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May 8, 2020

My Blogging Workspace: Where Bloggers Live 05.2020

Hello, dollies…welcome to this month’s Where Bloggers Live, 05.2020 where I am sharing my blogging workspace. We had planned to talk about our offices at home last month. But went with a special corona virus edition instead, because that was everyone’s reality. Sadly, it’s still everyone’s reality, huh? WHERE BLOGGERS LIVE This fun series is […]

Filed Under: Craft and Create Tagged With: #BloggingWorkspace, #CraftandCreate, #LifeAfterRetirement, #ReDiscoverME, #WhereBloggersLive

Wellness Weekend 08.2020: Goals Update & Flexibility

February 16, 2020

Wellness Weekend 02.2020: Goals Update & Hiking Tips

Wonder women, welcome! Checking my agenda, I see that it is the third Sunday in February making it time for Wellness Weekend 02.2020. I’m giving the first update on my 2020 wellness goals and then we are talking a little about hiking. An activity PC and I enjoy doing quite often. Last year I gave […]

Filed Under: Love Yourself Tagged With: #Hiking, #LifeAfterRetirement, #LoveYourself, #ReDiscoverME, #WellnessGoals, #WellnessWeekend, #WW2020

February 5, 2019

Figuring Out Perfect Portions: Glossies Made Me Do It

Dearest readers and eaters, Is one of your new year’s resolutions losing weight and getting in better shape? Yeah, me, too! Like minds, huh? Along with every other woman and most men I know. So when I came across an article about figuring out perfect portions in The Power of Mindfulness magazine, I knew I […]

Filed Under: Love Yourself Tagged With: #Dieting, #GlossiesMadeMeDoIt, #LifeAfterRetirement, #PerfectPortions, #ReDiscoverME, #weightwatchers, #Wellness, #WellnessGoals

January 11, 2019

Thinking Out Loud Thursday (on Friday), 01.10.2019

Hello, dollies! As per (my) usual, I am running late. Writing a Thinking Out Loud Thursday (TOLT) post mid-morning on Friday. Is it still Thursday somewhere? I think not. Oh, well. I did have the best of intentions. Wanted to see what my friend and the hostess of TOLT, Penny at Penny’s Passion was writing […]

Filed Under: Love Yourself, Reviews and Reflection Tagged With: #GirlWashYourFace, #LifeAfterRetirement, #PennysPassion, #ReDiscoverME, #ThinkingOutLoudThursday, #TOLT

January 9, 2019

Wellness Wednesday, 2019: A Fresh Start

  Dear ones, Welcome to the first Wellness Wednesday 2019. So glad that my friend Natalie at Natalie the Explorer has continued the Wellness Wednesday series for a second year. I so enjoyed participating in Wellness Wednesday with Natalie last year, and felt like I made some true gains toward a healthier me! Looking forward […]

Filed Under: Love Yourself Tagged With: #LifeAfterRetirement, #ReDiscoverME, #Wellness, #WellnessGoals, #WellnessWednesday

September 30, 2018

Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone, 09.2018

Morning glories, For a year that has sped by, September seemed to pass at a more leisurely pace at my house. How about at yours? Last week was two weeks long. Every day felt like 48 hours! And yet, here we are on the last day of September which means it is time for Stepping […]

Filed Under: Love Yourself Tagged With: #LifeAfterRetirement, #ReDiscoverME, #Retirement, #SteppingOutsideMyComfortZone

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OOTDs and SIAs: My Fashion Haus 07.2020
In what felt like the blink of an eye, I have gone from full-time wife to my sweet husband, hands-on mom to my two beautiful daughters and elementary school librarian to a retired, empty nester with lots of time on my hands. Join me on my journey to rediscover who I am. Glad you are here...

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