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On August 1, 1981 I married my best friend and the love of my life. On August 1, 2014 my groom of 33 years and I threw a huge party. I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate our 33rd wedding anniversary – even though the party wasn’t for us. The party was a […]
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I’m going to keep it to five… And what better way to dump a lot of pictures on you that I took while on vacation, but didn’t use! I have eclectic reading interests. Bill’s beach trip dessert contributions What a good wet boy Seaweed and […]
My friend Erin just added the most amazing piece of equipment to her running gear collection, a selfie stick… Yes, I said it, a selfie stick… complete with a Bluetooth remote control. For months, our MRTT group and I have been posting group-run selfies that Erin is kind enough to take. I let her think […]
I wasn’t the mother that put a mirror under my baby’s nose to make sure he was breathing. In fact, I was a very relaxed new mom and I’m not sure why, but I think it had to do with faith. I had faith that the good Lord above was looking over my family; and […]
Last Wednesday I drove to my mom’s house to visit for several days. I had a beautiful sunny drive through the Shenandoah and Roanoke valleys, and today I’m making the return journey back home. Mom’s Internet was down while I was there, so I could only get online when I drove into town and used […]
Recently my blog has been hijacked by throwback race recaps and skin cancer posts. Seriously, how have you survived without knowing my every move? I’m not sure why it’s been so important to me to chronicle every marathon; but it has, and it’s been a blast digging through my old race pictures, talking to Bill, […]
Sometimes you have a weekend that’s just perfect! This past weekend Bill and I went to Blacksburg for the Spring Maroon and White Game. All the way home we kept talking about how much fun we had! There’s just something about Blacksburg that makes us both so happy; and we’ve always said that if we […]
Even though I hadn’t gotten an email notification, last week I instinctively decided to look on the Road Runners Club of America site to see if any coaching certification courses were coming my way. I’ve been trying for what seems like forever to get in a class, but every time I heard about one, it […]
I love snow more than most people I know. I don’t dream about being at the beach during the winter. In fact, if I were out of town in a warm location and heard that we got hit back home with a really big snow storm I’d be pretty bummed! Our overnight dumping of nine […]
Yesterday, I was cleaning about 8.5 inches of snow off of my car and postponing my trip to visit my mom. Today, VDOT had my back, and it was clear sailing all of the way across the great Commonwealth of Virginia! Stay tuned for some muddy country road runs in the next few days… Questions: […]
Bill and I have been throwing around the idea of taking dance lessons before Joseph and Julie’s wedding in August. I may be athletic, but I’m not the world’s best dancer. One of my friend’s describes me as “dancing with joy in my heart,” That’s her way of saying, “she has a good personality!” My […]
This evening’s post is a review of my previous week with lots of pictures and very few words… I met Cody, the Siberian Husky, on my neighborhood trail for the first time this week… And then tripped over this ice formation in the tunnel. The tunnel is dark so I couldn’t see the ice without […]
It’s been a long time coming, but our basement remodel is complete! Gary, our awesome general contractor, and his crew started tearing down walls in the gym on September 3rd, and the last step in the process was the gym floor getting installed on December 27. A special thank you goes to my clients for […]
Thursday afternoon brought us the biggest snowflakes I’ve ever seen! I have a tendency to get overly excited about that kind of things, but seriously, even my clients couldn’t get over how big and beautiful the snowflakes were. Around 9 PM it stopped snowing and I decided to take a walk around our house and […]
Cori over at Olive To Run posed many important questions yesterday in her Would You Rather Running Style Survey #7. I couldn’t help but jump at the chance to answer her pressing questions! 1. Would you rather run in a thunderstorm or a snowstorm? Even though I enjoy running in a warm summer rain, I […]
In my spare time yesterday morning, I got my “Race Results” tab completed on my blog. Now all of my races are organized by distance and in chronological order. We runners are very nerdy like that and love to have everything laid out and easy to look at. If you even have a smidgen of […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… and the busiest! In addition to preparing for our own Christmas celebration that I like to think would make Martha Stewart envious, Bill and I have been attending various holiday parties. Last Thursday night we attended a work party thrown by a friend of Bill’s. I’ve gotten […]
As I’ve mentioned before, I grew up on a dairy farm. The wooded acreage was mostly made up of deciduous trees, but there were evergreens sprinkled throughout. Every Christmas, my dad took my brother and me with him to find the perfect tree. Sometimes my mom came with us, but usually she stayed home and […]
You’re not going to believe this story that I heard about on TV, and later read about in this Washington Post article. Last Thursday a marathon runner from Virginia was hit by a flying deer while out on a seven-mile run. Another woman was driving her small SUV down the parkway when a deer ran […]
I’ve already told you how my Thanksgiving holiday weekend started with a recap of the Ashburn Farm 5K. Now it’s time to tell you all about the rest of the weekend! After the race and the post-race breakfast, we chilled for a little while and then got ready to host Julie’s family for Thanksgiving dinner. […]
