Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
My favorite form of entertainment either while I run, walk or work has been podcasts. I'm *starting* to get into audio books too - finally subscribed to Audible for that, but for everyday feeding my brain/soul this list really teaches me and makes me laugh. Typical of me, it is a blend of sports, liberal... Continue Reading →
Here's 16 with his shirt back on and a close up look at his red clown hair from Thursday. After the goofy Cardinal-Gold game, the boys had to put on their serious faces for a 2 day passing league tournament at the local college. It's a different setting entirely because it is 7 on 7... Continue Reading →
It's been a long time since I got to start my Sunday like this: Next weekend, in my final race for the season, I will be anchoring a relay team at the She Rox triathlon. Eve is swimming, Renee will bike and I will run. It's on the same course that I've run twice now... Continue Reading →
16 recently flipped through some of the football and baseball game posts I've written over the years that he's played. When he got home from the Friday night high school football game (one in which he didn't even suit up to play), he said to me "You know how you wrote about the best baseball... Continue Reading →
Or, as close as I can estimate anyway. I do know that I signed up for a Runkeeper account in April and started doing a combination of walking & running. In fact, my original profile from then shows me as a walker with my goal of transitioning from walking to running. So, one year (or... Continue Reading →
I'm pretty sure 15 is going to drive me to stow away on a cruise ship soon. Preferably one heading someone warm with fizzy umbrella drinks being served hourly. Probably one of the biggest issues I've noticed with him is his lack of ability to develop good working relationships with his teachers. He acts like... Continue Reading →
I love that there were Shot Bloks in one bag! Those are my favorites. 5k runners start at 8:10 tomorrow. Due to parking being nasty at the location, we have to catch a shuttle at 6am so it will be the usual o'dark 30 wake up call for a Sunday race even though it isn't... Continue Reading →
As promised, a post about running. Sort of. If you can call what I did this week "running". To make a potentially long intro short - I really want to work on running to my heart rate and gaining speed. Sure, I met my goal in that first 5K race, but at a certain point... Continue Reading →
It is so damn odd to have Sports Boy here during the month of July! I have felt so disoriented. Every summer for the past five (six? seven?) years he has hopped on a plane to Sweden pretty much within a week of school ending. Sometimes the very next morning. He would return the last... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 