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• Ho Ho Holiday!

  

  I hope that everyone is having a wonderful week! Today after I get off work, I will drive up to the (snowy!) mountains where my parents live, where I will don... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2015 TRAVEL

• Best of 2015: Travel

  

  It's my favorite time of year again! It's time for the Best of 2015! First, I am going to start with one of my favorites, in fact you may even call it the best... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 TRAVEL

• A Bit of Color

  In my industry, when we are looking for information, we ask for "color", as in, "can I get some color on that sale at Nordstrom?" And the person would say, "it'... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2015 TRAVEL

• A Need to Buck Up

  This year has been a strange one for me. I would say I have been "busy" but I don't know if I have been any busier than I was last year, or the year before that. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: November

  November was one of those months where you feel kind of relaxed and you think you have plenty of time until Christmas and then all of a sudden, you get a slap i... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2015 TRAVEL

• Be It Ever So Humble: Closet Makeover

  

  It was very common back in the day for houses to not have closets. Don't quote me on this, but my understanding is that it had something to do with getting taxe... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 TRAVEL

• Be It Ever So Humble: Getting Robbed

  Don't freak out; this post is NOT about what you think it is. I decided that I would post from time to time about the joys of being a homeowner. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: October

  Another October is in the books! Finally, a month with a good mix of friends, family, work, running and getting things knocked off my To Do List (which is no... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2015 TRAVEL

• Dick Collins 50M

  Wow! It's been a long time since I have done a race recap. In 2013, Dick Collins was my first 50 mile trail race. I had no idea how to pace myself. I just said... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2015 TRAVEL

• It's a Wild Ride

  It's 4:49 a.m. My alarm goes off and I hop off of the couch, where I have been sitting and reading. I wash my breakfast dishes, grab my lunch and use the... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: September

  

  September! Back to school days and leaf raking days; new pencils and old friend days; putting on pants and jelly making days. Early sunset nights and late... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: August

  

  From here on out, this space will be called the "looking back" space. Before I go on, I am looking forward to Fall! Okay, now I am not just all about looking... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2015 TRAVEL

• Tgit

  There is nothing special about today, but I thought I would do a midweek TGIF regarding the past 7 days! The high of my week was a trip north to the redwoods... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: July

  

  Looking back at this blog, I noticed that I am generally posting only a couple times a month, one of them being the "looking back" theme. Ah, well, such is... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2015 TRAVEL

• The Big One Elizabeth

  

  Eleanor Roosevelt said to, "Do something every day that scares you". In less than 24 hours, I will be toeing the line of the Tahoe Rim Trail 100 mile trail race. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: June

  

  June was a whirlwind of a month full of good friends and some travel and lots of money hemorrhaging! Yup, you heard me right. June was not a happy month for my... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: May

  The fact that this post is being done on June 11th pretty much indicates how my month of May/June have been going. I feel like I am swimming underwater and I... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 TRAVEL

• Fizzy Friday

  At work we always call Fridays "fizzy Friday", since the end of the week has the normal everyday tasks as well as the wrap up tasks for the week. It is a day... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2015 TRAVEL

• Looking Back: May

  Dear May. You are my favorite month. You are the month of flowers and of long days spent outside where it is just the right temperature. You are the month of... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2015 TRAVEL

• Gorge Waterfall 100k

  

  A couple of weekends ago, a group of us traveled up to Portland for the Gorge Waterfall race. This race had two distances: 50k and 100k. The 100k is an out and... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 TRAVEL