Adventures · Going Gray

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

Adventures · Going Gray

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

Adventures · Inspiration

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

Adventures · Inspiration

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!

Adventures · Inspiration

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

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Those guilty weather dudes got the forecast partially right

I'm here to testify that the weather forecasters actually got a couple of inches right last night.  And that it is still damn cold here in our parts of the world. While the Mrs. was dreaming of a beach all day leading up to the night in question (i.e., last night), she prepared for the… Continue reading Those guilty weather dudes got the forecast partially right