Last week I wrote this post proposing that women shift their thinking around Mom’s Nights Out. Meeting regularly with women to talk and vent and just hang out without kids around is one form of self-care. I challenged women to plan a weekly meeting with other women that involved another form of self-care. Exercise. Today […]
self care
We All Get The Same 24 Hours
Number 3, 4 and 5 had a big 3-day swim meet this weekend. For Number 3, it was actually a 4-day swim meet. It’s called Age Group Championships which is a meet you need certain times to qualify for. It’s like state championships for kids who are fourteen years old and younger. The way the […]
Week 65 — I’m On A Roll
Week 65 didn’t suck. Two weeks ago (Week 63) I shared that I have been struggling to lose weight. This was due to some bad habits I had developed (eating in my bed at night) and entering menopause which has really affected the amount of food I can eat while maintaining my weight. Two weeks […]
Take Care Of Yourself Every Day
It’s the 4th of July which means barbecues and food and booze (not for me but for lots of people) and s’mores (for me) and later than usual nights for lots of kids and fun by the pool (for us) and fireworks. I love the 4th of July. So today’s post is super quick. Just […]
Week 59
About fifteen months ago, I was having some pretty significant internal lady issues. Basically, my insides were falling out of me. I know. Too much information. But it’s a thing that happens to women that we don’t often talk about because, well, when things that are supposed to be on the inside start making a […]
Week 36
Healthier living continues for me! I am not where I want to be eventually. But I am headed there. You know, twenty or fifteen or ten or even two years ago, I never would have dreamed that I’d be at the point I am now voluntarily. Twenty years ago I was smoking massive amounts of […]