Have you been using your gym membership in 2011? I’d like to share some gym tips that I find helpful. We are all busy and fitting in a gym visit is sometimes difficult. The following tips have helped me to make the most of my precious gym visit minutes over the years and I hope that…
We spent the weekend at the beach. I hadn’t been to the beach in February in many years. The weekend had many highs and a big low. The Highs! We were out of town for the weekend. Getting away ever once in a while is so much fun. We had some really good food. Chili…
Welcome to Fitness Friday! Are you ready to work your shoulders? Grab some light weights or if you don’t have weights, grab two cans of soup and let’s get started! If you missed week’s one through three, here are the links:Week OneWeek TwoWeek ThreeWe took these pictures post tennis on Sunday. The weights you see…
After sewing on a kitchen table for years, sewing on my new table is going to be a dream. This cube…. Unfolds into this! I love the storage. And I especially love the work surface. I predict that many an hour will be spent happily sewing at this table. Bring on the snow so I’ll…
Organizing my sewing room was hard work. Trying to combine my things with both my grandmother’s and mother-in-law’s made for a lot things that needed a new how. Where did I put all of those notions? Let’s start with the rolling wooden cabinet. This cabinet’s door is on wheels, when it opens, it stays open. Inside are…
I’ve been working very hard on and off the past two weeks to turn a catch-all room upstairs into a sewing room. I didn’t take official “before” pictures, but here’s a shot of the room when I first starting bring home my late mother-in-law’s sewing things. The first thing that I had to do was…
Have you ever completed a project and then were just not quite satisfied with it? I stenciled the wall behind our television in our family room back in August and at first was very happy with the results. Later I realized that what I did wasn’t quite the way I wanted it. Take a look…
Do you ever have trouble figuring out where to put things when you are organizing? I certainly do! We live in a Cape Cod style home and have crawl space attic storage under the eaves of the house that is full to the gills. I’ve been working hard this week to turn an upstairs bedroom…
Welcome to Fitness Friday! If you are new, my goal is to introduce you to or remind you of exercises that really work. If you are a regular, I hope your legs and tummy felt the burn of weeks one and two. If you missed weeks one and two, here are the links:Week OneWeek Two…
Sunday evening I made a delicious pot of beef stew using a chuck roast from the 75 pounds of beef that I purchased last week. With the cold days and nights that we’ve had lately, beef stew was the perfect hearty meal. This recipe starts on top of the stove and finishes in the oven. …
I feel like I don’t have much to show for this weekend. Usually I complete a project or accomplish a few things that provide blogging material. This weekend I didn’t accomplish much of anything other than running, playing tennis, and adding to my soon to be a sewing room mess. My father-in-law has generously let…
Welcome back to Fitness Friday! This week we’ll focus on an ab exercise that I truly feel has toned my abs more than any crunch ever could, the plank. I feel my abs working deep inside when I do the plank. How do you do it? The position is easy, the plank is not so…