Top 10 Posts from 2024:

10. 9 Things To Do in Savannah with Kids

This trip is a great one, even for kids. There is so much to do and it gets nice and cold in the winter time.

9. Carrie Underwood’s Fit52 Workout

Carrie’s workout is great for switching things up at home or on the road. And it uses a deck of cards. Check it out!

8. Personal Health Goal Examples and How to Achieve Them

It’s that time of year to start thinking through your goals. Here’s a great post about setting health goals, and achieving them!

7. Scottsdale’s Ultimate Foodie and Adventure Girls’ Getaway

If you are looking for inspo for your next girls trip, make sure to check out Scottsdale. This trip had it all.

6. Instant Pot Korean Pork Tacos

This recipe looks and sounds gourmet, but it is so easy. I don’t do anything not easy. Check it out!

5. August Book Club Pick – The Nightingale

Still one of my most popular posts! Probably because this book is amazing. Read this post for my view on the book as well as some curated questions to bring to your next book club meeting.

4. 6 Family Activities To Do In Singer Island, Florida

So much to do in South Florida, I bet you didn’t even know. Family vacation planning commence!

3. Easy Spinach Tomato Feta Quiche Recipe

Great for special brunches, or even on a weekend. Flavorful and easy to make.

2. Classy Girls Weekend in New Orleans

New Orleans is known as a party town, but we went classy on this trip. Definitely and amazing time for a girls trip!

1. The Ultimate 10-Year-Old Girl’s Birthday Party at the Mall

One of the most unique birthday parties we’ve come up with. I took the girls on a shopping spree and more and it was epic.

Top 10 Posts from 2024

Thanks for checking out this Top 10 posts from 2024 post! I hope you enjoyed scrolling through the memories and highlights of the year and what you, the readers, were most interested in.

Happy New Year!

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Happy Thanksgiving

Today is a day to reflect on gratitude, and I want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you. Whether you’ve stopped by to read a blog post, shared a comment, or supported me on social media, your presence truly means the world to me. This blog is my passion and a little piece of my heart, and knowing that it resonates with others fills me with so much joy and thankfulness.

I’m also overflowing with gratitude for my extended family, who we’ll be celebrating with today. It’s such a gift to have loved ones travel from near and far to gather together, and we’re cherishing every moment of this special day. These are the memories I know we’ll treasure forever.

To my incredible husband and kids: you are my world. Yes, life with you all is wonderfully chaotic and full of work, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. The laughs we share, the moments of joy, and seeing the world through our children’s eyes—those are the precious moments that make this journey so meaningful.

To my friends, both near and far, thank you for your love and friendship. Life is busy, and time seems to fly by, but please know I think of you often. You’ve all added so much light to my life, and I’m so thankful for you.

And finally, a big thank you to my amazing coworkers and workplace. Having a team that feels like family is a rare gift, and I’m so grateful for your support and camaraderie every day.

Wishing you all a warm, love-filled Thanksgiving. Thank you for being part of my life and this journey.

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10. Easy Spinach Tomato Feta Quiche Recipe

9. The Ultimate 10-Year-Old Girl’s Birthday Party at the Mall

8. 6 Family Activities To Do In Singer Island, Florida

7. Classy Girls Weekend in New Orleans

6. Instant Pot Korean Pork Tacos

5. 9 Things To Do in Savannah with Kids

4. Personal Health Goal Examples and How to Achieve Them

3. 10 Songs You Need to Add to Your Running Playlist

2. Gift Guide 2023: Book Lover

1. Home Upgrade: Our Laundry Room and Pantry Renovation Recap

Thanks for stopping by and supporting my blog this year! Cheers to another great year in 2024!

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10. Ultimate Girls Weekend Getaway – Austin, Texas

9. How to Automatically Plan Weekly Meals Using Trello

8. Florida Chili Cookoff

7. Memorial Day Weekend at Marriott World Center

6. 6 Family Activities To Do in Singer Island

5. Interview With My 9 Year Old

4. What to Pack for a Week At the Beach

3. 5 Ingredient Keto Almond Crusted Tilapia

2. My First Stitch Fix Box Review

1. Easy Spinach, Tomato & Feta Quiche Recipe

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10. Classy Girls Weekend in New Orleans

9. 15 Minute HIIT Workout

8. Family Spring Break at the Great Wolf Lodge

7. My Favorite Fab 4 Smoothies

6. Instant Pot Shredded Chicken Tacos

5. How to Master a Healthy Work from Home Routine

4. Things to do in Savannah with Kids

3. Kitchen Renovation Reveal

2. Carrie Underwood’s Fit 52 Workout

1. Back Patio Makeover

Thank you for stopping by to check out my top 10 posts of 2021 and relive a little bit of the year with me. So many fun memories! I hope you take a few minutes to look back at your year and remember all the the amazing times, instead of focusing on the negative. We always tend to do that and forget about all the good moments in life. This wasn’t just a Covid year, it was a year spent with family and friends, and lots of learning.

Questions of the day:

What did you like reading about most on my blog in 2021?

What would want to read more of in 2022?

What was your favorite memory about 2021 when you reflected back on your year?

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Losing My Blog

I used to blog at My Squeaky Sneakers (MSS). I started that over 10 years ago now, and blogged up until I had my son. So you can imagine how much content, memories, stories and time I put into it over those years.

Then I became a mother of two, changed roles and gained more responsibilities at work, and couldn’t find time to workout anymore. So blogging took a back seat. When I wasn’t at work, or dealing with a jealous sibling acting out for attention, or nursing full time, I was exhausted. More time in front of the computer seemed like an impossibility.

Then, one day, I had a second wind. I tried to log on, but nothing was there. I was so confused I didn’t know what had happened. I tried everything, and then checked my neglected personal email account and found a few emails from my hosting company reminding me to renew.

I called the hosting company, in a frantic desperation to get it back up. But it was too late. I forgot to renew my hosting and it passed the period of restoring it, so everything I had ever done, was lost—erased from the server and from the world.

Starting Over

Growing up, I always loved writing, constantly jotting down thoughts and stories in notebooks that I collected over the years. I don’t remember a time in my life where I wasn’t writing. Blogging gave me the outlet to write and be creative, and to share ideas and inspiration with my followers. And I have felt the void in my life.

I thought I had given up when I realized MSS was gone. But four years later, here I am, with the itch to start over. Life is too short to forget about something I love doing. I’m finally able to find the “me time” to dedicate to growing—my passions and my blog. And maybe this is a chance for me to do things differently. To learn from past mistakes and build something I am proud of. The timing feels right to start over. So much has happened over the past four years—from raising two amazing children, my oldest entering elementary school, to losing a best friend, to best friends’ weddings, and traveling to Italy. I can’t wait to get back into the blogging world again. I have finally found the courage to start over.

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