Over the summer we got married and it was a surprise wedding. I was at one years ago actually not as a wedding guest but anyway that’s not important, and I thought it was the coolest energy ever. That event was way more traditional than ours but ever since that day I knew it was... Continue Reading →
Why I Bring Honey Running Presents: Plogging
I know. I know. Some people bring literal bags of garbage home with them after a run they are better people than me and I am (mostly) fine with that. I would like to put it out there that I’ve been doing this for years before it was a ‘thing’. In case you don’t know... Continue Reading →
All Experts Start Somewhere: But Not Everybody is One!
Ummm lets tackle the elephant in the social media room now and a lot of this applies to me too. These days everyone is an expert even on topics that real life experts in that field disagree about. Everyone’s opinion is held up as fact and it’s easy to find an expert that agrees with... Continue Reading →
Voting in Canada: It’s NOT Like on TV!
That’s it the writ is dropped and Canadians are headed to the polls. So are the Americans really it just takes them a lot longer. I’ve had this post on the to do list for well over a year now and it turns out this is the perfect time. I have an extensive background in... Continue Reading →
Behind the Scenes at Sweat Sweetly: Secrets, Excuses and Apologies
I’m not perfect I get it, there are errors on here from time to time and the odd inconsistency maybe so I wanted to clear them up, clear the air and make some excuses. I mean give you all some explanations on the behind the scenes stuff. Life stuff, blog stuff and writing stuff. Keen... Continue Reading →
10 Food and Health Documentaries I Love
I like documentaries a lot, a lot a lot. I don’t watch as many as I would like to these days partially due to life and partly because they tend to send honey right off to sleep but I digress. By far and away my favorite category is food documentaries. I’m not sure exactly why... Continue Reading →
The Value of Traditions in Non-Traditional Families
According to recent statistics if you live in a traditional two-parent family with kids you’re the weird one now! In Canada the most common type of household is now a single person home, the second most popular is some sort of ‘step’ option. My little family growing up was close to nuclear for a while... Continue Reading →
My New Inexpensive Daily Skin Care Routine: The Ordinary
Ya’ll I’m kinda chill, okay well that’s not exactly true, but I am with stuff I buy. I don’t really participate in boycotts and before this I’ve only contacted a company once to complain and guess what the whole big company changed that stupid thing. Maybe they were going to change it anyway but I’m... Continue Reading →
Mind Tricks for Tough Runs – While They’re Happening
A super special runner asked me to write about moving past mental running barriers which I did. In writing that I thought it might also to look at tips and tricks for getting through a bad run as it’s happening too. I’m not talking ‘all recovery runs suck' here but a whole other level of... Continue Reading →
Name Change: Sweat Sweetly – The Blog Formerly Known as Getwifed
For at least a year now, maybe longer it’s been bugging me - getwifed that is. That’s the name I grabbed when I thought about starting a blog way, way back in 2015. At the time I was newly engaged and super excited about it (still am) and the term ‘getwifed’ was having a moment... Continue Reading →