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The Friday Exhale: 5 Thoughts on the Week

Friday has – incredibly quickly- arrived again. Again, we have assembled five fun, personal, assorted tidbits that have made their way through our lives and minds this past week. Enjoy! and please comment!

This mat, passed up to me by my daughter, has been nagging me for a very long time to allow it to do its job. I have teased it over the past few years by using it now and then for even up to four days in a row! and then back in the corner it went. However, I am resolving once again to put it to daily use. It’s a rather late 65th birthday resolution, but I finally want to get more flexible and continue to have my children be proud of me that I can hold a five-minute plank!

The straight arm plank is easier for me. Have you ever tried to do one? What is your favourite exercise? – Maria

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Vogue Pattern 1821: A Simple Make

I have very few dresses in my wardrobe and even fewer that I actually wear. Not sure why. But the thing is, over the past two or three years I’ve been wanting to wear dresses and skirts more often, especially in the summer when it’s hot and humid out. So I made a dress, a winter dress ironically, and there just might be enough cold weather left hanging around to be able to take this dress out for a nice dinner somewhere.

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