My Favorite Things

Girls playing sports just for the fun of it.

Boys playing sports just for the fun of it.

Ibuprofen, an aging athlete’s best friend.

Southwest Airlines and their awesome employees.

Sweet, home-brewed tea with lots of lemon.

A mountain bike ride on single track.

Fried chicken.

Alone time.

Valrhona chocolate.

And your favorite things? Share ’em with me and others below.

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Fitness Friday – April 2011

We were at it again last week with another Fitness Friday! Not only do we get to shut down early to participate in a variety of fitness activities, but more importantly, we get to challenge ourselves and learn something new. This time around there was rope wall yoga, water polo and kayaking.

Let us know what we should try for our next Fitness Friday!

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Insanity

My definition of insanity…

1) Competitive team sports for kids under 10

2) Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome

3) Any diet with one ingredient

4) 24-hour “news”

5) Our tax code

6) “Gifted” children… How do they know?

7) Thin thighs in thirty days

8) High heels

What’s your definition of insanity?

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Gothic Cathedrals and Moorish Mosques

We spent most of the day in the gigantic Cathedral. It is the largest Gothic Cathedral in the world, and its designers recognized the fact that future generations would possibly think them mad. It is, counting Christian Cathedrals of all periods, the third largest in the world surpassed only by St. Peter´s in Rome and St. Paul’s in London. It is a collection of magnificent rib vaults, stained glass, inlaid marble floors and priceless paintings and sculpture. There is enough gold and silver in there to sink several ships, and the wood carvings on the choir and pipe organs defies belief in its beauty. It was intended to be gilded, but is so much more beautiful and understated in its natural finish. It is here that Christopher Columbus…

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