For the past few years, I’ve planned, led or attended a holiday lights run in DC. And each year it’s gotten better and better (and bigger). I’ve learned a couple of things along the way. Read on for a few tips if you’d like to organize an awesome holiday lights run for your friends while the […]
How to Host a Successful Tree Trimming Party
We recently hosted our first tree trimming party and I thought I’d share a bit about how it went and what we did – mostly because I didn’t find a ton of guidance when I was searching for ideas for ours! You might be asking “what is a tree trimming party?” Great questions! Essentially, it’s […]
Five Tips to Keep the Joy of the Holiday Season Alive
As my husband and I fought about what exactly we were going to do on Christmas Day (whose family and when and for how long), I thought “this is not what it’s about.” I’m sure most of you can relate. I love the holidays but it can be a trying season. We’ve talked about five ways […]
Holiday Gift Guide: Online Edition
Yes, we are talking about the holidays already. This is my first holiday gift guide for the season and I plan on publishing a few more. I love these because not only do they help you all out with some ideas and deals that you might not have known about but it helps me have […]
Five Ways to Destress During the Holidays
Happy Friday (Thursday evening depending on when you are reading this!)! This week’s theme is one I love talking about: ways to stay healthy over the holidays. I thought I’d flip it a bit and focus on five ways to destress during the holidays. For a variety of reasons, the holidays can be an extremely […]
Holiday Gift Guide for Runners
Whether your tree is up already or you are refuse to acknowledge Christmas until after Thanksgiving (which is, ahem coming very soon!), the holidays are quickly approaching. I’ve had a couple people recently email me saying they have a loved one starting to run and asking for some gift advice. I decided I’d just compile […]
Merry Christmas!
As Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus, I wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas. Whether you believe or not, I hope you can enjoy the spirit of the season and spend time with family, friends, and loved ones. I will be blogging here and there over the next few days – […]
Christmas Eve!
Day 24 of 31 Days of Project 30! Short post today. I’m about ready to leave this joint and head to the happiest place on Earth! I can’t wait to fly south and hope you all having an amazing Christmas holiday! I will try to post quick updates from Florida and let you know what […]
Project 30’s Gift Guide, Pt. 2
Day 14 of 31 Days of Project 30! Yesterday, I gave some recommendations for gift for the special lady in your life. Today, let’s hear it for the boy[s]! Let’s give the boy[s] a hand! Bonus points to those of you who got the song reference. Okay, enough reminiscing, on to the gifts! For that special […]