The Active Family

I’ll confess. Our little family is blessed to be members at an awesome little church, but we hardly ever actually attend services. It seems like we will hit a really good streak, and then I’ll just decide to start hitting the snooze a few too many times.
Awful, I know. Well, we are in one of [...]

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Now hang on a minute. I’m still not sure who these people even are, nor why they are constantly splashed all over the magazines. I do know when to admire pure genius when it comes to spoofing someone though.
Check out these photos of Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt dressed (and acting like) Jon and Kate [...]

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In case you needed a little reminder, the clocks are set to be changed one hour back on Sunday, November 1st at 2 am. Since I don’t typically get up at 2 to change every flipping clock, we set them back on Saturday night before turning in. It will be amusing to see how many [...]

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This economy has everyone and just about everything down in the dumps. There are some upsides though to the slump. “Stay-cations” are popular, with people staying close to home instead of jet setting around. There are a few things you can do to save THOUSANDS of dollars if you are just itching to get away.
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Last year I wrote about the silly little moves I do that help tone my body, even when I’m not exercising. I’m bringing it up again because of an email I received a little while ago about “secret” body toning moves you can do in public.
My own submissions would be firming up your abs while [...]

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The other day I was speaking with the mother of one of my earliest friends. We were catching each other up on what has happened in the last 10 years since we’ve seen each other, and she mentioned that her daughter, a recent college grad, is still looking for employment. Obviously in this economy she [...]

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It is a rainy Saturday night, and we are on a self imposed spending freeze. It’s warm out, but pouring rain, so a walk is out of the question. Around 10 this morning I had a lightning bolt! A movie night! Perfect.
Since we have the little ones only tonight (oldest is at a confirmation sleepover [...]

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I am in the process of planning our next Disney vacation! I have a few tips to save money, and have a wonderful time. We haven’t been since 2007, so we are really looking forward to this vacation!
We are planning on going for 10 days in August 2010. People look at me like I’m crazy [...]

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Since I’ve been writing the past few weeks about my weightloss struggles, I’m happy to share some great news! The folks over at KettleWorx were awesome enough to send me their fitness program, including a 5 lb kettlebell! I know about kettle bell workouts, they are the latest and greatest fitness tool that tons of [...]

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I wrote a week ago about a new iPhone app that has been helping to motivate me on my (almost) daily walks. The app is called RunKeeper, and I downloaded the lite version to try it for free. It won’t be long before I upgrade though, it is SUCH a great app!
Check out what I [...]

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