MLK Day of Service Part 1

Say it Rah-shay By Jan 17, 2009 1 Comment

A few weeks ago I got an e-mail from one of the ladies in my crochet group. She was calling for volunteers to help make baby hats as a service project for Martin Luther King Day (A day on, NOT a day off). I grabbed the Twin, Pop and her friend and away we went. Working on my hat Today’s…

100 Push-Up Challenge Week 2 Check in

So. This is the end of week two of my 100 Push-up challenge. I really wish that I could say some dramatic change has occurred, that I am sporting sleeveless shirts and able to haul heavy boxes with the mere tips of my finger. Insofar the changes are more subtle. I do feel the burn and a firmness that was…

Tomorrow, January 16th, is…

…National Nothing Day! Someone knows what goes on at my desk between 12:15 and 4! (kidding)Todays Obscure holiday is a day to do absolutely nothing. No more needs to be said.-r

Soundtrack for an E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!! Victory!

Like most of the Philly natives, I have a love/hate relationship with my sports teams. I don’t care much for basketball (who is playing for the Sixers now?), hockey and baseball (didn’t the Phillies just win something big?) are just shy of my peripheral vision but football?Sigh! Are you ready for some? Like most natives, I have my superstitions: I…

Workout Boogie 2.0: Stott Pilate’s

So. It has been too cold for a run. I gladly pull, and wildly wave my wuss card and feel pretty good about it. However the wuss in me cannot, will not tolerate the fact that my storytime warm ups are causing me to consider moving the defibrillator out of the office and next to my desk*. Aesthetic reasons be…