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Cake VS Ice Cream - The Ultimate Smackdown!

Q. Would you rather have all the ice cream you want for the rest of your life, in all sorts of yummy flavors and with exotic toppings and mix-ins but you could NEVER have any kind of cake again, ever ... ...or vice versa? Stumped? Be glad I didn't propose a choice between cake, ice cream, and cookies!

Athlete Smathlete

I recently purchased the second bike I've ever owned in my life. Well, I guess the third if you count the pink and purple plastic one I had when I was four. It was stolen from our yard and I've been grouchy about it ever since, BTW. Saturday, Sexy Nerd and I went for a bike ride. Holy freaking heck. I suck at bike riding. It kicked my ass. That's the only time I've ever written that word on my blog, out of 981 posts. I'm writing this shortly after returning home from said ride and my mind is in a swearing kinda mode. Okay. To be fair, I just searched my site and the word 'ass' has actually appeared a handful of times. It's a small handful though. I'm a lady. Coasting downhill is great! I could just sit there on my pretty new bike and coast forever. Well, except that the seat is a bit firm. And my thumb keeps accidentally dinging the little bike bell. And the wind hurts my ears. Which reminds me of my pre-ride preparations. I packed water,

Giveaway! Easy Canvas Prints 8x10

**UPDATE** This giveaway has ended and the winner has been emailed. Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter!  Just in time for Mother's Day, Easy Canvas Prints and LambAround have teamed up to give one lucky reader a free 8x10" canvas print. And, yes, shipping is included and the print can be your very own design. It even comes framed! I just tested out the software for myself. In less than 5 minutes, I was able to turn this photo from our San Francisco vacation into a work of art: Taken outside the Exploratorium, where I often visited as a child and was so happy to return to last fall, this time with my very own science nerd to explain all the craziness! Want to win your very own Easy Canvas Print? Or, you know, your very own Easy Canvas Print to give to your mom? (Sorry, mom, but I fully intend to keep mine. You can see it when you visit.) (Geez, that sounded more cold-hearted than I'd intended!) How to Enter (Mandatory) (So Easy!) &

#TodayIWill

I've been updating my site (surely you noticed!) and have several new features in the works, including a 52 week series of simple, self improvement posts called "Today I Will...". Stay tuned for more! And in the meantime, here's a peek at the new blog banner that didn't quite make the cut: Nyah, nyah! Like the changes? Hate the changes? (OH NO!) Send me an email with your thoughts.