I used to believe in fairies. Truly I did. I loved the whole bit – unicorns, wizards, sprites and talking cauldrons – long past the age when it was acceptable. It wasn’t just that I wanted it to be true; it’s that I needed it to be true. I wanted to be ethereal, beautiful, powerful …
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Just… wow. Best night ever: Watching all the aMAYzing female gymnasts doing their Olympic acrobatics and randomly perusing the dress sale on ModCloth during commercials. Sorry, can’t form enough coherent thoughts beyond WOW! to write a decent blog post. Plus I just needed a night to unwind, look at pretty things I can’t afford and not have …
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You show ’em, birdie!! Being the law-abiding, Type A, total rule follower that I am, I’m rarely a bad girl. But sometimes even I need to rebel. Case in point: today I sent my kids with dirty socks to tie-dye for day camp because I couldn’t be bothered to go to the store. (Plus: what …
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See, some people love swimming so much they can have someone’s foot in their nethers and still feel like performing The Flower Drum Song/Waterworld mashup. Either you’re a swimmer or you’re not. False dichotomy though it may be, there is an easy test to see which camp you fall in. When someone tells you, “Let’s …
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Right now I am drinking an unholy concoction of Yogi immune support/liver detox herbal tea, orange Airborne, local buckwheat honey, virgin coconut oil and 2 packets of True Lemon grapefruit crystals sprinkled with cinnamon and curry powder and all emulsified in the chunky backwash of a grabby toddler*. Why? Because short of drinking the blood of …
Covering the 2012 Reebok Crossfit Games for Shape mag was insanely fun! But because a few little somebodies really missed me, here’s a mini-recap until I can give you my full crazy weekend report! Priorities: This is what I am doing today. Lots and lots and lots of snuggles! The energy was crazy at the …
Flying out tonight to cover the 2012 Reebok CrossFit Games! So excited! If I’m slowing getting back to e-mails/comments then that will be nothing new, er, I mean, it’s because I’m too busy watching incredibly buff women throw some very large weights! Squeee!
They forgot one: AND not ever possess anything pink. Unless it’s wrapped in bacon. The other day I headed into the local sporting goods store to buy some boxing gloves (it’s about time – I’ve been using the public ones at the gym and those smell so badly that I have to put latex gloves …
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Any girl who has ever walked down the street and had to listen to jerks catcalling, joking or otherwise harassing a woman will well relate to Kelsey, a 20-year-old Minnesotan, who took matters into her own hands while walking home last weekend. Like any good netizen, she shared the whole story on her blog, along with the …
I can be nose to tail with someone in Down Dog. I can have someone’s bunion-ed foot right in my face during Warrior III. I can do Bird of Paradise and “shine” my crotch at all the crotches “shining” back at me. I can even handle it when someone else drips sweat on my mat …
