I can’t believe my baby sister is turning 13 years old today. I am now twice as old as her. So weird. We got to celebrate last night since Dave and I are in Nebraska for the week. Much craziness ensued. I already had other younger siblings but for some reason, I wanted another one. …
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Good Enough (The Imperfect Rambles of a Perfectionist)
Being a perfectionist comes with many struggles. One of them being the constant self questioning of any aspect of his or her life being “good enough.” I headed over to good ol’ Wikipedia (why not, right?) to check out the definition of perfectionism and it is described as a psychological disorder…. “Perfectionists strain compulsively and…
Monday Moves 7-22-13: Getting My Act Together
I am still having slight back issues. I have only successfully run about 2 miles in the past couple of months before wanting to puke. But for some reason I signed up for the Des Moines half marathon. It’s in October…that’s enough time to get my act together, right? PLUS I get to run this…
{WIAW #72} Current Confessions
Hello Friends! I have a confession to make. Well, I have a lot of confessions I should probably make…like the fact that sometimes I make cookies solely to eat all the dough left in the bowl. That’s pretty normal though, right? I should also confess that in three days I had Starbucks three times. Once…
Fizzy Fruity Summer Drinks
Fizzy fruity summer drinks are super easy! All you have to do is freeze fruit into icecubes and once those are frozen…pop them into some fizzy water!
{WIAW #65} Farm Food + Fun
Hello Friends! I would just like to start out by saying Wow. Thank you. To all of the people who wrote heart felt comments on my last post Should Your Workout Leave You Sore for DAYS? I am not used to that kind of response and I was struck by how much time it really…
{MIMM #18} Banana Split Chobani Brownies + Raspberry Chobani Frosting
Hello Friends! I hope all of you Mothers had an amazing Mother’s Day! I was only able to text my mom this lame picture…but I will be seeing her soon and hopefully she likes the surprise I’m sending to her work! 🙂 I am still hanging out in the twin cities with Dave and we…
{WIAW #62} Instagrammed
Hello Friends! So did I tell ya about my new phone? (Oh yeah, I attempted to do a post from my phone…that went alright lol) It’s an Android htc and my first touchscreen which is driving me bonkers (this old fashioned gal misses her Blackberry keyboard!), BUT since I switched to Android…I have FINALLY joined…
{MIMM #17} Whirlwind
Hello Friends! Not only did I survive this crazy busy weekend…I survived running 13.1 miles in the chilly 40 degree weather. Yes, it is May, but it felt more like a frigid February. That’s the midwest for ya though! For example, last Sunday I ran 10 miles in 70 degree weather and got a little…
{WIAW #61} Dave Style
Good Morning, Friends! So I definitely intended to schedule this post last night, however I was running on two hours of sleep and 10pm hit and I fell into a sleep coma. I slept ten hours, hitting snooze on 3 alarms until they stopped going off. Wow. I am so excited that Dave actually sent…
