The Tao of Me

I googled the words “feeling zen” and this image came up. Its pretty much how I feel right now, after tonight’s unexpected exhilarating run. Very ironic considering how annoying the day started. 24Lift I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I was going to checkout the “24Lift” class at 24-Hour Fitness. My cousin Lauren decided to [...]

Now I know why Michael Phelps eats a gazillion calories (and doesn’t gain any lbs). Swimming makes your famished! Lauren and I wanted to do some cross-training today so my Uncle Rich (who BTW, placed second at the Blackhills Dualthon this past weekend) suggested we go to his gym, 24-Hour Fitness. He had these passes [...]

I had a perfect Labor Day weekend. Why? Because I had no plans, nothing scheduled whatsoever. I didn’t have to worry about being late or people waiting for me (as is usually the case). Everything I did was on my own time, at my own leisure. So relaxing. I only had three things I wanted [...]

When I started training for my first half-marathon, my cousin Michi, an avid runner, told me, “Whatever you do, don’t stop.” So whenever I’m out on a run, I always hear her voice saying this to me and I have always listened. Until yesterday. I set out to run seven miles, my normal weekend distance [...]

Several months ago I received an Athleta catalog in the mail. I had never heard of Athleta and till this day, have no idea how I got the catalog. Nevertheless, I thought it had really cute workout and swimwear. I meant to order a few items from it but never did. Fastforward to last Friday [...]

dear family and friends, to quote victor, my favorite mac makeup artist, “there’s a big sale going on, so i’ll be giving out hugs for christmas.” that’s what i’m doing – after this year’s black friday, i’m giving out hugs for your christmas gifts this year. its become our black friday tradition to head out [...]

after months of searching, i finally found the perfect hair product… …and all i needed to do was ask “my juju, my tita”, who is a professional beauty educator. she recommended ojon to me and last night i finally tried it. its fa-bu-lous and smells so good! from www.ojon.com: from the remote tropical rainforests of [...]

a friend of mine created the “instant button.” its a removable button that adjusts “too big” waistbands. ok i admit, the first time i used it, i put it on wrong (didnt read the instructions), but thankfully, medha corrected me. once i got it all worked out it was great! it attaches to your jeans, [...]