There was a time in my life when I was a regular at the yoga studio. Then I had a kid. By the time Emma was 2 ½ and enrolled in morning preschool a few mornings a week, I started to get my yoga groove back, attending classes with some regularity. I was so grateful [...]
I have never been much of a joiner. Group activities make me nervous. When I am nervous things typically do not go well: I talk too loud and too much, I sweat through my shirt, one time I peed my pants in Cardio Kickboxing I just kind of lose control of myself. When Emma was [...]
I grew up in a family where respect was a big thing. You respected your elders because they were, you know, old. Policemen, doctors and priests were especially high up there on the respect totem pole. Maybe it because they all wore some kind of uniform- they just seemed more official than someone wearing jeans [...]
So I was SUPPOSED to be writing this blog post from the Feathered Pipe Ranch, a retreat center located in the heart of the Montana Rockies. For months I have been planning and prepping for this trip – a yoga teacher training with an awesome organization called Live Love Teach. I was scheduled to leave on [...]
We survived Emma’s first week of kindergarten. In the words of Willie Nelson, “It’s been some rough and rocky travelin’ but I’m finally standin’ upright on the ground.” As a newbie parent to the whole school gig, I am open to helpful tips….until they no longer feel helpful. Everywhere you turn you get accosted with [...]
I pretty much live under a rock. I don’t watch the news because it gives me nightmares. We get the newspaper but rarely read it, because ignorance is bliss Phil typically runs over it with the car first thing in the morning. I rarely watch TV, because turning the damn thing on is as about [...]
So when I had my colon removed in April, my surgeon said the recovery would take six months. So I did what any masochistic ambitious person would do: I cut it in half. Three months, I said. Three months for healing, and not a day more. In three months I would be good as new, back to [...]
To recap, last week I announced my self-elected challenge of tackling something scary in the spirit of living life boldly and courageously. A chance to look fear in the face, to test my limits, to venture into the dark cave of the unknown and emerge heroically on the other side….my date with destiny….my date with pizza. [...]
This is a picture of our car packed for vacation. And oh, is it packed. I am not exactly sure what we will be doing that requires this much krap. But rest assured (as my friend Molly pointed out) we will be well hydrated. Or drunk driving on a Disney Princess scooter. The sound of [...]
Today (July 4th) is my 7th wedding anniversary…the year of the rumored “seven-year itch.” Besides being the title of the 1955 film staring a very sexy Marilyn Monroe, the phrase refers to the alleged boredom that sets in after seven years of marriage, making the union vulnerable to roving eyes and extramarital affairs. The general [...]
