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Thoughts for This Fine Friday
My days have suddenly become free, which has created a small dilemma. How shall I fill my time? For today, should I finish painting the living room, work on my novel, finish the artwork on my Christmas cards, shampoo the carpets, dive into the planning of my garden, or go shopping for the lumber for… Read more
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Handling Twice the Stress
I don’t like to be blindsided. Well, that’s the logic I have maintained most of my life, the ‘what ifs’ driving various scenarios in my imagination, from little things to big ones: “What if my child is part of the pile-up I heard about on the news?” “What if the noise coming from my dryer… Read more
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Between Workout Days
Hubbin and I began a workout program about a month ago and we have been diligent about completing the routines six days a week. We do about twenty minutes of stretches on Mondays through Saturdays, cardio Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and Tuesdays, and Thursdays, and Saturdays are strength training days. Sundays we rest and recoup.… Read more
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Finally, A Friday!
This week has been a wild one! I have been working on a new lifestyle change – one that gets me to a weight and fitness goal, and this past week has surely tested both my resolve and my limits! The biggest stressor of the week was Hubbin’s cancer surgery. He was diagnosed with both… Read more
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Another Late-Night Tornado Warning
Last night it began to rain, oh, sometime after 8 o’clock here in Duncan, Oklahoma, and when I say ‘rain’, I mean HARD, pounding the roof and windows, RAIN. I tuned into the local news channel to see what drama was due to head our way but was disappointed to see that they were only… Read more
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Exercise Workouts with Hubbin
Recently Hubbin experienced a health crisis and because of this, we had to make some serious changes to his lifestyle and eating habits. This translated to changes in mine as well, since it does not make sense to me to fix him one type of food and a different one for me, or for me… Read more