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• Run Like The Wind

  

  When I first started running, it was difficult. The miles went by slowly; it was hot outside; the work days were long and the last thing I wanted to do... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2011 TRAVEL

• A Month at a Time

  

  Okay so I finally decided to jump on the year recap bandwagon! I was fighting it for a while, but since I love making lists, why not take this opportunity to... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2011 TRAVEL

• Shhh, It's a Secret

  

  A while back, I signed up for a blogger gift exchange at Run With Jill. Just in time for Christmas, I received my gift in the mail! My secret Santa, Kim, must... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2011 TRAVEL

• Three Days of Christmas

  

  This year, since Christmas fell on a weekend, it meant that the whole weekend was packed with fun Christmas things! Every Christmas we give out tons of cookies... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2011 TRAVEL

• A-List Monday IV: What I Learned

  

  **I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and a great time with friends and family!** When I was a child, my family used to eat dinner together around the... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2011 TRAVEL

• A Year in Races

  This year has been a good year, running wise. After not running very much last year (1 race and probably a few miles a week on average), I am glad that I made... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2011 TRAVEL

• Grab a Mulled Wine

  

  Normally, the recap for the week is on Sunday, but we all know that this Sunday is a very important day. So, this week's Grab a Beer (inspired by Kim) is today... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 TRAVEL

• Cookie Monsters

  

  Last weekend I got together with the girls and we had a cookie decorating party. The original idea was that we would have our friend C and her two kids over,... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 TRAVEL

• A-List Monday: III

  

  Travel is an important theme in my life. I was lucky this year to be able to do it a lot, both for work and for pleasure, within the country and abroad. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2011 TRAVEL

• Christmas Is

  

  Mom’s Village: About 15 years ago, I bought my mom her first piece for what is now a village with about 25 buildings including a post office, a fire house and... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2011 TRAVEL

• Don We Now

  

  I love the holidays! Everything is so festive, the fire is going strong, things are being made with love and there is just a certain something in the air.... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2011 TRAVEL

• Not So Fabulous

  

  So the marathon is over. Now what? My mom recently asked me what I would be doing after I finished training for the race. I honestly did not know. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2011 TRAVEL

• Waste Not, Want Not

  

  Last year I ended up with a bunch of Christmas cards that I did not want to throw stuff away, so I decided that I was going to attempt to make something out of... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2011 ARTS & CRAFTS, HOME

• Way Back Whens-day (1)

  

  Going for the Rod Stewart Hairdo. Christmas 1979. Feel free to make your own caption for this photo. Inspired by Allison. Were you the first one up on... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Less is More

  The other day, this girl wrote a post about being a minimalist. She spoke of people who had packed up their entire life into one car and drove off into the... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2011 TRAVEL

• A-List Monday II: Books

  

  This year, I joined AudrieAnne at Who’s Your Editor for a Bookmark Break Challenge. She challenged everyone to get out those old books and read them, to free th... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2011 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• What Adults Do

  

  I had a good week mostly filled with running and recovering from running. Last week, I had a great time in Sacramento. I ran a Marathon and met up with Kim,... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2011 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• More Running = More Baking

  

  Remember this? The bootie buster? I am still working on it! If you have not signed up yet, you still have time. You can go to THIS website and the information i... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2011 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• California International Marathon: Race Recap

  

  As I said before, this was a great race. The course was beautiful and although there were rolling hills, there were no incredibly steep ones. And, like the... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 FITNESS

• Ben Lomond Hike

  

  A while ago, I went on a nice hike with some friends of mine. The peak we hiked was called Ben Lomond, which according to what maps I have seen, is somewhere... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2011 TRAVEL