Reebok Gift Card Decisions

A few weeks ago, I joined in on a twitter party hosted by FitFluential and sponsored by Reebok. It was a fun conversation about fitness tips and how we plan to Live With Fire in the new year. Reebok was giving away a $100 gift card to five of the party participants...

Ham and Egg Breakfast Cups

It was back to work with me today. I can’t complain too much since I just had two weeks off whereas most people get two weeks throughout the entire year. However, the first thing that happened when I walked in the building was that I was handed this stack of...

New Year’s Week in Minnesota

Rob and I landed back in Denver last night after a busy, family-filled week in Minnesota. Between birthday parties and lasagna dinners, it was refreshing to be able to catch up with everyone without the wedding looming over our conversations. In one week, we managed...

Your 5 Favorite Posts in 2013

I really enjoyed compiling yesterday’s post of 2013 in Review for my personal life, so I wanted to share your favorite posts of 2013. 1. 6-Minute Bikini Body Challenge 2. June Ab Challenge 3. Quick Writing Assessments: Flash Writes 4. How to Make 12 Months of...

2013 in Review

2013 has been a rather epic year for me. My family has saying, “Anything worth doing is worth overdoing”, and I would say I hit the nail on the head this year. I wanted to reminisce about a few of the amazing things that have taken place in my life the...

Christmas 2013

This past week has been a complete whirlwind! From the moment we landed in New York on Sunday, we had a jam packed schedule of holiday events. Monday, after picking up our rented 12 passenger van to haul 9 people around, we drove to see the construction site of my...

Beers, Burgers, and Ballet

Last night Rob surprised me with tickets to see the Nutcracker! I was really into ballet as a kid and my dance studio put on the Nutcracker every. single. year. It was a special treat to get to see the dance live and relive those memories of all the parts I played....

Mini Apple Pies

My cold really did a number on me. I ended up taking Friday off work because I couldn’t keep my eyes open and slept the day away. Now I have a bit of lingering cough that has turned out to be bronchitis. Fun. Also fun? The Asia-inspired mask they asked me wear...

How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions

Well happy Tuesday! With it being finals week, the students are in major stress mode. I have to admit, I like watching them squirm as they push themselves to get their missing assignments in, make a certain grade on their finals, and talk about vacation plans. Last...

Wedding Survival Kit

Thank you for putting up with my semi-rant yesterday. I am still slightly reeling from my thoughts surrounding all this and I appreciate the blog world being an outlet to explore those. Moving on to lighter topics. Even though our wedding was two months ago (!), I...

Affluenza, Shootings, Accountability?

What is happening? First, a 16 year old in Texas steals beer, drives drunk, kills 4 people, and gets 10 years probation due to some made up thing called affluenza. Basically, his parents never set boundaries, so he cannot be held accountable for his criminal...