One thing that Dry January taught me is that my desires to fulfill my cravings were damn prominent after the first week of the month. Then it got harder. I broke down on Quitter's Friday but started back up again. I was determined, so I put my bada** mode on, and every day thereafter I… Continue reading Be a bada** – set up your landscape for diet success
Author: Shelley
Letting my quirk out one post at a time.
A journey affirming how to love my skin after turning 50
There's this thing about self-modification habits (i.e., changing our appearances) after the age of 50 - no matter what we do, we have emotional battles about our skin with ourselves that can be hard to control. That is if we let the sagging reality control us. I'm here to affirm with you that skin firmness… Continue reading A journey affirming how to love my skin after turning 50
Challenge – Fall In Love With Your Over 50-self February
Ah, February. The shortest month of the year! The month when big changes happen for short people like me. I shrunk a 1/2 an inch and lost 5-7 #'s in Dry January, and now reality has set in. I've got a little over a month (yeah, we have a count-down going!) until our tropical trip… Continue reading Challenge – Fall In Love With Your Over 50-self February
H*ll Froze Over but I still accomplished Dry January
The 31st day of Dry January isn't over yet, it's only 6:00 ish am as I write. And the weather forecasters didn't come through again...yet, that is - they predicted -34 below. Close enough, right. I periodically give it my best shot at being an unpaid meteorologist, and I do fairly well at it, so… Continue reading H*ll Froze Over but I still accomplished Dry January
So yeah, it’s cold, cold, cold, really cold!
I wonder if ink in feather pens froze when these words of wisdom were penned? Now is the winter of our discontent. - William Shakespeare O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? - Percy Bysshe Shelley You can't get too much winter in the winter. - Robert Frost Winter is natures' way… Continue reading So yeah, it’s cold, cold, cold, really cold!
How to restore your faith as a landlord
Ever have one of those assignments that you just dread starting? One where your heart isn't into it? Where you say, "Meh" every time you think of it? Urban Dictionary hits the dirty nail on a landlord's head with their (my) perception of some past renters. Dirty is a word that makes me wanna… Continue reading How to restore your faith as a landlord