Category: Assorted
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Now here’s some energy
Busy working today, but had to share this awesome running music I found after seeing it mentioned on a Daily Mile thread. I like it because: = it’s fast and will get me moving = I recognize the songs (meaning I won’t tune out) You can pay whatever you want for the music. I paid…
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One blink, and it’s 1983
Last night I dreamed I was 5 years old. I was at my parents’ old house on Silverwood Drive, the one with wood paneling walls and linoleum everywhere. My brother was a baby, sitting in his high chair, getting spoon-fed by my mom (ok, so he would have been nursing probably. My timing is off.…
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What’s wrong with drinking bath water, anyway?
Kids. I don’t have any. I don’t want any. But don’t say I don’t love them. I absolutely love them. I’ve spent the past few days babysitting for my nieces (ages 3 and 1) while Kevin and Jenn are on vacation in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico), and I have learned a few things about kids: =…
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This weather makes me want to write …
Ah, autumn. It’s that time of year again. The days get shorter, the leaves get colorful. There’s a bite in the air and the sun gets a little kinder. It’s bittersweet, welcoming the end of summer but knowing the cold is coming. It’s October, which means I better start narrowing down my story line for…
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I can’t wear flip-flops?!?
Went to a foot/ankle injury prevention series last night at TrySports. They had Carolina Sports Clinic doctor Joshua Kollman talk to us about conservative care – that starts before we feel the injury. Dr. Kollman is not just a doctor – he’s also completed an Ironman. So he certainly knows what we are going through…
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Love handles, tripping on the treadmill, and other disasters
I’ve lost 2 pounds since, well, since the last time I checked. I don’t really keep up with my weight because I realize it’s just a number. But secretly, I have 6.5 pounds more to lose before I reach the weight I was before I started taking the stupid birth control that made me gain…
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‘People think I’m a player. Do you know what that is?’
Adventures of couch-shopping and entertainment-center shopping in Charlotte with Colleen … Quotes heard from lovely salespeople themselves: – “The stain guard protects against wine, chocolate and bodily fluids.” – “You want a chaise on one end, 3 cushions, less than 90 inches? You will not find that anywhere.” (But we just found it at the…
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It’s like riding a bike …
Uh, that saying is so misleading. Riding a bike is so not like riding a bike. If you know what I mean. Quick background: I was one with my bike as a kid. Rode it for fun even, not exercise. Got a Schwinn in 8th grade. Stopped riding sometime around high school. Dug it out…
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Losing a friend, and then really losing a friend
It didn’t feel real to me when she died. It had been years since I had seen Anna, years since we had last spoken. Sadly, our last conversation had been a difficult one, and we had both ended up in tears. After that I had tried to put her and the high school drama behind me…
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It’s too noisy in here (so I’m told)
No more Twitter and Facebook together. Several months ago I started updating my Facebook status automatically based on what I was typing into Twitter. I figured, if I’m updating a status based on me and my life, then my Facebook friends and my Twitter friends could both get the same information, right? But since then,…