And … we’re off! The Quaker Oatmeal 5k in Lafayette was a nice little event. A good way to kick off my goal of running a 5k every month in 2012. I was super nervous because this 5k would set the baseline for the other 5ks to come this year. I honestly didn’t [...]
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In 2012, I’ve decided to run a 5k every month in pursuit of simply a faster 5k. No big deal.
source Event: Lafayette Quaker Oatmeal Festival and 5k Walk/Run Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012 I chose to run this 5k because, well, I’ve heard about it before. [...] Calendar from Domestica, a very cool shop in Des Moines, Iowa
How do you feel about New Year’s Resolutions? During the last few years, I didn’t make resolutions; I made to-do lists. And I’ve kicked each one off on my birthday in April ever since my 30th year on God’s [...] Recently I had the pleasure of visiting the Denver Botanic Gardens for its annual winter lights display, at the behest of dear friend Kristi, who might be the one person [...] Learn about #Reverb11 here. December 10. Give: Please tell us more about the best gift given to you this last year. Or perhaps you would like to tell us about one you gave.
One weekend this fall, I found myself wandering in the rain in nearby downtown Estes Park, Colorado. Not just any rain, [...] I don’t care how early the stores string up lights and put up Christmas trees, it’s not officially the holidays for me until I buy enough hot cocoa to last me through winter, make sugar cutout cookies to share, hear Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” and Nitty Gritty Band’s “Colorado Christmas“ on [...]
One of my fave shops in little ole Longmont, Colorado, is Nest. Technically located in Prospect, a hip modern eco neighborhood that claims its own altitude on a sign as if [...] Confession: I kind of want an old pickup truck. Being that Longmont has its roots as a farming community (it wasn’t always Digital Globe, IBM, Amgen, Seagate), I often see these old timey pickups in a variety of faded candy colors around town and in traffic. They make me smile, bring joy to my [...] News flash: I might have a death wish. Or I might be having a midlife crisis. Either way, when a Groupon showed up in my inbox for a $35 price for the Devil Dash, another mud run obstacle course in nearby Lyons, Colorado, I bought it and signed up. WTF is wrong with [...] Confession: I should have been a farm girl. The Kid’s birthday is between Thanksgiving and Christmas, a hectic time of year anyways, and then to throw on top of that, the financials of throwing a birthday party AND guilting friends and loved ones to spend more money on birthday gifts and/or travel just seems [...]  |
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