Category: Parenting/Family

  • Moments that change your life

    Today is World Cancer Day as I mentioned yesterday, but it’s also a special day for personal reason:   Feb 4 1995, I had a first date with this super cute guy I had met at work. 17 years later – my silver fox is still super cute. Who knows what moments in your life…

  • Revisit the Kid in you & uncover your Appetite for Knowledge

    ORIGINAL THINKING IS HARD Kids have an insatiable appetite for knowledge and an unapologetic curiosity for all things new and misunderstood. When they don’t know the answer they actively seek the truth. They have a natural humility without posturing, pretense, or ego wrapped up in their questions; they fill up their knowledge bank by being open. Whenever…

  • De-Cluttering Time! 25 Things to Throw Out Today

    I love love love this article. I have a tendency to collect things that i mean to go through and get rid of. I do not have issues throwing things away, I have issues with having time to go through the stuff, to decide what needs to go. I’m going to do a lot of…

  • Are you doing what you love?

    This morning’s workout was the famous Lady of CrossFit – FRAN.  Mentally I was just not in the game this morning – I heard some very sad news yesterday that brought both Scott and I to tears and has thrown me for a loop this morning. Nate, who is in 2nd grade now, had the…

  • Drastic Weight Loss Measures Endanger the Young

    As a friend on Facebook said – I think people have SERIOUSLY lost their minds. Young, obese and getting weight loss surgery Though Shani Gofman had been teased for being fat since the fourth grade, she had learned to deal with it. She was a B student and in the drama club at school. She…

  • Fitness as a Family

    Just did a CrossFit Impavidus KIDS workout as a family — 4 rounds: 30 squats/200m run! See, no excuses! Do it with your kids if you have to!

  • Late training can mean missed opportunities for Tweens

    This article is really in line with why I am so thrilled that both my kids have started CrossFit Kids this past year. I want them to have the best foundation possible rooted in health and fitness.  My heart  skips a beat when I am watching them learn to lift properly…   Tweens need to…

  • Sisters

  • Doing Nothing Together

    Another great day spent with my Sisters and Mom — after my CrossFit workout, we headed into DC and spent a few hours at the Smithsonian. Then completed the evening with some Indian Food. Nothing like spending time with people who know you best — the good and bad of you. My big sis, Deb…

  • Everyday I’m Shuffling…

    Im a bit worse for wear this morning. I had a non-stop busy weekend that started Friday evening and didn’t stop until around 7p last night. Let’s face it though –it didn’t stop at all because well, I’m a Mom and there is always more to do. Friday night, Scott and I headed out to…