It’s Fun to Stay at the YMCA

by Denise // 9 June, 2011 // Comments off

For three summers now, I’ve enrolled my children in the YMCA’s Splash program, which offers free swim lessons sponsored in part by The Katelyn Foundation. Not only is the price right for these swim lessons, but this wonderful refresher course... Continue reading →

Run DMT’s Top 10 Summer Don’ts

by Denise // 27 May, 2011 // Comments off

1. Don’t be afraid to show some skin. No matter how awful you think you look now, you will wonder why you were so hard on yourself when you’re 80 years old. Break out the bikini. Tan that tummy. Sun... Continue reading →

A Poem for the Last Person I Spoke With on the Phone

by Denise // 19 May, 2011 // Comments off

So grateful to have you in our lives again Especially for your listening ears when I need to vent And you know I’m here for you And your struggles with losing weight Or losing your running shoes Or losing your... Continue reading →

I Picked a Daisy for You

by Denise // 3 March, 2011 // Comments off

Alternate titles for this post: It’s a Dog’s Life Random Acts of Kindness Not So Kind While in my car on the way to pick my girls from school the other day, I nearly squashed a small tumbleweed of... Continue reading →

My Crafty Valentine

by Denise // 10 February, 2011 // Comments off

Although I may grumble and grouse About random piles of paper Strewn throughout the house I really do love all the little notes And pictures you leave for me My life is cluttered by your drive-by drawings And random... Continue reading →

The F Word

by Denise // 6 January, 2011 // Comments off

As much as I love to drop the F-bomb, I am not referring to that F word. Instead, I am referring to FORTY. In 2010, I gained forty pounds due to my pregnancy and didn’t lose an ounce after I... Continue reading →

Run DMT

Fitness, Food and Family Fun from a Tampa Bay Homeschooling Mom on the Run.

Writer’s Workshop

It’s Fun to Stay at the YMCA

A Poem for the Last Person I Spoke With on the Phone

I Picked a Daisy for You

My Crafty Valentine

The F Word