Author Archives: Patty Gordon

National Sunglasses Day!

Everyone loves a good set of shades… so why not grab your best sunglasses and make some waves at the pool, beach, or just walking down the street with your sweet shades. Make sure you’re wearing some sunglasses and join in the fun of National Sunglasses Day on June 27! https://nationaltoday.com/national-sunglasses-day/ Hope you’re having aContinue reading “National Sunglasses Day!”

Let’s Celebrate Minimalistic Running Shoes on Global Running Day (Again & Again)

Read my previous year’s article: Let’s Celebrate Minimalistic Running Shoes on Global Running Day As the miles roll by in my renewed running journey I started to look at new shoes and thought, why do people choose minimalistic shoes vs other styles to run in? From the eyes of a novice runner, it seems likeContinue reading “Let’s Celebrate Minimalistic Running Shoes on Global Running Day (Again & Again)”

Happy Global Running Day

Today let’s celebrate Global Running Day by revisiting my classic running post… Let’s Celebrate Minimalistic Running Shoes on Global Running Day As the miles roll by in my renewed running journey I started to look at new shoes and thought, why do people choose minimalistic shoes vs other styles to run in? From the eyesContinue reading “Happy Global Running Day”

Father’s Day – Summer Reading & Writing Lesson Plan

Father’s day is coming soon and to make the most of your summer learning here is a short lesson plan to encourage your children to read and write a little more this summer. READ Read to me books are my favorite. Here is a playlist of some of my favorites I’ve found ver the years…Continue reading “Father’s Day – Summer Reading & Writing Lesson Plan”

Read Across America

March 2nd is Read Across America day. Last year I didn’t celebrate it on the blog because I was working on my 21 Read To Me Books for Spring project. Read Across America Day is held annually on a school day closest to March 2nd each year. The day promotes reading for children. The popularContinue reading “Read Across America”

My BMI is 36.3

Reset all my settings on MyFitnessPal today. I really need to get to working out. Currently, my BMI is 36.3. That puts me in the obese category. It sounds so much more horrible than I feel like I look. Obese people don’t look like me. They look like the people on the show my 600Continue reading “My BMI is 36.3”

Learning A Language

I’ve got a lot of goals this year. My newest is to work on my Spanish. I don’t know if I’ll be able to be bilingual, but I want to learn more at least. I’m trying Duolingo to see if I can work on it! It’s a learning app that so far is fun toContinue reading “Learning A Language”

To create a new day

I recently fell upon an article called What ‘Groundhog Day’ Can Teach Us About The Power of Personal Development. It’s an old one from February 2016 and when you think about the movie you wouldn’t remember that it could bring about such deep thinking, but it really it makes you think. The article comes toContinue reading “To create a new day”