It was a foggy morning this morning, very wet.  It's going to heat up later, though, and then get cold again later this week.  At the bus stop the children were talking about what clothes to wear; they want to wear their new school clothes, but it's too hot ( Read more... )

I find pennies on the ground all the time.  I find them in parking lots when getting out of my car, on streets that I'm crossing, on sidewalks that I'm walking.  This is besides the redeemable bottle or can that I find on nearly every walk.  I usually carry a cloth bag on my walks to collect these cans (and carry any poop bags I might acquire, and ( Read more... )

I get about 15 miles per gallon in my pickup truck. I cringe each time I need to fill up the tank, at $90 a pop. The truck is massive; a full size Chevy with four doors and a towing package. I feel excessive every time my dog and I run errands in it ( Read more... )

I've decided to do a 6 week challenge instead of a 3 week challenge for a variety of reasons.  But my goals are not all about fat loss.

Here are my goals for the next 42 days:

1.) Drop 14 pounds in the next six weeks.

2.) Walk my dog at least 2 miles every week-day morning.

3.) Weightlift or do a Group Power class at least twice a week.

4.) Do yoga at ( Read more... )

Today was Small Boy's first morning ever on a school bus.  Yes, he is 13 years old and in 8th grade, but for his entire life I had been walking him, riding him there on his bike, or his father had been driving him.  But it's ridiculous to drive him now; B. prefers to take the bus to work himself.  And, as much as I loved walking him to his ( Read more... )

( I love the sky there. )

( River is a good dog, but... )

Yesterday afternoon I had a tax return to run down to the post office.  Small Boy was home and playing with River, but Ela was annoyed by River by that point of the day.  I was a bit, too, and still smarting from the disastrous walk with her downtown the day before.  So I asked Ela, my GOOD dog, if she wanted to go for a walk with me.  On the ( Read more... )

Although River was taken out at 6 AM and 10 AM, by noon she had peed in the house twice when I wasn't looking.  So I decided to take her on a long walk at lunch-time.  I had a bank to go to and my real estate bill was due today, so I suited her up in her new harness and leash and stepped out into a soft rain to walk a mile with my puppy.

The harness ( Read more... )

Staying strong.  I finished 6 returns today.  I'm raking in the dollars.  I walked Small Boy to school today at 7:15, stopped off and bought coffee creamer on the walk home, took Ela out to brush and was dressed and functional when my staffperson arrived at 8 AM.

Small Boy told me the story of the Hunger Games.  I really love walks with him, he ( Read more... )