“I am ready, more than willing and mostly able!”
Hi again, it’s been quite some time and I am trying to adjust to a schedule again after not having one for several years. It’s BUSY, BUSY, BUSY, almost like a part time job! Well remember when I...
View ArticleSOME OF THE LUMPS AND BUMPS ARE STARTING TO DISAPPEAR!
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and Halloween! Unfortunate that the white stuff came so early this year as it would have been so much better for the little ones if it could have waited a couple...
View ArticleMY HUSBAND WAS PUT ON DISH DUTY!
Once again, it’s been a busy Beautiful You month! I continue to attend Gail’s on a pretty regular basis, as well as the fitness center. My days to be at both places changed in accordance with times I...
View ArticleSLOWLY BUT SURELY, I’M GETTING THERE!
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and now here we are anticipating going into the New Year. Is it just me or are the years seeming to fly by for you as well? That also means that my journey with...
View ArticleBLONDE HIGHLIGHTS WERE JUST THE BRIGHTENING UP I NEEDED
Well as most of you who subscribe to The StarPhoenix will already have viewed my most recent published photo and updates. I am pleased to say that it is happening: I have lost 37 pounds and 43 inches....
View ArticleIntroducing our new Beautiful You: Barbara Reidy
This is a modern fairy tale. Barbara Reidy is the Season Ten Beautiful You makeover candidate. It takes place in a land of living skies, in a city that lies on the banks of a river, among a warm and...
View ArticleSlightly more ‘Yummy Mummy’ and less Despicable Me!
I don’t know whether you’ve ever noticed, but nobody ever gets sick in fairy tales. So I felt a bit hard done by last week when I was struck down with streptococcal throat and had to take to my bed for...
View ArticleMY WEDDING RING FITS ME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS!
The evenings are drawing in, and there’s a definite nip in the air since I wrote the last post. Last winter was our first Canadian winter, and Saskatchewan provided a real humdinger for us. There were...
View ArticleI’M A SLIMMER, FITTER VERSION OF LAST YEAR’S MODEL!
I woke up this morning to windchill in the minus forties, and realised that I have a lot less fat to keep me warm this winter! My winter jacket from last year is swimming on me, and my jeans could...
View ArticleI’M DETERMINED TO WORK TOWARDS BEING FIT AND TONED!
Well, the year has turned and I’m suddenly aware of how little time is left until May. When this all began in August, May seemed so far away. Now I’m starting to count the weeks that are left and...
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