Life in quarantine gave me the opportunity to stop shaving my face and grow a beard, which I have ultimately kept past my 50th birthday...

Most people who know me know how much I love a colorful cocktail. We have quite the bar in our home. But, we had yet to venture into the...

With months of good weather in the Berkshires, we had a chance to explore new parts of the nearby towns and find new trails to hike. We...

So, as I was careening toward fifty, I had a goal to get to my "driver's license" weight. It's the weight I used to have on my driver's...

A few months ago, I was pretty impressed with myself for getting from the couch to a 5K. With not a lot to do out here in the country,...

During my staycation (no cruise to Alaska as originally planned!), I wanted to tackle some challenging recipes that I’ve saved and never...

Our daughter asked if we could make our own pickles. Perfect idea for a 50x50. We tried two methods. We made easy refrigerator pickles...

Once we mastered the pasta dough and making pasta sheets, we wanted to take it to the “next level” – stuffed pasta! And, we were...

So, one of the ideas for 50x50 was to go camping. That has yet to happen, but based our our experience earlier this month, I think I got...

Once I figured out that I could swim with my face in the water, what else could I challenge myself to do in the pool? Since it is mostly...

Maybe it’s because I wear glasses. Maybe it’s because I don’t like my hair getting messed up. Or, maybe it’s the teenage swim "teacher"...

I am not a fan of heights. I don’t mind being at the top of a tall building where I am enclosed on all sides. But, climbing a ladder or...

Technically, Jeremy and I have made homemade pasta once before. With our friends Elsie and Andrew (the same couple who helped me check...

We have gone apple picking before. But, none of us had ever been berry picking, even though berries are probably my favorite fruits, and...

Homeschooling our kids was never on our list of things to try. Remote learning for 15 weeks gave us the closest experience, and we didn’t...

When you can’t go out to eat, and you have to cook all your meals, you try new things. I already bragged about my husband’s International...

Once it became clear that we would be spending the summer in the Berkshires instead of NYC, that opened up more possibilities for 50x50,...

Nine months ago, when I first announced my 50x50 challenge, one of the items on my list of physical milestones not yet achieved was doing...

As some folks know from Facebook, I tried to take up running in the fall of 2018, with the goal of running the New Year's Eve Central...

What do you do when your goal was to do 50 new things in 50 weeks, each with friends and/or family, and then you are forced to spend...