A Creative Log & Other Notes on Life
From the monthly archives:
When it comes to preparing for a relay race, decorating the vans is super important (at least in my book). Nuun hooked us up with big, white, 12 person vans – a beautiful, blank canvas for our “tie-dyed” psychedelic art to go along with our team name, AfterNuun Delight (which BTW, is a funny but [...]
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We owe it all to the Strider balance bike. They have revolutionized the way parents teach kids to ride their bikes. Learn balance first then learn to pedal. Brilliant. Learning to ride a bike using a Strider balance bike Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
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The “little-man” theme of the baby shower was taken from Emily of Remarkable Home. She was nice enough to even provide a template for those cute cupcake toppers. The cute bow tie and mustache shapes were easy enough to turn into appliques to decorate a few burp cloths. They were not only a great gift [...]
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Race #10 was Family Night again at Over the Hump Race. Brother always looks forward for his chance to race with the little tikes, The girls both raced hard, Princess coming in second girl and Pumpkin feeling so proud of being able to stay in front of her sister for the first half of the [...]
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Cute! RT @ohjennymae: pssst. i just listed my first item @etsy! go buy a shirt, yo! http://t.co/53LqTkr via @Etsy # Now that the girls' birthday weekend is over, I can concentrate on prepping for the @HTCrelay with my @ministryofnuun team! # For some, prepping for the @HTCrelay means training 2-a-days, in the middle of the [...]
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My Nuun team’s official start time is 12:30pm Friday afternoon. I’ll be wearing a purple Team Sparkle skirt (because grape nuun is my favorite flavor). I’m hoping my experience at the Over the Hump Moutain Bike races, inhaling dusty air from 500 bikers while climbing steep hills will be enough to get me through the [...]
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Being a nursing mom, I always have my eye out for cute shirt dresses. With a little refashioning, this lightweight, comfortable, and pocketed thrift store find has become my favorite “new” summer dress.< STEPS 1 . Shorten about 6″ 2. Cut off long sleeves, sew casing and add elastic. 3.Unpick hook and eye at neck [...]
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For this race, we suited up in our Team Poseidon gear, determined to ride our very best as a birthday present to Todd. The good news: we looked great and ended the race with smiles on our faces. Bad news: we raced terribly. Worst race of the season for all four of us. Carrie’s finish [...]
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I tell you what @skideervalley is definitely THE place to downhill #mountainbike in #parkcity So. Much. Fun. http://t.co/WznI3xf # I missed having my own @specializedwmn Safire bike to ride. But my rented @giantbicycle Reign treated me real wel http://t.co/R34tCJG # Can't believe our #mountainbike anniversary trip in #parkcity is over 
http://t.co/E3MReTk # Goodbye #parkcity [...]
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