First things first: I borrowed this dress from Aidan. (And Aidan borrowed it from her teammate, Swannie, last year for graduation.) (And Aidan is categorically tanner than me on any given day. That’s not just from the sun. She inherited an olive complexion from her father’s side of the family.) So when we went to a lovely summer wedding a … Read More
Home versus away
I took a little time off over the weekend to go up to the Brainerd Lakes area to stay at our family’s lake cabin up on Gull Lake. I don’t go up very often of late, in fact, I didn’t go up at all last year. When you are a bit of an introvert, sometimes being up at the cabin … Read More
My Fit Update for June 2019
First things first: I returned the pants I’m wearing in this photo. In my excitement at securing a new Going Out Outfit™ (not really trademarked), I overlooked the fact that the crotch hung about two inches below my actual crotch and over time, this would be an unacceptable fit for a woman whose clothes-buying frequency is on par with the … Read More
An update from here
So here we are in the glorious month of May, when at last here in the upper midwest we can tentatively start unpacking our sandals as the mercury rises into the 60s and we realize that winter is actually packing it up for another year. Not that I mind winter. Winter in Minnesota is a fantastic antidote to hot flashes. … Read More
Fit 2019: My May Update
You have to know when I have my Going Out Shirt™ on, things are looking up. My health and well-being check-in looks like this: my knee is no longer swollen thanks to the miracle of cortisone and a ginormous needle pointed directly into said knee. I’m starting some physical therapy to help support my knee and it turns out my … Read More
Fit 2019: My April Update
I have one statement to make regarding the month of March. Well, I actually have multiple statements to make but if I were to have an elevator pitch, it would go like this: March was a Shit Show. First things first: can you tell which knee is bigger than the other? That’s issue No. 1. I have no idea how … Read More
Fit 2019: My March Update
Presently I am in The Zone. What is The Zone in my world, you may be asking yourself? Well, it looks like an adult woman who is taking care of business on every level. I dropped the junk food for the most part last December, right after it turned out that my blood pressure was a little bit jacked. I … Read More
A bit of a blank show
You know the old adage that bad things come in threes? First, let me change “bad things” to “problems with your old house,” and then let me change “threes” to “fours.” Okay, let’s begin! Our house was built in 1918. We took over its care and feeding in 1993. We were a young, hard-working couple who never imagined we could … Read More
Fit 2019: My February Update
I have committed myself to posting each month about my self-care process with all of its upsides and downsides for 2019. If you’d like a recap from 2018, it goes this this: about half-way through, I sort of gave up. End of story. I gave up so hard last year that I was not going to offer my Fit e-course … Read More
Taking care of me is my job… who knew?
First things first, yes… that is my actual skin tone. No, I’m not completely transparent nor am I related to the Cullen clan in any way. Yes, I strategically placed that foam roller in such as way as to complement the overall look and feel of this photo because my stomach may or may not be exposed just a tad … Read More