This week’s Top 7 includes a long run, a project milestone (for Beth), and two unexpected (but awesome) grants.

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Fitness = Long, Sunday morning run

I absolutely DO enjoy quick workouts— w...

The highlight reel for last week features a month late birthday date, a date night that we snuck in between all the sports, and a few other observations about some of our projects that are winding dow...

We’re a few weeks into the new year…

This week, I settled (finally) into the groove for the new year. The first thing I did was create the “perfect month” and then then “perfect week.”

That is, if I...

The end of the first full week of 2023 means I’m entering my second week of 75 Hard. I write about it in the “fitness” section below.

It also means a few other things have started-up, projects and po...

The first Top 7 of 2023 finds me in Huntsville. The pic above, left to right, features Frank (brother-in-law), Mandy (my little sis), me & Beth, and my Mom and Dad. 

Back in 2019, my parents hit thei...

“The only thing that would make it better is if it was a sweatshirt,” Salter said.

He was referring to, of course, his bacon t-shirt— the perfect complement to his bacon socks.

Earlier in the Fall, ...

This week’s Top 7 includes the Christmas prep, wrestling, and a quick trip to work in HSV… 

(By the way, the new planner arrived this week. I’ll post a paperback version soon that you can access supe...

This week’s Top 7 features an early birthday, two mystery boxes, and a wedding…

… and a few more things.

If you’re just now dropping in, each week I look back at the week behind + preview the we...

The Top 7, part of my weekly routine.

I sit down at some point each weekend, ideally on a Sunday afternoon, while planning the week ahead and doing my weekly review of the week behind, and make a few...

Here’s my Top 7 from last week…

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Fitness = Thanksgiving run

One of my favorite things to do on holidays… is go for a long, easy run.

I don’t know why— it’s just something I’ve done for a wh...

Hard to believe we’re this far into 2022…

… 2020 seemed to slow. Then, 2021 felt like we were all playing “catch up.”

And now, well… here we are, nearing the end. Another lap around the sun.

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Thi...

This week, as I reflect on the Top 7 from last week, I’m reminded of the journey of the past few years. Life now looks nothing like I anticipated it might— just 5 years ago.

Yet everything seems rich...