Mind
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Being Creative- Making a Necklace
I was hoping on my recent trip to Lancaster to partake in some creative art. I was not able to schedule anything on such short notice but I was able to find the Bead Shop. Without time to plan for a class I shopped for some items to bring home and make a necklace. I found a natural cut of fluorite and some cut stones that were similar in color to the purple in the fluorite. My first attempt at wire wrapping the fluorite was frustrating and I put the project aside for a few days. I decided the wire I was trying to use was too thick and picked…
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Sugar Free in 2023
After reading Chris McDougall’s book Born to Run I wanted more and read the next book Natural Born Heroes. I was intrigued by the statements in the book that the group of runners that were written about consumed very little carbohydrates from bread and rice type foods. After completing the book I purchased In Fitness and in Health by Dr. Phillip Maffetone that was referenced. Dr. Maffetone’s book goes into how the low fat movement has not helped society and foods billed as low fat have added sugar to make them taste better and carbohydrates today are processed so much they are not healthy for us. I have always loved…
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Running Review 2022
It is that time of year again where I look back and see how the year went. If you read my blog from last year’s review you know I set some pretty big goals for this year. I see time and time again, “plans are what you make and then God laughs.” I am not sure who originally coined this saying but it is very true in my life. January 2022 started out with me still in a hold pattern, the injury that occurred in November still had me sidelined. As February began I was given the approval to start running again. A mile or two at a time at…
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Trying Old Things- Archery
I don’t even know the first time I shot a bow, it is something that was always a part of my life. The first bow I remember was a red long bow that I would shoot at a target mounted on a pine tree in the backyard. It was the seventies and we lived in a rural area. My dad’s hope was that I would go deer hunting with him. That never happened, after my parents divorced I don’t even know what happened to that bow. In the 90’s I started college and gym was still a requirement, you needed a one credit general physical fitness class and a one…
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Feeling Stalled
I try not to talk about work on my blog but I feel the need to get this out. Over the years like many companies, cutbacks have led to increased workloads. My employer is no different. At first you are happy to still be employed but as time goes by the compounding effect of the additional work and stress take its toll. The worst part is you don’t even notice it until you feel completely broken. My First clue came during our covid shut down when I worked from home for a month or so, without my hour commute each way I gained 2 hours of time each day, it…
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Stop and Find the Critters
Lately I find myself feeling overwhelmed. The demands at work keep compounding over the years and while I keep thinking if I just get over this hurdle and things will improve that has not happened. Instead, I am exhausted and letting chores at home go, this starts the vicious cycle when I get mad at myself for not keeping things the way I like them. My floors are not vacuumed, the dishes go days without being done, and we order takeout more often then we should. I feel off kilter and need a reset but have been too tired to figure out how to accomplish the reset. Yesterday gave me…
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Big Dreams
Currently the Powerball is at an all time high, somewhere in the billions. Just like much of the country I am playing and dreaming of what I could do if I won. Also, like the majority of the country I will be a bit disappointed when I don’t win. All the thoughts of how I could help others, the trips I would take and the cars I would buy will dissolve, but why do I have to wait to win a large sum of money? What if I look to see what I can do now? So the Maserati will have to wait, but what if I take a bag…
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Beach Days-Summer 2022
Seven, this year’s magic number! I made it to the beach seven times this season. My normal goal each summer is to make it to the beach once a month during June, July, and August. This should not be a difficult goal to reach but every year I seem to fall short. After reading the book Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, Celeste Headlee I made beach days one of my priorities. As I wrote in an earlier blog, my first beach trip this season was in June. The next beach day we had, the water was still too cold for my liking. We did…
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Triathlon #2
I was as ready as I was going to be. I did not have much confidence in my training and I was nervous about the run. But as many of us know, “if God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.” The first great surprise I found out just before race day, my youngest and her team would be volunteering at the race. I did not expect to see my daughter during the race, she thought they would be working the 5K event. Surprise number two, they were working the transition! It was great seeing her every time I entered and left transition. Many of the tri…
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God’s Will- Training for Triathlon #2
Less than 3 weeks out from my second triathlon and I had not run a single step. And after my unsuccessful swim, I was really worried about being able to complete the triathlon. I mentioned it at PT and they had me get on the treadmill and try. I ran for a minute and 54 seconds, a long way from the 3.2 miles I would need to cover. Cleared to start running I was advised to alternate between running and walking. My first time out I made it for a total of 5 running minutes. As I learned after the swim, I had missed the cut off to defer the…