Monthly Archives: March 2008

Half Marathon Training Update

First off – go on and read my latest Complete Running article… Are you back?  Good.  Now I can update you on my training.  So far two weeks have gone by.  Two long and painful weeks….  Kidding.  Training is going fairly well.  I’ve done MOST of my runs.  Not all – but I planned for…

I’m A Douchebag, Are YOU?

Found this over at davefleet.com.  Done in the style of the Common Craft videos, it defines the "new media douchebag", which apparently I am.  Blog?  Check Facebook? Check Twitter? Check RSS Feed?  Check Flickr? Check Real Job? Not really – I sit around in pj’s all day and occasionally put on shoes, tie my hair…

You Know Your Hubby Is Well Trained When…

He comes home from work and compliments you on how clean the house is, only you didn’t clean – you just bought air fresheners   Thank you Febreze Noticeables!  I love love love you!

Maybe Mommy Run Slow… Like A Turtle

The other week while driving my oldest daughter Sierra home from preschool we had a conversation about monkeys, where they live and the zoo.  I promised her we would go to the zoo – she said, "Maybe Oma and Opa want to come too".  I explained that they could ’cause they live near the zoo,…

Lookie What I won!

Wow!  It certainly does pay off to be a regular reader of "The Opionionated Parent" – cause look what I won: The newest product from KUTOKA Interactive, Mia Reading – The Bugaboo Bugs! I can’t wait until it arrives – although it’s meant for children a little older, I’m sure that Sierra would love to…

Time In A Bottle

Today while nursing down Baby Brooke for her morning nap, I began to fantasize about saving time in a bottle.  Time is going by so quickly that I wish I could preserve moments like these forever: the smell of her head the sound of her stuffy nose breathing the sound of her increasing swallows as…

Sleep Deprivation Is A Torture Technique

To do without sleep is torture. Literally. The Spanish Inquisition and the Nazis used sleep deprivation to torment their victims. The British army employed it in Northern Ireland to elicit false confessions. Deprive a person of sleep, and they can suffer serious psychosis.  This, my dear friends, is why hubby and I are slowly going…

iWannaMoreCrap

Friday Night while doing my nightly laptop bonding time, a window popped up from Apple Software Updater informing me that new software was available from Apple, specifically I could install Safari 3.1.  To the left is a screen shot.  Seems innocent enough right?  It took me by surprise because of the wording.  It seemed to…