Hi friends! Long time, huh?!??! I’ve missed you all! It’s been such a crazy week. I’ve had a lot of late nights/11 or 12 hour workdays, which for me is a lot!! I’m spoiled in that I normally have great work hours since I work in a school, so I’m definitely not used to being [...]
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When Mike and I were staying at the Starved Rock Lodge over the weekend, one of the items on the all-you-can-eat brunch that kinda appealed to me, kinda didn’t was the scalloped potatoes.
Pre-vegan, I loved ANYTHING smothered in cheese, and scalloped potatoes were no exception. In college I was too lazy/time-crunched to slice up the [...]
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Hello and happy Monday! Do you miss my Marathon Monday posts? I do! Maybe I’ll have to sign up for another marathon soon to fix that situation
Until then, today is Matrimonial Monday!!
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I should explain that I got married in a traditional, Greek Orthodox ceremony. Mike’s mother is 100% Greek and his father is [...]
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Happy 1 year anniversary to my wonderful husband, Mike!! I can’t believe that we’ve been married a full year today, on October 25th.
To celebrate our anniversary, we spent the weekend at Starved Rock State Park. Starved Rock is located about two hours southwest of Chicago in Oglesby, IL, so it’s not a long drive, but [...]
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Hello! How was your day? Mine was spent at a School Social Workers conference, which was a nice change from the daily grind! I look forward to this particular conference since it’s always full of innovative and cutting edge interventions and theories about how to best help our students.
Today I attended a conference on using [...]
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* The keychain on my bathroom counter is by Gandhi which says, “Be the change you wish to see in the world” – isn’t that a beautiful quote?
Hi friends! I keep forgetting to talk about a few new products I’ve tried over the past few weeks. Since I’ve made the transition to a [...]
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Hello! I’ve been meaning to get this post up for a few days now…. on Saturday Mike and I took my younger sister, Laura out to eat for her 23rd birthday. I went to a restaurant called Green Zebra a few years ago when Mike surprised me by taking me there for our anniversay that [...]
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Hi there! How was your Monday? I was a bit sleep-deprived from a long night away from home last night watching the Bears game at my in-laws house, and then after a day of work I mustered up some energy to go for a run.
It was my first since the marathon last week, which was [...]
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Hi everyone! Are you all excited about a day full of boredom football?!?!? Haha, I’m with Mike at my in-law’s house today for a day filled with about 18 hours of nonstop football. Luckily I brought my laptop so I can entertain myself while the men scream at the tv
Remember when I made these [...]
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Hello, hello!!! Thank you all for your thoughtful and supportive comments about my “20 tips to run your best marathon” post, and about yesterday’s “Intuitive Eating” post.
You guys are all awesome!!
I’m happy to say that yesterday I stuck to my guns which meant doing things that make me feel good in the long-term [...]
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I'm a school social worker who is also a newlywed (and had a Big Fat Greek Wedding, no less!) living in Chicago. I am starting this blog to talk about the training process I will go through to prepare for the Chicago Marathon, while also raising awareness for Ceasefire, a Chicago anti-violence program.
