(A few things to point out in this picture—I am not angry, just focused. And check out the oranges in my hand–I don’t trust the food at the aid stations, so I bring my own. P.S. This is at the start of the race. Hence the reason I’m dry.) Last Saturday dawned drizzly and …
In Loving Memory – Grandma Austin
Last night at 9:35 P.M. as my husband and I had just gotten finished saying our bedtime prayers together, I got a call saying that my beloved grandmother had passed away. While the news was not unexpected, I was still immediately flooded with grief and emotion, but at the same time, I felt an …
Wardrobe Basics: The Gaps
With all my informal research on minimalism, I have discovered that most people looking to simplify eventually end up drastically paring down their wardrobes so that they mostly include well-made classic pieces and just a few “fun,” trendy/colorful items. As my own look has evolved from mostly t-shirts and jeans to a more professional, …
Scenes From Our Easter
Last weekend was charmingly simple—we didn’t have much going on, which is how I like it sometimes. Sometimes the social media world at large (I’m looking at you, Pinterest!) makes us think that we have to go all out for every holiday in order to maximize the enjoyment and show the world that we …
When Setting a Goal = Failure
image via Runner’s World My half-marathon is coming up on Saturday, and with a 10-mile run last weekend that went superbly, I’m feeling a lot better about the upcoming race. It had seemed like all of my long runs (just about, anyway) during this bout of training had been uphill battles that I was …
To Move or Not To Move
We have been living in our current apartment for almost three years now (it will have been three years in about 3 weeks), and here is the sad truth: I’ve kind of hated our apartment almost since day one. At first, my twitterpated newlywed self could easily look past the many indiscretions and blemishes …
Thoughts On Simplifying & Taking Back Control of my Life
If you’ve been a blog reader of mine for a long time, you might remember my post on minimalism last summer or even my whole 50 Weeks to Organized project I worked on all last year. Basically, the drive behind both of those was that I was feeling an intense desire to simplify my life …
5 Things
1. My goal to lose 5 pounds before the half marathon is going splendidly—something I forgot with weight loss is that two things really help me out: one, if I track my calories via myfitnesspal, and two, if I am able to see results relatively quickly. My problem before was that I wasn’t seeing …