The Active Family

I saw a news article today that mentioned the price of gas, how detriment it is to our economy right now, and how it is expected to hit $4 a gallon fairly soon.
I made up my mind right then and there that I’ll be riding my bike as much as humanly possible once the weather [...]

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I have to say, my stomach is turning a bit right now. This morning I recieved an email from EWG.org (Environmental Working Group) which chronicaled the use of animal products and awful chemicals in everyday products. This newsletter was chock full of skin care products that contain icky ingrediants such as: cow placenta (dude..in the [...]

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Who says you have to give up all your old comfort foods when you go vegetarian?
I’ve found the perfect (so far!) vegetarian version of beef stew. And even better? It is cooked in the crockpot! Ah my old friend! How I have missed you!
I tried this reciepe this past weekend, and it garnered rave reviews [...]

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I survived school vacation week.
It actually wasn’t too bad this time around. I occasionally had other adults to converse with, and having my sister around for awhile really helped. The kids were pretty good, considering it was really too cold to play outside much of the time.
The aquarium was fun. By the time we arrived [...]

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If there is anyone left in the world that hasn’t seen the video from Sarah Silverman to her boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel, I felt the need to introduce you to it.
I won’t post it here, but if you go to YouTube and search Sarah Silverman, it will come right up. It’s absolutely hilarious! ahem…don’t watch at [...]

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Here we go! It’s President’s Day, first day of February school vacation. I have all three kids home, and so far it’s shaping up to be a long week.
Today we are hanging in. The weather is absolutely terrible, and I don’t feel like fighting any crowds at the local hangouts. Typically the first [...]

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How many people can say that? It’s true though, I really do love my job.
I am a barista at Starbucks, been there almost 2 months. I work long shifts, on my feet. It’s busy most times, and down right dead at others, but there is always something to do, and we have a lot of [...]

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Oy. It’s been a rough week.
Monday was okay. A bit stressful with all the errands I had to do to get ready for Tuesday.
Ah, Tuesday. Silly me signed up for a bake sale to benefit the preschool. Only, I didn’t just sign up to help out, Noooooo. I had to sign up to OVERSEE the [...]

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I caved and took the kids today. I figured since Livvy had no school, and chris had a half day, it was my best chance at getting them there.
So….$64 freaking dollars LATER!!!! We walked into a nearly empty theater (no worries, it filled up JUST fine) laden down with 2 kids packs, 2 waters, a [...]

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