Category: Parenting/Family

  • It’s Your Time – National Women’s Health Week

    Did you know it’s National Women’s Health Week! National Women’s Health Week is a week long health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health (OWH). National Women’s Health Week empowers women to make their health a top priority. With the theme “It’s Your Time,” the nationwide initiative…

  • Happy Mom’s Day

    HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all the Moms and those that do the job without the title! Now a days there are so many definitions of what a Mother is – so they should get to enjoy the day too! This is a pic of my mom and I at my brother’s wedding last August in…

  • BW-PT Strength Training

    My back is feeling better after 2 full days of rest – no running, no lifting, no core work. Good ole fashion rest. So I knew I was going to do something active today. I tried a kettlebell training class and then went for a 3 mi run. One of the things that I am…

  • A national day of mobile communications rest

    Can you imagine now a days to be without your mobile communications? It wasn’t that long ago that most of us did not even consider the thought of always being connected. And for those that were – it was a mobile phone that was too expensive to casually use. How far we have come or…

  • Muscles!

    This is us showing our muscles this morning!

  • Kiwi For Everyone!

    Let’s talk Kiwi!  Did you know a study by the University of Oslo in Norway reveals that eating two to three kiwifruit a day has similar benefits to the daily dosage of aspirin recommended by physicians to improve heart health, without the side effects? I was at lunch with a few friends this weekend and…

  • Recall of Kids’ Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec, Benadryl

    Recall of Kids’ Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec, Benadryl. May 2, 2010 — Manufacturing defects have led to the recall of 43 child and infant liquid formulations of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec, and Benadryl by McNeil, a division of Johnson & Johnson. No injuries or deaths have yet been reported. The voluntary recall follows an April 19 FDA…

  • Local boy with cancer turns into a superhero for a day

    A very sweet story to share… Living | Local boy with cancer turns into a superhero for a day | Seattle Times Newspaper. Erik, who is living with liver cancer, has always wanted to be a superhero. On Thursday, the regional chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted him that wish with an elaborate event that…

  • Coach Outlet deal just in time for Mother’s day

    Mother’s day is next week! Here’s a pretty good deal for those that live near Coach Factory Outlets. Most Moms would be pretty happy to receive a nice purse or some other accessory from there. They are even carrying some jewelry. Save 30% off $250+, 20% off under $250. Click here to subscribe to coach…

  • A relaxing weekend…

    I wanted to get a run in early because it’s supposed to be highs in the 90s today.  I headed out and one of my neighbors told me about this cut through that will take me directly on the trail.  I have lived in my neighborhood for 11 years and never knew about this —…