theinbetweenismine – Page 162 – just a girl living the expat life

{*} With Christmas only a month away (WHAT?) and the holidays fast approaching, it’s time for my annual Christmas cards roll call. If you have been a long time reader of my blog, you already knew this was coming. In case you are a relatively new reader around these parts, let...

about me/fitness/linkup/NaBloPoMo/running

22: My official 1-year race-run-niversary

November 22, 2016

Today is my 1-year race-run-niversary. One year ago, I ran my first official race, the 10k at the Berkeley Half-Marathon Event, with my friend Susi. Like I said (many times) before, I never thought I’d be the person that would sign up for a race, but on a whim, I...

currently/NaBloPoMo

21: Currently | November

November 21, 2016

reading my Real Simple magazine. I don’t want to start a new book, before I get the one for the #PostalBookclub. drinking all the cinnamon-vanilla tea. eating warmed overnight oats again. It’s like a dessert for breakfast. looking forward to the long Thanksgiving weekend. I am ready to embrace the...

holidays/NaBloPoMo/recipe

20: Recipe | Roasted Thanksgiving Chicken

November 20, 2016

When we celebrated Thanksgiving by ourselves in the last few years, we’ve never made a whole turkey. It’s simply too big for two people. We usually get a small whole chicken instead and stuff it and bake it, like we would a turkey. We usually make our own stuffing, too...

family/NaBloPoMo/travel/USA

19: Family Vacation Recap – Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City and the Farmers Market

November 19, 2016

On Saturday (10/8), we took a spontaneous trip up to Lake Tahoe. We had been to South Lake Tahoe before, so we decided to pay North Lake Tahoe a visit this time. The weather was gorgeous and the drive was pleasant. We made a stop at Donner Pass to enjoy...

food/Germany/linkup/NaBloPoMo/traderjoes

18: 5 Holiday Foods

November 18, 2016

Today I am linking up with Running on Happy and Fairytales and Fitness for Friday Five 2.0 Linkup. Ah, the holidays. Let’s talk about the holidays. This seems like such a good idea right now, doesn’t it? The holidays comprise Thanksgiving AND Christmas, right? I love and embrace both and...

family/NaBloPoMo/reminiscence

17: Family Vacation Recap – Folsom, NBA, and a new couch

November 17, 2016

On Thursday (10/6), we had some time to kill in the morning and headed to the historic downtown area in Folsom. Can you imagine that I had never been there? It’s such a cute, historic main street though. We walked around a bit and had a drink at a small...

fun!/holidays/NaBloPoMo

16: Secret Santa Mug Swap

November 16, 2016

I polled on Twitter a couple of weeks ago if anybody was interested in a holiday mug swap and a few people responded, so I wanted to give this a go as a little act of kindness before the holidays. The basic idea of the swap is to buy one...