Archive for the ‘ Health ’ Category
Training: Monthly Bike Stats
Replacing the Car The stats are in for May: I logged 129.5 miles on my bike that would have otherwise been spent in the car. That was over the course of 20 days; the remaining 11 days of the month were spent in Texas (seven days) or on day or weekend trips to bikeless locales […] Read More
Betty Says: Park the Car
Walk More, Ride More Last weekend, the Tiny Kitchen Assistant got a new bike. Naturally, as any kid with a new toy, he’s looking for every excuse to ride it. On Sunday, we rode to the ballpark for baseball practice (the long green park at the top of the outer circle), with me towing two […] Read More
Tales of Two Color Runners
Color Run San Francisco Last year, while perusing the Internet for races, I stumbled across a video for the Color Run. The Tiny Coaching Assistant practically pushed me out of my chair so he could get a better look. “What IS this?” he asked. “When is it? When can we do it?” Now, the Assistant […] Read More
Lockdown
Classroom Lockdown Drill A few weeks into this school year, my 6-year-old first grader came home and told me that they’d had a lockdown drill at school. I recoiled. A lockdown drill? I asked him about it and he discussed it in great detail. The teachers locked the doors and cover the windows of the […] Read More
Help a Mother Out
Oatmeal Mix-ins The Tiny Kitchen Assistant eats oatmeal every morning. Every. Single. Morning. Understandably, this can get a little bit boring. I’ve tried livening things up by mixing in cool stuff. His genius creation: Nutella and strawberries. I have to tell you, that’s pretty good, but it’s not an everyday breakfast. I’m running out of […] Read More
Betty Says: No Cosmetic Procedures
Say No To Botox Looks like my “end of my 30s” post struck a nerve with some readers. Dear Betty, I, too, am looking 40 in the eye, and I can’t help but notice that my face is wrinkling and sagging in ways that completely freak me out. I even cut bangs to hide these […] Read More
Change: It’s Not Katy Perry Pink
Playing with Haircolor Since I’d posted the results of the InStyle hair app last week, I figured that I should share what I actually ended up doing. In just a few hours at the salon, I went from this (earlier this spring): To something much closer to my natural color (not that I’ve seen my […] Read More
Fun With Hairdos
Try On Hairstyles A few weeks ago, my friend emailed several of us a photo of a new hairstyle that she wanted to try. This prompted someone to return the email with a picture of the short, cropped, blonde style slapped on top of her long, dark hair like a toupee. Of course, she’d used […] Read More
Dear Betty: What’s In Your Fridge?
It’s been a while since I’ve answered questions from you, my lovely readers. I’ll fix that today. Dear Betty, I looked in my nearly barren refrigerator and discovered that I have three open bottles of white wine (I had a wine tasting at my house over the weekend, and we didn’t finish the whites), one […] Read More
This is Your Captain Speaking: Coordinating a Fundraising Raffle
I have a really hard time asking anyone for anything. I’ve always been a self-sufficient, fend-for-myself kind of person, which is why fundraising for Team in Training has always been a challenge. Don’t get me wrong: you’ve all been very generous about supporting me and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s mission. But first I have […] Read More
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