Posts by MelW

I'm a Canadian (west coaster) and Shanti is our Ontario Dingo. real forgets to mention that she's ridiculously tough, so runs hills with the stroller that most people would run away from. I always give myself extra credit for runs...

Jo & Reb!!!   I am posting from my new computer. Hooray for a real keyboard and screen!   RR- Sunday climbing followed by a 12 hour day shift yesterday. I read recently that nurses walk an average of 8km during a...

I have compared food intolerances/reactions to labour. With the build up and ongoing exposure you have ongoing compensation, endorphin-like to mask some of the responses. With elimination the occasional accidental exposure seems to...

Nic, I think with the mileage you've been doing the two halfs are reasonable. Do you have a sense of the courses and which you're more likely to PR on? real, listen to your body. If your sinuses are still a problem take it easy and...

Welcome thispathisme! I have angst about sending my DD to a public "program of choice" and possible diminishment of the neighborhood school. Some of the angst is about how the other parents have such self-congratulation about the home...

I don't fit into the category of people you are asking, but thought I'd add my experience in case it helps. With both of my kids at about one year were the hardest times in our relationship. Splitting up was on both of our minds and we...

Sparkle or lofty (I think?!) posted a link to some IT related stretches/exercises for Geo at some point in the past couple of months. Because I'm working from my phone and the search function is annoying beyond belief, is there anyone...

My computer is toast, which is why I haven't been posting much lately. I've waffled long enough and decided to replace my laptop with a Mac mini which will be great as long as my husband keeps his promise to let me use his laptop when...

You need yoga to tell you that you breathe wrong. Though many physios will tell you. My husband needed to learn to swallow after a physio said he had an "infantile swallow" (tongue low in mouth for breastfeeding vs against palate). The...

Academic dress is a strange and intriguing thing (and *someone* must have studied it, right?!). One of the profs in my new program wears a fanny pack everywhere, or at least every setting I've ever seen him: academic conference, panel...