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How Not to Train for a Half Marathon
Since last December, I took time off from running to help my ankle heal from the lingering injury I sustained training for my last marathon. I started training again in February for my triathlon last August. After that race my training went by the wayside yet again. My youngest expressed interest in running a half marathon in December so I signed us up and set up a training plan. I can’t even say that we started out strong, summer quickly sped by and before we knew it I was altering the training plan to make up for the lack of training. I put too much faith in our natural athletic…
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Yes, Another Post About My Hair
Written previously, just now posting. It has been just over a year since my last hair cut. I have been waiting trying to let my hair grow out. I had a plan for my next haircut and made an appointment with a new stylist. As I dug out a picture of the hair style I thought I wanted I came to a realization. Things are not always how you remember them. For my fortieth birthday I had a roller skating party. I encouraged everyone to dress in the style of the 70’s or 80’s. I wanted a feathered hair style, like Farrah Faucet if you are old enough to remember…
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Still Missing
When I posted my last blog post in May I thought it would be the start to getting myself back on track. That did not happen. Even trying to write this blog post, I started it in November and I am just coming back to it now. The new year has just started and I am using the momentum to get moving again. Last year brought changes with the middle child moving away to college. I am sure some of you can relate to the emptiness that has crept in. My pre-emptive plan to start getting hobbies a few years ago has been helpful with the transition. As I learned…
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Raising Chicks
This year I tried another new activity, I became a foster mom to baby chicks! I have always wanted to raise baby birds, specifically chicks or ducks. I just love those little balls of fluff. Two things have stopped me in the past, first I am slightly afraid of birds and second I cannot have farm animals where I live. After years of asking around, I finally found someone that would take chickens if I raised them! Step one complete. Next I needed to figure out how to raise chicks and what I would need. If left to my own devices I would have drug this process out to the…
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Don’t Forget to Put Sunscreen on the Bottom of Your Feet!
A couple months ago I noticed a mole on my shoulder. If I notice it, I assume that something has changed. If you have ever met me you can easily see I am covered with moles. A child of the 70’s sunscreen was not something that was widely used. As a fair skinned, white haired child I was always sunburnt in the summer. I remember many nights crying myself to sleep from the pain. The first time I used sunscreen was on a trip to Florida when I was in high school. Within thirty minutes I was not just burnt to a crisp but suffered second degree burns. It wasn’t…
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Missing Blog Posts
For about the last year I was good about making sure a new blog post came out every two weeks, at least I was until a month ago when I failed to publish a new post. That one missing post became two and now I am just a few days from a publish date. As I struggle to write something, I thought an apology would be a good place to start. I am sorry I missed posting, I am appreciative of my readers and I am sorry I let you down. Sometimes when I get overwhelmed with tasks it is easiest for me to freeze and do nothing, this begins…
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Trying Old Things-Pheasant Hunting
This post is not meant to offend anyone, I know we all have different views on what we eat. I am an omnivore and enjoy plants and animals. If you do not support eating meat you may want to skip this post. Just as the new year started I was asked to join a pheasant hunt. I was nervous as it has been a while since I have gone hunting. Matter of fact it has been quite a while since I even went to the range to shoot trap or targets. One of the hunting group members suggested we meet at the range and shoot a few clays. I was…
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2022 Year End Review-Reading
I used to be an avid reader, then life and the pull of televisions and cell phones diminished the amount I read. I do love a good self-help book and would read 3-5 per year but to read a book for pleasure with no learning required was something I had not done since Dan Brown’s book The Davinci Code was the hot new read. I borrowed the book from a friend and then read everything the library had in stock that he wrote. While working on my degree I did not have time for pleasure reading and when I finished school the pull of the self-help books called. Last year…
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30 Days Sugar Free
What started out as just a two week test has lasted thirty days. As I mentioned in the previous blog, right away I noticed being able to focus. This has continued as has a noticeable increase in energy. I have only taken two or three naps after work this month. Much better than the daily nap that I was needing. I am not sure if it is the lack of sugar and carbs or the reduction of my naps but I am sleeping better at night and I am no longer hitting the snooze button twenty times before actually getting up in the morning. I feel productive, many nights I…
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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…