As per usual, I do a little round-up at the end of the year on my blog. It’s a nice way to reflect on a year, the highs and lows, and in-betweens. I know it’s already March. Better late than never. January In January, I welcomed the new year and...
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photo credit: @stephanieharvey via unsplash Friends, it’s time to check in on my list of “things I wanted to do in 2023”. These lists are always put together a bit lackadaisically and I sometimes forget to check in with this list throughout the year, but I did last summer and...
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I am so excited to finally share the 8th annual Secret SANta Swap 2023 with you. Like NaBloPoMo, the Secret Santa Swap was well received and we had 21 (!) participants this time. I was so delighted that so many people were interested in spreading a little holiday goodness. I am also thrilled that...
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Last weekend, I was invited along for a girls’ weekend in the snow. If you recall, I went with my friend Susi and some of her friends to Tahoe once before. One of her friends owns a vacation home in Truckee and I was thrilled to get up to the...
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On Sunday, I ran the 19th annual Urban Cow Half Marathon. If I am honest: I am still riding this post-race high. I can’t believe how perfect this race went for me. I hadn’t been able to participate in a few years (because of travel and COVID), but it’s a...
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On Tuesday morning (7/5), we flew to Las Vegas to start our road trip through some of the National Parks in Utah. As you might recall, my Dad’s backpack got stolen in San Francisco and his passport with it. You might wonder what happened with the situation. Since the incident...
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Last weekend, Jon and I finally participated in the Davis Moo-nlight Run again. You might recall that we’ve done the 5K before in 2019. I had been so thrilled at the time that I had convinced Jon to do this with me, hoping to turn him on to (shorter) races....
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I am recapping the wonderful time that I had with my family here in the States this summer. See all related posts under the category: summer tales. (I’ve done these recap posts the last few times when I had my family visit, and if you want to see how fast kids...
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As mentioned in my Weekly Run Down post, I wanted to share a separate recap of my most recent race, the Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon in Las Vegas. It was the first official race I participated in since the start of the pandemic and it felt so good to get to...
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I am so excited that I can finally share the 7th annual Secret Santa (Mug) Swap 2022 with you. Like NaBloPoMo, the Secret Santa Swap was well received and we had 18 (!) participants this time. This is a new record! Can you believe it? I am so thrilled that everybody received...
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