Week 3 – I’m halfway through the Little Black Dress Challenge. Three weeks down…three weeks to go. I didn’t weigh in this week yet so no news to report there. I do feel better and while I still feel asthmatic and panty while I run, I do have a newfound respect for what my body…
Read MoreWeek Two and still breathing…
Week two is down. I weighed in today. I have lost four pounds – none of which were muscle. I’ll take it! I won’t look at what I didn’t do or what I wanted to see or what I could have done to make it more. I will celebrate the four pounds and think at…
Read MoreThat’s what I look like from behind?
Week one of the Boot camp down. I have survived. Five more to go…or should I say…52 weeks a year after that. I’m hooked! I’m hooked in a…man that hurts…when is it going to stop?…has anyone ever dropped that on their head?…kind of way. I have been up at 4:30am all week and out the…
Read MoreBreathing is overrated….
I made a decision today. I’m joining a boot camp. Five days a week for one hour of someone yelling at me to work out. To add insult to injury, I am paying him to do so. Why do I need someone to verbally abuse me to get me to work out? I ask myself…
Read MoreHow pliable is your car door?
Men and women drive differently. I tend to believe that men drive by looking straight ahead. If it is not in front of them, it does not exist. Women use additional perceptions..such as peripheral vision. This may be tied to our pension for multi-tasking. This is frequently a topic of disagreement in my marriage.…
Read More…It’s Not As Bad As It Sounds
I read a post from a friend recently describing her preteen sons birthday party. It sounded wonderful…controlled…calm..and so unlike the birthday parties that I remember. I believe I have blocked out the really bad ones. One party, however, has lived down in my memory as “that day that I had to meet another parent by…
Read MoreMother….Wife….Boss….but Writer?
There is something about being in a room of 400 writers that makes you think you can take on the world. The energy is high, adrenaline is pumping (especially in those classes that requested that you actually READ your work to whoever was sitting next to you!) and inspiration abounds. You are surrounded by authors…
Read More…and that’s why you need to wear pajamas
Sleeping in sweatpants has been a habit for years. While it goes against all appropriate marriage protocol, I am convinced that safety should outweigh beauty. To prove my point…. Recently, after spending the day doing yard work, I bypassed my evening dressing ritual after showering. Sleep came soundly…until 3am…when my son burst through our door…
Read MoreAn Endless Supply of Wants and Needs
Someone asked me the other day “When do your kids begin needing you less?” I had to stop and think. We have three young men of ages 26, 24, and 22. Do they need me less….then when? Then when they were newborns? Yep…all of them are weaned and no one is still on the bottle.…
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Mothering, Marriage and Menopause 