This is week five of the “Leap Into Spring” Photo Challenge. This challenge has two choices of prompts for each week. This week, the choices are “Grass” and “Green.” As Kermit the Frog sang, “It’s Not That Easy Being Green.” Green doesn’t always get top billing. It floats along, its hue unnoticed by its occupant: […]
Chest Compressions (A Mama Kat Writing Post)
For my Mama Kat prompt this week, I chose “An invention you’d like to see created.” Although I usually let www.random.org choose for me, number 3 was practically waving its hands and begging to be chosen. I have finally entered the world of fitness technology gadgetry. I have had the same running watch so long […]
Wordless Wednesday (Cold and Wet and Epic Edition)
This is week four of the “Leap Into Spring” Photo Challenge. This challenge has two choices of prompts for each week. This week, the choices are “Rain” and “Water.” On April 7, 2012, several hundred triathletes stood on the shores of Lake Hall, preparing to prove themselves by swimming, biking, and running through the Red […]
Fewer Races, Faster Times (Hopefully)
“The Last Banana” When I first started blogging regularly, I planned to chronicle my efforts to get out of “the last banana club.” This post is the first one I ever wrote about my goal of improving my 5K time to the point that I could finish in less than 30 minutes (and have a broader post-race snack […]
When I Am Alone…… (A Mama Kat Writing Prompt)
My Mama Kat prompt this week is: List the top 10 things you miss about being alone. (Inspired by The Little Hen House). When I was a child and our family visited amusement parks, I recall my parents allowing me to wander off on my own for hours at a time. I was happy as a […]
Wordless Wednesday (Not Alone Edition)
This is week three of the “Leap Into Spring” Photo Challenge. This challenge has two choices of prompts for each week. This week, the choices are “Blossom” and “Trees.” I have to be honest – as I prepare my post, my thoughts are very much with one of its sponsors, Kristi from Live and Love Out […]