1. First of all, I hope your weekend is as fun as wearing rainbow-striped leggings while rollerblading in the bright sunshine. Really. Especially if your life has been a bit rainy day and khaki uniform-ish.2. I have a flight today, so, naturally, my ear is killing me. Actually it’s been about three days of throbbing...Continue Reading
Life with Manny, our new Greyhound, is going so well. He loves to play, run around our backyard, and eat the hundreds (really, I’m not kidding) treats the kids feed him. Our kids are adjusting to having an 80-pound dog who’s tall enough to look them in the eye. Mostly they just drape themselves on...Continue Reading
Based on the above photographic evidence, I would say FIERCE is the best look for the Hergenrader family.No, no, you say, you all look so NICE in Picture One. We’re trying to look nice, but it’s not really our look. While at the marathon expo, Nate was missing his nap. We may also have experienced...Continue Reading
A List…1. I took this picture last week at the Katy Mills Play Place. It was Nate’s first time here, which is just about as crazy as saying it’s his first time to see sunshine or taste chocolate. Here’s the deal, when Catie was two, she was a play place aficionado. As a new mama,...Continue Reading
Because bestoftimes is beginning to read like a Health and Fitness blog, I’ll just lead by clarifying this list of dos and don’ts is not for you, marathon runners. This is for your fans: those spectators racing through back alleys and across highways to catch a glimpse of you chasing your dream.Further proof this isn’t...Continue Reading
Thanks for all your input about healthier cooking–especially from those of you who have kids and understand that “healthy” is a relative term. Some days it’s a win when they agree to whole-grain Goldfish and not the chocolate ones mixed with marshmallows. If you’re like me, you have days when getting them to eat quinoa seems about as...Continue Reading
Like I said in yesterday’s post, the Hergenrader eating habits have moved past Eggo waffles and Cream of Anything casseroles to actual whole foods. In other words, after fifteen years of cooking like a bachelor (we may have stocked the freezer with Totinos pizzas. And, by the way, if you still do that, more power...Continue Reading
Just last January, I was walking around in the haze of chronic fatigue. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is caused by two nasty viruses that some people can’t get over. The viruses live in your brain stem, causing a whole slew of neurological symptoms that, literally, make you feel like your losing your mind.Then the insomnia sets...Continue Reading
Nate’s face is worth a thousand words of how we all felt about dragging our lazy selves out from our cocoon of pjs, holiday food, cuddling, playing, and doing whatever we wanted to GO TO SCHOOL in the cold rain today.Lord, grant us the energy to make it through the day. AMEN.Continue Reading
Today is our last day of Christmas Break. One more day of staying in our pjs until dinner time and then only getting dressed to stumble out the door for take-out. One more day of filling up the dishwasher by noon with everyone’s fourteen snack bowls and glasses of milk. One more day of purging...Continue Reading
