Cinderelli, Cinderelli!

The patio clean up of 2007, BEFORE: Several hours of elbow grease, a good broom, a dozen plants and a couple bags of mulch later, AFTER: It may not appear that big a change, but let me tell you — I went from a dust bowl to a livable space. I am so tickled to...

Bribing With Baked Goods

If I were ranking exhaustion, it would go something like this: Red: College when I was taking 19 credit hours and working full-time, therefore getting about 5 hours a sleep a night and eating 2,000 extra calories a day as a result. Orange: Finishing my last marathon,...

Urban Dare 2007

The Salty Senor and I tackled Urban Dare Tempe this afternoon and wow — it was such fun! We covered 7.3 miles of running/walking/gasping across the city to reach 12 check points in 2 hours and 12 minutes. It is essentially a mini Amazing Race, complete with...

Rock the Race

Ann of Tasterspoon fame was so incredibly sweet to me during my race training. She would send me these thoughtful emails about her experience training and right before the race sent me a giant box of race foods to try out before competing. She is an amazing athlete...

Chilly Cheeriness

Thank you for not collectively rolling your eyes at my anxiety-fueled post yesterday. Oy. More than once I’ve come back to my blog and re-read my rants only to be sheepishly embarrassed, especially when there are comments and I know I can’t delete it and...