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Quick trip to Austin, Texas with kids #SilverLinings
Yesterday I was SUPPOSED to have been rolling over the finish line in the MS150 for the 8th time. And my husband was, too. Neither of us did. This weekend I got to enjoy a few silver linings, though. You see, I just had knee surgery in March for a torn meniscus, so riding 180 miles 6…
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And then there was the blood clot, and SXSW
You know when you go to the hospital emergency room and they scan your ID bracelet, except it doesn’t work? And then the nurse realizes that’s because he is scanning the bracelet from the OTHER hospital you visited that day? Yeah. That happened to me last week. The hospitals are right next to each other,…
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The 2013 MS 150 bike ride– my best ride yet!
If you’ve been reading MomsToolbox for awhile, then you probably know about my annual participation in the Houston to Austin MS 150 each spring. It is a 2-day, 180-mile bike ride from Houston to Austin to raise money to combat Multiple Sclerosis. 2013 was my 6th year to participate in the fundraiser, which is the…
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From Mom’s Journal… Trying Hot Yoga
Last night I went to my first hot yoga class. This morning I went to my second. Tomorrow will be my third and then I’ll take a day or two off. I had been thinking about it for years but, at 90 minutes, the classes seemed too long for me to want to work in…
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Favorite Memories Friday: The cycling adventure that started it all
At about this time three years ago I started thinking, really thinking, about riding in the MS 150, a two-day bicycle ride from Houston to Austin which raises money for and awareness of Multiple Sclerosis. No, I wasn’t a cyclist at the time. I think I had been on a bicycle 5 times since the…