Or 29 for the sixth time, same diff. I’m a Peridot, but I was born a month early which I think explains my love of Sapphires. Not to get down on the Peridot, it has its place, I’ve just always been drawn to the blue of the Sapphire. I got my first Sapphire from Mr….
The Oregon Coast
I know, I know, over three weeks since my last post, not very Bloggery of me. A few weeks ago I met up with my friend Marisa for a beach weekend. We first met back in 9th grade and I just did the math on that… 20 years. Will someone please slow down time. We…
Back on the Treadmill Again
Did anyone else watch the women’s Olympic marathon on Sunday? With my re-interest in running and the fact that two of the Americans are from Oregon (Kara Goucher & Shalane Flanagan), I made sure to set the DVR for 3am on Sunday morning and watched it about 8 hours later when I finally got up! Mr….
Weather Man Said What?
As you may know, the Pacific Northwest is known for it’s amazing weather lots of rain, so when this happens we’re not quite sure how to handle it. For some of you, those temps are nothing. You laugh at those “high” temps. You get out your parka and build a bonfire when it gets that…
Abe Lincoln and Inspiration
I like to walk the dog. Most of the time. It’s good for her, it’s good for me, and on occasion it’s good for my wallet. I wasn’t really feeling the walk tonight but of course it has to be done, and usually the reward is seeing Koko’s happy frolic, but tonight it paid in a…
Resisting A Rest
The one thing I’m NOT liking about Couch to 5K is these darn rest days! I posted on Twitter last week about my itch to run and Dara (@CookinCanuck) totally called it when she said I have the bug! Why yes, that’s a REAL blogger responding to a tweet from little ‘ol me, and that’s…