LLev Writes: Shabbat gathering this Friday

Lots of changes happening in my life. Most of which I can’t tell the inter-verse just yet. What I can tell you is I’m going to start half doing the Jewish tradition of unplugging on Friday nights. The real Jews do it for 24 hours. I’ll start with...

LLEV Writes-Move to the Music

I’ve been teaching fitness classes for over 15 years. The music I am pressured to play for my ‘hardcore’ classes is not something I enjoy listening to. It’s been a struggle to make playlists because I don’t tend to listen to upbeat...

LLEV Writes: Flatbread Recipe

This week was probably one of the toughest week’s I’ve endured since I had heart surgery. This wasn’t even related to my health, and thankfully my body has been keeping up with the stress. If I didn’t do the following, I don’t know what...

LLEV Writes- Friday Night Rituals Begins

2020 I had made a resolution to connect with my spiritual side, particularly my Jewish faith. Over the 8 nights of Hanukkah, I got into a ritual of lighting the candles at sundown of each night. There was something so relaxing and joyful about that ritual. It was best...

LLEV Writes- Getting Energy Levels Up Part 2

Chris was away all of last week and I was so busy that a lot of clutter began to accumulate in our house. On Wednesday when I had the afternoon off, I looked at the mess around me. I was exhausted and had no desire to deal with it. I ended up having a pretty...

LLEV Writes-Keeping Energy Levels Up

I’ve stuck to my weekly blog entry goal for 5 weeks. Since I’m serious about blogging, I’ll give it a title: LLEV Writes. Lev means Heart in Hebrew. Unfortunately what I really wanted to write about, I still have to wait a few weeks before I can put...

Quebec City 2020 Trip Review

I had never been to Quebec City before and we’ve been saying we should do a winter weekend getaway for a while now. Last weekend we finally went for it. We traveled with our friends Alan and Tracy. Tracy is a blind amputee who mostly uses a wheelchair. It was a...

Handling Stress 101

This past Saturday my brand new phone fell on the tiled floor and broke. It’s not a standard phone so dealing with the non-functioning screen was a lot more complicated. Along with complication, stress levels rise. I’m not terribly attached to my phone but...

Vegan Nuggets Recipe

My parents had their 50th anniversary. It was a small gathering of a few of the important people in their lives. My mother wrote a lovely speech that made us all cry! It’s amazing how life just.. happens. It makes me appreciate my seven years with Chris. Good...