We got up bright and early (again! yay!!) thanks to the awkward sleeping arrangements at my parents’ house and my kids’ colds.  But that meant I had time to work out before saying bye to the littles and setting off to Mendocino with my main squeeze.  🙂 Starbucks in hand and whatever music we wanted…wooohoooo. On the way up we saw quite a bit of devastation in Sonoma county, but not as much as I know there is in total. First stop was in Geyserville at the Geyserville Grille for brunch (we had a reservation… Read more >

What I really wanted to do on Friday morning was sleep in, lie around, and do nothing. But my kids were up before the sun, so that was a no go! V and I hung out while the rest of the house snoozed…until around 6 am when P joined our pre-dawn par-tay. It’s amazing what you can get done on a phone before the rest of the West Coast is up.  I made Black Friday my b!tch, you guys (even though I was done with my shopping I got things refunded for even lower than… Read more >

Literally and figuratively I packed WAY TOO much in over the Thanksgiving weekend. I hardly know where to start. Isn’t this view gorgeous! We were blessed with amazing weather for a day trip to Mendocino with all my sisters and their husbands.  And my parents watched the bebes, so we could spend the night and really enjoy the time away. But of course, I can’t forget Thanksgiving fooooooooood!  I have to post about these dishes separately. It was a fantastic day. And my sister’s birthday was the following Friday! And then we got to surprise… Read more >

Another week of no kids in school, but Kyle had most of the day off so I (once again) went to stroller strides solo. I was already a little sore from all the push-ups the day before and then today there were sets of leg work that had me shaking like crazy, so I think my thighs will be in pain tomorrow.  But you know what?!  This is how crazy I am.  I’m going to ANOTHER stroller strides class at 6:30 am.  On Thanksgiving morning.  Three days in a row makes it loco enough, but… Read more >