Searching for Direction & Purpose in Life's Sea of Opportunities
I'm big on patting myself on the back, especially when it is for something important to me. I have lost ten pounds since the beginning of June! I was only a couple of fine lines on the scale away from being 20 pounds above my dance training weight. That, and the fact that my usable wardrobe… Continue reading Bragging Time
Yesterday was my first ever 5k using my newly acquired race walking technique. I had a time goal in mind, based on my training speeds: I wanted to finish the 3.1 miles in 40 minutes. There were separate start times for runners and walkers. I registered for the walking group because I was walking. This… Continue reading First Race
I'm proud to announce that I am almost back on track with my reading goal. My trip to visit Ma and Tom helped with that. While it looked like I could never catch up for a while, one of my goals has not been in question: walking. So far this year I have walked 2,199,201 steps.… Continue reading Race Walking Update
When I first moved into my place, I bought some cheap storage containers because they fit on my oddly shaped shelves, and I could stack them. Right after I started using them, I realized that they didn't really seal, and air and determined little moths could get right into them. That really defeated the entire… Continue reading Getting Stuff Done
Call me paranoid, but it seems to me that the locks/door knobs related to my condo are out to get me. My first nemesis. Over the course of several weeks my front door decided not to us in. The locking mechanism and the handle are separate parts of the unit. The door was clearly unlocked,… Continue reading Out to get me
In the past few weeks I have had the pleasure of supporting two of my friends in their writing endeavors. I attended a friend's talk at a book festival, and then just last week I had the privilege of being a guest at another friend's book launch. I was so excited to see my friend,… Continue reading My Friends the Authors
One of the things I pride myself on often in this blog (and in real life) is my willingness to try new things, my Adventure Girl nature. I caught myself falling into old mindsets lately. "Why not?" had been my motto for years when presented with opportunities to try new things. Lately, however, I had… Continue reading Reawakening
A few years ago when my mom saw the pictures from my 40th birthday party, the first thing she said was, "The cake has frosting. You don't like frosting!" And my mother would know about my frosting aversion. She used to make my birthday cake for me each year and only frost half of it,… Continue reading Cake and Ice Cream
I am so glad I have friends who are vegans. While it is not a lifestyle I choose for myself, it does provide me with a cool challenge to test myself with in the kitchen. (I do love them for more than their food choices!!!!) The need for vegan finger food inspired me to try dolmas again.… Continue reading Kitchen Inspiration
Growing up in Southern California, I had an early intro to earthquakes. In school we always had drills, assuming those flimsy desks would protect us - especially since we weren't taught at that time to hold on to the desks the way kids are taught today. Those desks would have simply bounced away from us… Continue reading Earthquake!
