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  • Friday favorites: Over 50 & Thriving guest post

    Happy Friday! I hope you are having a lovely week. One of the highlights of my week has to be the opportunity to participate in the Over 50 & Thriving Guest Series. Sue at Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond has a wonderful blog encouraging women over 50 to be fit, fabulous, healthier, and happier. If…

  • Put the psychology of color to use

    Are you tickled pink? Feeling blue? Or green with envy? Seeing red? Name an emotion, there’s probably a color to express it. And it works the other way too. Science has long told us that color can affect mood. Corporations spend lots of time and money choosing colors for their brands. UPS brown, T-Mobile pink,…

  • Friday favorites: celebrate good times!

    Happy Friday! I hope your week was a good one. Mine brought several opportunities for celebration, so this week’s Friday Favorites is all about celebrating good times–large and small. Larry and I had planned on going to the Ice Castles in Midway last weekend. (Some of you may recall that was one of my Winter…

  • 8 week transformation challenge

    Three months ago, I turned to Orangetheory Fitness to break my exercise boredom. Now I am relying on them once again to take me to the next level of fitness with an 8 week transformation challenge. This is not necessarily a weight-loss challenge, though that would be a welcome side effect. The ultimate goal is…

  • Are you wasting precious time?

    I just started reading Time to Fly, a book of daily inspirations. Today’s entry was about the value of time and cautioned against the many time wasters in our lives. It got me thinking, not about the value of time—that’s a given—but about what constitutes a waste of time. Are you wasting precious time? Many…

  • Friday favorites: celebrating 19 years of marriage

    Nineteen years ago, Larry and I took a leap of faith, trusting that love would see us through. We each brought two teenagers into the mix, so it was quite a leap. But guess what? It worked! Love did see us through, and here we are 19 years (and a few gray hairs) later, heading…

  • Optimism vs pessimism: which is better?

    The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.” – James Branch Cabell Have you ever been told, “You’re such a Pollyanna?” Or perhaps you’re more likely to hear, “Stop being such a Negative Nelly.” No doubt, you believe you’re simply being real. But…

  • Winter bucket list update

    Has it really been a month since I shared my Winter Bucket List with you? Shockingly, yes. And I am pleased to report that I have completed (or at least started) several of the items on my list. Health and fitness 1. Try three new healthy recipes. I’m ahead of schedule on this one! I’ve…

  • Friday favorites: thank you notes

    Happy Friday all! I hope your week was full of little things that made you smile. I’m using this Friday Favorites to say thank you to a few of the people and things that brought a smile to my face this week. (Of course, I’d start with food.) Thank you EMI Health for offering three…

  • My word of the year: Flow

    You may have noticed that I didn’t share my usual New Year’s Resolutions post this year–or perhaps you’re not tracking my writing that closely—in which case I’m shocked, and I offer you this chance to redeem yourself: 2016 2017 🙂 I’ve actually given up resolutions in favor of seasonal bucket lists. It’s part of my…