May 2012

In our old neighborhood, I had gone for about ten thousand runs…maybe more. I had all the different routes tracked. I could anticipate every turn, every house, and in some cases every bit of landscaping. In my years of running around our old neighborhood, I had a “go to” mix I would listen to. Today I ran in our new […]

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Some people say they have my eyes. My mother tells me that he has my temperament. I’d like to think she has my fashion sense. Its hard to say who they are and even harder to understand where they came from. Almost four years ago I became a mother. Yeah, I received my first Mother’s Day gift while my first […]

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It is officially official. Although it reminds me of when you change your name after you get married, months (or sometimes years) later you find something you totally forgot to change. I now have a license saying that I am a resident where I currently live. It’s ironic since Saturday we will be doing our very first walk through of […]

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Six years ago, if you told me I would be blogging about running my TENTH (yes, 10!) half marathon, you could have knocked me over with a feather. But here I am, 2012 and TEN halfs later. They say that a half marathon is “half the time, twice the fun.” While I don’t know if anything can compete with the […]

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I try to cook a nice dinner every Friday in honor of Shabbat. Although, try can be a loose term 🙂 This week I tried a recipe I found in the local Pioneer Press newspaper. I felt like this was a little “out of the box” for me. First of all, it called for smoked salmon. I cook salmon but […]

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I used to laugh at people like me. I used to think that I would never be one of those people who let their kids all encompass and define them. And now, low and behold, I’ve become exactly that! When friends ask what’s new, my answer has been that I’ve been planning my kids’ party. How could I have such […]

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This last week was spent full of birthday celebrations. Adam’s birthday makes a Polish wedding look like a short celebration. And although I’m grateful to put this eating out to an end, its been a ton of fun despite one minor (well major issue). All year long, Drew celebrates a variety of different people’s birthdays. Whenever we start discussing the […]

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Did you hear the news? It’s incredible really. She did it! People joked that she has spent as long as 72 months being pregnant, and Jessica Simpson FINALLY had her baby. I am just as guilty as anyone. I criticized her…physique. Jessica Simpson became known for her sultry beauty. Once glamorized as Daisy in the Dukes of Hazard (most known […]

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I like to think of myself as saucy, so I thought…hey why not try saucy green beans with chicken 🙂 I’m a big, HUGE fan of Lisa from Bites for Babies for many reasons. First, she runs a blog about feeding her baby in a nutritious, unique way. I’m after the same thing, duh. Second, she comes up with really […]

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