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• Techy Tuesday: Where Nerd and Knit Collide

  

  When I got my new Kobo Mini for such a great deal, I was just excited to have something to fit in my little purse that I didn't think much about cases to protec... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• MOMday: Camping With Kids

  Years ago, when it was just hubby, myself, and Cancerhound, we used to be quite the avid outdoors people.  We would camp with our friends who had kiddos, but... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The One With All The Dogs

  

  The plan for the day was 2 hours at Nose Hill Park.  No speed, no distance...just a time.  Tina and I arranged to meet at 7:30am so we could hopefully beat the... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cotton Socks

  

  Ok - you know you're swamped at work when...you're too exhausted to write about a run until the day after it happens... So, yesterday I ran. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Three Things Thursday

  1) Dieting After a rough week with a few sugar breakdowns and the scale climbing up again...as in climbing back to where I was before my first Dietbet :( So, I'... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• #yycflood Ways to Help

  The flood waters are starting to recede and cleanup has begun.   With so many of the downtown towers still closed, that has left a great number of people at hom... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Like a Turtle...

  

  Amazing how much I need to run this week.   I just want to be out there burning all of the stress off every day. Today it was so hot out there. Whose idea was i... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Most Uncomfortable Run

  

  (Grr...apparently none of my posts this week have pushed. I'm blaming the flooding...) Today, I had my most uncomfortable run to date. After the devastation of... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Set to Wandering

  

  (For some reason this didn't publish Sunday as planned...) This morning, I had to drive our little houseguest home and, after I dropped her off, I somehow... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• #YYCflood

  

  Today was not the first day of summer any of us were expecting. I'm still gathering my thoughts and I'm afraid this post may be a bit of my spewing.  Bear with... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Three Things Thursday

  1) So far so good with the new Dayhome. My new commute kind of sucks, but the girles are settling in nicely. Ok - and by kind of...I actually mean TOTALLY. but... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trailblazing

  

  Ok - so I didn't really blaze any new trails, but Katie and I definitely added a great new 5k route from work to our running arsenal today! Canyon Meadows, I... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Resolution Update: June 18

  Ok - I know I totally missed last month.  May was insane for me.  But here I am now and only a day late! Time to update on my 36 resolutions for the year. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Runch in the Rain

  

  As the morning wore on, the sky got darker and darker.  Like Mordor darker.   And then the rain began.   It was going to be a very wet run with Tina today. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Wrong Path, Right Path

  

  This weekend, we took the girlies camping for the first time...in Banff.  And, I may or may not have spent most of the week trying to decide which trail I shoul... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Friday Reads: Let Them Be Eaten By Bears by Peter Brown Hoffmeister

  

  In preparation for this weekend's camping trip, I decided to pick up a book on taking kids into the great outdoors. The title on this one made me laugh and the... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Three Things Thursday

  1) We found a new dayhome!!!!! ...and the girlies can start there June 17! The relief in our house was palpable after we visited her and she accepted our girls... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Charting a New Course

  

  I had brought my running clothes with me to work but contemplated bailing.  I feel like I still have so much I need to do to get ready for camping this... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• So Much for Whole30 :(

  Once upon a time there was a vegetarian girl.   She started this little paleo-esque challenge and failed miserably...the end. Ok - so it wasn't quite like... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hiking at High Speed

  

  Last night, hubby asked me if I was running in the morning...and I didn't know what to say. I am between training plans so have no set distances planned...and... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION