Tuesday is the one year anniversary of the “Exposed” series of blog posts. If you do not know about Exposed, in short, Mish decided that enough was enough. She photographed herself, nearly naked, and posted her photo on her blog with various comments. Affirmations. Words that celebrate who she is, where she had come from, […]
Eat, Drink, Be Merry, Get Fat, and Die. Now… who used to say that was their life philosophy? Oh yeah… That was me… Not in a negative way – I just thought that is what you do when you grow up – enjoy life, then die. My how times change. Nowadays that philosophy isn’t for […]
Note: Don’t try these poses at home! Last week I had a few moments when I stopped and thought about the term “double jointed”. I got to thinking about it because the New York Times had an article in which they referenced a family that had “gumby knees”. When I was growing up I was […]
One of the first people I started following on Twitter was Ashley Kumlien. Ashley is a runner and a personal trainer from Wisconsin. And her mom has MS. Ashley and her mom, Jill Most people who read my blog posts know that I have CMT, a neuromuscular disease of the nerves, and my particular type […]
Phew. After a hugely busy start to September, with events each of the first three weekends, last weekend was like a big sigh of relief. This is what a peaceful “job done” type of sigh looks like to me… Initially I thought I’d do the Hever Triathlon on Sunday September 26th, followed by Barcelona on […]
This summer we switched to ordering food boxes for our weekly vegetable purchase (we buy from Abel & Cole). The food box is like a lottery – it arrives, you menu plan for the week according to what you have received, and it is a wonderful way to explore and get creative with ingredients in […]
As you may know, I took up triathlon as a way to stay physically fit, and strong, following what I thought was deterioration in strength caused by Charcot Marie Tooth disease. I was diagnosed with CMT in 2004, with this confirmed genetically in 2007. Having CMT is something that was suspected for my whole life […]
After the London Triathlon we always have a bbq. I was partially comatose and trying to eat a little, to come back to life. Meanwhile DH was full of energy, chatting away, planning our next adventures. He decided we would do a 5k swim. On Sunday, SFT (the triathlon swim specialists) held their inaugural SwimFesT […]
Earlier in 2010 one of my friends was telling me about this great embrocation oil she had been using. Before and after she went cycling. Embrocation oil? I had to look it up. According to the dictionary, an embrocation is a medicinal liquid that is applied to the skin to relive muscle stiffness and pain. […]
As you may know, this year I am focusing my fundraising in support of the CMT Association STAR initiative . CMT is a progressive degenerative neuromuscular disease. The CMT Association in the US is funding and supporting the search for a cure for CMT, primarily Type1A (which I have) which impacts 1 in 5000 people. […]