This post was originally published on 5/27/22 and updated on 2/8/24 for my Greatest Hits blog series. Have you ever been convinced you would absolutely hate something and there’s no way you would ever do it, only to try it and be hooked and wonder where it’s been all your life? As I’m sure you…
I love smoothies. At least six days a week, I have a smoothie, either as morning pre-workout fuel or in the afternoon as a treat and as a yummy way to get in my daily protein grams. Since 2018 (feels like a decade ago), I have been using the same exact smoothie recipe and only…
Holy shit, we are at the end of May. Let’s just say exactly what I’m thinking. May is the absolute craziest month of the year for me. Work is insane. It is the busiest month of the year at my job, and it involves late evening conference calls 3 weekdays a week for at least…
Over the weekend, we had family staying with us in our guest room. They arrived Friday evening and they left when the kids and I left for school on Monday morning. My workout room, which has all my weights, bands, and morning routine accessories, doubles as our guest room. Right now, I’m on my fourth…
The plan was to write a post about my 2019 progress on all of my goals thus far on February 1. Since we are now seven days into February, that is probably indicative of how this year is going. For this year, I had five main areas of focus which included using a new cleaning…
We are officially two weeks into 2019 and I wanted to do a quick check-in on how my resolutions/themes are going for the year. Not great. Ok, thanks, check in done! Have a great week. Right. Unsurprisingly to me, I’m starting to fall into my typical patterns heading into this 3rd week of the year. …
I really love January 1sts. I mean, really, really love. There’s something wonderful about a Monday, or the first day of a new month. But the first day of a year? Even better. (Give me a January 1st that lands on a Monday and I might faint) I just love a new start to anything. When January 1…