The Active Family

I am a huge fan of the Olympics, but after the first week, I’ve sorta burned myself out on them. Too many late nights. I sure do miss my regular shows though! The Biggest Loser is one of them, and I am looking forward to it coming back next week.
I love this show for the [...]

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Yes. I DO know that it is February. Nope, I have not lost my mind.
I absolutely went bonkers this past Christmas, between working full time and getting everything ready for the holidays. My pure refusal to go through that again is the reason I am starting my planning now. All of my handmade gifts are [...]

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I took the kids to the park as planned, though I kept my sniffley behind in the car. The wind made it too cold for me! After coming home I plopped back on the couch and turned on the tv to see USA having a sexiest character marathon.
I caught the tail end of Oceans Thirteen, [...]

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Second straight day of temps in the 40s and I am praying the sun breaks through the clouds. After spending the entire week with a nasty cold (which I am still fighting ) I am more than ready to spend some time in the sun.
Ok, to be honest, I’m not feeling strong enough to go [...]

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This is difficult for me to write about, but I’ve always been a firm believer in bringing awareness to typically hush hush topics. I have a family member who has been battling a drug problem for a few years.
It is a huge strain on our family, causing some to cut all ties with others, and [...]

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The inevitable winter illness has finally caught up with me. I chugged my way through the work week, thank goodness it was a short one.
Last night was a horrible sleep, and this morning I work up feeling like a truck full o mucus hit me. Yummy visual, no?
So today I am trying to convince the [...]

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Continuing my saga on our office renovation, we have decided that for now, we are just going to stick with cosmetic reno, and leave the structural changes for the slower summer months when we can justify some time off.
To this end, we have done some nice changes in the waiting area that have garnered many [...]

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My Wednesday feels like a Monday for some reason, even though I worked yesterday. I woke up this morning with a nasty cold, I forgot to pick up supplies for work last night, my coffee is tasting funny because of the cold, and I didn’t sleep well last night.
There was one good thing that happened [...]

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As I sit here watching the pairs figure skating program of the Olympics, I am reminded that I am, in fact, sitting. I haven’t been doing ANY of my workouts, haven’t stepped foot on the scale in two weeks. This is for sure a serious plateau that I have hit… Or better, a brick wall.
I [...]

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Like so many other americans this year has been rather trying for us. I may get lots of angry comments for it, but our year was hard for different reasons. Financially, it was a pretty good year. You see, for the first time in 7 years, I went back to work full time. For the [...]

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