It always feels like the end of summer when the balloons roll into town. Last night’s weather did not disappoint. This is absolutely one of my favorite events of the year – a mess of blankets on the ground, food and drinks in coolers and baskets, and the cool breezes and warm bursts of flame…
Month: September 2009
motivation
Everything about this week has been a portion of the perfect formula for motivating me to get moving. Don’t get me wrong – I love to move, love exercising, being outside, going for a brisk walk for an hour or two. But since the kid was born (once I got past those tough first weeks)…
it could have been worse (much worse)
When E was just shy of four months old she caught the flu. Too young for the flu shot herself, the particularly nasty strain that year got her and gave her a nasty fever. She fell into a restless nap with a temperature hovering around 101, and when we felt her an hour or so…