The Pledge

I injured myself doing the Couch to 5K program.   My own fault for not stretching enough before running out the door. But alas, such is life.   Now I have to begin again. I’ve been reading “The Pledge:  Your Master Plan for an Abundant Life” written by Michael Masterson.  Ok, really I’ve been listening [...]

Couch to 5K in the New Year!

This year’s new year resolution is to increase my aerobic fitness.  Ok, increase is maybe a stretch word here.  “Find,” “establish,” “get some” are more appropriate words to use when it comes to aerobic fitness and me.  That wasn’t always the case. In October 1998, I participated in our town’s “family fun run.”  My goal was to [...]

Survivor Sophie Wins a Million

I’m a big fan of the TV show, “Survivor.” This season I entered two contests. One contest was to guess who the final four survivors would be plus choosing which of your four choices would be the Ultimate Survivor.  I chose Jim.  He didn’t win, so neither did I. However…. The other contest was a drawing [...]

Clutter in the File Drawers

I’m in the process of de-cluttering the file drawers of my desk at my day job.  Yes, even organized people like me have hot spots they haven’t de-cluttered in a long time.  Ok, in this case, a really long time! But I thought what I found was funny and wanted to share with you.  This [...]

Mary's bridal veil

Family Tree

Last month, the Minnesota Genealogical Society conducted a one-day conference in Winona,  Minnesota,  the  town where I was born.  I have been tracing my family ancestry for four years now and when this conference was announced I felt I had to go of course it being my birthplace.  I had planned to travel to Winona [...]