by Kelli Donley | Dec 11, 2008 | Get Fit, Goals, Journal
Remember when I competed in triathlons? Yeah. I barely do too. I am not sure what took away my competitive spirit, but it very well may have been too many races this Spring. I haven’t done a thing competitively since May and I’m not really in need of...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 9, 2008 | Happy Hippie, Journal
Dear Santa, Hi there! How’s it going up on the North Pole? Are you busting out the swimming suit yet with your glaciers melting? I am really sorry about that. I’ve cut back on my oil consumption dramatically this year and promise to be living as green as...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 9, 2008 | Domestic Art, Journal, June Cleaver
I’ve got Christmas fever this year and it is the worst case I’ve had since childhood. My home is decorated, I’m wearing sweaters (a sign of Christmas in Arizona), my Pandora station is set to “Classical Christmas” and my cards are long...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 8, 2008 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Journal, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk, Recycle
A month or so ago, Colleen sent me a sweet package including a jar of her spicy tomato chutney {recipe here!}. She said in her note that this was good on “just about everything.” I am a pretty basic girl when it comes to condiments. I like spicy mustard,...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 7, 2008 | Africa, Journal, Politico
Dear President Mugabe, I know we haven’t seen eye to eye in the past. I can’t understand how you are still in power, how you’ve ruled Zimbabwe my entire life. I don’t know why your country, once called the breadbasket of Africa, has such a...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 6, 2008 | Journal
I have been working unbelievable hours and doing so happily. I am really enjoying my new job. That said, there are many weekend and evening activites that require my presence — whether just to stand there and shake hands, or to actually do some work — that...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 4, 2008 | Africa, Journal
When I was in Malawi this summer, I bought two of these arks filled with animals (and a Noah/Noah’s wife), for Christmas presents. I gave one to my mom and the other to my Grandma Max on Thanksgiving. I knew they’d want to put them out with their...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 2, 2008 | Arizona, Earth Mama, Flora and Fauna, Journal
And a quick garden update: Beets! Onions! Cilantro! ~K
by Kelli Donley | Dec 2, 2008 | Faith, Journal
Finally a chance to put out my Mozambican nativity! My dad asked if they were Aborigines. (They’d just seen Australia.) Sunday, we lit the first candle in the Advent wreath at church. You know me — a sucker for sentimentality and tradition. There is...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 1, 2008 | Journal
I’m not talking booze either. Why is it so miserably difficult to get back into routine after a few days of lounging? When my alarm went off this morning, I considered crying before anything else. It doesn’t help that it is dark, dark, dark and (Arizona)...
