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#planksgiving day two (technology)

LAST NIGHT THE ASTROS WON THE WORLD SERIES! This makes me realize that our technology these days is amazing.ย  I was able to watch clips throughout the game while I was teaching lessons because I was streaming the game live to my cell phone!ย  There is not a moment of my day when I’m not […]

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#planksgiving day one (shanon)

Here we go!ย  Day one and I’m thankful for Shannon.ย  She is the one that brought this amazing challenge to me and I’m so excited to take part in this.ย  Planking for 3 minutes is not going to be easy by any means, but I’m excited to take some time out of every day to

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#PLANKSGIVING

Welcome to November!  This year, join me as I plank all month, progressively getting longer and longer until we plank for 3 minutes!  Along the way, I’ll discuss some of the things I am most thankful for. Source:  http://shrinkingjeans.net/2013/10/planksgiving/

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Swim Drills 0-1650 Week 2

Week one was great!ย  Started out challenging but I settled into a groove.ย  M W F is spent doing the training plan drills and T Th is spent swimming drills that encourages good fundamentals and form.ย  It’s a good balance and I’m excited to see where it takes me! WEEK two: 200 yards…rest for 12

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Swim Drills 0-1650 Week 1

This is the zero to one mile training plan for freestyle swimming.ย  Found online, it’s a progressive training plan to increases the number of laps you swim each week. I am a beginner and will focusing on form throughout this training program.ย  I care not about speed, I just want to swim effortlessly and enjoy

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A Plot of Entitlement

Let’s talk about an experience that many people (many, many) have unfortunately had to live.ย  It starts as a normal day, maybe you have some strange feelings that something fishy is going on and then you find something that was not meant for you to find — and in a second your entire life unravels.ย 

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I’m not a city guy…

… neither is Toby! After spending a mere 24 hours here in San Francisco, I’ve determined, after believing otherwise for the last few years, that I am not cut out for the “city life”.ย  Don’t get me wrong, we are staying in a wonderful apartment, in a great part of the city and the weather

Recipes

Recipes From Italy: Crostata

This is the Crostata I learned how to make in Italy from my grand-uncle Federico. It’s important to get all of the ingredients together, in proper portions, to make the assembly very easy. You can use any kind of fruit, but for this recipe, we used apricots.

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Your mistakes do NOT define you

The very definition of resilience is “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.” ย I would imagine that, as humans, we would naturally strive for that. ย We’ve all experienced difficulties. ย I’m sure a lot of you can say that you might be experiencing something difficult right now. ย But to “recover quickly” now that’s something that sounds

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