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Triathlon Day

On July 22, 2014 · 2 Comments · In exercise, summer season

Michael completed his first-ever triathlon a few weeks ago. I wish I could say it had been me, but the fact of the matter is that I’m in horrible shape, and Michael is in great shape. So much so that he did the darn thing without even training for it, whereas if I did that, […]

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Tuesday Tidbits

On June 17, 2014 · 3 Comments · In essential oils, exercise, health and wellness, ketchup day

I feel like it’s been a long time since I’ve written a real blog post. And this doesn’t exactly qualify as a “real” one, but we’ve been busy and I feel like I need to somehow catch up. The result is this collection of random thoughts and things that have been going on.

– Vivienne […]

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Treading

On March 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In baby #2, exercise, pregnancy, work

Michael quit his job.

Have I talked about that yet on here? I don’t think I have. He is leaving his job at a fairly sizable company to pursue a position with a friend/former coworker of his who started his own business last year. It’s a risk, but obviously a calculated one, and this will […]

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Discouraged

On July 12, 2012 · 19 Comments · In exercise, garden

Lately, it seems as though as soon as I blog about something, it turns to shit.

Take, for instance, my valiant effort at taking up some good exercise–and attempting to learn to love running in the process–with my foray into a C25K program. I posted this after running Week 2, Day 2, and I […]

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C25K

On June 20, 2012 · 19 Comments · In exercise

I’ve been a fairly active person throughout my adult life (after college). I was never a gym rat in any sense of the term, but I was in decent shape at least. Michael and I used to go to the gym a few times during the week–I took step aerobics and kickboxing classes–and on the […]

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