Blog posts

  • Let’s,  talk about aging these Quick Takes with Kelly in celebration (?), disbelief (?) and the awful truth that Luke Perry aka “Dylan” of 90210 is the cover boy of AARP.  What the what???  This truth brought to my attention via one of my oldest BFF’s text a few nights ago.   Remember when $10

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  • A little change up

    Yesterday the Hubs and I hit the gym at the ridiculous o’dark hundred hour of 5ish.  So early.  So dark.  However, a saying my friends and I have is that you never regret having gone to work out, only not going.  Even though my muscles ache (yay!) this morning and I definitely had to have

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  • What’s next?

    This morning I had the privelege to start my day with my Director, mentor and friend at a breakfast meeting followed by a talk given to Daytona State College students and community members by Lucas Daniel Boyce, author of Living Proof.  What a story.  I will do him a great injustice by attempting to retell

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  • We reap what we sow

    Have you ever had your toddler sass you with a phrase or intonation that was a dead-on impression of you?  Or perhaps a middle schooler roll their eyes with a disdainful expression that you’ve seen “somewhere” before.  Maybe even a high schooler or young adult disagree with you about something and throw your own logic

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  • Day of rest

    All day long. Actually, we were up pretty early after Homecoming night to sell Christmas wreaths at church for the youth group after the 7:30 a.m. Mass.  After Mass, I covered for a friend at Middle School Youth  Group (marshmallows and middle schoolers….you know that’s going to be funny!). We were all dragging though.  By

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  • The recurring battle

    I have worried about my weight for as long as I can remember.  Probably from middle school on.    When I look back on my school pictures though, I see a normal girl who went through her thick before shooting up phase and later on, in high school, a fit and athletic girl who looked

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  • Saturday. Biketoberfest. Semi fall weather. Early morning walk sesh with the pup. Coffee with my mom and John. Run a few errands. Watch Hubs hang the back fence (and hold a few panels for him) Gave our HOCO girl a pedicure (looked pretty awesome, if I do say so myself) Take the girl to get

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  • Finally Friday

    Bring.  It.  On. Celebrating Friday with Kelly in 7 quick takes. I’ve been whining about Hurricane Matthew all week, but seriously we made it through with extremely little damage and so truly blessed, but it has freakin’ wiped me OUT.  With the days leading up to the storm, stressing about preparations, predictions followed by evacuation,

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  • Letting go of perfect

    I saw an instagram pic on Elizabeth Foss‘s account today which was an encouragement in letting go of the journey for perfectionism.  You know the one, where you are running yourself and your family ragged doing everything and doing everything perfectly until you hit that snag and BOOM down comes the house of cards, leaving

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  • Election blip

    I received my #Write31days shirt today….not the one I thought I ordered, but ABSOLUTELY the one I wanted (I thought they were sold out….), so excited! And yet, here I am with blogger’s block.  Actually, I have lots of stuff on my mind, but I am a chewer and can’t figure out where to start.

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