FEELING | a little bummed that we won’t have any “grand summer plans” this year, no visitors this summer. I can’t believe it’s almost been a year since my family was here and we went on our road trip (which I still have to partially recap) but I am still looking forward to the summer, morning…
I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. We’re in between “official” Power Zone Challenges (I had to skip the last one due to travel in April) and in preparation for the next one, which starts on June, 19, I decided to do the “Zone Wars: Race to Beat…
Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing. I’m currently in the process of shifting my wake-up time back to an hour earlier (which means, I am also shifting my bedtime accordingly). I’d generally call myself a morning person (I…
Bratkartoffeln (fried potatoes) it’s like a staple in German cuisine. They’re hardly ever served for breakfast, but they frequently appear as lunch or dinner (side) dishes. It’s easy (and quick) to make Bratkartoffeln from leftover boiled potatoes, but what if you don’t have leftovers and want to make them from raw potatoes? It’s possible, but…
Around the Interwebs 16 Ways To Practice Do No Harm (But Take No Shit) How to train your brain to increase your attention span. Would you vacation apart from your spouse? I would and I have. Do you know your peak productivity times? Something to contemplate. What’s your sleeping position? The best sleeping positions for…
I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. This week felt really great. I am getting back to running (the weather was beautiful here and I got three runs in!), I am planning to fit in a few Power Zone (Endurance) rides each week until the next challenge starts…
Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing. I had a little bit of a breakthrough with a work task this week. Do you know that feeling of working on something and constantly running into roadblocks? I’ve been trying to…
photo credit: @happpyal via Unsplash Remember “Ask San Anything”? During NaBloPoMo, I asked you to submit any questions you might have for me, and then others jumped on the bandwagon and it became a whole thing where people set up Google Forms to collect random questions from their readers. Well, I realized, I had quite a few lingering…
photo credit: @markusspiske via Unsplash I am currently lacking a bit of my blogging mojo (can you tell?) and I am employing some help from friends in the form of stealing post ideas (this time again from my friend Elisabeth). You might be familiar with her regular posts of recent demerits and gold stars — so…
I am linking up again for the Weekly Run Down with Kim and Deborah. I am happy to report that Covid only made a brief guest appearance last week and I tested negative again last Sunday. I had mild cold symptoms for maybe 5 days total and never developed a fever. I am so thankful….
