Archive | April, 2010

Simple Joy

I love target. My trips to Target are sacred times. There really isn’t anything I don’t love about Target. Well, maybe just one thing. They don’t carry “short” or “petite” jeans. What is a 5’2” girl supposed to do? Oh well. I still love Target. I like to wander through all the aisles, ponder eye [...]

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An attestation of belief

I believe in looking at the world in different ways. I believe happiness is a decision. I believe that a good run can cure just about anything or at least give you the courage to face just about anything. Running in the rain heightens the experience. I believe that I am meant to be a [...]

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Keeping my fingers crossed

I have been keeping something from you. I’ve been trying to hide it under a big pile of random thoughts. And covering it with a blanket of Glee. But the truth is, if you looked at my face, you would know something was up.  So I’ll remove my internet veil and show you what’s really [...]

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As promised…

Why I love Glee: The music. The music is to. die. for. Now I know what you’re thinking: It’s a musical. You don’t do musicals. Maybe you wouldn’t be caught dead watching a singing, dancing piece of joy. I ask you to suspend that mentality for a second and hear me out. Glee is more [...]

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Random Thoughts

Today I am hosting a convention of random thoughts. They’re inside of my head, mingling, bumping into each other, wearing name tags, saying “excuse me,” that kind of a of thing. I am glad that at least these random thoughts are polite because they are rather distracting to me today. There are thoughts of gratitude, [...]

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Running through the pain

Friday morning I cried some more. Then I began to think. I could lie in bed and feel sorry for myself; I could lie on the couch being a grouchy mess. Or I could decide to be a real woman and take it out on the streets.  I needed to run.  I needed to run [...]

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Miscarriage

There really is no other way to say it, hide it or get around it.  I had a miscarriage and I am a mess. I had to do a lot of thinking before posting this. I had to go on a long run to try and make sense of it. There are still so many [...]

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Belly update. The first of many.

Although I am just  five weeks along, I thought I would give you all a belly update. And as the title suggests…this is not the only one you’ll get. We have a glorious 35 weeks to cover. So buckle up, hold on to your caps and glasses folks because I gotta feeling this is going [...]

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