This is my current workout playlist. I'm currently into JT. Now, back in my day, JT was James Taylor. For My Girl, it is Justin Timberlake. There is no James Taylor on my playlist, I assure you, although I do still like the original (and only) JT.One day, I will share with y'all stuff from [...]
Author: Susan Wheeler Smith
I love Jesus, my family, and dark roast coffee with a bit of sugar and heavy cream. I live on a gorgeous lake in Southwest Virginia. I'm a bit on the sarcastic side with a whole lot of love and encouragement for women in every stage of life. I have a serious addiction to books, kitchen towels, and the Oxford comma. Welcome.
A cold January morning brings many…
thankfuls......my warm home...full of sleeping, grown-up children...Venti bold coffee...procured by my husband while I was still asleep...a gas fireplace...one click and instant warmth...amazing young women who greet me with hugs and laughter......moon-gazing...over-exuberant puppies in the morning ...girlfriends to share life with...the good, the bad and the pain...and the men who love them...second chances...and third...and tenth...soft [...]
Almost a week into January and here I sit…
Some things that are on my mind lately.Yesterday at church, a sweet friend walked up to me and told me she loved my hair cut. I immediately started in with, "oh, I've already had to color it since I got it cut (and colored) three weeks ago!" and "it already needs a trim." And blahblahblah. [...]
A mother-daughter afternoon.
I noticed today that I have been complaining that come August...2014...when we return from Radford University after dropping The Wild Boy off for his first semester of his first year of college...I keep complaining that I won't be "an empty-nester."I will share a secret with you. I don't want to be an empty-nester. Yet. Maybe [...]
Part 2…2014
Today was a really. long. day. After a really. long. night. Very little sleep until about 5:00 am, which coincidentally happened to be when my *could-very-soon-be-ex* husband finally left for work. I feel bad for him...he has a cold and he coughed and snored all night long. He also kept his wife awake. All. Night. [...]
Part 1…2014.
I wrote a post this morning. I hated it. It was my typical yakkity-yak, blippity blah, frou-frou crap. *Sorry for using "Crap"...you know I like to use it now and then. A lot. Today is that day.* So anyway. I scrapped the crap post this morning and went on my merry way taking down the [...]
Christmas reflections.
So I might have been a tad depressed in the two weeks or so leading up to Christmas. I really, truly appreciate everyone's support during that time. I suppose it was weird to y'all that I took the death of The Wild Boy's fellow Spartan so hard. I think putting into words for you why, [...]
‘Twas Five Days Before Christmas and all Through the House…
I have a lot to talk about. I will try not to ramble.Too much.I want to say right up front that I have not been depressed this Christmas. I truly have not. But, I just haven't been Christmas-y Susan. Sure, I've been playing music since October and I will continue to play it for a [...]
THE Best *insert anything here* EVER!
Just scrolling through my yahoo emails and noticed a trend. Several subject lines began with..."The BEST (salad, sock people, workouts, weight loss pill, pie recipe, organization tools) EVER!" Several more assured me "The ONLY (recipe, workout, personal plan, husband) you will EVER need! *I made up "husband" but you get the idea*The funny thing is, [...]
Comfortable in my own skin.
This is one of my "serious pieces of work." Men, and those with a queasy stomachs, look away now. Ready? I'm going to talk weight. Let's dive right in, shall we?I'm going to be 53 years old come January 2014. If there were ever a time to finally decide to get healthy, it would be [...]
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