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five hundred and nine

five hundred and nine | black and white photography Our good friend Danny Miller specializes in black and white film photography, and crafts a…

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Just a small town girl…

We were born and raised in small town Saskatchewan, and have an enormous sense of pride and debt to our community. Thirty+ years ago we couldn’t wait to escape, however,…

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Sangria Sisters Blog

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THE NAME’S ATRIC…GERRY ATRICWhen I was young and immortal, I presumed this bod would hold up from cradle to grave. However, our health scale teeters in a precarious balancing act. Often, the decades determine which way the needle points.IN MY 20’S…✫ I lived balls deep in mozza sticks, Bacardi Breezers, and Electric Ave. street meat.✫ No repercussions for chowing down post-party pizza at midnight.✫ Beer league baseball (heavy on the beer) was my sole form of exercise.✫ Only needed a doctor for new birth control Rx.✫ Wine gums were my vitamin of choice.IN MY 30’S…✫ Hovered over the kitchen sink scarfing down my kids leftovers.✫ Looked forward to a Costco run, simply for the hotdog.✫ Polished off the Pinot Grigio during afternoon playdates.✫ Exercise was wrangling toddlers at tub time and tuck in.✫ Grapevined my way through step aerobics and jazzercise.✫ Doctor appointments were for babies, and postnatal follow ups.✫ Folic acid was a gateway vitamin.IN YOUR 40’S…IT ALL CHANGES✫ Girl dinner is charcuterie paired with pinot noir.✫ Once the kids were old enough, I’d sneak out to see Gym.✫ Power lifted 3 lb. weights in the basement of my “home gym.”✫ Introduction to inflammation, i.e. knee, ankle, shoulder.✫ Monkey brain shifts into overdrive at 4:00 am.✫ Mystery bruises Agatha Christie couldn’t solve.✫ Mammograms served on a cold metal plate.✫ Metabolism initiates a rebellion.✫ Vitamin D helped bogart my brain cells.IN MY 50’S-60’S…HERE WE GO✫ Inhaling lines of protein powder off the kitchen counter.✫ I scream, you scream, we all (stomach, intestines, and colon) scream for ice cream.✫ Exercise and strength training have a complete reboot – motion is lotion.✫ Crushing functional fitness (thanks Karen).✫ Total ballers at pickleball and golf.✫ Start to assemble a team of “ologists.” Marvel avengers like gyno, derm, and gastro.✫ Spine pops like bubble wrap when I stretch.✫ King sized pill sorter for vitamins and supplementssangriasisters.ca/the-names-atricgerry-atric/ ... See MoreSee Less

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FRESH OUTTA FUCKSFor years, I was really caught up in what people thought of me. The incessant need to be liked was exhausting. My malleable personality swung like a big long dong between people’s approval and opinions. Amped-up teenage insecurities, who never left home for college, were joyriding on my boatload of fucks to give.Too many fucks were allocated to those alpha voices, who shone a light on my glaring deficiencies, and brainwashed me with highfalutin beauty standards. I managed to mean-girl myself into my own worst enemy. Faking it socially only took makeup, malnourishment, and a good blow-out.Motherhood came with its own set of fucks to give. Donning Wonder Woman bracelets, you deflect judgement from all angles, your friends, your family, your MIL. My magnetic personality attracted drama llamas who ignored my flimsy boundaries. I invested too many fucks as a pro bono therapist, tumbling down their redundant rabbit holes.The years from my dad’s death until my husband’s passing were pretty damn hormonal. Gasoline in the form of menopause fueled depression, despondence, and detachment. I didn’t give one flying fuck, but I still donated them to unworthy causes. One of the greatest life lessons I’ve learned is if it’s not my circus, it’s not my monkeys.The last five years have been a big transformation in acceptance, love, and self-talk. The beauty of aging is my insecurities no longer give a fuck. This gal is cocksure and bulletproof! A staggering 91% of all worries don’t come true, so why give more fucks than necessary.From the get-go, woman are programmed with too many fucks to give. While getting older may lighten the load, it’s not until you reach a certain age that zero fucks are given. If I’d known I would eventually run out of fucks, would my distribution strategy have changed? Frankly my dear, I don’t give a fuck!sangriasisters.ca/fresh-outta-fucks/#agingwithattitude #agepositive ... See MoreSee Less

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Getting older is no BIG DILL! Happy birthday to someone who makes aging look effortless (you’ve had many years of practice)! 🤭 Wishing Lori a day as beautiful and timeless as she is! 💕 ... See MoreSee Less

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