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The squash conundrum
Saturday, July 23, 2016 11 comments Anyone who grows veggies (or even has a friend or neighbor who does), is probably familiar with the great squash conundrum. On one hand, it's ridiculously easy to grow, and produces gratifying quantities of food for the effort. On the other ha... Read more
Clothes Shopping
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 11 comments Well, yesterday I did what I swore I wouldn't do. I went shopping for some larger sized slacks. As you know, Spark Friends, I've put back about 20 pounds of the 72 I originally lost. I've had a real hard time staying with my program recently,... Read more
meh...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 10 comments That's the best way to describe my mood lately. A lot of it has to do with my weight gain and seemingly inability to stick to my program for more than a week at a time these days. I've been tracking very faithfully (with a few notable but short... Read more
EABL81's Gratitude Journal 1-24-16
Sunday, January 24, 2016 9 comments 1. For the sun that is beginning to melt the snow from the roads, walkways, and driveways. Yay, sun! 2. For the power that stayed on at my house, keeping it heated and enabling me to cook my meals and make my tea throughout Jonas. Yay, power... Read more
On the road in AZ
Sunday, January 03, 2016 7 comments Today, my friend and I took a drive south from Flagstaff. This is what you see out the back window as you leave town: 
We drove through the bea... Read more
Great start to the new year!
Saturday, January 02, 2016 10 comments Today, my friend and I drove up to the Grand Canyon from Flagstaff. After lunch at the El Tovar lodge (we scored a table with a nice view of the rim), we walked along the rim trail for about 2.5 miles. The weather was cold (about 32 F), bu... Read more
Video of humpback mom and calf (video blog)
Sunday, June 21, 2015 8 comments Yesterday, I was lucky enough to see a humpback mother and calf off the coast of Cape Cod. Thought I'd share this short video sequence I was able to catch of the two of them together. It was an awesome sight!... Read more
Third year Sparkaversary: the eek! moment
Saturday, May 30, 2015 9 comments Yesterday, on the eve of my 3-year Sparkaversary, I had an on-the-scale eek! moment. You know, the kind that has you doing all kinds of crazy things to try to change the number; hopping on and off, just knowing the number will be different the ... Read more
Five things I've learned
Saturday, May 16, 2015 12 comments I’ve been on a Spark-break for the past month and half. I stayed away longer than I expected. I think it was a good thing for me to do, even though I believe that this site and my friends here made it possible for me to start living a healthie... Read more
Who let all those d#$% chickens in?
Friday, January 02, 2015 9 comments Ah! It appears they've just come home to roost. Twelve pounds of them. Today I stepped on the scale with the determination to begin again. You see, I knew that the weigh in wouldn't be good news. I just wasn't sure how bad the news would be... Read more
Birth of a baby alpaca
Wednesday, July 02, 2014 13 comments 
Two Year Sparkaversary
Friday, May 30, 2014 12 comments Today marks the end of my second year on SparkPeople, and I can't believe the progress I've made! The first year I surpassed my original goal of losing 57 pounds by losing 61 instead. During my second year I lost another 11 pounds by the end o... Read more
Just for laughs - perspectives on aging
Sunday, December 22, 2013 10 comments These were sent to me by a friend. Just had to pass them on. Enjoy! Statistics show that at the age of seventy, there are five women to every man. Isn't that an ironic time for a guy to get those odds? Middle age is when it takes lon... Read more « First Page 1 2 3 Last Page » |
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