Category: From my Journal
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Working hard and trying to persevere
Last I wrote, aside from the wine events, I told you I was traveling and I’d, essentially, “be right back.” And, well, that didn’t happen. Instead life and work got in the way and I didn’t get right back in the swing of posting SOAP or much else, to be honest. Life is full. Parenting…
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Admiring quilts at the quilt show
My daughter loves quilts. In Kindergarten, her class toured a quilt show at her school (which is at a church) and she has been hooked ever since. Every year we go to that same quilt show and admire the stories and craftsmanship in each of the quilts on display. I’m sure it doesn’t hurt that there is…
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Marching Beyond Halftime
In high school, I was a part of the marching band. I did not play an instrument. I twirled flag and rifle and, to be honest, the only reason I tried out was because I had just moved to the school and it was the only thing left to try out to join for the…
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Fitness Friday- Week 2 update- Why do YOU exercise?
It’s been two full weeks since we launched into exercising together here on MomsToolbox. How’s it going for you? In some ways it is getting easier to keep exercise in my routine, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t also getting harder at times, too. When my alarm went off Wednesday morning, I really thought about sleeping…
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Fitness Friday: 1 Week report
Happy Friday, friends. As determined by my new trainer, Fridays and Sundays are rest days for me, so no exercising today. Instead I got to sleep in an extra hour and a half and my body got to recover. Cha-CHING! After exercising nearly every day over the past week, I cannot say that I look any…