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A Healthy Snack and Healthy Laughter
A Healthy Snack and Healthy Laughter Whether I’m writing or substitute teaching, I like to eat healthy snacks throughout the day. This one is super easy to make and delicious. I found the recipe on: A Spicy Perspective. Yum! Laughing is just as important as eating healthy! Here’s one of my favorite comedians. Gabriel Iglesias! Fluffy!
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When My Husband Came Home With a Surprise
When my husband came home with a surprise I learned a valuable lesson. Happy 400th post to me! I hadn’t paid much attention to anything more than was it Wednesday or Sunday, my usual posting days. 400! Immediately, I did the math to see how close I was to reaching my 10,000 hours. Have you read THE TIPPING POINT by Malcom Gladwell? 400 posts only puts me around 1,200-1,600 hours. Add six years of working on MYSTIC…yeah, I still have a way to go. September 15, 2008 was my first post. I thought I was mainly going to write about writing. It evolved into a blog about our family, my thoughts on…
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I love, love, love, this video!
I love, love, love, this video! If you’re a writer, teacher, parent, student or coach I highly recommend watching this video. It’s 13 minutes and twenty seconds of inspiration. Lessons To Remember Repetition, repetition, repetition. Persistence, persistence, persistence. How do we get good at anything? Practice. Whether it’s writing, athletics, teaching, parenting, or learning to be a successful student, we must be willing to fail and try again…and again, and again! Our thoughts influence our actions. Several months ago I joined a spin group at our gym. For the holidays our instructor bought us all wristbands that say: I Can And I Will. This has been her mantra especially when challenging…
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Living With Pain
Living With Pain For the first time in days I’m pain-free. My head feels as though I’ve had three glasses of wine and typing this post is tricky but I’m not in agony thanks to an over the counter allergy medication. Finally, I found something that works to ease the throbbing in my head. I don’t know exactly when my headaches began, perhaps a year or two ago. They appear without notice and wreak havoc on my life. I’ve learned to function with them most of the time. However, there are days like last Friday, when I must lay still in a silent, dark room waiting to be me again. Why haven’t I gone to the doctor?…
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There Are Seven Cats In My Bathroom!
There are seven cats in my bathroom! December 31st I wrote a post about meeting goals. Well, it’s the end of February and I’m grading myself on my progress in each category. Education I’ll begin with my worst, Education, in which I’d give myself a D. I set a goal to practice learning Spanish every day and well… I’ve only completed 3 of my Duolingo lessons and my Rosetta Stone remains untouched. The only reason I didn’t give myself an F was because I’ve been studying up on self publishing, owning my own business and marketing. That has to count for something. Fitness and Writing Fitness and writing I strive to work towards daily. If…
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Gasparilla 15K
Gasparilla 15K! The Gasparilla 15K is a special race to us because it was there, years ago, where Arielle first met her coach Adam Bleakney and his University of Illinois wheelchair racing team. Arielle was in middle school, new to wheelchair racing, and suddenly she was meeting elite athletes. Arielle become inspired, set her sights on attending the University of Illinois, and to one day train with Adam. She achieved that goal and now she’s practicing twice a day to prepare for the Los Angeles and Boston Marathons. Before The Race I picked Arielle up at the airport on Friday evening and we drove straight to Tampa. She was happy to leave behind the freezing weather in Illinois for a sunny…
