1. Gift Exchange GoodiesBehold the array of good things I found in my mailbox from Bobbi my Secret Santa. There was some yummy Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark, some Chocolate Outrage GUs and a very cute ‘Run’ necklace from Inspired Endurance. Perfect! Thank you Bobbi and special thanks to Jill for coordinating this extravaganza. 2. Exercise-Induced ToothacheSanta [Read More]
Up For Air: 2010 in Review
Christmas was nice. It was wonderful to be with my family, the kids were delighted, Santa managed to find what he misplaced, the duplicate turned out not to be. The Buche de Noel, however…..was not so great. In the spirit of full disclosure the cake pic in my last post was what I’d HOPED it [Read More]
Sprint to the Finish
Shopping is done! Wow the stores were a mess…the parking lot was a bigger mess.Wrapping is not done! Baking would have been done if I didn’t shoot off my mouth and volunteer to make my brother (one of two Christmas babies in our clan) a birthday cake. But not just any cake. That would make [Read More]
Manic Monday Mash
Thank you all for the birthday wishes! It was a fun day. I don’t like hills much so I’m glad not really to be over the proverbial age one. Unless you count the amorphous lump of chocolate dough ingnited by one lonely and rapidly melting candle that was presented at the restaurant and shared devoured by [Read More]
Frantic Birthday Friday
This post started as 3 Things Thursday, morphed into something else then all hell broke loose when, at the last minute direction of Thing 1’s ‘room mom’ at school, I ended up driving all over town in search of napkins for the class holiday party that depict ‘winter’ rather than Santa, menorahs or anything else [Read More]
The Way We Were
It hurts me to say this but at 5:56 this morning, I bade my BFF Nike black capris (or NBC’s) farewell. After many long years of loyal service (not to mention great running fashion) the elastic waist finally lost its battle with gravity. Despite an exhaustive search for an appropriate replacement, so far nothing comes [Read More]
Weekend Rewind: Food Edition
This weekend was all about blizzard prep/management. It was supposed to hit late Saturday and go through Sunday bringing high winds and up to 12″ of snow. So I planned accordingly. First thing Saturday I got out for a 10-miler in balmy, calm-before-the-storm 30-degree temps. This was one of those, serene, wonderful runs where it seems [Read More]
Runnbatical: A Slippery Slope
My runnbatical is winding down. Not sure yet of the exact date official training will start, but I can tell you that I’m feeling physically and mentally more refreshed, the buttular region is less fatigued, my core and hips are stronger, I’ve become reacquainted with muscles I hadn’t seen in some time, and despite holiday [Read More]
Tagged!
Thanks to Alma at The Average Woman’s Running Blog, I’ve been tagged!1. What are you most proud of accomplishing in 2010?I am most proud of rehabbing a strained posterior tibialis last winter by spending 6 weeks running in the pool (this was huge for me as water and I don’t mix), and coming back to [Read More]
Three Below Zero Thursday
The Dreamy FrontierCurling up in a nice warm bed and sleeping virtually comatose for 8 hours when it’s zero degrees and pitch dark outside is better than….well almost anything. Lets not forget the restorative properties of sleep either shall we? Rekindling a Friendship The mill and I are once again becoming fast friends. I haven’t [Read More]
