photo credit: Sharon McCutcheon via Unsplash I am linking up with Kookyrunner and Zenaida for Tuesday Topics and today is National Savings Day and we’re talking about how to save money on running gear/races. When I started our running, I thought that running is a fairly inexpensive sport. All you need...
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1. My most-used kitchen item is probably my enameled cast iron Dutch oven*. (Mine is from Costo, but there are other affordable options out there.) I pretty much cook everything in it. Stews, pasta dishes, stir frys, you name it. It’s easy to clean and just so useful all around. Oh,...
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Five Things Friday: just five things I’m thinking about or things that made my week, or things that I otherwise feel like sharing. Aaaand… it’s October. How? Why? And where did 3/4 of this year go? (Don’t answer that. I know you’re all having the same questions.) * * *...
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I just talked about my 20th California-versary a couple of weeks ago, and today I have to share another special day: the anniversary of the day when I met Jon. We met right around three weeks after I arrived in the US. It would be a while until we became a...
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In August, I signed up for the SeaWheeze Virtual Half Marathon. I hadn’t run a race since last year, and I desperately needed a race on the calendar. The sign-up fee was only $5. There wasn’t going to be a t-shirt or medal (but a virtual badge on Strava to...
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As promised last week, I wanted to share the recipe for the German plum cake with you. I feel like plums or Zwetschgen, as they’re called in German, are not on a lot of people’s radar, especially for baking. And you guys, we need to change this because OMG, baked...
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WEARING | my new Peloton shirt. Yeah, I might be a little obsessed. LOVING | the beautiful early morning sunshine. RUNNING | a virtual half marathon this weekend and I am not prepared. Admittedly, I kind of half-assed my training plan (partly because bad air quality prevented me from sticking...
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Around the Interwebs If you click on one link today, click on this one: Facts are facts. (I looked up the numbers. They’re legit.) There is such a thing as too much free time. Talk to your partner about the mental load. What it means to hold space for someone....
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