Author Archives: Marcia Stehouwer
Making Friends with Your Tracker
Wanna lose weight? If you do, you have heard about calorie trackers and probably more than you want.. And if you’re like me…you probably resist that idea like the plague. You would rather wear a mask than count calories. Part … Continue reading
Working It Out
So – it is Wednesday and that’s the day I usually weigh in at TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) I rejoined in January 2019 at 265.8 pounds, but I had played with numbers in the 270’s and that scared me … Continue reading
It’s 2020
It has been a few years since I wrote anything – here or elsewhere. I was trying to make money blogging and got lost along the way. It happens. And then, last week I got notified that someone was following … Continue reading
Literacy and Wild Blue Flamingos!
This is a “wild blue flamingo” according to my three year old granddaughter. Or at least it was until I spoiled it all by telling her and her sister that it was called a Great Blue Heron. But…”wild blue … Continue reading
Getting Behind on Life…
This feels like it is going to be a discouraging kind of post – most likely because I am feeling discouraged. I feel like this holding pattern is going to last forever and there will be no end to it. … Continue reading
Annual Check-up, 2017
If my memory is correct, I started this 10 year journey on my 55th birthday. And today Google informed me that once again I get to celebrate. They even supplied some candles! What a nice thing for them to do….I … Continue reading
It’s Been a Month…
It’s hard to believe, but it has been over a month since I left Beijing. I think I’m over the time change mess, but sleep still doesn’t always come easily. I have to remember that this was also true in … Continue reading
Back to Work!
A few weeks ago I updated my LinkedIn profile, and I somehow added a new job. I now work at “A Journey of Ten Years” which began a few years ago, as a way to slowly reach my goals, especially … Continue reading
Adjusting to the CHANGE!
It’s 10:30 pm, and I’m at my computer sipping Valerian tea. Because I had a nap before supper, I need all the help I can get to fall asleep. Jet lag is not fun! But the tea is nice! (Just … Continue reading
Goodbye Beijing!
I haven’t finished sharing about my trip to Korea yet, but I’m back home and in the middle of getting ready for my move to Ontario. Big changes as I transition from independent teacher in Beijing to Oma with responsibilities … Continue reading
A Journey of Ten Years 