Archive for March 2015

Runners Are The Best {Notes from the Weekend}

They say those who can't do teach. If that's the case, those who can't run (a long distance) volunteer. And volunteer I did. I w...

There is no doubt that U.S. Champion Cheesemaker Marieke Penterman is absolutely a good cheesemaker. She's got the credentials, awards a...

It has not been my week – for so many reasons. Miles has been sleeping terribly. I have been sleeping terribly, if at all. The external vers...

My menu was set. My groceries were bought. Heck, they were even put away. But one little Facebook message turned the week's plan upside ...

It wasn't the worst news on the planet but it wasn't the best either. Baby boy, continuing his propensity for complicating life, is ...

It was the most challenging class I had led in a while, Mark said as he put on his jacket. It might have been the toughest I had ever done a...

Never mind that the U.S. Cheese Championships are happening today in Milwaukee, or that UW-Madison's own Big 10 basketball player of the...

"I'm not sure how it's humanly possible for someone to pee so much." As I lumbered to the bathroom at 2 a.m., the fourth t...

I think Mark was worried that a) the world was ending; or b) I was in labor when I called him to the kitchen frantically on Thursday morning...

"You're still pretty impressive." I turned around to see one of my favorite smiling faces, standing near the stationary bikes....

"You wouldn't run a marathon and not eat anything, would you?" she asked. I nodded my head enthusiastically. "Heck, no!...

1: Walk 2: Bottles of Nuun (one Grape, one Fruit Punch-Lemon Lime mix) 2.31: Miles covered 3: Snacks consumed by the 3-year-old in the first...

Have you ever put a dish on the menu or, worse, been in the middle of cooking it when you decide that you don't want to eat it? I was in...

I am not sure it's possible to tell you how excited I am to see this: Yes, my friends, that is the forecast for Fort Wayne. It's a f...

Day by day, this piriformis thing is getting better. I can take the stairs without wincing. I can walk without limping. The shooting pains a...

Do you know how to advocate for yourself, when it really matters? It was one of my mom's favorite stories to tell, and it was not becaus...