Ah, the month of February and Valentine’s day is right around the corner. Valentine’s day is a day to focus on the love in your life; love of spouse, love of partner, love of family, love of friends. While we often think about how to make this one day special for our loved ones, we …
How to Increase Your Blog Traffic
I have been blogging for 13 months now. I have published (on Positively Stacey) 230 blog posts. I have poured my heart and soul into getting this blog up, running, and established. I have dug through the trenches reading all that I can get my hands on. I have attend two conferences and joined blogging …
Go Red and Spread the Word about Heart Health for Women
The statistics are scary! Heart disease kills one woman every minute in this country. In fact, more women die from heart disease each year than all types of cancer, combined. I never knew this. And yet, heart disease has directly affected my family. My grandfather died of a heart attack. This was many years ago …
Ramping Up My Morning Energy with V8 Veggie Blends & BelVita Bites
This BelVita Bites & V8 shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #NewBreakfastRoutine #CollectiveBias As you know, I am training for a triathlon. That means that I am training six days a week with smaller workouts during the week and long brick trainings on the weekends. …
A Weekend Hiking in Sedona, AZ
We recently traveled to Sedona, Arizona – What an absolutely gorgeous city to visit. The primary reason we wanted to visit Sedona for a weekend getaway was for the landscape and the hiking. I love to hike and my husband loves to work on his photography skills. For a quick getaway weekend, it seemed as …
Cheesy Mushroom and Artichoke Breakfast Casserole
I made this dish a few days ago for a birthday breakfast at work, and it was gobbled up. Fast! The dish was scrapped clean! We were all asked to bring a breakfast dish to work so that we could surprise one of our fellow teachers with a birthday gathering in the staff room before school started. …
Making Fitness a Family Activity
Trying to find time to add activity into your life can be a challenge at times, but add some kids into the mix with all of their busy schedules and it can be near impossible. The best way to fix this time crunch is to simply make fitness a family activity. I know that for …
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty – A Book Review
I just finished reading Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, and I gotta say this book was wonderful! I loved the mystery of the story line, but I especially loved the characters! The story takes place in Australia, which I did not get right off the bat, so I was a bit confused on why school …
I Got Dunked! My First Hydrostatic Body Fat Test
As I have said, this year I am focusing on self-care. This is the year I am really trying to take care of my body, my mind, and my soul. To that end, I just completed my first ever hydrostatic body fat test by getting dunked in a tank of water. The process was really …
How to be Motivated to Run
Todays post is coming to you from Jenny the wonderful blogger behind All These Things. I am excited to be part of a larger blog swap where we write and share our thoughts on another writer’s blog. In the process I get to meet some new incredible ladies and you get to read about someone …