I realized summer is here when my son came home last night from a 5:30pm soccer practice with a slightly sunburned face.   So today, I stocked the house. I found that the more convenient the sunscreen, the more likely it is to be applied. There’s a bottle in each car, in all the bathrooms, on the garage shelf, in ... Read More »

I was able to take advantage of the data from last week's VO2 test (which I wrote about in this blog ) I went to a spin class early this morning before work, wearing my heartrate monitor. I deleted my old settings and punched in the new recommendation. My old settings were based on my age, and my new settings are much ... Read More »

A co-worker brought in boxes of bugs to share today-- from the Insectarium in Montreal. I have been trying to talk my son into a bug party. (Isn't that perfect for a 10-year-old boy? Camp out in the backyard and eat bugs with your friends? He says no thanks.) Eating insects is more common in other parts of the world, ... Read More »