April 2013 archive

Strong Is The New Skinny

I hate lifting weights.  Between my weak arms, the intimidating steroid pit at my gym, and you know the part where I actually have to lift the weights it just sends me over the edge.  Luckily, my gym has a barbels class that I attend religiously (like lapsed-Catholic religiously) with my partner in crime – I mean my accountability […] Read more…

Defending Our Cubs

A bear got poked last Monday and it was pretty much the last straw.  And folks should be on high alert because this bear is no garden variety grizzly – this bear eats grizzlies for breakfast.  I’m talking about Mama Bears.  We got poked and now we are angry. Okay, first we were weepy or numb.  Maybe we threw ourselves a […] Read more…

Family Rules!

Spring in Arizona is a slice of Eden.  The weather is perfect, the Sonoran desert is in full bloom, and there’s not a cloud in the sky.  So what person with half a mind and relatives in Arizona wouldn’t come for their own lovely spring break?  We are lucky enough that every year like migrating […] Read more…