Happily Ever Active

Ever since I started working on Happily Ever Active, The Active Living Calendar, people frequently asked me how I came up with the idea.

A couple of years ago, I had to go to the far north for a month for work and wanted a way to continue exercising without a gym because I knew there was no gym where I was going. Before I left, I scoured magazines and the internet for simple stuff that I could do while I was away that didn't involve a treadmill or serious barbells. But, I couldn't find a thing.

That's when I realized that there is not a lot out there for the 'common man' or the 'common woman'. There are a lot of exercise magazines and training resources, but you usually need some serious equipment or abs do do it! There is not actually very much for the busy mom (or dad) on the go who like to stay healthy but who can't necessarily want to become a gym-maniac.

The idea for the calendar came to me after that. Happily Ever Active is designed to make sure that it has ideas that we all can use without spending oodles of cash or having to buy loads of expensive equipment that end up collecting dust. Sure, it would be great to be toned all over but I think it's more important to be well. It's my hope that the Happily Ever Active calendar will help people do just that.

What do you do with your family to stay active without spending a lot of money or without buy ing a lot of equipment just to get started?