Category: Assorted
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I won! I won! I won!
50,000 words in 30 days. 37,000 words since Tuesday. Second time winning National Novel Writing Month. It is no less exciting the second time around!
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Ready for the calorie burn? Bring it on, holiday food!
Here are some more details of the TrySports calorie burn contest that I first mentioned here. Come meet me there tomorrow night! This is from their weekly newsletter: Tuesday/Thursday TryRunning group Holiday Calorie Burn Contest! Are you still trying to digest all the Thanksgiving food you ate? Don’t let the holiday season pack on those…
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The shortest blog post I’ve ever written (but there’s a good reason!)
National Novel Writing Month update: 34,885 words. I have less than 16,000 to write by Monday, and I am determined to “win” this year. For the record, I am happy with how the book is going, too – it may even be better than last year’s book! Ok, back to writing my novel …
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Running 20 miles does not make one a party animal
So, it’s Tuesday, and I ran 20 miles on Saturday. Why am I just now writing about it? Because I’m just now recovered! Ok, that’s not really true. I’ve been busy with work and an out-of-town friend visiting also, but I have been on a total runner’s high since that run and I am so…
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The night our beers didn’t catch on fire
So Crystal emailed me this morning and said she wanted to know more about my Twitter update from last night – so here goes! We were at the Epicentre in Charlotte enjoying some beers and waiting for our food to come, when the fire alarm started going off. Everybody out … Those of you unfamiliar…
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Holiday food in, 10,000 calories out
Got this in my email from TrySports this week. Who in the Charlotte area wants to do it? Kevin and I are going to, and Crystal and Brandi and Corey are probably in. We should get a whole group together! 10,000 calories is nothing! (Well, not nothing, but attainable!) Will update later with the new…
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You know it’s a great day when you get free shoes …
Ok, I know I have written about my favorite running store, TrySports, only about half a million times on here. Every time I go in there they find some way to amaze me. I have written before about how great they are at fitting people for shoes. They really listen to what you have to…
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Writing designing running hiking traveling – let’s just all move to New York City!
Time to update my bucket list. I wrote this a little more than a year ago. Here’s what the list was then, and how it’s going (items in green are in-progress or done!): 1. Write a novel. How it’s going: I have written the first draft of a novel. And I am working on the…
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Tradition, emotion, birthday cake and booty dancin
So yesterday I mentioned going to the Marine Corps ball this past weekend in Charlotte. I’ve been to a lot of these balls over the years, but it never ceases to amaze me how touching/meaningful/fun they are. So, the ball always starts with the dress, as does any formal event. Colleen and I spent a…
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Two confessions
1. I went to the Marine Corps Ball in Charlotte this weekend, and I wore the same dress I wore at the Marine Corps Ball in 2007 in Washington, D.C. Hey, I’m trying to save money! 2. I was a porker at the ball in 2007. Not entirely my fault – I was on some…