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Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Award Program

As a member of the SecularHomeschooling.com, I am finding so many resources to add to my homeschooling collection. Recently, I came across a post in which a member shared the Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Award Program. It was a timely find too as I just shared my family’s love of reading! Here are a few details from the site: Acknowledging the value of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ appreciation of classic literature for young people, the Mensa Foundation is providing a year-round challenge to kids of all ages based on the NEH’s “Summertime Reading” list. Download the reading lists by grade level: Kindergarten through 3rd grade reading list 4th through 6th grade reading list 7th through 8th grade reading list 9th through 12th grade reading list This gave me a great idea. I am already doing a personal reading challenge this year (aiming to reading 52 b00ks [...] Continue reading

Mamavation Monday: Me. Only Healthier. With a Recipe

I wrote before about this jour­ney being about more than weight loss. While I need to lose weight, I also want my lifestyle to be health­ier. I want to focus on cre­at­ing healthy habits and mak­ing healthy choices. The bot­tom line is that this is for my fam­ily. So, I have been spend­ing so much time out of the house get­ting active and in the Kitchen cook­ing more. And when I say that I have been cook­ing, I have really been cook­ing (read more here).

A Weigh to Go: The Aftermath

Well by now you probably know that I am not one of the Mamavation Moms. I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t highly disappointed. Of course, I am happy for the new moms, but the fact is that losing is a big blow in a long line of blows when it comes to my health. As motivated as I am to get healthy it often feels like every attempt that I make to do so fails.

At any rate, this is not about getting anyone to feel sorry for me. I am just being honest which is something I have always done while blogging.  The point of this post it to put in writing (type) that I am on a mission to fix things in my life and that nothing will stop me…

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Mamavation Monday: The Road Ahead

I often think that I am afraid to succeed. When I start doing well I almost sabotage myself. The problem is that I find it very hard to recover from that self-defeating behavior. Take this week for example. Since February 10, 2010 I was down 12 pounds as of this past Monday. I was on a roll. My successes the previous week got me so psyched and despite the failures, I stayed mamavated!

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