The new year is just a week old and I wanted to do a check in on the self-care front and the check in looks like this: I’m here. I’m showing up. I’m continuing to do what is needed. A year ago I was a little scared. With my first ever health issue showing up […]
The Decade Challenge
I suppose it’s bound to happen on the cusp of a new decade—the inevitable hashtag that encourages to you compare the past 10 years. What can I say? I’m a #decacdechallenge sucker. I thought it would be fun to see what comparisons I could draw between 2009 and 2019. And so I present a list […]
An update from me on life and stuff
Hey. It’s me. What’s up? From time to time I field an email or two from long-time blog readers who say, “Cath… are you okay? You’re not really sharing much these days on your blog. What’s up?” Good question. It’s true that I just don’t use this blog to write many personal stories. It’s been […]
A Fit Update for August 2019
As summer begins to wind down here in the upper midwest, my gaze turns toward those delicious fall days, the crisp, cool air, the crunchy leaves—you know, basically every autumn cliché you can think of is completely my jam. A year ago, I didn’t realize fall was going to shake me up health wise. I […]
My Fit Update for July 2019
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 […]
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 […]