When work is the diet plan…
My healthy eating plan takes work. Literally. When I was a teen with a full stomach and a plate still … Continue reading When work is the diet plan…
My healthy eating plan takes work. Literally. When I was a teen with a full stomach and a plate still … Continue reading When work is the diet plan…
Thanks to my FitBit, I not only feel tired, but I also have proof that I had a terrible night’s … Continue reading Getting a bit more fit…
In years past, I hustled to Walgreens on Thanksgiving morning with the sole purpose of buying a local newspaper — … Continue reading Black Friday matters…
I awakened to the scale alerting me I’d gained 1.5 pounds since my last weigh-in 24 hours ago, and it’s … Continue reading Thoughts upon awakening Thanksgiving morn…
Am I the only one on American soil who isn’t thankful for Thanksgiving? The turkey cooks my goose every year as … Continue reading Turkey trauma: Me, myself and my memories…
When you have lived in one house for years and years, you don’t need much in the way of furniture. … Continue reading When furniture shows your age…
My toenails need to be cut. My legs needs a shave. My eyebrows need waxing. My hair needs a trim. … Continue reading More time is not the answer…
I always wanted twins until I got four children at one time. When I was young, I played with my … Continue reading The end of the twin era…
While my friends add their “thankful” posts to Facebook daily in November, I am choosing to do something different. Complain. … Continue reading Don’t skimp on the showers…
Constructive criticism is the art of offering feedback on work performance to help a person improve. Construction, specifically road construction, … Continue reading Construction criticism (or where have all the detours gone?)
Sometimes it’s better not to know. For instance, when your husband thinks the dress you wore to work that day makes … Continue reading If she only knew…
As I was entering my daughter’s new-to-her minivan yesterday, I noticed something. “Ah! It has a sunroof,” I stated. It … Continue reading How our Mitsubishi van became blue…
I woke up this morning with vertigo. When I sat up, the world starting spinning around me, and I had the sensation … Continue reading Vertigo: When the world around you begins to spin…
The past week, the health club has blocked off the beautiful new showers for tile repair, and we women have … Continue reading Attempting “The Glad Game’…
I ran out of weekend. My eyes were bigger than the time I had allotted for the chores I wanted … Continue reading When your eyes are bigger than your weekend…
I call my husband’s truck “the mouse,” and now he does, too, at least every time he has to buy … Continue reading Of mice and men (or when you give a mouse a cookie)…
I had carefully planned and shopped and done everything in my power to avoid shopping on Christmas Eve. When our … Continue reading Once an English teacher, always an English teacher…
Personal blogging is more about changing my life — or recording my life lessons — than changing the world. It is certainly not about being discovered. It may be a side effect, but from what I’ve found, it’s 15 minutes of fame or less. Maybe 1.5 or 15 days of fame. Or less, much less. Continue reading I can’t wait to be discovered…
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