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Continue reading →: Presents of Mine
Time and again, I’ve set my sights on weight loss and/or fitness goals, stuck with it valiantly for awhile, then given up. This continued failure is something I’ve been ruminating on for years, and as I get older, it seems more obvious to me that my biggest stumbling blocks are…
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Continue reading →: Day #7: A Spoonful of Sugar
Does anyone else eat their scrambled eggs on toast? I just finished pulling together a rather customary breakfast (for me) and realized that I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone else make eggs, then serve them on toast instead of with fork and knife. Am I a weirdo? Crossing my…
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Continue reading →: Day #6 Wrap Up
Oh man. Today was not a good day. The gyno visit was an absolute nightmare. My appointment was for 9:30am and they didn’t see me until 11:30! And don’t get me started on how outrageous it is to have to volunteer to be intruded (physically and via information sharing) once…
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Continue reading →: Day #6: It Pays Off
Yay! This morning I weighed in at 158.6 lbs. Not a crazy amount of loss, but still down .4 lbs from the last two days. Now I’m sitting on my couch, drinking a protein shake, thinking about getting my act together to go to a doctor’s appointment in about 20…
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Continue reading →: Day #5 Wrap Up
I’m so tired. It’s a real struggle to keep my eyes open, and a few minutes ago I started to put on lip balm, only to realize I was applying deodorant instead. To my lips. Now I’m tired AND my lips feel gross, since Dove doesn’t really wash off. Yeah,…
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Continue reading →: BlogLovin
I just signed up for a BlogLovin account. Next stop, the WORLD! Follow my blog with Bloglovin
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Continue reading →: Day #5: Same Ol’ Story
It’s Tuesday morning at 8:35. I’m supposed to be packing a hat in a box and rushing off to the post office to ship it out to my Ebay buyer. It will be so nice to have this phase of Ebay-ing over with. I’ve been selling things for The Man,…
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Continue reading →: The End of Day #4
Wow, today has been one hurried post after the next – sorry about that. I guess that’s just Monday for you! I made it to Bikram class in the late afternoon, and at some point between poses I got this grand idea in my head that I was going to…
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Continue reading →: Feeling Quite Impressive
It’s always nice when the week starts out on a high note. Work has been great today – gathering information for a new project, and since I like research, it’s been a very low stress day so far. I thought ahead when leaving the house this morning, and ended up…
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Continue reading →: Day #4: Down Another .8 Lbs
Gotta keep this short. I’m supposed to be at work in 20 minutes, and am just now sitting down to my chocolate protein shake breakfast. My cats are happily sniffing my workout equipment (Izzy likes the yoga mat, while Murphy has been trying to ‘bat’ the 8 lb. weight ball…
Hello,
I’m Nova
I have no “personal brand.” I’m not a girl boss, I’m not an influencer, and I don’t aspire to be powerful, inspiring, or rich. I probably can’t teach you anything, and there’s a good chance that there’s nothing at all of interest or use to you here. This is just where I come to talk about the random bits and pieces that make up my quiet life as a sober woman in her 40s. I’m engaged to the love of my life, have six (yes, SIX) indoor pets, and spend a lot of time gardening and hunting for thrift treasures. I also study classical voice (I’m a lyric coloratura soprano) and am deeply interested in all things spiritual and paranormal. Right now I’m trying to recover from career burnout and even out my personal energy, but my eventual goal is to become a medium and shamanic healer, using music to remind humans of the things that actually matter: connection, community, and loving all living things as though they were our own children. I may or may not talk about all of these things here (and sometimes all at once). Welcome!
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