Over the past few months, I've become a soon-to-be-divorced mom of two. It's the first time in my life that I've lived alone {relatively speaking, that is, because with two kids one is never alone!}  It's the first time I've been completely reliant on myself to do everything from cooking meals, to cleaning the house, to taking out the garbage and doing the whole…

I'm never one to back down from a challenge. Crazy or not, I will NOT be outdone. I'm convinced it's due to my only child status, but I digress. So when an acquaintenance casually mentioned that they were doing a 10k, I indirectly took it as a challenge, and a little too quickly said 'I'm going to do it too'. Seriously, what was I thinking?!?

So the date is set: October 13, 2012, I am doing the New York Rock &…

Greetings from the UK!  The US Women's Football Team spent our first week of pre-olympic training in Darlington.  Our hotel, Rockliffe Hall Luxury Golf and Spa Resort was nothing short of amazing...We got spoiled and pampered!  Their spa was state of the art in every way.  Training fields and the gym were practically on the hotel premises so less travel, thankfully and the practice facilities were actually the home of Middlesbrough FC.  One of our days included a scramble style, four hole…

Summer is a time to enjoy a change of pace from the school year. It's an opportunity to focus on different interests or activities that you don't have as much time for during the rest of the year.

We asked our readers what they would doing over the summer — and if they thought it would be too busy, kind of boring, or somewhere in…