Category: Lifestyle

My walk outside yesterday was gorgeous! That beautiful blue sky? You can’t come home from this walk and not be in a good mood. Ya just can’t. Like….it’s not possible. Fallen leaves and still this thick rich green grass. Along with my “3 Mile Brisk Walk” as the trainer calls it, there is a warm up that includes a few ab exercises and some stretching, followed with a cool down with stretches. Seriously after my walk outside I was feeling all kinds of energy, confidence, spunk and a little sass. Then I was like…..What’s on my shirt? Oh, just a dusty filthy mirror. So, before Thanksgiving, give the house an overall deep cleaning, paint the fireplace, paint the dining room and figure out how to seat 30+. No problem. Yesterday was a crazy busy productive day and still, the fireplace never got touched! I really want to make that happen […]

The leaves have fallen but it’s still Pumpkin Season and whether pumpkin flavored, pumpkin themed or simply pumpkin colored, I’m all in. Believe or not, pumpkin is not the current obsession I speak of. But the real new obsession is going to be this redecorating phase of the living room until it’s done, then the dining area. I can’t think of a better project to work on while the days start to turn cooler and we move into the coziness of the season. Actually, I may just be obsessed with this wall right now. Or just this 5′ section of this wall. Seriously. Can’t move from this view. The sun is changing the vibe by the hour. Pretty sure this is my gift to myself today. This view. My Friend Friday evening was the visitation for my friend and yesterday morning was her funeral. It’s been an emotional few days. […]

It’s FriYaY again. The days really do go by quicker the older you get. Yesterday was a pretty packed day! My day started off with a gorgeous walk outside. As I headed out the door I realized my Apple Watch was dead. That split second moment when you think to yourself, does my walk even count? Ah, but onward! I walked with a friend which not only makes the walk more special and more fun, it also goes by fast and hopefully you can count on your friends fitness tracker to see how far you walk! We got in just over 3 miles. I came home to this on the front porch. The rug I ordered online from RugsUSA at 11:30 pm one night has arrived! My daughter Tess ordered her living room rug from there and she’s a very thorough (and thrifty) shopper so I knew I could count […]

Another week and the leaves will likely all be on the ground and I’ll just be talking about food, the new WW Personal Points (sharing that tomorrow!)…….and the living room. But for now? Trees. Yesterday mid morning, I made a coffee and took a long drive. I know some of you must think I’m crazy with all the tree talk, but I truly do love these few weeks of the leaves changing and the last few days have really brought out some beautiful colors. My gift to myself yesterday was to see as many as I could. There are certain streets I have on my list to visit. You’ve heard of crazy cat lady? I guess I’m loony leaf lady. Wait, I kinda like that title. Freaky fall lady? Anywho….falll trees are crazy, loony, freaky pretty. I swear just barely over a week ago, this tree was still green. This […]

I ate my pancakes on the deck while looking at this tree that I swear is changing colors by the hour, did my workout, hung an extremely heavy mirror on the living room wall, spent a little time cooking up a few things in the kitchen, then I just let myself feel the feels. I lost a sweet friend to ALS yesterday. I was supposed to be going to her house for coffee on Friday. I knew our future visits were likely limited, but losing her yesterday felt too soon. It was a hard day filled with sadness thinking about her family. It’s never easy losing someone and I know she’s no longer in pain, but I’m so sad that her family lost her way to soon. I kept myself busy cooking up a few things as we ate out wayyyy too much last week. I grilled some chicken breast […]

Such a great Sunday playing with two of the grand kids. They spent the day with us and the weather was perfect for a play day outside. After pancakes and playing Barbies in the basement, we headed to our little neighborhood park. Kids have SOOO much energy!! Kingston spotted the Free Library and now we need to replace the two we took. Then home to play in the leaves in the backyard while Papa Mike attempted to rake at least some of them. I preferred throwing them on Kingston. If you can actually watch this video, I’m having a big ole party over here that I figured out how to share a video on the blog!! It’s in slow-mo, so be patient and wait for that sweet smile at the end. Oh, sorry about the slobber part. This girl. Living her best life. Popcorn and football, chilling. Such a great […]

Hi Friends. Happy Sunday to you all. I’ll keep this super short (and I’m sorry, but also very boring) today as I believe we have some grandkids coming over soon and I want to get my walk in! Yesterday morning was a nice 3 mile walk while catching up with Tess on the phone. Her and Manuel will be here in just a few short weeks for Thanksgiving! After spending time with the whole family at the cabin last month, it sure does feel good knowing we will all be together again so soon after such a crazy time of not being able to be together. After my walk I grabbed a shower and headed to Jordan’s baby shower. Grand-baby number 10 is due January 6th and we can hardly wait! After the shower some serious yard work. It was gorgeous outside yesterday and we have another gorgeous one ahead […]

I hope you all had an awesome fall FriYaY! I wonder how many times I can work “Fall” into a blog title. It was a busy one over here getting an early start on my weekend “to do” list, I took a shorter walk than planned, enjoyed Happy Hour with a few friends, Mike and I had Chinese take-out (his all time favorite) for dinner and we ended our evening watching Stillwater with Matt Damon. Really good movie! Intense, but good. On my “to do” list. Placement of this mirror. My piano belonged to my paternal grandmother and I have sweet memories of sitting on that bench beside her listening to her play. The mirror was my maternal great grandmothers and I absolutely love that I have it. I’m going to hang it over the piano and forever refer to this wall as the “Grandma Wall”. The piano man (not […]

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 […]