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Our dormitory along the Danube –many possibilities for workouts
Monday, August 05, 2013 14 comments Walking, running, biking, kayaking, - bungee jumping? So far only the first two are on my plan for early in the morning or after sundown. It’s still very hot - better than yesterday but still in the 90s. Maybe there’s some truth in the ... Read more
My new world – no AC except in McDonalds
Sunday, August 04, 2013 22 comments We arrived in Vienna to find a massive heat wave, 37* C which is 12* above normal and our final destination, Bratislava, Slovakia (45 min away) is exactly the same. The high temp yesterday reached 97* F. It’s 20* cooler back home. Thi... Read more
City girl goes country (part 12) Abandoning the garden?
Thursday, August 01, 2013 27 comments Not exactly, but for one month we’ll be out of the country - not our rural countryside - the USA. DH & I have been rewarded with beginners luck. A typical trip to the garden yields this ... Read more
My 3 days in a “welfare” hotel
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 26 comments Some years ago the principal of our school took a group of us teachers who were also department heads and curriculum coordinators to a conference in Baltimore which was about an hour’s drive away. She got a “great deal” on a hotel which was... Read more
Doesn’t this look like an inviting road if you’re out for a run or a walk?
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 31 comments 
Some years ago all of our roads were known only by route numbers and our mailboxes were just numbers along an RD route. We didn’t have a real street address.
Then t... Read more
“Good morning, you old crow”
Monday, July 29, 2013 23 comments As I went outside my house today, I saw a big old crow that was chasing away all our pretty blue birds, cardinals, finches and morning doves and was chowing down on our bird seed. I yelled loudly “Good morning, you old crow!” and looked up to s... Read more
What can you buy with food stamps? Two different solutions
Sunday, July 28, 2013 23 comments Yesterday I read about two different responses to a difficult problem – how to get people to use their food stamps for healthy food. Darly55 described one state’s Restrictions on Food Stamp Purchases www.sparkpeople.com/mypa ge_pu... Read more
Christmas in July
Saturday, July 27, 2013 20 comments Some people keep Christmas lights up long past the holiday season. I have a bell that is displayed in my house all year long. It plays Silent Night and is 50 years old. 
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It’s always in the last place you look.
Friday, July 26, 2013 25 comments Thank you sparkers for the support and advice about my missing notebook. After blaming pixies, fairies and time travelers from the future, of course the culprit was ME and in a small way my blog. I wrote about my “score” at Goodwill fi... Read more
I’m a list-maker. I’ve done this for decades.
Thursday, July 25, 2013 27 comments I have 2 plain spiral notebooks. One is for fitness. I record my workouts - activity, time, mileage, the route and since joining the “Virtual Walk/Run Challenge” team, even my location as I trek across the USA with other Sparkers. The ... Read more
No need for a stair step machine. I just have to go outside.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 30 comments The view of our dock doesn’t look so bad from here. 
That’s because I’m only halfway down. Here’s the view looking back up
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"Jak na thrutz" – Thinking in a foreign language
Sunday, July 21, 2013 20 comments If any sparkers were fortunate enough to grow up bilingual, I hope you hang onto that skill forever. Traveling through Europe I was amazed at how easily our guides and those in the hospitality industry slipped from one language to another. ... Read more
Spreading the “Goodwill” and my 6th sense
Saturday, July 20, 2013 23 comments 
I’m a thrifty person and don’t care about having the latest fashion. I want to be comfortable and still appropriately dressed for the situation. That’s why my 1st stop i... Read more
Essential SP – Minimalist SP
Friday, July 19, 2013 26 comments I love to begin my day here. Yet sometimes life intervenes and others things take precedence. Recently my photo project limited my time on SP. I wasn’t able to read everything I wanted to. I couldn’t check in with groups to see wh... Read more
Lessons from the Food Network Channel – not always what they expected
Thursday, July 18, 2013 26 comments Cooking to me has always been simply a necessity. Cookbooks and TV shows that have “The Joy of” in their title are meant for someone else. I remember buying the “I Hate to Cook Book” and “30 Minutes Meals” and just accepted the fact that t... Read more « First Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Last Page » |
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