This is part 1 of a 2 part series.

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I just completed this video of some busy moms who are training for a triathlon in September (part two of this video will be posted after race day).  Let me tell you, just trying to catch up with them to get the footage was grueling.  I chased them by foot and car to get them in action- thankfully, I got enough footage for you all to enjoy.  What I learned is that for every minute that these moms train, they are also thinking of their families and making up the time spent away (just listen to their comments).

I think I learned that if you have the will to follow your dreams, there is always a way to find the time.  By-the-way, my three boys came with me to most of these tapings (except the runs) they knew that this was important for me to capture so the sat in the sand and drove around in the car helping me look for the girls on one of their bike trips.  Having kids shouldn’t be an excuse NOT to follow your dreams, having kids should be the REASON you do it!

 

Great time- and we’re all still alive to talk about it!

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The first adventure trip for the year went down a couple of weeks ago and I posted a short video to tempt the rest of you for next year.  My friend Jane made a top ten list of the trip…I am posting it, for you all to review- but it is probably funnier if you went on the trip: (more…)

 

Mind your manners- it’s not that easy!

This story is NOT about me- but I DO need to set the stage:

On the day I invited Stephanie Buckley over to hear about her new business (read below), I had invited a neighborhood child over for a play date (it was scheduled days in advance).  Also, that morning I got an email from a friend who was visiting town so I invited her and her daughter to join us for dinner (that same night) AND I was trying to finish laundry from vacation so I could re-pack my son Evan for a week long trip to Kansas.   So you can imagine how chaotic my house was.

Just as I put the last breakfast dish into the dishwasher, the play date arrives, followed ten minutes later by Stephanie Buckley who blew in like a warm breeze looking put together, relaxed and bearing a fragrant candle as a gracious thank you.

As Stephanie and I started to discuss the details of why she started her company, we were rudely interrupted by the phone ringing (twice), a solicitor at the door, and my kids demanding food, water and then “something to do”.

As the crescendo built around us, the reasons why Stephanie started The Buckley School of Etiquette became so clear! Obviously, my kids could use some instruction on how to “demand” things more politely!  Even I was borderline rude to invite a guest into the swirling vortex of activity in my home.  Thankfully, Stephanie was unfazed by our poor manners and we got down to business. (more…)