I got a new toy last week and realized today that I’ve not posted about it here on my blog yet. I got an Amazon Kindle. I.LOVE.IT!!! It’s so awesome to have so many books just a click away in something that weighs just over 10 ounces (.28 kg). Here’s [...]

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Happy Halloween!!!

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“It’s been eight long years since the boys said wassup to each other. Even with the effects of a down economy and imminent change in the White House, the boys are still able to come together and stay true to what really matters.”

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I’m having an AMAZING time with my friends in Hawai’i. So much so that we’ve decided to come back again next year! I’m not going to take the time to post details right now, but I thought I would share a few favorite pics. Mahalo and enjoy!
View from the [...]

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in my beautiful, my beautiful …. balloon! I had an AMAZING experience yesterday! My friend who is visiting surprised me with a sunrise hot air balloon ride over wine country in Temecula, CA. It was awesome!! Here are a couple of pics taken during the ride. As [...]

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I met up for dinner last night with a stitching friend I’ve known online for several years. Alison lives in Sydney, Australia, but was in the U.S. for the Shepherd’s Bush retreat a few weeks ago and for some general holiday fun. She was in Los Angeles as her final stop before hopping [...]

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I thought I would take a minute to post a bit of a stitching update as well. I decided in honor of breast cancer awareness month that I would work on “Where There is Hope” from Little House Needleworks. This was a collaboration kit between Diane Williams of LHN, Sharon Crescent of Crescent [...]

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Sorry I didn’t get to this Sunday as normal. I’ve got a friend visiting from out of town and I’ve not been on the computer as much.
Here’s the weekly recap for last week:

Day
Planned
Actual

Sunday
Off

Monday
1 mile – 0:20 (3.0 mph)
1.3 miles

Tuesday
1 mile – 17 min. (3.5 mph)
1.0 mile

Wednesday
1.25 miles – 0:22 (3.4 mph)
1.3 [...]

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Temperatures like this in October are just so very, very WRONG!!!

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Ok, as promised last week, it’s time to follow up with how I did this past week with my training schedule. In addition to the recap of the past week, I’ll alsoprovide the schedule for the upcoming week. The half marathon is now 38 weeks away.
I ended up missing a day this past [...]

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