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I was in my fitness class yesterday, which is different each time I go.  Yesterday it was  (I think) Pilates and there were many things I couldn't do.  As I was struggling away at something, the instructor came over to rearrange my feet.  My feet had been out in the mud for several days working in the garden (photos to come!) and weren't lovely, so ( Read more... )

This summer I vowed to do more about my weight.  I lost about 20 lbs last year by cleaning up my eating, and this summer my goal was to get moving and walk a lot.  I did get moving, but not much.  So I signed up with a fitness person today who will put together a plan for me and help keep me on track.  I wanted to get ice cream immediately after, ( Read more... )

We got a dog on Sunday!!!  Owen is 1.5 years, a Black Mouth Cur / pit bull mix, about 60 lbs, brindle and looks a lot like our dear departed Bailey.  So far he has done very well here, clearly delighted to be out of the shelter after 2 months in a small room.  We got him at the Ulster County SPCA - the nicest of the various rescue/shelter/pound ( Read more... )

My son in San Diego got a job!!!!   I am so excited!!!  He has been doing very well at there, looking for his first job (we live in a rural area and there isn't much here), making friends, training hard at his martial arts gym, going to Sea World protests and getting acclimated to life outside of home.  Without a job, though, we'd stop supporting ( Read more... )

Found out yesterday that the lump I've been terrified about is only a ball of fat!  Yay!!  I was very adult about the whole thing - waiting a month or so before I said anything to DH, then another month or so before I went to the doctor then another month or so before I went for the test then bingeing on ice cream while I waited out the results.   ( Read more... )

I started gardening this week and it feels great!!

....Australian mining companies say what they really think!

http://www.upworthy.com/the-most-honest-and-awful-corporate-ad-i-have-ever-laid-my-eyes-on-no-they-arent-drunk-i-swear?g=2&c=ufb1

D's interview went well, and now he is waiting to hear....

Heard my first spring peepers today!!

I'm back in San Diego to see my son.  I have a bad cold, so I am doing lots of sleeping, but also trying to be a bit of a nag about the job search.  He knows he can't stay if he doesn't get a job, so he's taking it seriously.  However, the process overwhelms him.  To which I am basically saying "too bad", while also trying to ferret out what his ( Read more... )