Month: November 2021

Happy Fall Friday!

I can’t get past the theme of fall for these last several post. Chilly weekends and Chili Weekends. Am I right?? If you were a squirrel, you would get to enjoy this gorgeous view of these beautiful few weeks of fall. If you can, find a pile of leaves, get down on the ground and you too can enjoy a squirrels view. Or, just enjoy the fact that I did that for you and took this photo. Yesterday was a big errand day and would you believe I’ve already done quite a bit of Christmas shopping? The bigger the family gets, the earlier I need to start shopping! These kids of ours keep having more kids and soon I’ll be Christmas shopping in July! I don’t mind. Bring on the babies! Kickoff So far so good with the trainer and the new workout app. My workout yesterday was a 50 […]

Therapy? Yes Please.

My gift to myself yesterday? Therapy. I know it’s not for everyone. I also know it is much more common than it was years ago. In the past, therapy or counseling could often be viewed as a weakness. When in reality, therapy can help you learn about what you are feeling, why you might be feeling it, and how to cope. It’s really about taking control of your own well being, and what better gift to give yourself than that! I met Hope (my therapist real name!), several years ago. More than anything, she helps me to feel validated for feeling what I’m feeling, then give me the tools I need to work through it. It’s no secret that I’ve been struggling with how my body feels and fearing it will always feel like this and also I’m having a hard time going from 9 weekly WW Workshops to now […]

Self Care. It’s Not Selfish.

I’ve been getting a monthly massage for several months now. At first I felt a little guilty about it. Why? Why do we often refer to things we enjoy as a “guilty pleasure”? Why do we feel guilty about doing something good for our bodies? A massage, a pedicure, a facial or maybe a long bath with the door locked (stay out family!) is a great way to take some time for yourself. Often I’ve found myself feeling guilty or selfish about doing some of those things. I’m working on letting go of unnecessary guilt. My gift to myself yesterday? A nice long massage. Saw this beauty on my drive home. Activity Day 2 with the trainer was a 3 mile walk with a series of stretches for warm up and a cool down. The 4 mile walk the previous day had my knees aching so I only did a […]

All the Fall Feels

Dear fall, Please last forever. I love you, Me These are the same happy leaves from yesterday. I’m going to keep playing with them until they no longer look happy. Yesterday was basically an awesome fall day. Pumpkin spice coffee at home, a video meeting with a personal trainer (more on that in a sec), a little early grocery shopping, a four mile chilly walk with a friend followed with a 30 minute workout at home. I cooked up some soups in the afternoon. Mike surprised me and said we could move the furniture back into the living room and we ended our day with a bowl of chili watching the Chiefs game! It was ugly, but we got a win! So many fall things all in one day! I hope you had an awesome fall day as well! Activity I love this thing now and all the info it […]

It’s My Birthday Month!

My little leaf collection from my morning walk. Mike is another year older and now it’s my birthday month. I’ve decided to celebrate by mindfully doing a little something for “me” each day this month. After many many months of feeling frustrated with my body, I’m going to celebrate it and appreciate it. I started off today with a 4 mile walk with a friend, and that’s my gift to myself today. Appreciating this body and what it can do. I did get the trim painted yesterday and hopefully Mike can get it installed soon! I will be putting furniture on the new floors tomorrow and I am ecstatic!! Yesterday…… Breakfast My Oatmeal Thingy. I know….it needs a name and I need to make a recipe card for it here on the blog. If you’ve followed for long, you know recipes on the blog are not really my thing, so […]