Being a work at home mom who hates to exercise (and it’s too cold to ride my bike) makes it tough to lose weight. 🙂 I love cooking healthy food, but still kept gaining. 🙁 Just over 90 days ago I started the Body by Vi Challenge. I decided to give it a try and … Continue reading
As parents we try to minimize the amount of sugar that Hanna gets. I’m pushing toward eating more whole foods (foods with 5 or less ingredients), and trying to get rid of sugar and white flour as much as possible in our home. The problem comes in at school… I send Hanna a healthy, nutritious … Continue reading
A while back I was introduced to the idea of rebounding… you know those mini trampolines you can use in the house? Turns out rebounding is really, really good for you. It actually exercises each and every cell of your body due to gravity, zero gravity at the top of the bounce and super g … Continue reading
This last couple weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about the “stories” I tell myself. You know, these beliefs we hold as truth, the way we just “know” things are… the things we feel we HAVE to do (or the world will just cave in)… yeah, those stories. Mary K and I did a whole … Continue reading
If you’ve been a mom for any length of time you probably know exactly what I mean by the “witching” hour. It’s that time of day where your kids seem to lose the plot, become cranky, and unreasonable. It’s also the time of day where you can easily become those things yourself! The Witching hour … Continue reading
I’m a pretty hard headed person… call it stubborn, call it “like to have my way”, call it what you will, but that’s how I am. Problem is… Hanna is the SAME EXACT WAY. Yesterday she begged me to “do a project” with her. She got out all this stuff… paper, glitter, glue, popsicle sticks, … Continue reading
We live in the middle of no where, surrounded by wheat fields. We’ve lived here for, gosh, 12 years now?! (wow, this is the longest I’ve ever lived in one place in my whole life!)… anyway, my husband works for one of the local farmers and is trying to start his own farming business. Land … Continue reading
A few years ago things were a mess. My relationship was in a ditch, my relationship with my daughter was a mess, work wasn’t great. I was ready to throw in the towel. It was right around that time that Bob Doyle hosted his first Boundless Living 45 day challenge. It was a challenge to … Continue reading
