Category Archives: health and vitality

None of this would have happened if I had just said “No.”

The negative repercussions of going out of town for 12 hours times eight: 1.  Massive piles of dirty laundry to tackle when I get home. 2.  Unloading the vehicle in the kitchen and pretty much heading straight for bed—leaving the … Continue reading

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No ‘Poo Experiment Days Four, Five, and Six

Yesterday I spent an hour writing a No ‘Poo update post, complete with detailed reports and graphs and pie charts and photos… …and it self-destructed. Don’t worry, though: I tweeted my way through the grief. “What a waste of time … Continue reading

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No ‘Poo Experiment: Days Two and Three

I’m on Day Three of my experimental No ‘Poo phase.  If you’re new to this, you can click here and here to read the background posts, and here to read the results of Day One.  Or, because sometimes life is … Continue reading

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Brave New World of Productivity

Guess what happened to me this weekend? PRODUCTIVITY! Productivity, indeed, in the form of a few lawn mowing machines and a bit of manual labour.  Within a few hours on Saturday afternoon, our yard went from this disaster… …to this: … Continue reading

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{Marathon Monday}

Now that I’m no longer on a tropical island, Mondays seem a lot more daunting. Without the sand between my toes, life is just a little…blah. A lot blah, actually. But really, can you blame me? Of course, there’s really … Continue reading

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Sibling Rivalry, Hold the Rivals.

Guess what?  I’m going to Utah. Why?  Well, why not?  It seems like a nice enough place. Also, there’s a marathon being held up there this weekend, and I’ve never seen one before, so I thought I’d go see how … Continue reading

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