by Francie | May 2, 2013 | Celebrities, Fitness, Food
I miss the days when I could eat peanut M&Ms for breakfast. I miss the days when a donut was considered a good breakfast, more nutritious than M&Ms. And a bowl of Apple Jack’s was just fine before heading off to school. Back in the teen years, I could eat...
by Francie | Apr 24, 2013 | Family, Fashion, mom, Music
Cool is in the eye of the beholder. Some things are practically unanimous, like James Dean, California and lattes. I know, as a grown-up, I am supposed to do what makes me happy, cool or not. It doesn’t matter what others think. Somehow, I can’t keep the logic in...
by Francie | Apr 18, 2013 | Medical
As mentioned in my previous post, A shoezle on My Knee, I surrendered myself to knee surgery in the name of fitness and fashion. I want to run and play anything I want and wear anything I want. It comes at a price, the House of Pain. Ten days leading up to the...
by Francie | Apr 11, 2013 | Francie, Tech Rants
Back in 2006, I was finishing a morning run when my left knee felt like it wanted to leave me, immediately. Disengage so to speak. The skin prevented an escape and held the angry guy inside. I needed to settle this urge to secede and sought out a medical...
by Francie | Mar 31, 2013 | Celebrities
Dear shoezle fans, Great news! All your kind words and encouragement have spurred me to move outside the shoezle world. My personal goal for 2013 was to publish an essay somewhere. That means I send work to people I don’t know, get them to try it and hope they...
by Francie | Mar 21, 2013 | Celebrities, Francie
Dear Pope Francis, Congratulations on your new post! You made your parents so proud. From everything I read about you, I think you will make a fine pope. I love the name you picked, after Saint Francis. I am named after a great guy too, my dad, a Francis Leo. He...
by Francie | Mar 7, 2013 | Family, Travel
On vacation, moms don’t want to pack their superhero capes. We work hard during the week doing dishes faster than a speeding bullet. Managing multiple schedules in a single bound. Tackling heavy bags of groceries with more power than a locomotive. Next family...
by Francie | Feb 26, 2013 | Family, mom, Movies and Books
Meanie Head Mom is back. She is forcing her boys to watch a movie, in the theatre with popcorn. It’s a day before the Academy Awards and Lincoln is the only movie mom has not seen of the Best Picture line-up. She calls the movie Stinkin’ Lincoln because she’s tried...
by Francie | Feb 13, 2013 | Family, Holiday
I love the holiday for love: Valentine’s Day. In the olden days, we received our Valentine cards in decorated white paper bags with red and pink hearts cut from construction paper. Paper doilies added flare. We wrote out Valentine’s for every person in the class,...
by Francie | Feb 8, 2013 | Celebrities, Fitness, Francie
Yes, Lance and I have a lot in common these days. I felt the biking connection via my husband’s amateur cycling races. And now, I’m spinning two days a week at the gym. I pretend to hit the flats at record speed and climb the steep mountains with hairpin turns. ...
