Archive for August, 2006

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Home

I’m home. And can I just say, I’m so glad to be home! I love the Pacific Northwest. And although I love traveling with my family, seeing my family and visiting different places - nothing feels as good as coming home to the place where I feel […]

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Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Running log

13.5 minute mile
Did 1.5 miles without walking
Did 3.1 miles total in 45:30 minutes.

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Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

On Exercising with Others

When I was in Florida, my cousin begged me to take workout classes with her. Being in a room with some perky instructor watching me struggle with lunges and squats is about as far removed from joy as I can get. What makes it worse? […]

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Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Grumpy

Morning. Well…afternoon really. I’m grumpy so if you aren’t in the mood for a grumpy post, move along.
I’ve spend my morning moving my office. I got all my crap out of the office so Emma can now have it as her bedroom. Isn’t that nice […]

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Friday, August 18th, 2006

Vacation Pics

Subjecting you to some vacation photos

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Sunday, August 20th, 2006

Organizational Crack cures Sickness?

I am just now coming out of the dark of sickness. Oh my. I was sick. I am sure it’s the germs from the plane. I balled up a blanket and fell asleep on the plane and I just know that is when I was invaded. […]

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Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

Just here

Just a quick update. I’m still getting over being sick. Today sorta regressed a bit. I’m grumpy because I can’t breathe well enough to run yet and I just don’t have my energy back. I also wanted to be spending these last days doing fun stuff with […]

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Friday, August 25th, 2006

Sticky lesson

At what age does the lesson “Stickers are not for furniture, woodwork and doors” stick?

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Friday, August 25th, 2006

Smell Us Island

When they ask you where you went for summer vacation what are you going to tell them?
Noah: We went to NYC and SmellUs Island!

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Saturday, August 26th, 2006

Running Log

Ran and walked 2.5 miles in 34 minutes.
Ran without walking for 1.3 miles.
And it was an EASY run till 1.25 miles. Effortless almost. I loved that! But then I started getting light headed and dizzy. (My bodyfat was up this morning so I’m assuming this […]

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Saturday, August 26th, 2006

Training under a variety of conditions

Sometimes beautiful things come to me while I am running. Not always… sometimes the whole run is simply my body screaming at me to make the pain stop But today I was able to think about the metrics by which I measure my success in running.
Back a […]

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Saturday, August 26th, 2006

From the perspective of the Holodeck Janitor…

If you are geeky.
If you like Star Trek.
If you are bored and are looking for something interesting to read.
Check out this little piece written by the Holodeck Janitor aboard the Enterprise.

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Sunday, August 27th, 2006

A little about me…

Favorite drink this summer: Diet Green Tea from Lipton
Favorite songs to run to lately:
Soul meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie
I run for life by Melissa Ethridge
Buttons by the Pussycat Dolls
Delish easy summer dinner: Baked Tilapia baked with Trader Joes jarred Picatta Sauce
Software product we want to love: VISTA by Microsoft. […]

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Monday, August 28th, 2006

Today’s Running Stuff

Good run today. Felt strong.
Ran 3.1 miles with 3 walk breaks in 43 minutes.
Ran without stopping 1.75 miles
Ran first mile in 13:30
Today’s running epiphany:
When you deal with repetitive pain (like running)
[…]

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Monday, August 28th, 2006

Supernanny

What the hell are those lyrics they are singing on the SuperNanny Theme Song?
Anyone know?

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Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

3 Things Meme

Three Things Meme from over at Karen’s…
Things That Scare Me
• Being unable to save my children in a disaster situation
• My inner thigh and upper arm skin
• Pandemic Bird Flu
3 People That Make Me Laugh
• My kids
• My husband
• Charlie Sheen on the show 2 ½ Men
3 Things I Love
• Kashi Flax Seed Chewy Bars (carb heaven!)
• My bed with fresh clean sheets
• Seeing […]

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Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Not a great run today

There are no achievements today. Other then the fact I did the run.
Did my 3.1 miles in 45 mins.
Did 1.5 miles in 22 min 15 seconds
Ran that mile and half with no stopping
Running thougths today:
1. I like running because it’s so hard. Success, no matter how […]

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Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Spyware Escapade

So did I tell you about our spyware episode? I guess I didn’t. Because when I was going through it last week, I didn’t feel like writing about it.
Somehow, the firewall on my computer got compromised. (My guess is user error!) Anyway, then the […]

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