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Spring Cleaning Time! And a Great Giveaway to Help!

19 Mar
Would you like to win these lovely products? Read on!

Would you like to win these lovely products? Read on!

This blog post is a little late—my sister Mary (yes, the one who made that table laden with Christmas goodies a few months back) gave me these awesome, natural cleaning products for Christmas and wrote a blog about it, but I haven’t had a chance to post it yet.

Here it is, Mary! I will also add that I’ve been using the products since Christmastime, and I really like them. They clean well, the scents aren’t overpowering and at the end of the day you know you’re not using chemicals in your house. What’s not to love? Don’t miss the contest at the end! Now I’ll turn it over to Mary:

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Happy Independence Day!

4 Jul

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Scary thing is, one of these guys fell over right after the shot. We aren’t sure if he had a heart attack or what! Poor guy. That’s patriotism for you!

Thanks to all our Americans in service. We appreciate all you do!

Hanging up the Shoes

30 Apr

It’s been hard to admit, but long runs are no longer in my future. A week ago Sunday, I did an 11 mile run to prepare for the OC Half Marathon. I’d been having problems with my hamstring, but was back on track, so I thought. The first five miles went fairly well, but then by mile six, I was hurting. It was bad—not just my hamstring, but my knee too. Those last five miles were agony. By the next morning, I had made a decision that was hard but necessary—I wasn’t going to put myself through 13.1 miles on May 6th. Continue reading

I’m Joining the Automattic WorldWide 5k Challenge. Are you?

10 Apr

I’m up for this! I’m actually going to be running 11 miles that day, training for the OC Half Marathon on May 6, so I can count 5k of that to this fun, global goal. Challenge accepted!

(Besides, I’ve got to work off those pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes…) Continue reading