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Hey, Rebels! I've been a lurker here for a long time (even though I had to remake my account recently) and recently signed up for the 1-on-1 coaching program. I am on Coach Taylor's team! Anyway, I wanted to throw this out there as I know charity and giving back is near and dear to many of us here in the Rebellion. Every year, my friends and I participate in a nation wide charity called Extra Life that raises money for Children's Hospitals around the US. We have an incredible children's hospital here in St. Louis that we support and I have had several friends and children of friends go through this amazing place at one time or another for treatment. Every year, we try to give back and help the current batch of kids who've been dealt a bad hand. Extra Life asks that its participants play games for a whole day to raise money, be it board games or video games. This year, on the 26th of September, we will be running several races in a video game called Path of Exile over the course of 16 hours and I will be competing. Last year, we were able to bring in over $1,400 because of the donations of others to whom this cause spoke. Between ourselves and a few other groups, we raised enough that St. Louis Children's Hospital was able to open a new ward to treat the mental health issues of kids and teenagers! We have set a modest goal of raising $1,000 for St. Louis Children's Hospital this year and, so far, we have already raised over a third of that. If you would like to donate and help out the sick children of St. Louis, especially in this time when COVID-19 complicates everything and even prevents these families from seeing their hospitalized children much, please consider donating to Extra Life. I won't include a link to our Extra Life team page (security and all) but you can find us by going to the Extra Life website and searching for "St. Louis Gaming Group X". I know that you all will jump right in and help us knock this out of the park! Thank you all for being you and thanks in advance for helping us make all the difference to some young kids that life hasn't too kind to yet. -Mike

From Muddy Princess to Raising Superheroes... ok, I've always been trying to raise my two superheroes. This challenge I'm just (again) putting a conscious effort into it, specifically about health and fitness. I scandalously borrowed the title idea for this challenge from Banting's children's recipe book: Raising Superheroes. I'll be using some recipes from this book as well. Apparently I have a cape somewhere... While raising the next generation of superheroes I need to take care of myself as well. So although I'll be focusing on what The Boys are eating, drinking and doing in the background, here I'll mostly note my own feats of heroism w.r.t. health, exercise and sleep, to be the best Superhero mom I can be. Who am I kidding? I can't help but chat to my Rebel friends about all that is life. Health: Water & Rooibos: At least one bottle of water and/or some Rooibos. Coffee: No more than 3x mugs per day. Healthy Lunch: Yes/No. Breakfast and Dinner are mostly sorted, but lunch can be a bit much on the nerves especially if we are busy and The Boys are Hungry! Have lunch prepped and ready to take-and-go. Exercise: Only one morning with organised sport, which Youngest will take part in. Super Mom will have to save the day by getting them fit and strong! Mondays: BW Strength @ Home with The Boys. A walk during the afternoon would be an extra (not compulsory). Tuesdays: Youngest @ Playball; Oldest and SuperMom Walk; SuperMom and FriendC Walk. Wednesdays: Dance with Youngest +- 30min session. Thursdays: Self Defense with The Boys. Following our friendly neighbourhood Spiderman's programme. Thursday Rehashed: XBox Kinect game or OFF Fridays: BW Strength @ Home without The Boys. This is when I pull the irons out. Sleep: Every superhero has "kryptonite" and mine is lack of sleep. I must try and get at least 7hrs sleep in every night. Evening routine: 20h00 Boys shower. Then Oldest tells Youngest some bedtime stories. I tidy the kitchen, take out meat for next day to defrost, etc. etc. I shower. Say final good night. Lights off. 21h00 I must go to bed! 21h30 LATEST! EDIT: It keeps throwing out my images! What evil super villainy is this?