A joke here in South Dakota is that in the summer the state bird is the Crane. As in ‘construction crane’. It is so true! We need to utilize the nice summer days to get the bulk of construction completed. In particular, the roads. It seems everywhere I go in Sioux Falls or on the Interstate there are […]
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My birthday was a few weeks ago and Bruce and I took the family (minus our girls who need to move back to Sioux Falls!), plus his parents, out for dinner. About halfway through the dinner I noticed a lady at a nearby table get up and she was choking. Her husband was patting her on […]
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I popped on Facebook and I saw the memories option on my home page. I love that feature of Facebook. As I was scrolling through the past posts I saw this picture I took 5 years ago. 5 years! I feel like I’ve blinked and the time has passed. This picture makes me smile and […]
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I have read and then re-read the book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown Greg says the definition of essentialism is less but better. I love that! He also talks about how the word priority was singular for 500 years until we pluralized it in the early 1900’s. He says, Illogically, we reasoned that by changing the word we could bend […]
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About once a week we have circuit at my Kosama gym. There are stations set up with certain exercises at each one. This time each station had 3 exercises and we did them over and over until 4 minutes were up. 12 stations – 4 minutes each. That, my dears, is a work out! At one […]
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It may be time to take stock of your life and career. If things aren’t going so well – or everything stays the same and you find life lacking some luster – is it time for a new way to look and do things? I have started a new program and am seeing great results. The DESIRE […]
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With all the electronic and battery-operated toys out there I find it quite amazing to see children play with what I call ‘old school’ toys. Do you remember Play-Doh?! Do you remember how fun it was? It’s all about creativity with no electronic mechanism to help you. Last Saturday was Alexander’s 3rd birthday and he received a […]
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There are many reasons I love going to my Kosama gym. Too many to list, really! One of the biggest is that I am told exactly what to do and for how long and for how many times. By the way, AMRAP stands for ‘as many reps as possible’. For years I worked out at a gym on […]
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When I first started working out at my Kosama gym, almost 6 years ago, I was terrified. Would I look dumb? Am I able to do what the trainer asks? Do I have the right form? But, the biggest fear was the time I walked in and saw the kickboxing bags. I wanted to walk […]
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I get great door prizes for my speaking presentations at TJ Maxx. During a presentation I gave recently, I was talking about the store, and I mentioned how hard their price stickers are to remove. Super hard. I would pick, pick, pick at it and then need to use Goo Be Gone. It was all a […]
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