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Up and waddling
After several months of being salty over my unsuccessful transition into a new career in web development, several more months of trying to find the ambition to build my personal site and several more months after that of deciding to actually deploy said personal site (I actually built this at a pretty respectable rate), the site is up and ready to rock! Now the trick is to actually use this to make it more worth-while. Not so much in a “hire me immediately as a web developer” way but in a therapeutic thought journal type of way. The good news is that I’m now in a very different spot in…
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Powerful Songs: Part 2
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You Gotta Walk Before You Run
I used to be a decent runner. I was never fast or did anything crazy like qualify for Boston, but my commitment and perseverance helped me to complete 1 full marathon, 13 half marathons and too many 5Ks to count. But that was before I had my girls, before my neck and back injuries and before my COVID-related struggles. Well, I’m officially back at it and trying to at least build up to do a 5K within the next few months. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to build up to doing anything competitive; I never really ran competitively to begin with. This also isn’t my first, second or…
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Powerful Songs: Part 1
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Inspirational Accessories
My absolute favorite piece of jewelry right now is my tarot card and moon necklace. I built it after collecting charms from several gift shop visits and deciding to display them all together. The coolest thing of all is that when I picked out the single charms, I chose charms that I found meaningful by themselves. But the meaning behind each charm when combined the others is nothing short of awesome. The first tarot card charm I chose was The Moon, which symbolizes intuition in times of uncertainty. My second tarot card charm of choice was The Star, which symbolizes hope. The Lunar Eclipse charm was my third choice, and…
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On Today’s Episode of “You’re (Probably) Too Old For That”…
I’m a huge fan of American Ninja Warrior and occasionally get the wild idea that I am somehow young and coordinated enough to even have a chance in hell at doing such things. I went to the playground today with my kids, saw one of those zipline obstacles that connected one end of the playground to the other and suddenly thought up a super dumb idea. After second and even third guessing myself, I carefully stepped to the edge of the platform, carefully grabbed the zipline bar (I didn’t even get the recommended running start) and carefully pushed off of the platform. Well, thanks to my Mom Bod momentum and…
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A Little 90’s Nostalgia
I’ve officially reached that uncomfortable age where I’m starting to have “back in the day” moments. During my recent staycation, I watched the Trainwreck: Woodstock 99 docuseries and while the primary point of the series was to remind us all of what a raging dumpster fire Woodstock 99 was, I couldn’t help but remember all of the awesome music that came from that time period (I still listen to most of it). Apparently, the majority of the crowd came to see Korn, an excellent choice! And while their spot in the festival is now identified as when all of the trouble started, it looked like one hell of a show!…
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Back & Bloggin
Well, my busted-can-of biscuits blog site has been officially put back together with duct-tape…and love.
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Getting Back Into Health
Holistic approaches have also been a big part of my recent health journey. Superhuman protocol with red light therapy and lymph drainage really helped to balance my hormones shortly before my youngest daughter was conceived. I am slowly starting back up with these things when time allows and I am hoping to piece all of these parts together to work toward finding my long-term health plan. Health maintenance is a journey and not necessarily a destination and I’m hoping good habits will help me stick around on this earth for a while.
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For The Grieving Hearts
I was working out a few days ago when this awesome song that I’ve never heard popped up on my playlist. Just listening to the lyrics made me super emotional, which really doesn’t tale much these days (having a baby will do that). After losing 3 family members to terminal illness, 3 friends to suicide and overdose and a tiny unborn human to life’s misfortune, all within a few short years, I think it’s safe to say that grief is something that’s on my heart. There’s that horrible saying that time heals all wounds. This is stupid and inaccurate. The grief doesn’t magically get better. I have just learned to…
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New Normal
PSA- Living on 3 hours of sleep for days at a time from caring for an infant can lead to fatigue, depression, random crying, swearing, cold symptoms and may lead to an epic crash.