Month: November 2016

Posted in Food, Health & Fitness, Uncategorized

My First-Ever Turkey Trot

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15203373_10208349248512887_3023534357833240576_nWell, I can say it: I did it. For the first time in my life, I completed the annual YMCA Turkey Trot. Buffalo’s Turkey Trot is known to be the oldest consecutive annual footrace in North America, with 2016 being its 121st year.

I made the decision to sign up fairly early; I know it sells out (they cap it at 14,000 runners) and I was determined to do it. Sure, I said I’d walk/run more and get into better shape for it – and that didn’t really happen – but in the end, I did it, and I’m proud of myself for not giving up.

I’m not going to lie and say it was easy. I think over the course of the 4.97 miles, a lot of different things went through my head. It went something like this:

At the start line…. well, actually, about a half-mile BACK from the starting line is where my race actually began. I’m smart enough to line up behind the 10+ mile pace flag, but not at the VERY back of the crowd. With the massive amount of people running, it took me a whopping eight minutes from the time the race actually started to the time I actually crossed the start line. Wowza! By the time I started, a lot of people had already gone at least a mile, if not more.

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Posted in Love, Marriage & Relationships, Uncategorized

50 Reasons I’m Thankful For My Spouse Challenge

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This week, clearly part of the American Thanksgiving Holiday, the wonderful folks over at Beating 50 posted this challenge:

“In light of thanksgiving, we wanted to invite you all to join us in making a list of 50 reasons why you are thankful for your husband or wife (or fiancé, boyfriend, girlfriend). Let’s thank our loved one for the little things and the big things! Thankfulness produces joy, and joy is what we want our marriages to be marked by! We hope that our lists of thanksgiving, inspire you to write and share your own with your spouse!”

This was my first Thanksgiving as a married woman, and really our first holiday as a married couple! (We got married in mid-July.) We’ve spent the last few Thanksgivings together, but there was something different about this one. Just knowing that we’re married and we’re really a family now, just made everything feel better, more connected.

So, Beating 50, I’ll take your challenge. Fifty reasons I’m thankful for my husband… here we go!

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Thirty Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know By The Time She’s 30

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Well, here we are. November of 2016, which means this month marks my 26th birthday. I know, I know, a lot of you will say “Hah! That’s not old!” but in my perspective, it feels old. It feels like I’m making moves in my life and honestly, it’s a great feeling.

I just recently picked up a book at work that I’m now reading, entitled “Thirty Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know By the Time She’s 30.” I figured, with four years (and a little change) to go, I should probably see what the fuss is all about when it comes to this list.

Presented without further comment, here’s the list – originally written by Glamour columnist Pamela Redmond Satran:

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