**tap tap tap** Is this thing still on?
Sorry for the long delay since my last update. During the five weeks that have passed, I’ve been out of town for a week, worked like a mad woman for a couple of weeks, and have been training for my upcoming half marathon. I can’t believe [...]

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The reality has finally arrived. It’s time to start training for the Rock ‘n Roll San Diego half marathon in which I’ll be participating on Sunday, June 6.
Today was the kickoff meeting for the local Team in Training (TNT) group with which I’ll be training for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). [...]

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Happy New Year! Can you believe we’re already a new decade in this century?! It seems like all the Y2K commotion was just a couple of years ago. It’s amazing to realize it’s been 10 years already. Where does the time go?!
As you can tell, the new [...]

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I saw this meme on the Sunday Stealing blog. I thought it would be a fun way to recap my 2009.
Here we go …. The Final Week of 2009 Meme:
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Took a driving tour of the lower peninsula of Michigan. [...]

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I immediately thought of clocks when I saw the theme was “Twelve” for this week’s PhotoHunt.

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This is a chiming clock tower at the gas station where I normally fill up my tank. Yeah, it always strikes me as odd as well. I can think of no reasonable explanation why a gas [...]

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I’m a week late getting my PhotoHunt entry posted. I was still on vacation last week when the topic was posted and then promptly forgot all about it when I got home due to the holiday. I’ll try and get my entry up for this week’s subject in the next few days. [...]

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Since Corinna posted a comment letting me know that she received her ornament from our Fair & Square exchange, I am able to share a photo of it now. I combined the front & back views into a single pic.

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The design is by Shepherd’s Bush and is called “Joyful Night”. It’s [...]

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I just wanted to take a few minutes today to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. I can’t believe another year has come and gone already! I hope everyone has/had a wonderful day filled with joy and peace.
In closing, I thought I would play along on a Christmas meme that I saw on [...]

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I’m having a GREAT time on vacation. Sorry I’ve not been posting, but we’ve been having to much fun.
We made it over to Alameda today for a visit to Needle in a Haystack. Of course, you know it’s not a vacation without a bit of stash enhancement. ;) [...]

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