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A long couple of weeks

The past couple of weeks have been a bit of a blur.  You would think that with school out for the summer life would have slowed down a bit, not the case.  Between district commitments, meetings, some job related stresses, preparing … Continue reading

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Competing….

I have been thinking a lot about this in the past few weeks, especially after watching the very talented kids in the state of Wisconsin compete in the WIAA State Track and Field Meet.    “The most important thing is to … Continue reading

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A bit of fatigue

seems to be setting in. This past week has been rough on many of us “that ain’t us” members.  Paul has been battling a major GI bug and starting on Wednesday I have been fighting the minor version.  Very frustrating … Continue reading

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What happens when……

the temperature goes from 66 degrees to 89 with a feel like of 93 degrees in 24 hours AND you have an hour run? Well, let me try to give you some visual imagery.  I headed out in my cute … Continue reading

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Like a Family….

On this Mother’s Day (and a Happy Mother’s Day to all you Moms out there), I find myself reflecting about family.  I am blessed to have a wonderful husband and children, a supportive Mother and siblings, AND an extended family … Continue reading

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A taste of the open water……

Rob and I (along with my children Alex and Nicholas) spent Easter weekend in Tennessee visiting my Mom.  She lives on a lake that is absolutely beautiful, it even rivals Pine Lake (our team knows the lake of which I … Continue reading

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Maggie said……

there would be days like this, or was is Mama that said that?  🙂  Wow, yesterday was not a great day at all.  After a pretty successful long day on Saturday- lots of things went wrong yesterday.  A 2 hour … Continue reading

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Muscle and water…..

that is my story and I am sticking to it!  The cause for the scale debacle of course.  I am choosing to use the scale data as purely trivial information, especially after this past week.  Things are starting to “click” … Continue reading

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“That ain’t us”…….

…. is what our team has decided is our theme, motto/logo, whatever you want to call it.  You see, our group is very heterogeneous in our make-up and although there are many things we decidedly are (like supportive, funny, have … Continue reading

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Keeping perspective

This was probably the most mentally challenging week for me.  So much so, I emailed our coach and asked for guidance.  Being a teacher in the state of Wisconsin right now puts a big old bulls eye on your forehead … Continue reading

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