Our trail cam tells us secrets about the visitors of nature who flirted around in our yard this year. The birds, rabbits, deer, oh, my. The scents left behind drive Copper crazy. I have to chase him away from nasties he likes to eat. Did you see him...a big huge gorgeous hunk of meat? He… Continue reading Flirting with nature
Tag: Love
The secrets to a 30-year marriage
Well...here we are. Three decades later, and we're celebrating 30 years of marital bliss. WOW - today, 30 years later, and we're still in love. While it's been a blur for a few of the decades, it's been fun too. We don't buy each other big gifts. We did take a trip with the kids… Continue reading The secrets to a 30-year marriage
How to 3-d print layers of love into your marriage
Over our years together (going on 30 to be exact), Mr. and I have chosen not to do the traditional things for each other for Valentine's day. Well, not since the first one. That's the one where he gave me our official engagement ring, a card, some chocolate, and a dinner date. You can't repeat… Continue reading How to 3-d print layers of love into your marriage
Be a bada** – set up your landscape for diet success
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
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
How to remain thankful for bills that arrive in the mail
Now that the election time of year is over, the corresponding junk mail has subsided and been replaced with envelopes that demand my immediate attention. Some envelopes contain contents I count on to remind me of how grateful I am they arrive to bless our lives. I don't mind receiving junk and election mail. They… Continue reading How to remain thankful for bills that arrive in the mail