I only wanted to know how many calories are in a banana, but the website had an Ideal Weight Calculator and since I felt like wasting some time needed a break from cleaning house on this frigid February morning, I thought 'OK, I'll play!' According to them, my ideal weight should be 108 pounds. Um...sure, … Continue reading Weighty Issues
Author: SweetEstherChronicles
My name is Elise and my husband Randy and I bought a 1982 Westfalia and named her SweetEsther .... that one wonderfully impulsive decision has changed everything!
Arctic Front
So, this is what was happening here last night ... That''s -35 Celsius (-30 for those of you speaking Fahrenheit). Hubby wanted to know what that feels like and he talked me into joining him and we stepped out on the deck in our pj's...for a couple minutes...I can't breathe air that cold, it kind … Continue reading Arctic Front
Marathon
Here's a weird little tidbit about me: I've always wanted to run a marathon. That's not weird, you say, Lot's of people run marathons. It's weird because I am not an athletic person and I really don't enjoy exercise. And being mildly asthmatic and having Multiple Sclerosis adds another level of challenge for me, but I've … Continue reading Marathon
Words for a New Year
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" — Mary Oliver I read that Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, recently passed away. I'm not that familiar with her work, so in poking around the internet to see what else she wrote that I may have … Continue reading Words for a New Year
Of Tu-Tu’s and Tap Shoes
Ever since I can remember (and I can remember waaaay back) I have loved to dance. I have wanted to dance. As a teenager I had a secret nerdy dream of dancing tap. But mine was not the kind of family that could afford things like dance classes and tap shoes. I never even asked. … Continue reading Of Tu-Tu’s and Tap Shoes
Getting Real
Cabin fever. Bronchitis and antibiotics and asthma inhalers. Freezing temperatures (-25C the other night) or huge dumps of snow. Haven't done any writing in weeks. Feeling lonely and exhausted and regretful. An inglorious start to a new year. This is where I'm supposed to bring it all together in some neat little package, 'staying positive' … Continue reading Getting Real
When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. When life hands you a snowstorm . . .
...make a snowman! When I wasn't building snowman today, I was shoveling snow. Mostly the shoveling thing. Oh yes. It kept snowing all night long and that means we had to clear snow 3 times in 24 hours. I don't know what the official snowfall was, but on my deck it was around 24 inches … Continue reading When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. When life hands you a snowstorm . . .
