Tony Horton calls his extreme workout P90x - I think he labeled that workout correctly - it is extreme. I like the use of the "x" at the end as a magnifier. This week Fargo/Moorhead is getting a bit "extreme" - engaging in its first Extreme Makeover build. My team started yesterday right after the [...]
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The new men in my life…
Mae West was known to say, "So many men, so little time." Yes indeed Mae - I hear ya' on that front. I have a number of new men in my life and although my time is limited I feel obliged to squeeze them all in. There is Rex and Chad and Ralph and Tom [...]
Do you water the grass?
Someone said, "Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet." Should I worry that I understand this explanation all too well? I just keep muttering to myself that this level of stress cannot last forever. It will either be the death of me or eventually dissipate. I am [...]
When it rains, it pours.
When it rains it pours - sometimes literally. The thing that takes all the glee out of a good old-fashioned downpour is the fact that it poured while I was gone and my sump pump unceremoniously expired in my absence. Not good. The carpeting and most other things on the floor in my home's lower [...]
What the hell…high water??
I was up most of the night with my dog Cooper who is frightened by thunderstorms. As such, I hit the snooze one too many times this AM and woke up later than I would have liked which set my whole day back an hour...and what a difference an hour can make. Today is the [...]
Mother Nature did not consult with me…
They say, "A watched pot never boils." If such were truly the case then perhaps a watched river never floods. Alas, we know better. Both the pot boils and the river floods in its own time as opposed to what we would prefer. Things can change rapidly this time of year based on precipitation and [...]
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Lately I feel like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (or perhaps better stated Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde). A split personality is emerging and I fear my rationality will be overtaken by frivolity and a lack of appreciation for consequences. Every day I find it more difficult to contain my Ms. Hyde. Try as I [...]
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