Not making a good case for yourselves, outdoor worker-outers! “BOCK! Bockbockbock!!” During a recent visit to Denver’s central park, my 6-year-old son amused himself (and everyone else) by chasing the geese while yelling this, proving by our poor grasp of animal noises that we have clearly not spent enough time studying Old McDonald Had a …
If something is good for you then more of it should be great for you, right? Duh. Isn’t that basically the first law of health?? Yeah, okay so that’s obviously stupid – I learned the fallacy of that the hard way during the great Over Training Debacle of ’08! – and yet lots of health …
I love this ad! I bet Death is a smoker. Everything I learned about fitness models I learned from a stripper. Well, an ex-stripper. She was at the book-signing table next to me at local event a while back and because neither of us were selling any books (book signing = sitting and trying not …
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So I tried really hard to find you guys a funny 4th of July picture. Pages of Google later all I’d come up with were ecards about not combining booze and fireworks, pictures of girls with their boobs painted to look like flags and a whole bunch of political jokes ranging from mildly offensive to …
And, done! Who says I haven’t accomplished anything? Things That Happened on My 35th Birthday – My husband brought me flowers. – I took mine and my sister’s kids swimming. (Jelly Bean looked at me in my swimsuit and asked why my legs are so “bumpy like a dinosaur!” To which I got to explain …
*blink blink* If I could change one thing about myself to be whatever I wanted it to be – laws of nature be darned – I’d make it so I could make that *blink blink* noise that cartoon characters do when they blink their eyes in surprise or disbelief or heartbreak (probably over the fact …
picture credit “How many kids do you have?” is such a loaded question for me, for any mother who’s lost a child. And yet, being new, it’s one I’ve had to answer a lot lately. Normally I do some mental math and if the questioner is someone who I won’t likely see again sometimes I’ll …
“Chocolatey covered molar adhesive” TRUTH in candy advertising. Also: “Banana” flavored anything is vile. You hear me, Laffy Taffy?? Turkey, provolone and tomato on whole wheat “flat bread” (because… flat is so much healthier than poofy?) with mustard and mayo: Today I made a sandwich in the shower. Nah, I didn’t have a weird craving …
Choosing a new gym here in Colorado has been one of my top priorities since we moved here. I know that may sound silly to some of you but for me the gym is basically my second home. (Okay third home, church is my second home although since we’re technically not in our home-home yet …
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Genetics in action! Given the choice, would you rather lose your mind or control of your body? When we were kids we used to play the macabre (and very un-pc) game of Alzheimer’s vs. Parkinson’s in which we dared each other to imagine a life missing either brain or body. We thought it was a …
