thirty till thirty.

in the spirit of preparing to put a damn good and grueling decade behind me, i'm here to check in and show up for the next thirty days. we all know i have one speed - full steam ahead - so why not commit to come back to blogging too?

so, it will be a journal type of setting - documenting the good, bad, ugly, beautiful, kind and generous; for the next thirty days.

first up: monday, april 7

- crappy, rainy cold day.
- boot still on foot (two more weeks).
- four more weeks until i run.
- spin class theme "goodbye". am reminded this is exactly where i need to be at this moment.
- started mini-cleanse to clean up my act...as well as mind and soul.
- surprised my favorite four year old with pink and purple balloons and boa. made her squeal "sanks aunt christin!" best part of my day.
- said "no" to something as to not stretch myself too thin.
- did not meditate (there's always tomorrow).
- found two white hairs in less than 24 hours. mom says they are hairs of wisdom.
- this mug, because it made me smile then and now, even though everything is different.

play on baby.

i gathered all my fav holiday albums for you in one place to totally rock out to when you're decking the halls, wrapping presents, baking cookies or just watching the tree. 

enjoy lovelies! xxoo

home for the holidays.

oh hello there. hope this season finds you overwhelmed with peace and joy. i've been making merry these past few weeks and am excited to share that i'll be blogging over here now (and instagramming! @lovewestreading), all about what makes living and playing west reading the bees knees. so i'm SUPER excited to share that with you and to get back to blogging with an exciting new opportunity. i am thankful that my time off proved fruitful and refreshing.

so, to get things going, check back for my holiday glow post - a recap of ladies night on penn ave! and stay tuned for all thing happy and holiday in this beautiful little borough i call home.

[heart stopping ford truck at atwater winery in the finger lakes on saturday]

in the meantime, a huge bless up for the best sunday i've had in forever. watching the snow fall, sipping rose, making fresh tracks and falling asleep to the grateful dead movie. if that's not heaven, i don't know what is.

friday fuel

[image via beardslyjones]

weekend wonders.

saturday morning RDG // sunday morning RB

my absolute favorite summer pants from heidi merrick (sea pant in flume) // sand // true story

my kind of blues

oh, canada.

headed up north this weekend for the ironman competition in mount tremblant! it's been a long time coming for glen and mike and i can't wait to watch them as they push their limits. i am SO PROUD of them for even having the thought in their brain that they can to do 140.6 grueling miles. i know their spirits will carry them far, and when they get tired, they've got an entire cheering section just for them (just wait until you see the sign i made ;). so stayed tuned to instagram for canada updates...there are coffee and croissants in my near future!

weekend wonders.

this little guy kept all of us up friday night and made an early morning debut on saturday! and then was promptly smothered with love and kisses as soon as aunt christin could get to him on saturday afternoon.  congratulations on your new family mr. and mrs. malora! parker has stolen our hearts.

beautiful sunday morning at the gring's mill run working the water stop at the red bridge.
as always, proud to be a pagoda pacer!

finally used my frye boots properly... 

..and took this beauty for a trail ride on sunday. more to come in the next issue of fitness berks!

a little down time and DIY in my heidi merrick sea pant. i am mildly obsessed with my doormat now.
stop by and say hello!