Happy Thanksgiving | TooTallFritz

Hey, all! The holidays are a wonderful time of year, full of traditions. Some of us start our day with a local Turkey Trot while others are already warming the kitchen with the smell of homemade pumpkin pie. I want to wish each and every one of you a joyous Thanksgiving! I’ll be thinking of you all and hoping that you are surrounded by friends, family and someone who loves you!

The holidays are full of tradition. When I lived in IL, I would always host a Black Friday run at Waterfall Glen. There wasn’t a hashtag for #OptOutside. There wasn’t a big corporation behind the movement to get people outside. Nobody was talking about health, wellness, fitness, friends or family on Black Friday. No, they gave their thanks on Thursday and moved on to retail madness on Black Friday. Some big retail chains are saying NO this year. REI in particular started the push to #OptOutside for Black Friday by giving all of their employees the day off with pay. Many other retailers has followed suit. I encourage all of you to #OptOutside for Black Friday. Let’s wait for Cyber Monday to get all those amazing deals for our little angels, from the comfort of our home, where we can shop in our PJs. That’s what I’ll be doing.

If you need a place to go on Black Friday to #OptOutside, I’ll be leading a group run at Pokagon State Park, in Angola, IN. Details HERE. If you don’t want to follow me, then you can follow Lilo. She promises an AMAAHHHZING trail run! Or if you aren’t close to us, then REI has a link HERE to find a place to #OptOutside.

** Let’s Hit The Trails With Lilo & #OptOutside on Black Friday ** Amanda – TooTallFritz

Another holiday season is in full swing. While most are probably thinking about food and shopping, I encourage you to think smaller. Look around you. I mean really look. What can you see right this minute that makes you thankful?

Are you at home with your ~~screaming~~ wonderful children? Have you taken a minute lately to be thankful for their health, their craziness, their energy, their absolute LOVE of you and everything about you?

Are you at work, stressed out and busy? Have you taken a minute to be thankful for that craziness which keeps you employed and able to feed/house/cloth those amazing children? Are you at home and stressed out about the messy house? Ever wonder why the piles of laundry and dishes seem to never end? Have you taken a minute to be thankful for your home?

Are you at the grocery picking up last minute supplies for Thanksgiving Dinner? Maybe a little stressed about dinner and your crazy family? Have you taken a minute to be thankful for that family ~~which drives you nuts~~? I mean, think about it, without them, where would you be? Without all of the above …. where you would be?

Some people will be alone for the holidays, not because they want to but because they don’t have other options. So be thankful. Be thankful for the little things which may not seem like anything special to you. Know that someone, somewhere would LOVE to have all of those crazy things that stress you (and me!) out. Someone, somewhere would love to step right into YOUR life and start LIVING it. So look around. Right now. And GIVE THANKS …. For everything.