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Monday Motivation

For the last 7 days I’ve been participating in Runner’s World Run Streak. I have 7+ miles out of 40 marked off my calendar.  This weekend I walked my miles as a break for my calf that was tight and painful.  As long as I get my mile in, it doesn’t matter to me how…
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Book Spotlight and Giveaway: The 3-Day Reset By Pooja Mottl

THE 3-DAY RESET Restore Your Cravings for Healthy Foods in Three Easy, Empowering Days By: Pooja Mottl Published:  April 15, 2014 This giveaway is no closed. Thanks to all who entered.  As part of the TLC Book Tours, today I’m featuring a book to empower you and give you the tools to reset your tastebuds.…
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How I Kicked the Diet Dew Habit

Last Year I Gave Up Diet Mountain Dew for Lent Today is the first day of the Lenten season.  It spans the time from Ash Wednesday (today) to Easter Sunday (April 20). It is a season of remembering the sacrifice Jesus gave for each one of us and remembering that He came back to life.…
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I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up…

You know that commercial where the woman is on the floor and she is saying, “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.”?  Well…..I’m not the age of the women in that commercial, but it has happened to me.  A couple days ago I was getting in the shower and completely slipped and fell, half in…
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Book Review: Run Yourself Skinny By Michael Thomas

RUN YOURSELF SKINNY  Lose Weight Fast Without Dieting By: Michael Thomas Published:  December 21, 2012 Non-Fiction If you are like me and LOVE to eat, you have to find something that will combat those calories so they don’t end up on your waistline.  RUN YOURSELF SKINNY is for those who are looking at beginning a…
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Book Review: Organic Beauty With Essential Oil By Rebecca Park Totilo

ORGANIC BEAUTY WITH ESSENTIAL OIL For Natural Skin Care, Hair Care and Bath and Body Products By: Rebecca Park Totilo Published: January 13, 2013 Non-Fiction This review is part of a book tour with Virtual Author Book Tours.  For more reviews on the ORGANIC BEAUTY tour, click HERE. Essential oils and their use have increased…
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Book Review: Hospice Voices By Eric Lindner

HOSPICE VOICES Lessons for Living at the End of Life By: Eric Lindner Published: October 6, 2013 Nonfiction This review is part of the Virtual Author Book Tour.  For more stops on the HOSPICE VOICES book tour and to read other reviews, click HERE. Eric Lindner is looking for a way to give back and…
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Book Review: The Calorie Myth By Jonathan Bailor

THE CALORIE MYTH How to Eat More, Exercise Less, Lose Weight, and Live Better By: Jonathan Bailor Published: December 31, 2013 Nonfiction Johnathan Bailor has written a diet book unlike the others.  He changes the myths of dieting that include eating less, exercising more, and counting your carbs, your sugars,and your calories and changes it…
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Book Review: 52 Small Changes By Brett Blumenthal

52 SMALL CHANGES One Year to a Happier, Healthier You By: Brett Blumenthal Published:  January 3, 2012 Non-Fiction This seems to be the time of year when everyone looks at ways they can better their life.  You look at what goals you want to accomplish in the new year, projects you want to start, and…
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A Little Monday Inspiration – Move-mber

Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.  Kara Goucher, American Long-Distance Runner I think this fits so well with my 3 words of inspiration – Patience, Perseverance, and Positivity.  Nothing happens all at once and nothing comes without hard work. Keep working at your goals, checking off the…
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Stacie's bookshelf: read-in-2023

The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
The Royal Governess: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II's Childhood
Food Fight
Spare
Foster
This Time Tomorrow
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings
Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage
Save What's Left
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms
Golden Hills
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Favor
Small Things Like These
This Is How I Lied
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish: Book 1
Audrey L and Audrey W: True Creative Talents: Book 2
Chasing Giants: In Search of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
It Is Well With My Soul: My Story
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember
Book Lovers
A Girl Called Samson
Finn and the Feline Frenemy
The Levee
The Golden Spoon
Only the Beautiful
Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories
The Sisters Sweet
Fish in a Tree
This Tender Land
Intermittent Fasting Transformation: The 45-Day Program for Women to Lose Stubborn Weight, Improve Hormonal Health, and Slow Aging
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
Ben Y and the Ghost in the Machine
The Great Gilly Hopkins
BenBee and the Teacher Griefer
We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship
Blue Highways: A Journey into America
Beyond the Point
The Family
Hamnet
The Bookstore Sisters
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death
The Cactus
Black Cake
Ban This Book
Passing
I'm Glad My Mom Died
These Precious Days: Essays
Evidence of the Affair
The Night Travelers
Out of the Corner
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
One Day in December

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