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Archives for November 2016
10 Tips to Survive Road Trips with Toddlers
Just us, two car seats and with babies, and a HEAP of luggage.
I am now living proof that you can survive a road trip halfway across the country with toddlers.
But you need STAMINA. Which includes the ability to make decisions and be coherent with very little sleep. FLEXIBILITY is important. Pack a CREDIT CARD for impromptu hotel stays and a SENSE OF HUMOR when the little ones have decided YOU WILL NOT DRIVE ANOTHER MILE WITHOUT ME SCREAMING AND PUKING. [Read more…]
5 tips to nurse and run a 5K Like A Boss
That’s me after running my first 5K.
How is this lady with the seeing eye dog about to pass me?
She had been gaining on me for a while. She was like a mirage, inspirational and mostly unbelievable. The lady and the dog were running in sync, panting in rhythm and they were quickly gliding right pass me.
I ran my first 5K (3.1 miles) this weekend and although I wasn’t planning on being competitive, I was not letting this lady with the seeing eye dog outrun me. [Read more…]
Learning to banish negative self-talk
Refuse to give in to the negative self-talk that happens in our heads. Banish it.
I felt myself retreating into a corner this week, more like a hole. I felt like my creativity was getting choked, like an editor was hovered over me criticizing my work, deleting my articles and replacing type with question marks.
But none of that was real. It was all anxiety, smoke shoveled into my mind to shutdown my work. And I was doing it to myself.
Has this ever happened to you? Have you ever shutdown a dream, an idea, a vision, with negative self talk and scenarios that haven’t even happened? [Read more…]
Crockpot Comeback
Monday got off to a rough start.
The baby woke up around 5:30 this morning. I nursed her back to sleep, then passed out again, only to wake around 8:55, just five minutes before the contractors arrived to install the new boiler. And they turned off the water just as I stepped into the bathroom.
C’mon Monday!