Breaking up with hair.

September 9, 2012.Reading time 3 minutes.

My hair and I have, for as long as I can remember, had a pretty tumultuous relationship. I am, by all definitions, a low maintenance kind of person. I wash and go. Literally. Since chopping my hair, I brush only once a week. When I had long hair, I brushed once a day and it […]

It isn’t always sunny.

August 17, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

It isn’t always sunny at the quarry. Literally and figuratively. The other day our elderly neighbor’s dog passed away. The dog had, in a way over the past 3 summers we have owned our home, become the “add-in” furry child. A sibling of our dog’s. It’s kind of like when your child has a best […]

Time for some HIIT

July 31, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

Yes, I’m that weird person you see running up and down the avenues in the cemetery at dusk. If you catch me on a good day of training, you’ll even hear me singing along – loudly – to whatever is pumping into my ears as I run. I’ve been doing High Intensity Interval Training for […]

In the Summertime.

July 10, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

Summer at my house is all about being outside. I cook everything on the grille in the summer. I sit outside and read for hours. If I have work I need to do from home, I bring the computer out and sit on the deck to work. Being inside when it’s THIS nice out is […]

It’s just hair

April 26, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

As the nearly life-long possessor of long hair, almost a year ago, I cut it off. I went from 27 1/2 years of carrying my hair to mid-back – to a chin-length reverse bob. And so began my quest for the Pixie Cut. I’ve always wanted one. Always have been told I could pull it […]

The things I find…

April 12, 2012.Reading time 1 minute.

My first two houses were pretty uneventful. My first was set on the edge of a field with a big old brick farm house behind it called the “Sleeper Farm” named for the family who had for a long time, owned the land. I dubbed it “The Hollow” because I won’t lie – it was […]

You can eat this, you can’t eat that.

April 2, 2012.Reading time 2 minutes.

At the beginning of March, I knew something was up. My whole system was out of wack and conveniently, I had an upcoming annual check-in with my amazing Dr. After talking to him about how I was feeling, out came the needle to draw blood and away my blood was sent. Results? High cortisol levels. […]