Category Archives: Sports & Fitness

Working hard to meet those shipping deadlines

I was a little swamped today and don’t have much of a post to put up. I can’t believe it is already the 13th! Yikes! The clock is ticking and I’m not even close to mailing anything yet~ I’m head......

Newest MLWT Guest Writer, Eric Suarez, CPT offers support for our fibro community

I would like to introduce a new MLWT Guest writer, Eric Suarez, who is a fitness trainer and author of a new book focusing on living healthy with fibromyalgia.  As I have been working on buildin......

My Version of Physical Comedy

I will apparently go to great lengths to avoid exercising on purpose.  This Wednesday, July 7th, was to be a Target Practice gathering at Cooper Mountain.  It has to be postponed, but I still en......

Want to learn more about Pilates?

Our Oregon Scleroderma Foundation Chapter will be holding their monthly support group meeting this Saturday, May 8th.  As always, their support groups are open to all (even if you don’t ha......

Focusing on the pieces helps me get to my big picture

It seemed like a good idea at the time. I picked out a beautiful 2000 piece puzzle of Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany for my mom this year for Christmas.  It has been years since I did one and......

North, to Seattle…go north, the walk is on!

A quick note for all of you who will be in the Seattle area on October 17th : The LFA Pacific NW Chapter will be hosting their annual Mad Hatter Walk N Roll for Lupus event on that day at Magnus......

Book Group begins today!

We are beginning a group chat today about the book by Tina Vindum (2009) entitled Outdoor Fitness.  You might wonder why, especially for us Oregonians, we are going to cover a book like this as......

A Lupus version of Spring Training Camp

I seem to always have the ideas and best intentions about managing my daily health, but living with illness is like that comedy skit done by Abbott & Costello. As it is with managing lupus, ......

Meet the Arthritis Foundation’s Oregon Branch!

After a brief absence, the OR Branch of the Arthritis Foundation returned to the area a few years ago and offers some valuable resources to everyone living with a chronic illness.  I wanted to ......

sweating the small stuff

We are focusing a great deal these days on quantity – the number of foreclosures, stock market fluctuations, billions spent to help businesses who have not managed their practices by looki......