This week, my husband is on travel and I am home along with our daughter. This presents both a challenge and the opportunity for great fun, as this week will be the longest time we've been apart since the babe was born. On the fun side of things, we’ve eaten our - ok, my - …
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Keeping it real in response to @LaurenFleshman's challenge to women to celebrate their "real" bodies - wiggles, wobbles, and all. It can be a real challenge to reveal our bodies at anything less than their best and to recognize beauty no matter what form we take. So, here's my post-run photo submission. Women & men: celebrate …
Spring semester is underway, our little is in full-time day care, somehow it is February, and days and hours pass in blurs. Today I thought I would talk a bit about time: the half hour, to be precise. Why a half hour? It takes me approximately 30 minutes to be at day care, pick up …
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, goals & resolutions are a hot topic as each year begins. As I reflect on 2013, I know I spent the year “getting back” into many things, including running and academia. The year was pretty hectic for me, and culminated in an emotional whirlwind of a holiday season during which …
Everyone around me (ok, my Mom & Dad) are really into lists. Ok, mostly, my Mom is into lists. She has a list for everything. What food to buy. Activities. “Important” phone numbers. What food is for dinner. When I go to “daycare” (or better known as “toddler’s united in guilt-tripping parents for abandonment”). And …
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This Thanksgiving, my husband, 15 month old daughter and I flew across the country to celebrate Thanksgiving and Mundan with family in Connecticut. Reflecting on this trip, I have much to giggle about, and thought I’d share. Packing My M.O.: Baby = priority numero uno. Organize, reorganize, and then double-check quantity of leggings, onesies, fuzzy …
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I am recently returned from the Geological Society of America annual meeting, in Denver, CO. This is a meeting where tens of thousands of geologists from the globe converge and nerd out for a week, catching up on the latest in geologic research while attending talks, poster sessions, short courses, networking and catching up with …
