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My Constant Companion

He keeps me company no matter how many hours I put in a day. Boo, Buggy, Buster, whatevever name comes out of my mouth at that moment, is my buddy.  The best part is he doesn’t mind if I’m having a bad hair day, have PMS or am giddy with laughter over something trivial.  

Building a Better Body

  My trainer Danielle has been a blessing for me. Not only is she helping me with one-on-one training, she’s also a dietitian, and I’m now up to eating clean 5 days a week. The turn around within me is amazing. I’ve still got a long way to go, but thanks to the help of [...]

It’ No Longer a Pointy Rock

It feels like I’m sitting on a rock. The good news is now that rock is a round rock, and not pointy. This stupid hamstring pull has been no fun.  On that note, I haven’t taken any medication today. Yesterday, I held out until around 6pm. It’s bothering me today, but I’m hoping to distract [...]

I Pulled My Hamstring! Man, it Hurts!

 I took my pain medication a little bit ago, and I’m getting a bit spacey, so please excuse typos. I’m trying to write this before it’s totally kicked in. I woke up yesterday and tried to roll over in bed. I couldn’t move my leg, the pain was so intense. I had no idea what [...]

Home, Sweet Gingerbread Home!

This is what we made yesterday! My son and I had a good time constructing the pieces to stand together, and then decorating. I can’t take full credit, it was a kit which made the job much easier! I hope everyone had a great Christmas, and are feeling relaxed now that it’s passed. The stress [...]

Holiday Eating

  I was just trusted to make cookies. I’m in the process of doing this "clean eating" and I was trusted alone with cookie dough. I ate two, and cooked the rest. I’m not proud, and I hate how easily it was for me to go, "okay, just these two". Seriously, I’m doing well otherwise [...]

Afternoon Ramblings, Clean Eating and Catalogs

I’ve been buried in catalogs this season. I feel bad for our mail carrier, and am glad he gets a mail truck. He’d throw out his back carrying all those suckers this year! Do you know how many are tossed before looking at them? If you guessed about 90%, you’d be right! Otherwise, the other [...]

Animal Sleeping Patterns

Our dogs and cat have a funny little pattern. They each have their own special places they like to sleep, but then they feel the need to sleep in the spots the others have chosen as well. It’s almost like that theory that the grass is always greener on the other side. Apparently, this is [...]

Our Garage Sofa

We have a sofa in our garage that we just can’t get rid of. My husband asked me to see if I could give it away. It’s a big sectional, so there would be a truck involved. I mentioned CraigsList, and he grumbled something like he doesn’t want some stranger coming to get it. Don’t [...]

Move! Sweat! Move Some More!

So I’m at the gym yesterday, and I have to do this little sideways shuffle on the treadmill. It sound easy enough, but getting in pattern is funky and tough! I could do it on one side so much easier than the other. While doing the circuit, the next time I had to change the [...]