I just named a person. The rest of her life, people will know her as “Charlotte Rae” unless she changes her name to a symbol. It will follow her and define her. So when my wife and I were…[video]
mommy ramblings: California Girl -
I often think about how different Charlotte’s childhood will be compared to mine or Brian’s. We both grew up in small-town Oklahoma, which is quite unlike the urban life of Southern California. At first it made me sad to think of all the things that she will miss out on - a big backyard, climbing…
I worked out yesterday in my pool. Here’s what I learned:
1. I can do the breast-stroke all day or because that time period wasn’t tested, at least 5 minutes without stopping.
2. I can do freestyle for 2 laps in my mini-pool.
3. I can do the butterfly for half a lap.
4. I will probably embarrass my children someday when “Gonna Make You Sweat” comes on by C&C Music Factory (but what child of the 90’s wouldn’t).
5. I am a child of the 90’s. Even though I lived every year of the 80’s the early 90’s shaped me. (points 4 and 5 were learned by listening to the 90’s station while swimming)
6. I’ve heard that Muhammad Ali did pool training (shadow boxing in a pool) for 30-45 minutes consistently . I am able to do that for 30-45 seconds sporadically.
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I just named a person. The rest of her life, people will know her as “Charlotte Rae” unless she changes her name to a symbol. It will follow her and define her. So when my wife and I were…