I often find it interesting how different people respond to stress and food. My husband openly admits to stress eating. When he is stressed, he pretty... Read more
I spent 4 years living in Boston. Loved every minute of it. Except the winter. And the super hot summers. And the high cost of living. But I have gr... Read more
good morning everyone. woke up to this amazing and scary news story about the terrorists in boston. prayers that it all turns out well and no one el... Read more
The meeting went great. It ended up going long, but overall they are really happy with our team. It's nice to get recognition for your work. It's a st... Read more
good morning! hope today is great for everyone. we had buckets of rain, with lightning and thunder last night. supposed to be more of the same toda... Read more
Tomorrow I have a very important lunch meeting. My team of 8 has been asked to have lunch with the three directors of our agency. A total of 600ish... Read more
good morning everyone! well--since it looks like today is going to be the best day weather wise, I am going to get my shoes on and do my third and fi... Read more
Dinner time is the least favorite time of my day. I'm a morning person (I get to work at 6AM every morning), so by the end of the day, I'm just exhau... Read more
good morning sparkers! its cloudy and drizzly here. looks like a day to stay inside and do leslie.
yesterday I did the second of my three interv... Read more
hi everybody! hope you all have a great Monday. I wanted to pass on a couple recent experiences--the first is with milk thistle.
milk thistle is... Read more
The past several months have been busy! We had to take our daughter for a developmental assessment, because even at 15 months old she was not able to... Read more
good morning! today was the first day for me to run the last interval in the podrunner 10 K and I DID IT!!!!!!!! while I didn't go the entire distanc... Read more
Hey everyone! Just thought I'd blog from the cruise ship (I get 250 free minutes, so why not use them!) and let everyone know how I'm doing. First a... Read more
It’s so crazy! There are so many homes without power! We were without power for a day. Thankfully I have a handy DH who owns a couple of generators... Read more
good morning everyone! today is shoe shopping day for Marianne. I did some research last night to figure out what brands and types to look for and t... Read more
good morning! yesterday Marianne and I went to the park and I finished the last of my three rotations of week nine of the podrunner 10 K series. WEE... Read more
good morning! hoping the rain holds off until I get to the park--just as I got ready to leave yesterday the sky opened up and some much needed rain f... Read more
hi everyone! had a week off from spark--rob was on vacation. we didn't go anywhere except for day trips, but it was a good week. the weather slowly... Read more
This lovely quote is from the documentary, Vegucated (which I HIGHLY recommend, it's on netflix) and it is completely and totally true. I have cruise... Read more
good morning everyone. dare i say it???? SPRING IS UPON US. even if its ever so slightly. had a good day yesterday--learning to cope with my eye th... Read more
good morning! well, the eye exam went well--i had an EXTREMELY throrough exam of my retinas by a very nice man. interestingly, both he and the tech... Read more
yesterday started off great. since my ipod shuffle once again decided to have a fit, i ran without it. normally i run to paced music from podrunner,... Read more
hi everyone. hope you are all having a wonderful day. wanted to post about our first ever 5K run on saturday. i had signed up in late january for th... Read more
Bonjour,
SO it's 44 days until I leave for France to be part of The Battle of the Nations (see usaknights.org and alricthemad.com) and I've onc... Read more
hi everyone--just wanted to pass along what i learned yesterday at the eye dr.
last thursday afternoon i began to see a thin cresent of light in my... Read more
good morning everyone! hope you had a productive monday--i sure did. a morning phone call got me an 11 am appt. at the eye dr. so i decided to combi... Read more
good morning everyone! well--we had a quiet weekend! dorijane has had a good week and we go back to the acupuncture vet today. i have a lot of ques... Read more
hi everybody. hope your day is great! started this morning off by deciding i need home-makers rehab. i started heating milk to make yogurt (a quart... Read more
good morning everyone! hope you are all having a good week.
yesterday i didn't do leslie--marianne actually called while i was blogging and asked... Read more
good morning everybody! hope you are all having a gread wednesday. didn't post yesterday--never got around to it. met my girlfriends in the morning... Read more
good morning everyone. we are still sloggin on with dorijane. she had a very bad episode on saturday.she must have moved just right and the disc bul... Read more
good morning everybody. well, i think i have a little bug of some sort at work on me. yesterday i was fatigued all day. just bone tired. i did cat... Read more
hi there--this has been such a weird week. rob has worked from home two days due to the weather so i had to stay out of the office most of the day.... Read more
Well, I've been really sick since the beginning of January. I haven't gained any weight and I have been losing some. However, I have no energy and c... Read more
good morning! okay--i need my life to get back to normal--someone please inform my dogs.
lets see--start with thursday--rob came home, we were bot... Read more
