• Things that make me go WAH!

    Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Permalink 0

    My Iphone has started to mock me!  Everyday, it gives me two weather options for Chicago.  Today, one screen is telling me it’s cloudy, windy and ten degrees.  The other option illustrates blue skies, sunny and thirty degrees.  Neither is a terrific forecast but one is definitely more desirable.  And of course, I’m looking out ...

  • Physical or mental?

    Sunday, November 16, 2014 Permalink 0

    Is it physical or mental? I had an intense workout with Josh on Friday morning.  He had me doing leg lunges, 3 sets of 12 on each side.  It’s my new leg lifts.  In other words, it’s the current exercise I least like.  I disliked leg lifts for the longest time.  In leg lifts, I’m on ...

  • Today light a candle for your youth

    Thursday, November 13, 2014 Permalink 0

    I am in Indiana this morning.  Not the Indiana I grew up in... the other side of the tracks. One of our board members hosted a house party to build awareness of youth in crisis and also raise money for the National Runaway Safeline (NRS).  Michele lives in Lafayette on a country estate.  Her husband Gary ...

  • 29 Day Challenge: Week 2

    Wednesday, November 12, 2014 Permalink 0

    I’m bordering on 50% done with my 29 Day Challenge.  This is the busiest time of the year for me so I’m thankful I’m focusing on taking care of myself.  Without having the goals and reporting my progress, I’d have canceled this and that out of  pity for myself.  Definitely this past week, I would ...

  • Event aftermath

    Sunday, November 9, 2014 Permalink 0

    I wish we could Fall Back every Sunday.  If I could have just one more hour this morning... I just came off my busiest week of the year.  As a fundraising professional, my year usually focuses around THE annual event.  Although at AWS, it was the actual Easter Seal telethon, in most of my positions, it’s ...

  • 29 Day Challenge: Week 1

    Wednesday, November 5, 2014 Permalink 0

    My texted confession... ME:  Full disclosure:  I missed the treadmill today. ;-) JOSH:  So much for the 29 day challenge ME:  That’s what my readers love.  I’m flawed!  It’s that I bounce back instead of stay down.  Here are the results of my first seven days on the 29 Day Challenge; GOAL:  Twenty minutes daily on the treadmill ACTUAL:  6 ...

  • I remember what it’s like #NRPM2014

    Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Permalink 0

    I remember what it's like. November is National Runaway Prevention Month. For the month, the National Runaway Safeline (NRS) works to focus the nation’s attention on runaway, homeless and at-risk youth.  1.6 million youth will run away in a year. NRS provides crisis 1-800-RUNAWAY hotline and 1800RUNAWAY.org online services to ensure youth can access help ...

  • It’s time!

    Sunday, November 2, 2014 Permalink 0

    Fall Back is one of my favorite things to do.  Since I have an extreme fondness for free stuff, getting an extra hour in my day geeks me out.  I grew up in the state where time stood still.  Indiana only succumbed to clock changing in its recent history.  Even though this is my 20th ...

  • Halloween No-No’s

    Friday, October 31, 2014 Permalink 0

    Yesterday, a stranger randomly said to me, “you’re all dressed up for Halloween.” I answered affirmatively.  I was ‘dressed up’ for work.  I mean I wasn’t wearing sweats.  Two moments later, I realized she thought I was wearing a costume.  I was wearing a long skirt and coat with a bright orange scarf AND I had ...

  • Sweet Dreams?! Not Exactly!

    Thursday, October 30, 2014 Permalink 0

    I was shot last night.  More accurately, I was fired on with multiple rounds from a machine gun... in the back... twice.  And then because I still wasn’t dead, one of the sh#ts took a pair of scissors and slit my throat.  Even though I was lying on the floor in  my own blood puddle, ...