Play With Blocks…

LifeHacker gives tips how to live more productively with technology. I try to remember to visit it regularly just to catch up and this week there was a gem…
Cure Writer’s Block with Writing Toys pointed me to Language Is A Virus. There are toys to help one get over writer’s block.. and so [...]

Tale of the Scale: 2/25

The weight is finally coming off!
As of this morning, I have lost 13.5#! Before you get way too excited, this is since October. According to the “planned weight” chart in my FitDay program, I should be at about 10 to 12 pounds lighter, but I know there are reasons that the loss was stalled [...]

Learning to Be Economically Relevant…

I’m watching CBS Sunday Morning, which is right this moment showing a program on department stores. In describing the rise of the department store after WWII, one person in the show said:
“The department store was the place where you could learn to be middle class.”
My instant reaction:
Now with WalMart trying to conquer the [...]

Beautiful…

This weekend we have experiencing beautiful weather. (sorry for those in the midwest! I do remember those freezing, snowy winters, but I don’t miss them!!). It’s been dry, warm. calm, and sunny. So I’ve been enjoying the outside.
Two hours each day since Thursday has been spent in the garden. [...]

Where I attack wierd energy with the Walk and get outta here

The last couple days (since Wednesday I think…) I’ve had rather sudden and odd “attacks” of strange nervous energy. I’ll be walking, cleaning, gardening, do whatever, and suddenly I get hit with a strange nearly panicky feeling. BANG! I’m suddenly edgy and prowling around trying to figure out how to calm down. [...]

Tale of the Scale, 2/12

No weight change this week. Wednesday as part of my session with Guido, we are doing an interim measure/weigh in to we really where I am. Today I only remembered to step on the scale at the end of the workout.. after I’d had 2.5 bottles of water. With what I sweat out, [...]

SNAP! Let’s Make A Connection

Swampgirl has taken over hosting the Getting To Know You games at CAC… and she’s provided a fun exercise this week: make snap decisions.
Here’s the set-up:Answer the following questions by intuition … whatever comes to you immediately.
If you spend more than 2 seconds on the answer, leave it blank and move to the [...]

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