I have a pool in my back yard. I love having a pool in my back yard. I feel very fortunate to have it. It is nothing fancy – not one of those new pools with waterfalls, and stone walls and Vegas-style statues. There is no cabana, no outdoor pizza oven, no movie screen. ItContinue reading “Floating”
Category Archives: (Un)Fitness
Will Jog For Food
I’m starving. Famished. Ravenous. My calves are tight, my quads are tender and my hips are locked up or something. I feel great?! I ran 10 miles yesterday. Well, “ran” is probably not the right word, but I “did” – shuffled, limped, walked and sometimes ran — 10 miles, which is still a huge accomplishmentContinue reading “Will Jog For Food”
Am I a Runner Yet?
I am not a runner. I have never been a runner. But I am trying to convince my body that after twenty some years of neglect, it can become a runner. I got really good shoes and a really good watch and I signed up for a half marathon. People say you need to setContinue reading “Am I a Runner Yet?”
Rubber Band Jan
Some people are “yo-yo” dieters – weight goes down, but right back up. Story of my life, but now I am trying the rubber band diet. I wear a rubber band around my wrist to remind me of the perils of stretching the elastic too far. I have never really been in shape. I wasContinue reading “Rubber Band Jan”
High Tech Tanning Bed
Every spring I have the urge to go to a tanning bed. I am not one of those forever bronze people who looks like an Oompah Loompah. I do, however, feel better with a tan and thus I have been known to fake-n-bake. It helps get me out of a winter funk and into anContinue reading “High Tech Tanning Bed”
Confessions of a Target Mom 