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22 Jan 2024 3 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead $0.04
The thumbnail photo above was one my husband took of me back in 2014. I am about to attempt my first, and only, to this day, officially timed running event. It was a Color Me Rad 5K race in Houston, Texas. My friends and work colleagues talked (nagge...
20 Jan 2024 13 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead $0.02
A few days ago, I was sitting here in my jammies and fuzzy socks, a usual occurrence for a cold (14F) morning in Texas. We don't get these cold snaps very often. Our town is not prepared to deal with snow and ice, so when we get them, we are told to...
16 Jan 2024 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead $0.04
"I wish I could more like you. You always walk with such confidence..." Huh?.... This was something that was spoken to me about 15 years ago. I never really forgot it. It Easter Sunday at a church service, back in the day when our family were regul...
15 Jan 2024 5 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead $0.02
It's been two weeks since our niece passed away and two weeks since my husband's family has had the worst day of their lives. I still feel helpless with respect to how to help my brother-in-law, sister-in-law and my nephew. Other than feed them, di...
13 Jan 2024 5 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead $0.01
Back in mid-November, I put up a post about Ozempic and other similar drugs that people have been taking for weight loss. It was an 'Ozempic for dummies" type of post (which I, myself, needed). I did some research to provide the basics of what these...
12 Jan 2024 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead $0.04
One of the things I struggle with is thinking that my way of thinking and doing a diet, i.e. the calorie deficit diet, is the way to go for everyone. I truly believe that from a physiological standpoint, this is the best option for most people to los...
11 Jan 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead $0.02
There is no doubt in anyone's mind that three years of COVID precautions, lockdowns, and mandated whatevers caused most of our lives to detour on a side trip that interrupted the daily course of our lives. Life had changed. Even though we will never...
10 Jan 2024 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead $0.03
This is probably an "old person" thing, but as we have aged, my husband and I have looked for things to lighten our burden, both personally and financially. Two years ago, we started the cliche retired life of spending our winters in a warm-ish plac...
9 Jan 2024 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead $0.04
Yesterday, we hosted the first family dinner since our niece passed away New Year's Eve Day. There were eight of us, including her parents and brother. My husband and I were very tense and feeling the stress of not knowing what to expect with respect...
7 Jan 2024 5 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead $0.03
I'm writing about this show today because it's relevant to my blog topic, weight loss. The show is labeled as 'entertainment and informative" and not meant to be taken as medical advice. It's a documentary that follows several sets of twins who we...
