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F.I.G. Friday #2

- February 14, 2025

I am doubling down on Finding Joy in Gratitude Collective challenge Elisabeth is running and both keeping short joys on the tracker and sharing longer ones here on Fridays this month! (or forever?) Saturday : Lil Momma and I went out to lunch and had a nice chatty time catching up on what was on our hearts. Sunday : I made a “fun” cheese melt Hawaiian roll dinner that everyone liked! (This is mostly sparked at a recent run of tween dinner complaints). Monday : Bella, our senior population Maltese-Yorkie, came upstairs and chilled in my office while I worked! (She always chooses to stay downstairs with the Mr.) (well, and her treats). Tuesday : I really felt heard by my orthopedic surgeon and the appointment was both validating and forward thinking. Wednesday : The Mr. and I chatted on the phone while I drove home from work and it was just so nice to talk like humans. Thursday : Lil Momma texted me a movie of her scrolling ...

on aging and ankles

- February 13, 2025

I have been hurt since last April. That seems wild to me, but it’s true. I’ve been mildly-sore-but-am-I-being-dramatic hurt and oh-no-this-can’t-be-right-hurt and am-I-doing-the-PT-wrong hurt and why-is-this-still-the-same-uncomfortable hurt and oh so many others. When Crocs are the only shoes your swollen foot fits into Between the arch and the ankle, not being able to go for long walks or ride a bike, driving making my whole foot swell, etc., I’ve tried to keep my head in the space of how this is just a season and one of these solutions we’re throwing at it will fix it . But I’ve also been in the space of wondering if this is all in my head or if this is just how the rest of my life will be. Dramatic much, Lindsay? Yikes. After doing 8 weeks of PT this go around and still having a heavily swollen ankle (and now foot, sigh), I saw the orthopedic doctor earlier this week. We talked about how I did dry needling and cupping...

F.I.G. Friday

- February 07, 2025

I am doubling down on Finding Joy in Gratitude Collective challenge Elisabeth is running and both keeping short joys on the tracker and sharing longer ones here on Fridays this month! (or forever?) small joys in kitchen chaos Saturday – The Mr. and I had a babysitter for the first time in months and months, but he has some things going on that make going out to eat was a no-go. So, we spent a collective 3 hours in the car driving up to my aunt’s house that I am cleaning out, rescuing a spice cabinet and table, and then driving back. It was really nice to just talk and listen to music and be together! Sunday – I had to go to a wake (weird start, I know), but I went with two local mom friends and we caught up in the car waiting to go in and it was so nice to do some tween parent commiseration with people who are going through it, too. Monday – The Mr. had a late call so I was the parent in charge of getting Lil Momma to voice and acting. As a he...

Latelys #1

- February 03, 2025

Inspired by the many similar lists I see (and have seen) from favorite bloggers over the years! Lately, I’ve been watching … As a family, we’ve been watching Stranger Things for the first time. We are currently at the end of Season 3 and completely obsessed; we’ve also been watching Hot Ones and Kids Baking Championship . On my own, I’ve been watching Shetland on BritBox, but am not loving the non-book-inspired season and lots of Phily Bowden’s YouTube channel… Cardinals I found when cleaning out my aunt’s house! Lately, I’ve been using … I got influenced to try VIOLETTE_FR ’s Bisou Balm in Bêtise which was said to be “the perfect French-inspired matte lip”. Wouldn’t you know, it’s pretty spectacular? As someone fighting their designation of being in the Pale Lip Club, I had been using a lip stain every day but it looks quite bright with my paleness (especially on video calls). This new color i...

25 in 25 january update

- January 31, 2025

What a month, oof. Between PT not progressing as fast as I’d like, the Mr dealing with some medical meh (but on the mend!), Lil Momma’s tween angst and schedule and sass, work being work, and trying to clean out a house 90 minutes away from my house, these goals may not have been top of mind (or on my mind) as much as I would’ve hoped… However, January is always a month I kind of plod through so I’m proud of my plodding and am ready for a fresh February start! 1 go on a family vacation somewhere new -Plans are in the works! 2 get through estate planning 3 redo my office 4 read 100 books -I’m at 5/100 5 enter 3 writing competitions 6 reach out to 3 friends I haven’t lately 7 hang pictures on our walls 8 stretch most days -I’m probably at 2x a week 9 cut phone screen time by 50% -I’m down 30% 10 ride 800 miles (bike, spin, doesn’t matter) -I’m at 14.6/800 11 bake 5 new recipes 12 monthly dates with the Mr -We finally...

pt update

- January 24, 2025

To recap my 9+ months of injury: last April/May I severely strained my posterior tendon (the tendons that support your foot and arch and help with balance) going too aggressive on a beginner running program. I did some time in a walking boot and then 12 weeks of PT where I learned I stand on my feet wrong and that my other arch had completely fallen. Sometime during those 12 weeks, we believe my peroneal tendon (the tendon that run on the outside of your ankle and leg) tore and then reattached incorrectly as my foot learned how to stand in the right position. I had an x-ray and an MRI and got sent back to PT. I’ve been in PT for my peroneal tendonitis for 5 weeks now. I am deeply committed to doing the work and figuring this out and truly believe all of this will serve me with my focus on mobility and balance and being as healthy and mobile as I can as I age… …and, I am a mix of frustration and wondering if this is all in my head. SIGH. I miss going on walks....

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