Shoutin’ from the Rooftop

Here is our first CSA veggie pick-up. The girls and I were so excited to get to the pick-up site on Wednesday. We rushed there hoping to beat the storms. Thankfully we got home before the weather turned bad. Of course due to the cold wet spring, the first harvest is a little small. But [...]

Have you ever been struggling with your journey not because you aren’t motivated but because you are not seeing the results? Maybe there are changes going on but you just can’t see them. We are almost always our own worst critic. For me the weight loss has been slow but thankfully the doctor figured out [...]

I am not sure how many of you are familiar with CSA’s. CSA are community Supported Agriculture. I had heard about CSAs several years ago and had found one that wasn’t too far from us. This year I convinced my sweet husband that we should try it for a summer to see how we like [...]

Sydney’s comment on Friday did motivate me.  Her encouragement to do my best was just the push that I needed. Friday I pushed out three mile run. It felt so good. After the past few days of moving furniture and boxes, it was nice to stretch my legs. Saturday was so crammed full. Sydney had [...]

This is the type of conversation that makes my heart smile. This morning my oldest daughter, Sydney, and I were cuddling after she got up for school. As we were cuddling, she made a very interesting statement. “Momma, I want you to run a marathon this summer.” “What?????” “It doesn’t matter if you skip days, [...]

For those of you that might not know, this morning was the Indy Mini Marathon and the 5K. Two years ago, I ran my first half marathon at this race. Last year, I ran the 5K and this year I was signed up for the 5K. To be completely, honest I had not done much [...]

OK. It has been a long day. A really long day. It is going to be a crazy next seven days which includes a car trip to Colorado with my sister and her two days. You are overwhelmed. You are stressed. You are tired. Not to mention the dinner that you had tonight wasn’t all [...]