Alisa, Author at What Would Betty Do? - Page 5 of 75

Rainbow Lessons

Written on January 25, 2016 by Alisa.

What Does a Rainbow Mean? Sometimes the rainbow comes before the rain. My running buddy and I met at 7:30 for our usual Saturday morning run through the vineyard hills. It had been raining and windy through the night, but the forecast assured me that we had at least 120 minutes without rain. More than enough […] Read More

Many Recipes

Written on January 22, 2016 by Alisa.

Lots of Recipes with Little Success When we were in Arizona, it was my quest to find the Anasazi beans that I really like. I had zero success, but I did find several other heirloom varieties that I wanted to try. Not black, pinto or kidney beans. Different. Unique. I’m probably the only person who goes […] Read More

Santa

Written on January 19, 2016 by Alisa.

Do You Believe? The Assistant surprised me in the car today. Out of the blue he blurts, “I want you to tell me if Santa is real, ok?” My mom brain immediately reeled with crapcrapcrapcraphowdoIanswerthis? And also wow, I expected this much sooner than fourth grade. I mean, I was in second grade when Danny Mortimer […] Read More

Happy New Year!

Written on January 8, 2016 by Alisa.

No Resolutions Hi everyone! Happy new year! I know it’s been a while. Well, for you, anyway. As for me, I’ve composed dozens of very insightful, thought-provoking blog posts over the past few months. Unfortunately, they’ve only existed in my head, and somehow vanish into thin air any time I attempt to sit in front of […] Read More

Tour de Cure

Written on November 2, 2015 by Alisa.

My First Charity Bike Ride Hey, remember how I told you that I was going to go 50 miles in a charity bike ride to raise money for the American Diabetes Association? Well, the last four months happened, and needless to say I didn’t train at the level that I needed to make the 55-mile route […] Read More

Bourbon Street

Written on October 30, 2015 by Alisa.

5 Days in New Orleans Look! A post! From me! I’m trying really, really hard to get my shit together. Four months in a hotel can really mess with you. Let’s hope that I can pull it together and do a little better in the coming months. Last week, I got to stay in an entirely […] Read More

I Drink Water

Written on September 22, 2015 by Alisa.

Don’t Give Me That Look, Server As you know, we’ve been eating out a lot in the last three months. And I see a lot of this. “Hi, I’m Travis and I’ll be taking care of you today. Can I get you something to drink?” “Water with lemon, please.” “Just water?” <Travis gives me a […] Read More

Spin

Written on September 18, 2015 by Alisa.

My nemesis, the cycle class It’s one month and one week from my scheduled Tour de Cure charity bike ride and seven weeks from my scheduled half marathon. As I’d mentioned before, I need to get off my butt, not only for my fitness but for my sanity. But let’s face it: it’s hard. Daytime is a […] Read More

For My Mind

Written on September 9, 2015 by Alisa.

Yes, I’m Listening Recently, my hair stylist very gently pointed out that Betty was floundering. I hadn’t been posting, hadn’t been cooking, hadn’t been exercising. And she very subtly noted that this sort of thing wasn’t sustainable, not for my body and especially not for my mind. Huh. Interesting. My mind, it seems, is a […] Read More

First Day of School

Written on August 27, 2015 by Alisa.

Let’s Pretend Everything is Normal Oh, hello there, Internet. Nice to see you again. You still stop by in spite of the fact that I haven’t been writing? I am truly impressed. Well, we’re still in the hotel, and our ETA for moving back home is… hahahaha, you really thought we had an estimate? You’re […] Read More

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