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I'm a brand new cyclist! In just a few short months, the sport has reminded me that it's all about the journey, and I need to enjoy the ride. I live with my two dogs and two birds, and love to spoil my nephew. Oh yeah, and I'm 32.

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Tworkout tonight!
[ 0 ] 01/03/2012

Tworkout tonight!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you had a wonderful holiday! Did you go wild and crazy over the holiday? Are you back on track now? Good! I just the thing for you tonight! It’s our first Tworkout of the season! Join us on Twitter at 8p.m. Central and sweat off a few extra calories [...]

[ 5 ] 12/28/2011

Weekly Check-in! (12/28/11)

Wow. Can you believe it? We’re at the last check-in of 2011. Seriously, where did the year go? So, last week was Christmas, and we all know how the holidays can sometimes go. You go here and eat and there and eat and this place and eat and that place and eat. So, let’s get [...]

True Confessions :: Happy Holidays!
[ 3 ] 12/20/2011

True Confessions :: Happy Holidays!

As I look back on this past year, there is one thing that I know is true…well, there are several things that I know are true, but today I’m focusing on one thing in particular. I’ve said before how this year has been a rough year for me physically. As we sit here with our [...]

Tworkout!
[ 0 ] 12/13/2011

Tworkout!

      Hi Friends! I hope you’re having a fabulous start to this week! We’re getting really close to Christmas; have you finished your shopping? I know I haven’t. If Santa wants to send me an extra paycheck so that I can finish my shopping up, I’d be grateful. Santa? NO? Ok! Anyway, unfortunately [...]

[ 0 ] 12/11/2011

Recipe :: An old and new(healthy) twist on potato salad

One of my favorite holiday dishes is an old potato salad recipe that my grandmother used to make. Knowing my grandmother, it’s probably not a very healthy recipe. This year my mom and I decided we would try our hand at it and try to make it a bit more healthy because being able to [...]

Tworkout Surprise!
[ 0 ] 12/06/2011

Tworkout Surprise!

  What is a Tworkout surprise you ask? Well, let me tell ya. It’s when the leader (me) doesn’t post the exercises and surprises you with each exercise. I know I’M looking forward to it! Sounds like fun, no? Join us on Twitter at 8 p.m. Central to see what exercises I throw your way! [...]

[ 5 ] 12/03/2011

The Saturday Review :: Training

  OK, you got me. This isn’t a real Saturday Review in that, I really don’t have any products to review. But, it’ll be sort of a review if you stick with me. I promise. You see, Thea has put a knife to my throat and made me the other day I was having a [...]

Tworkout!
[ 0 ] 11/29/2011

Tworkout!

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I know I did! Did you stuff your face? If so, I have just the thing for you! A Tworkout! Turn on your favorite TV program and join in the fun at 8 p.m. Central and sweat off a few extra calories! I swear it’s a [...]

[ 6 ] 11/24/2011

A Thanksgiving Day poem

Each year I get excited as Thanksgiving grows near because to me, this means The Holidays are here! I get up Thanksgiving morning; I travel oh so very far (two hours), to my grandmother’s house I drive in my orange car! After my journey, I greet my family with kisses and hugs I walk back [...]

Pre-Turkey Day Tworkout!
[ 0 ] 11/22/2011

Pre-Turkey Day Tworkout!

  Happy almost Thanksgiving! I’m so excited that I can’t even tell you! I mean, of cousre, I love the food, but I love being with my loved ones more! But before we sit down and eat so much that we can’t stand it have a few Thanksgiving Day treats, let’s get a Tworkout in, shall we? [...]

Tonight’s a Tworkout!
[ 0 ] 11/15/2011

Tonight’s a Tworkout!

        Good afternoon! This morning you were lucky enough to read my confessions, and now we get to work off those confessions! That’s right, we’re having a Tworkout tonight! Just join us at 8 p.m. Central on Twitter and workout with us while we watch TV!   Tonight’s Tworkout: 1. Run in [...]

True Confessions!
[ 7 ] 11/15/2011

True Confessions!

Welcome to another edition of True Confessions, the post where you get to confess all of your unhealthy sins from the past week. Once you confess them, you are instructed to just let them go because the past is in the past and you WILL do better this week, correct? Correct. OK! I think because [...]

Tworkout!
[ 0 ] 11/08/2011

Tworkout!

  Happy Tuesday, folks! How is everyone doing this fine day? Just a minute ago, I tried to make it Wednesday, which would have been really sad because we would have missed the Tworkout! We can’t have that now, can we? :D So, if you’re new to the Tworkout, here is what you do… Log [...]

Tworkout!
[ 0 ] 11/01/2011

Tworkout!

  Howdy, folks! It’s Tuesday, so you know what day it is! Yep, it’s Tworkout Day! If you’re new here, this is what you do:  Log onto Twitter at 8 p.m. Central, follow along as we work out together while we watch TV. It’s a lot of fun! I promise! Tonight’s Tworkout: 1. 1 min [...]

[ 1 ] 10/27/2011

Oh, Oatmeal, how I love you so…

On cold winter mornings when I was a kid, For school I would wake, barely opening my eyelids. I stumbled and mumbled my way down the hall To the kitchen from where my mom would call. At the breakfast table, a bowl appeared before me and I opened one eye and what did I see?! [...]