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Recent Posts
Category Archives: Florida
Busy is Good
I’ll just go in chronological order to catch up with what’s been going on with Miss Smoot. After Christmas Break, we missed a week of school due to snow days. I took advantage of a mild weekend to visit my … Continue reading
Good Vibes
School: The last two months of 2017 were super busy for me. I earned an A+ and an A in my two Fall courses at the University of Louisville, with an overall GPA of 3.9. I am only 3 classes … Continue reading
Posted in Education, family, Florida, food, football, foster parent, health, restaurants, running, Travel
Tagged Iroquois Park, Self Care, Stuart Academy JCPS, The Salt Room, university of Louisville, Winter Haven Florida
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Norwegian Sky Cruise Ship Review
The following four blog posts will be a summary of my 4 night cruise to Havana, Cuba and Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas aboard the Norwegian Sky ship out of Miami on July 3-7th. This post will focus on a review … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, food, restaurants, Travel
Tagged Breakaway vs Sky, Cruise Ships, Norwegian Sky
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Road Trip: Jacksonville, FL
While having the summer off from teaching, it was a no brainer for me to take a spontaneous trip. My friend Donetta, who I nicknamed “Groovy” needed to tie up some loose ends as she relocated back to Louisville. … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, food, landmarks, restaurants, Travel
Tagged Friendship Fountain, Jacksonville, Jax Beach, Treaty Oak
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Always Beachin’
Summer break recharge for a middle school P.E. and Health teacher with 2 Foster Daughters. Continue reading
Posted in family, Florida, food, foster parent, mothers, restaurants, running, Travel
Tagged Beach, Beach Running, Clearwater beach, Detroit Coney, Florida, mrs.potato, Orlando, Siesta Key, universal studios, Victoria's Secret outlet, volcano bay
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Finally Catching Up
Passing Kentucky Teacher Internship Program (KTIP) – Check Finals Week at U of L (3.825 Cumulative GPA) – Check Home life in balance with great Foster Kids– Check Spring Racing Season– Check Now, I can finally go back to the … Continue reading
Posted in Detroit, Florida, food, restaurants, running, Sports, Travel
Tagged Anclote Key, Dodecanese Blvd, Prizm Run, Tarpon Springs, Tiger Town
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Christmas Break Run, Sun, and Fun!
Winter break was nothing short of spectacular as I was privileged to spend the entire time in Florida with my parents. I felt a sigh of relief as Cycle 1 of my KY Teacher Internship which involves a lot of evaluations, meetings and … Continue reading
Posted in automotive, Basketball, family, Florida, football, health, Louisville, running, Travel
Tagged Alice Jean Smoot, Amway Center, Beach, Bok Tower Gardens, Citrus Bowl, Cuban Sandwich, Florida Southern College, Hot Chocolate 15k Tampa, Kelsie Smoot, Louisville Cardinals Football, Orlando Magic, Pass-a-grill beach, Phillip L. Smoot Sr, St. Pete
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She’s A Goal Digger
This post has been on my mind through miles of running and was written in my head long before I had the chance to sit down and purge my thoughts. A lot has happened since the start of the school year, so as … Continue reading
Posted in Education, family, fitness, Florida, half marathon, running, Travel, West Virginia
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Trek-and-Treating
Jay’s Hope Trek or Treat- Macon, GA October 31, 2015 There were a ton of races in the Atlanta area as I made my way down to Florida for an unplanned mini vacation. I was so happy I decided to … Continue reading
Posted in family, Florida, health, mothers, running, Travel
Tagged candy mile, downtown disney, ga, Jay's hope trek or treat, macon
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Marathon Training: Spring Break Edition
How do you handle vacationing and training for a marathon? The answer is being flexible. My last two training runs called for an 18 miler and the ever so popular 20 miler. I had a couple of choices to accomplish … Continue reading
Posted in family, Florida, marathon, running, Travel
Tagged Disney, training, treasure island beach
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