Guess Who Hit Her Pre-Pregnancy Weight?

 Although happy about my achievement, the deliriousness of this picture is caused more by the wind and the attempt at a “jumping picture”  rather than just the joy of the milestone. Just clarifying. Sadly, this is about the best picture we got, ha ha. Well, it’s happened—it might be about six or seven months later …

Why Today DOES Matter

So. It’s Monday. Hmph. I have loads of stuff I SHOULD be doing today (especially since, because my students are end-of-level testing this week, I have some extra time), but I’m finding it difficult to make myself work (aka, grade my students’ book projects and start prepping for my departure from the teaching profession by …

Running

How to Know If You’re Ready to Train for a Half Marathon

One of my new year’s “challenges” was to sign up for another half marathon, a distance I haven’t run for two years (almost to the day). After successfully running 4 – 5 mile distances (without stopping to walk) for several weeks now, I figured it was time to bite the bullet and just sign up …

Today, You Are One (+ Thoughts on My 1st Year of Motherhood)

 Photo courtesy of my sis My baby Raven, Today, you are one. WOW. What a year it has been! From the moment you first drew breath, you have seemingly been determined to learn as much as you can every day and to try to hit as many milestones as you can before each new month …

10 on 10, Raven

10 on 10

Remember how I said that one month, I was actually going to stick with just 10 photos? News Flash: This is not that month. (I mean, look at that face—how could I resist?) But here are the “official 10,” in no particular order: 1 // Everything is about walking these days. EVERYTHING. Matt and I …