The Ramblings of a Renaissance Woman

Most January’s I like to start fresh.  As the previous year comes to an end I purge my closet of items I did not wear or that do not fit well.  Once the new year begins I turn all of my hangers facing out.  As the days go by and I wear an item, when it is returned to the closet I put the hanger back the normal way.  At the end of the year I can see what clothes I wore and assess the ones I did not.  Some of the clothes I did not wear may be special items like my ski pants, we did not ski last…

As I usually do as the year comes to an end, I started looking through my journals for my goals from the year. I wanted to see what I accomplished and see what areas needed work.  To my surprise I could not find a single goal I wrote down for last year.  It was then that my year came into focus, no wonder it felt off. Sure I had signed up for the tri groups 12 training sessions to help improve my strength and I was getting the pool every other week but I never wrote down my targets.  How can I hit something if I don’t see it?  Work-wise…

It has again been months since I have written anything.  Ideas have popped into my mind and I brush them away choosing to be inactive.  Oh I start off strong at the beginning of the new year and at the start of each month but gradually I stop being as productive as I intended.  What I have realized is that I am consistently inconsistent.  So now that I recognize that, how do I harness this and rework it to my advantage?  I am trying to figure out what trips me up that derails my productivity.  Is it when my set routine is changed by adding in an activity that is…

When my children were little, to get them to clean up I used the timer game.  Since cleaning can feel overwhelming to small children, I would challenge them to see how much they could clean up before the timer went off.  The smaller they were the longer the time, but never more than 30 minutes.  The other day I was cooking soup and had 5 minutes on the timer so I challenged myself to see if I could clean the freezer before the timer ended.  Fortunately for me I had 2 five minute intervals and within that ten minutes the freezer was almost cleaned.  I needed just a few minutes…

I have been a football fan since I was about 7 or 8.  Not really sure how this happened as my parents did not watch football.  In my younger days I rooted for the Steelers and then in high school it was the Bears.  When I met my husband he has always been a Falcons fan and I adopted his team as my new favorite.  More than the team, I enjoy the game regardless of who is playing.  For years football was a family event, spending time watching the games each week.  I live in Eagles territory and while the Falcons play in Philly it is not the safest thing…