It took a colder turn in our temperature to get me moving, but I finally hauled out the Christmas decorations last week. Every flat surface and window sill is covered with holiday frivolity. Art work has been removed from the walls and replaced with Christmas scenes in needlepoint and wood. Christmas quilts have come out of hiding. Even door knobs got in the act. The tree anchors one corner of the living area and when the lights are on, the whole room glistens. What do your decorations say Continue Reading
Will this be the motivation I need?
Here we go again – the time of year when temptation is high and resistance is low. Food, everywhere we look. By January 2, most of us are wearing our fat pants and loose-fitting sweaters as we commit to never eat and drink as much during the next holiday season. That rarely works. There’s such a variance in the research on the amount of typical weight gain during the holidays, but all studies agree on one fact – the average American gains weight during this time that now starts with Halloween Continue Reading
They Couldn’t Pay Me Enough…
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve seen stories on the news that make me question the sanity of people. No, I’m not talking breaking stories of national significance. I’m talking about the people who pitched tents so they could be first in line to shell out $1000 for a new phone. It’s a phone! And I thought, you couldn’t pay me enough to do that. Then there were the Michigan State University students who camped out so they could get tickets to the student section at the basketball games. I Continue Reading
MATH – The nastiest four-letter word I know
Math and I have never been friends. The first evidence of this was when I was introduced to story problems. If Train A leaves the station at 7:00 AM and travels 65 miles per hour, and Train B leaves at 9:00 AM and travels 80 miles per hour, which train would you take if you wanted to sleep later in the morning? Truthfully, these problems were about that logical to me. This struggle followed me through high school and into college when I was making a career decision. For the first three Continue Reading