50 MPH Speed Limit

Sometimes it's good to have limits. Without boundaries people run amok. Right? If 9 Doritos equals one serving and one serving equals 150 calories, could I tempt you with 10?

Turning 50 this year has helped me appreciate the limits we face in life. Some are imposed on us by traffic laws and others are self-imposed for our own good. I used to think having 4 practical shoes and 1 pair of Nikes was a good shoe limit until I started noticing all the color and the style at the mecca of shoes, DSW Warehouse, and now I think sky's the limit on women and their shoes. Who can get in the way of a woman and her passion for shoes?

My passions follow a seasonal tract. In the summer I can devour 2 books a week. I even stepped way out of my comfort zone in July and read the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series consecutively in 3 weeks. But put me in the busy fall schedule and books and I part ways.

This fall I've been passionate about watching football: both live on the field with my son's games and on TV with the NFL. Who'da thunk it? Gizmo my dog is not so passionate. At Brady's last football practice, I turned my back for a second and he lifted his leg and peed on #4's helmet lying in the grass. I was soooo embarrassed; especially when the kids starting hollering across the field...."Hey, Brady's dog peed on Owen's helmet." I quickly offered some hand wipes - it was gross and funny at the same time, LOL.

With winter fast approaching, the nights will be much shorter at our house. Early to bed and early to rise my dad would always say, and that's our motto. Tonight held my first victory in the retro game of Battleship (G-6? Ah, you sunk my battleship.) That's my winter passion: turning off the TV and setting up the board games. Well when we're inside. Outside it's sledding and snowboarding and a few snow forts in between. I share his love of winter. I'm fighting fleas right now on Gizmo so I'm really hoping for an early snowfall. Did I just say that? Don't hate me.


I'm too organized and methodical to be randomly limitless. My passions have boundaries and limits that work for me. But then again, I'm recently single so maybe it's a point to expand upon and push out from? Maybe I should be more random? Maybe try driving 51 MPH, or click BUY on those shoes in my online shopping cart. Eating too many Doritos, well that's a slam-dunk, I don't need any help there.