Quick note to start - yes, I am still training and fundraising. In fact, it would be fabulous if you would throw in $30 to the cause. I pretty much need $30/day for the rest of the time to meet the minimum. Also, things are starting to hurt a little. I'll save that for another... Continue Reading →
Your unique voice – share it!
We take a pause from monthly photo albums for a little bit of actual, thoughtful writing. Over the last year I've been filling my newly released time (kid away at college, no more volunteering to support everything he did) with some self improvement. I figured after 30 straight years of parenting, it was time to... Continue Reading →
5 minutes of gratitude
On Happify today there was a task that at first I grumbled about a bit in my head. Set a timer, then just do some stream of consciousness writing on what you are grateful for today - just today - anything at all - as simple as there not being traffic in the morning. Nothing... Continue Reading →
Warning! This is your brain on Zyrtec!
Well, MY brain anyway .... The ol' barometric pressure took a nose dive last night and right on cue my sinuses filled with pressure. Consequently I've been either excessively foggy headed and tired from the pressure itself or, the Zyrtec I take to relieve it somewhat. Take your pick - either way, I am not at... Continue Reading →
Push Presents and our Madison Avenue driven culture of expectation (re-post)
Listening to a morning radio show on the way to work I heard a completely new term. “Push Present” Now, I know I fall out of the range of your typical female target audience. The things that I watch on TV or the magazines & blogs I read are WAY out of the norm for... Continue Reading →
Motivating the motivator
I've written a couple of posts about finding motivation for my teenager. I'll update on that particular task shortly, but in the course of writing most recently about finding my focus again, I mentioned to classic To Do list. The page pictured above is from the notebook that I started using when Eve & I... Continue Reading →
Dear Daylight Savings Time
What the heck did I ever do to you? How can one little hour have so much impact? Por ejemplo - last Sunday I joined my running buddies for a 90 min trail run at San Elijo Lagoon. We had to get started before 8am because they have follow up the run with a swim... Continue Reading →
It is what it is – don’t look here for motivation!
Over the past month the top search term drawing random strangers to this site is "Motivation". Pardon me for a moment while I react to the idea that I can provide advice on this topic: OK, OK....so um..motivation eh? I supposed folks were experiencing what I call the February doldrums. Still stuck with winter weather.... Continue Reading →
Ah, that pesky motivation
Such a fleeting thing, this motivation. And yet, so very very critical. The graphic above is so fabulously scientific with those big big words that may or may not make sense in your daily life. Hygiene? Really? I'm motivate by whether I can take a shower or not? Ok, I know that's not the real... Continue Reading →
Altered expectations
This Labor Day weekend has turned into Garage Sale weekend for me. And it has provided some truly unexpected highlights. The somewhat expected was selling *some* items. I knew it wouldn't all sell, but I figured some small things would attract folks and you just never know what will catch someone's eye. My somewhat joking... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 