Thankful Thursday: Have You Seen Sleepy?

Strange as it may sound, lawn ornaments, garden gnomes, dwarfs, garden fairies and some road work paraphernalia have found their way into our family lore. Some families golf together, others play tennis, we traffic in a different sort of family togetherness. Growing up in a small town there is really only so much trouble to…

Torture Report: Concrete Combat and Back on Track

(G) It seems I like my running to be a lot like my feeding schedule: consistent and uninterrupted. Over the weekend, Swaggy J and I participated in our first-ever relay event. Our 2-person team covered 71.1 miles in just under 18 hours at The Ohio State University for 1 Day for the KIA. As a…

Thankful Thursday: Walk in the Light

I am a believer in signs and many of you might be as well. Sometimes, though, I judge where my signs come from as if they need to always be high-brow or impressive in some way. This week while perusing Instagram… I know, see I already warned you this is going to be low-class medium,…

De-cluttering the Crazy Mind: My Intention to Complain Less

I have often thought that the inside of my head inevitably must look like a clothesline with all kinds of chaotically placed clothes, or in this case thoughts, hanging from it. Kind of like this. Cleaning that up isn’t for sissies I tell you that. So when someones says: Relax or Clear your mind It…

Life Lesson: Live, Love and Laugh

As you read yesterday in our blog, it’s been a tough week for our family. And with that our family, like most, rallies. Of course, when our family rallies to a hospital room we have exceeded the fire code! It’s a scene to say the least. There is a lot of stress and nerves are…