Photo: These old shoes had a blowout today. A little super glue, some duct tape and they're not good as new but still serviceable for some of the outdoor work around here. Wish I had some black duct tape

A random video I watched today showed a balance/mobility exercise on standing up from sitting in a chair without using your hands to push yourself up. The catch - do it on one foot. Not so easy. I'm almost

Spent the early part of the day on the farm tending chickens and the remnants of my garden. Took three go rounds to get all the okra. It's not that there a lot of plants, it's just that I kept missing

With her mom and dad on a short vacation, I've got granddaughter all weekend. Today was shopping day. After sleeping in almost two hours past our week day (school day) time we hit the donut shop to get

All day today I've been hearing voices. I swear some of them were saying my name. And there were random odd sounds as well. My granddaughter heard those too. The thing is, I know what the voices are. They

Took off fairly early this morning. Daughter #2 had trailer load headed to the landfill and she needed a hand. Got quite the workout unloading that trailer and pickup bed. It's hot, dirty work. As we removed

After a few weeks without a phone I find that I tend to set my phone down and walk away more frequently than before. The downside is that I miss out recording a lot of my Actifit-worthy activities. However,

I've been somewhat focused on flexibility for a few years now. However I got on a real flexibility & range of motion kick today when I did a few flex/motion test moves I saw in a video this morning.

Lots of games with granddaughter today. To freshen up our Hide 'n Seek we played a few rounds outside. There were plenty of potential hiding places but the heat sent us back indoors before very long. The

I'm at my housekeeping/child care job this weekend. This morning began quietly with some stretches and a brief workout. Spent the rest of the morning doing dishes, cleaning off the coffee table, doing

Today was a mix of activities. My granddaughter slept late after a tiring day at the lake with her mom and cousin yesterday. So the quiet morning included turns on the rowing and climbing machines, washing

It was arm day today and I was hitting those biceps, triceps, etc. good and hard. In addition to weighted strength exercises and a few microworkouts I got in a couple of good Pump & Plunge sessions

Spent much of the day doing little microworkouts between chores and playing with granddaughter. Went out to check on the chickens and the sky was bright blue. Within minutes we were running back inside,

Today's activities have been rather low key. No sitting at my desk doing research and writing articles. No big (or even small) homestead projects planned. No visitors. No trips to town. When I wasn't moving

Having connection issues so I'll make this report quick. I was neck deep in setting up my Raspberry Pi desktop again today. Having issues with getting a Bluetooth connection to my phone. About the only

This is a short, boring report. My first after a 12 day hiatus. The highlights of my last couple of weeks: all four of my children were here on Saturday; and, I've got beans climbing the trellis in the

It's 7 am as I'm sitting down to start on today's report, to be posted later this evening. If things go right. If the sun ever comes out enough to charge my battery bank. But first, here's where the last

Photo: These old shoes had a blowout today. A little super glue, some duct tape and they're not good as new but still serviceable for some of the outdoor work around here. Wish I had some black duct tape

Photo: Like this plant holder (made by a family friend), my day had its fair share of twists and turns - but mainly in a good fitness kind of way. I was up early taking care of little daily chores. Got

Photo: This wolf windchime outside my door could barely be heard over the howling wind and pounding rain last night. Yesterday I mentioned that we were under a Tornado Watch despite clear skies. By evening