I started writing all of these personal journal type posts awhile back--you know, like, real blogging. The blogging of the olden days. Where blogs were basically personal diaries of our deepest and darkest thoughts. Although mine were more journal entries. Focuses of gratitude. A place to write down the mundane and the exciting. I stopped...
I have been in Savannah Georgia for Nova's gymnastics competition at the Pink Meet (for breast cancer research). A few mom's and daughters teamed up to rent a cool old Victorian house, right near Forsyth Park to watch the girls compete and enjoy the city together. The girls competed on Friday morning and did really...
Oh hello there gratitude journal! I have missed you! I just went back and checked and my last post was over a month ago. Not too great---since I am really trying to focus on gratitude this year. Instead of re-hashing all of the minutia from the past month, I'll just start here, with the now....
Whole 30 vs Vegan Lifestyle? I have struggled a bit about whether or not a Whole 30 or a vegan lifestyle would be better for me. Have you had the same questions? I was vegan for four years, vegetarian for 20 and have started three Whole 30's, and completed two. I have experimented over the...
I mostly have this week off but Aaron is really busy. This is always the busy season for SURFit, which is good. It has been so quiet for too long. The kids and I sat around in our pajamas until almost 2:00 pm. Nova watched shows on her new phone, Sawyer rode his bike around...
I sit here on the day after Christmas, thinking about our yesterday---Christmas Day when the kids are 15 and 12. Compared to past holidays, this one was quiet. We didn't go anywhere and no one came here--it was just our small family, at home, on Christmas Day. ( We were just in NYC, last week)....
Do you have a surfer on your list this year? I have put together a quick surfers gift guide to help you buy for the surfer in your life. These are all products we have bought, use and can recommend highly! Surf Trip Map: Every surfer has dreams of travelling the world and checking out...
Do you ever feel sort of just bogged down by daily life? I have been feeling that lately. I am trying hard to find gratitude in the everyday but sometimes it is difficult. My day is so busy and still things don't get done that I want to do. It is even harder when I...
It's been about two weeks of thinking about Hurricane Irma, preparing for her, evacuating for her and then coming back and getting our life back together. While we didn't suffer much damage, the whole ordeal was very taxing and traumatic. There were also some beautiful moments. How best to remember it all? Write it down!...
rain amazing thunder and lightening storm that went on for hours last night and being cozy at home for it new shoes surf for Sawyer and Aaron a two day work week before a mini-vacation granola with yogurt, honey, and blueberries a week at an interesting conference in Tampa with work friends new lens for...
Everything changes this year with Sawyer starting high school. There are no longer any buses that will pick him up for the early morning start time of 7:21 am. His school is at least half an hour away which means getting up at 5:30 am and out the door by 6:30 am. Nova, on the...
Keeping up with a consistent writing practice isn't easy especially when you feel you don't have much to write about. Our everydays seem really boring and normal. Is it interesting enough to even write down? I struggle with this each time I am writing about just a regular day. Like today. I need to keep...
I am reading a book right now (The War of Art) all about The Resistance that we create for ourselves in our everyday life. The Resistance is that internal voice that tells you to stop working on your goals because you are not good enough, no one cares,you are wasting time and energy. The Resistance...
Around noon today Sawyer mentioned it was International Surf Day and we needed to surf--NO MATTER WHAT! The conditions on the Gulf coast were non-existent and even on the east coast they didn't seem much better. But, Sawyer wanted to surf and I was happy to get out of town where laundry piles and yard...
I'm home again with Nova. She has such a horrible stuffed up sound to her, a fever and just a sense of general un-wellness. She started to feel a bit better this afternoon so I packed her up to take her to the beach. Aaron was surfing and I thought it would be fun to...
I went to my office today--I had a few meetings but most of the day was just getting things checked off my list. I spent some time chatting with a work friend about a hard thing she is dealing with right now. It felt good to hear her story and give support. It made me...
Time for a gratitude update and time to re-commit to this practice. I need to remember gratitude everyday-it makes me feel better and I really need to stay in the habit. Not to mention, it is always fun to go back and read it again. I seem to forget a lot of things, especially...
This daily blogging thing is tricky. I am trying to do so much and haven't been getting up early enough to give myself time to just write. I need to remember how good it feels and how important consistency is as a practice. I am pretty proud of my first week of May 2017. I...
I am a bit behind on posting as the week was a blur of fun and just general busi-ness. I'm going to have to do a quick summary post to get caught up. 4.25.17 Mary and I went on our normal Tuesday walk, only this time, she surprised me with a cool birthday present....A cup...
Happy 2017! Ready to kick off this new year of business? I know I am. One of the best things we ever started doing for SURFit was to do an annual report. This is basically just a time for us discuss and to put down on paper what systems worked for us in the previous year,...
***I have a few posts in my back pocket about goal setting, passion planning and dream living. I don't claim to be an expert but I do spend a good deal of time thinking about how to live my life to the fullest and have some thoughts and ideas to share. I thought today would...
Wow! November was a busy month for me and here we are moving towards the end of December and I still haven't finished my monthly business/income report. What I have been doing... This past month, I was really focused on starting an ecommerce site for our paddleboard and surf business and it took a lot...