Posts Tagged ‘Summer’
Mobile office: Heading for the Hills
August 7th, 2010 | 
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Looking Up the Hill
Well, the confession is that a year of sitting added 10 lbs to my ‘bottom line.’ I refuse to buy new clothes because I was too focused on work to notice my shape change.
Fitness Challenge
I love hills. I love stairs. I think it is my ‘inner mountain-goat’ looking for fulfillment!
I took a break because of comments Emilie Conrad made about ‘forward thrust’ type of movement on her first LOH interview, but it’s still fun! She’ll probably give me some ‘what-for’ when I see her for her course here in Calgary next week. 
Me & My Youngest
After staring at the computer all day, it clears the mind, moves the circulation and balances the energies coming from decisions, deadlines & new ideas.
A friend recently engaged me in a ‘fitness challenge.’ We have yet to hash out the details, but it will likely involve 10 lbs & willpower. Are you in?
The picture on the upper right better reflects the grade since the picture on the left makes it look pretty wimpy. I plod up the hill for ‘endurance training’ and my son sprints up the hill for ‘power training.’
Nina on Mop Up
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In the past, some doubt has been extended as to my resume.
At the best fitness level of my life, I was a ski coach, competitive tennis player (some badminton) and did mop-up in forest fire fighting. It seems to be the forest fire fighting that throws people, so I dug out an old photo taken on a burn by my old crew boss ‘Huffy.’
It’s a photo of a photo and so isn’t the greatest quality, but you can see that I even have the same haircut! I remember telling true ghost stories occasionally on the overnight burns.
Summer Solstice
We finally have some warm weather…
I’m busy battling the bunnies who love eating my flowers. This simply entails chasing them out of my yard and putting moth balls (which they sit on) in the yard.
The Longest Day
Like the weather, I’ve been late in getting my garden going, but here is the progress of the plants I’ve been tracking for you so far.
Shoots (Tiger Lilies)
Peonies
Irises
The birds are already enjoying the yard and I can’t wait until more blossoms come out.
Along with the bunnies, the war is also on with my husband who annexed one of my beds of petunias… ~ Now the tomato zone!
