Never make New Year's resolutions

OK guys and gals, let’s be honest, how many of you have kept New Year’s resolutions?  I’ll wait….. OK so that one guy there in the back says he keeps his resolutions.  I wonder if that means he doesn’t make any.  Or he makes up something simple like "I will eat good (as in delish not healthy) food this year". How much stress do we put on ourselves to lose 20lbs, stop swearing, go to the gym, be nicer to people, dust more often or, keep your shoes organized? Yes, those are things that should be on my resolution list but I don’t have one. As of the past few years I have never added or created a list of things to do for the new year.

Never forget, perseverance is a four letter word!

So..The Trot was hot!!  No really, I was hot as...well...I was hot.  It was cold outside but listening to the advice of my lovely YOUNGER brother I had on too many layers.  I must say, right after stripping before the race started, I didn't think I was going to make it.  I trained hard for about 4 days total and didn't think my body was going to let me go the distance. 

I jogged straight almost to the one mile mark.  SURPRISED AS ALL H.E. DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS (um..that's "hell" if you didn't know)!!  (side note: Actually I have no idea if I jogged that far.  I think I did but it just doesn't seem possible that I made it that far without walking. Maybe I made it to the first block without walking, that seems more reasonable.  Back to the story...) I tried real hard to make it to the 1 mile marker but I couldn't hold out. As I approached the 2 mile mark I got excited because I knew that when we made it to the 3 mile mark, the race was more than half over.  It wasn't until the four mile mark that things changed.

How you Raise your Kids Never Matters

So this may seem like some odd "have you lost your mind" topic. However, I am a firm believer that how you raise your kids (that is if you are a middle of the road parent...totally not in the drink the kool-aid way) doesn't matter. Why? Because we all grow up with issues.

Never think you can do it all

OK I do think I can do anything I put my mind to. However, at what point do you start to realize you are human? My alter ego is totally She-Ra, Princess of Power. You know...He-Man's secret sister he found out about after a couple of seasons...

I said I would never run

OMG so I'm totally running (uh jog/walking) in the Turkey Trot here in Buffalo. It's the longest running race of it's kind. I think this is year 115. I am sooo scared. The closer I get to race day the more afraid I get. I'm on the mill, working on my core...But, I'm a big girl. I have always been "overweight" but I recently realized that I have become out of shape too (rugby was clearly a loooooong time ago).

Never Say Never

So I said that I would never write a blog. What original thoughts would I have? What words could land me in serious hot water? How in the heck would I find the time to actually keep up with something like this. Finally, how random can I make a blog that would still engage people from diverse backgrounds.