I rolled my ankle about…I don’t know…six or seven years ago. I was out for an easy two-mile run while staying with Groom’s parents, no hills, beautiful early morning. I was cruising along the side of the road and I was feeling gooooooood. It was the final stretch of my run, I wasn’t feeling tired, […]

I’ve established pretty well that I live and work at a ski resort in the winters. And, in the winter, I have one rule–well, it’s more of a guideline, really–and that is, never ski on weekends during peak season. It’s so busy on the hill and most of the people are weekend warriors trying to […]

oh, he loves it I was pretty certain I wouldn’t be able to work any activity into my day today, but it turns out I was a little bit wrong. Groom and I got up super early this morning to attend a funeral for a friend’s mom, so I assumed I would have no time […]

easy to peel without a martini Tonight I experimented with kohlrabi, which I’ve quickly discovered translates to “sleep in separate rooms.” Woo! First of all, it’s really really really good. Second, I couldn’t find a resource for ways to peel it. It’s such an unfamiliar root, it’s hard to figure out how to prepare it. […]

I got checked out last night at the grocery store. I kept making eye contact with this guy who was headed on the same shopping loop I was–you know how that goes. You see each other in produce; you bump into each other in the pasta aisle; you “oops..hehe-heh…sorry” as you try to get around […]

I want to amend what I wrote yesterday. I’ve given it more thought and I realize, yes, I would have benefited from getting some form of structured exercise or activity when I was a kid, beyond the weird gymnastics program quasi daycare I attended after school. But, I did get exercise like most kids–organically. When […]

a few more loads but that’s it I can’t seem to wake up. And, I don’t mean in the “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention” way the Occupy movement would have me wake up. I mean, literally. I cannot wake up. I know I’ve talked about having a general feeling of malaise and […]

I got up this morning feeling slightly under the weather. Nothing serious, just one of those “meh” days that people who work from home can indulge in. I tried to shake it off with a shower, then I vacuumed the kitchen floor in preparation for some sweaty, endorphin-inducing mopping, but as I was pouring my […]

Aunty Em! Aunty Em! I woke up this morning with “Rio” by Hey Marseilles in my head, so that pretty much set the tone for the day. My fabulous and talented friend Bree introduced me to this band a few years ago. I vaguely remember seeing them perform in some warehouse on the outskirts of […]

ugh…i….can’t…. Well, I did it. I actually got up yesterday at 5:30am and hopped on the elliptical machine for 20 minutes before embarking on a very long day. It was the worst 20 minutes of my life. I would get off the machine and stare at the numbers….okay….I can go 15 more minutes…. I can […]