Category Archives: Year of 40
Four Lessons I’ve Learned about Giving Myself the Gift of a Year
I am turning 40 in November. I have dubbed this year the Year of 40 and have been concentrating on taking really good care of myself every day. It’s been a year of learning and I’m happy to share the … Continue reading
Halfway: Giving Myself the Gift of a Year
Early in 2010 I told my blog readers I’d decided to give myself the gift of a year. That’s what the whole “year of 40″ category is about on this blog. I will turn 40 in November. The gift I … Continue reading
Girls’ Night In
Last night, I had a collection of women over for dinner. I’m not obsessed with symmetry, but I do like it, preferring equal numbers on opposite sides, balance, patterns, etc. So I was pretty pleased when we ended up with … Continue reading
Everything, all at once
In January, I wrote about how I’m giving myself the gift of a year by taking good care of myself. I wrote another post about the ways in which I am taking care of myself. First, I want you to … Continue reading
Healthy Living, and Falling off the Wagon
Last night I cut myself some slack. One of my best friends in the world is in town and we wanted to go out to dinner. We ended up at C & O where I had the Steak Chinoise (if … Continue reading








