by Kelli Donley | Oct 23, 2006 | Africa, Uncategorized
I’ve been spending a fair bit of time lately thinking about Darfur and how I feel hopeless. Rarely do I feel hopeless. I’ve written my congressmen. I’ve talked about this with anyone who will listen and a fair number of kind friends who don’t...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 23, 2006 | Journal, Travel
We are home from Mexico and darn it if I wish we weren’t lounging on the beach again this morning. Seven of us rented a condo in Rocky Point for the weekend; we spent the better part of four days reveling in gluttony. We ate, we drank, we baked in the sun, we...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 18, 2006 | Domestic Art
Emily, a friend I love dearly, is getting married in January. She’s asked me to be her maid of honor. I couldn’t have been more honored, and of course celebrated my new title (Africankelli, MOH) by sewing up 18 wristlets for her bachelorette party. Em is a...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 17, 2006 | Journal
Want to hear the best news ever? Rex started round 4 of chemo today only to have his oncologist tell him the tumor has disappeared! The cancer is gone! WOO HOOO! No word on if he’ll have to continue chemo or radiation. We are simply celebrating this great news....
by Kelli Donley | Oct 16, 2006 | Domestic Art, Recipes, Triathlon
I’ve kicked up my triathalon training a bit in the last two weeks and guess what? Today I cannot walk without limping. Yesterday I biked 25 miles and then went for a swim. When I got back on my bike after the swim I had shooting pains in that little muscle on...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 16, 2006 | Arizona, Photography
I needed some Fall. I needed Flagstaff. Located three hours north of Phoenix, Flagstaff sits at nearly 8,000 feet and is home to a community of earthy, happy people who I wish I still lived among. The weather is remarkably cooler. The food is fresh. The people are...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 13, 2006 | Journal
Am I the only one out there that think YSL, Louis Vuitton, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Ana Sui — and Anna Wintour for that matter — have all lost their minds? Since when did the skinny jean, the bubble skirt, the dreaded legging, the slouch boot and the...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 13, 2006 | Domestic Art, Journal, Media
Look, I’m a planner. I like to give gifts. I like to decorate. Y’all know I love to bake. Christmas is my, well my Christmas! And yes, the planning has already begun. I found this book at the library recently and fell in love with its simplicity. It was...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 11, 2006 | Journal, Triathlon
I’m in love, but I’m not going to lie — our relationship is rocky. There are days I sit at my desk and think of how I’d so much rather be with my honey — off at the park, in the mountains, doing anything else but sitting still. And then...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 10, 2006 | Journal
I’m rubbing my two remaining brain cells together to write this post. Yesterday I spent the better part of the afternoon curled up on my couch, watching two very strong men move furniture and install new carpet. This was a renovation project that needed to be...
