiday. If ever there was day that shows the destructive power of expectations, then this is it. BUT – there are ways to make it fun! Check out my ideas and I’m …
