Saturday morning we got up and had our morning coffees. Caileigh and Chris are serious coffee folks. They weigh the coffee grounds instead of using measured spoonfuls. The result was an excellent pot of brew! Tara and Dan arrived a little later and the core group was complete. Yay!! The plan was to hang out…
Another year sped by. Last year, we celebrated my birthday in Fort St. John at Keaton and Kate’s place. This year, it’s just Deb and me. But we were at Caileigh and Chris’ place last weekend. And that was my real birthday present. Spending time with my immediate family. The world is a very different…
Keaton and Kate couldn’t come home for Christmas. They postponed their visit until February. This would be our first chance to see the newly married couple. The first leg of their trip was with us. And it was a whirlwind. First, their flight got delayed. They got in just after midnight on Friday morning. When…
I’ve added a couple of Countdown indicators to my Momentum dashboard. To keep me focused. The background photos may change, but the march of time will continue. Reminding me… I’ve got a few things coming up in the next little while. All of them need some consistent work. Little by little. Day by day. It’s…
Memory is funny. I think about memory a fair amount. One of the scariest diseases around is dementia. Dementia erases the person you were. Who are we, but the sum of our memories? One of the reasons I perform in plays is so that I can exercise my memory. Use it or lose it. Usually,…
Last night we had our first read through for Things I Know to be True by Andrew Bovell. I like having the read through. There’s no pressure. The cast just reads the lines of the script. It’s the last time that the play will be just the playwright’s. Starting with our next rehearsal, we will…
I was talking to my friend the other day. And I mentioned that I weigh myself every day. “Obsess, much?” Drew asked. And I had to think about it. I mean I blog about my weight loss journey a fair amount. And I do weigh myself every day. A few times during the day, even.…
Ah, averages. My monthly weight for December benefited from averaging. Because my weight gain was at the end of the month. Ah, the holidays… So, the average didn’t reflect my actual weight at the end of the month. But poor January. Even though my average weight went down each week, it was starting from a…
With the new year barely begun, I thought it was time to ramp up my motivation. And the thing that came to mind was that I needed some Zig Ziglar. Every now and then, I like to listen to Zig’s old lectures. I remembered that I had an audio book of his. So, I went…
You know what drives me crazy? Getting good ideas when I’m doing something else that requires my attention. Like driving to work, for instance. I get lots of great ideas while driving to work. But it’s hard to jot down those ideas for later when I must concentrate on the cars around me. And the…
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