Someday I will be this granny. You watch. I couldn’t believe my eyes and yet there she was staring right back at me from a full-page glossy photo spread accompanying an article on fitness. She even had the audacity to accessorize her gray hair and wrinkles with a gigantic smile! Excuse me, but who said …
No, Protein Enhanced (look closely!!) Salad is not on my list. A few days ago I was lounging around in my pajamas (a pair of Target special flannel PJ bottoms and a free YMCA sweatshirt so big I could belt it and call it a dress – remember this, it will be important later) and …
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Back when the husband and I were first married, I was fulfilling my new-bride task of writing thank you notes for all the generous gifts we had been given. (Random funny story: Someone gave us an electric teakettle which we promptly returned because we’re LDS and don’t drink tea – and also we lived in …
It’s the part they never show you in the glossy magazine pictures and peppy fitness videos: what happens when gym clothes attack. From small things like wedgies, camel toe, and muffin top, to big things like split pants, nip slips, and moonings to weird things like sweat stains in places people like to pretend they …
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I have a disgusting confession to make. I went 54 hours without a shower. But wait, it gets worse – I did five workouts during that time period. So in addition to leg stubble that could cut a brotha and armpit hair that would have made me the envy of the Lillith Fair, I had …
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Sure we can all laugh about those hokey Slim Fast ads from our youth but every year a new diet or diet product comes out with advertising that is guaranteed to make you giggle. Or throw something. While TokaiAngel highlighted a new one from Nestle, here are some of my favorite oldies. For more bonus …
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Today I am partying it up with my family but I’d hate to leave you without T-Day entertainment, so head on over to Chris Illuminati’s blog. His wife just got talked into doing her first ever fitness competition (go Wife!!) and of course Chris is going along for the ride. He is a very talented …
Holiday gift anxiety- it’s one of those things about being a grown-up that nobody ever tells you. When I was a child I had two main worries come Christmastime. One was making sure everyone knew I wanted that special mermaid doll that both sings and swims in the bathtub (that I never got) and the …
Yep, that’s a person in there. During all my years of teaching, I’ve seen a lot. In a single quarter I had a student vomit, another have a stroke, and a third show up for the final with no teeth claiming police brutality. I was teaching as the Twin Towers fell and watched the chaos …
Every family has their seasonal traditions and today we are commemorating a big one at our house. It’s annual Pink Eye Day. We celebrate this special day every year come winter – sometimes more than once! While this day doesn’t usually involve festive decorations or special foods, it does involve missing school (and, for me, …
