All the years of my life, I never questioned that when I got married I would change my last name.  That was just what women did.  Even in the years of dating Kevin, I tried putting the “Emily” and the “Crall” together just to see how it would sound.  I told Kevin, without hesitation or […]

I bet my parents never thought they’d see the day when I willingly followed their advice.  Welcome to that day, Mom and Dad. Tonight I am smothered in Vicks and I gargled salt water.  Two points for me. Kevin has been dealing with a sore throat and several people at work have been sick so […]

I am feeling really worked up at the moment which is unusual for me at such a late hour of the night.  Typically, I’m too tired to care. About a week ago, Kevin and I saw a commercial for a TLC show called “My Baby Monkey.”  The excerpts shown in the commercial were enough to […]

The last several weeks have terrible for me in the area of running.  As in, I haven’t been running at all. Last weekend (was it really only last weekend?), I had Pilates training all weekend so I didn’t run then and prior to that, I was studying and post that, I was either at the […]

Apparently, I misinterpret a lot of things.  (See another example.)  I have been hearing a song on the radio lately that I think it so catchy, but I didn’t understand it at all.  It was actually kind of irritating because I was like, “This song makes no sense!!!”  Still I would get it stuck in […]

All the anticipation and excitement has been building up to this weekend.  I admit, there was a lot of apprehension and nervousness building too.  I mean, I love Pilates and I was devastated when Savannah moved, but the reality of training to become a Pilates teacher was a little overwhelming. Nevertheless, the end of September […]