RIP, idea from 2012. RIP, one-word blog post. RIP most of the 80+ draft blog posts since 2012 that have been just sitting here on the backend of this blog, sometimes nothing more than a title to remind me what I thought I wanted to write about. Well, I don’t want to write about these…
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5 Things I Emailed This Week: Millennial Madness
I’m happy to occupy the random sweet spot that is between millennial-millennial and Gen-X-millennial, the group born in about 6 years that’s digitally-native with the benefit of experiencing a life (we remember) without technology. Cell phone when I could drive at 16. Facebook halfway through college. Early enough adoption of instagram that it was boring…
We Win!
How bad is it when you’re so busy you don’t know this is life in austin & aspen has won an award until TWO DAYS after it was announced? Pretty bad. But still badass! We won a “Best Local Blog” award from The World Media Awards, which recognizes successful bloggers and publishers from across the globe. To…
Feeling So Good + Winner
You guys rock!! The Feel Goods you all submitted are so heartwarmingly awesome I can’t even contain my excitement! Random number generator Generated #11 as the winner, but as Mr. Anonymous failed to provide his email address, we had to regenerate… So #5 wins a Massage Envy one hour massage … Tyler G., Whaddya Want From…
Feel Good Friday (Thursday) 112511 Thanksgiving Edition!
We’re going to suspend our regularly scheduled Feel Good Friday for one big, massive FEEL GOOD things I am thankful for list. Here are 73 things I am so grateful are in my life: (please join me and leave yours in the comments!) My amazing, supportive, happy family PLPs of both sexes in Aspen, Austin, Arizona, D.C.,…
Five Fabulous Women Bloggers
Thanks to Trop50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 Fabulous Wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to celebrate a friend with a refreshing attitude about looking and feeling fabulous! As many of you do, I read A LOT of blogs. Across a lot…
Day 24 HCG Diet: Almost There!
This morning I weighed the same as yesterday. Looks like this is the number to keep! Once I’m done with the HCG Phase, I have to maintain within 2 pounds of this number or I have to do something to fix it. Shoutout to hellojody.com, a blog by a woman who is now doing the HCG…
Around the CrossFit Horn
A selection of my fave CrossFit and happy food posts from around the interwebs: Should there be weight classes for CrossFit? Pint-sized powerhouse Jen Cardella weighs in here. “Stop trying to Rx, you look like a pooping dog” (my translation) from Boone Putney at CrossFit Austin. Mail-order Grass-Fed Beef from Wall Street Journal (wonder how…
You can stop hearing about CrossFit now …
Well, that’s probably a lie. But I’ve started an entirely separate blog just about my training for CrossFit, so I’ll at least be mentioning CrossFit LESS on this blog … Check me out: www.xlyssa.com You can now return to your regularly scheduled life in Austin updates.
BLEET-UP!!
Mark your calendars for this Thursday, November 5: Do your RSVPin’ (they WILL close the list when they reach Mohawk’s capacity) right here, or head to the facebook invite to scope out the other attendees and click yourself attending. As you can see on the flier, my lovely Austin Post is an event sponsor, so…