image source Embarrassing people seems to be a specialty of mine. It’s bad enough that I have publicly humiliated myself in 200 different ways doing my Experiments (and that might be low-balling it) but to take down my friends and loved ones with my antics? I can only offer them this: Dear Children who may …
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Kevin and his baby boy – nothing like getting tongue kissed by a baby! Juggling a hula hoop, my toddler, my gym bag, my preschooler, an alarm clock/CD player*, an infant in her huge carseat (just babysitting Turbo Jennie’s baby, I did not pop out another one!) AND an umbrella, I cursed under my breath …
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This is indeed a real cookbook. I hereby invoke awesomesauce. Advice columnists have a sweet gig. Basically they get to tell strangers how to run their lives without ever having to deal with the consequences. And yet, as I discovered during my senior year of my Psych degree, I am really really bad at giving …
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Trust me, this is one exercise video you do not want to miss! (Eurotrain!!!) *A huge thank you to everyone for your patience yesterday- as you may have noticed, my site was down for most of yesterday due to problems on my web host’s end. Thanks for all the e-mails & sympathy! We seem to …
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Yeah, you totally wouldn’t want to do this move with your girlfriend. Especially if she’s the shirtless one. Starting out with the line, “I’ll admit that there may be some good reasons to bring along your significant other when you hit the gym, like providing her with the opportunity to do something about the hail …
The winner of the ReNew Life probiotics giveaway is (picked via Random Number Generator widget): Naomi/Dragonmama E-mail me your deets at chariander AT gmail DOT com and I’ll get you your prize! Also – don’t forget, you can still enter my Olay $100 giveaway!
“Is there any exercise you hate?” “Burpees.” “Oh good, we have lots of those in the workout today!” And that was my introduction to Sergeant Peterson of the eponymous Sergeant Peterson’s Boot Camp. When Sergeant Tim Peterson (he was in both the Air Force and Army) first contacted me about trying out his program – …
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Do you remember the first time you were made to feel less than? You aren’t born knowing that. It was because somebody told you. As a mother, once of the first things I noticed about my tiny children is how everything they do, everything they are, is the most wonderful magic to them. Toes wiggling? …
Turns out this is a real magazine! My fave story from this edition: Diary of a Tampon Virgin (admit it – we’ve all been there.) Red may be my favorite color but unless it’s on a pair of adorable Nikes, I prefer not to accessorize with it at the gym. And yet if you are …
“I need 100 feet of 3/4″ 120 PSI irrigation tubing, please.” The Home Depot man’s eyebrows shot up, marking the one and only time I have ever walked into that store knowing what I’m talking about. I hate to be the stereotypical girl here but thus far in my life all my visits to hardware …
