• Family
  • February 2024 Wrap-Up

    February was busy but not busy like January. Thank goodness for small favors. Glory started the month still cone-wearing, itchy and sad. Several of the Interval Run Club ladies got together for an 80s concert at Legacy Hall. Too much fun and definitely fatigued legs the next day from dancing! THE CONE CAME OFF – […]

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  • December 2023 wrap-up

    December was supposed to be a slow month. It felt like anything but that. Our 5k-10k-Half-Full training programs wrapped up the first weekend of the month. We were very grateful to have a nice long break in front of us after 9 months of weekend running. My office remodel project got underway. This will be […]

  • Work
  • A most unusual work trip

    In August, our organizational leadership told us to set aside November 12-17 for an important FEMA training experience. We’d been accepted for a grant-funded trip to the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland, to spend a week participating in an Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC). I had no idea what to expect. We flew […]

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  • Looking back: I thought we didn’t do any home improvement in 2023. I was wrong!

    This list doesn’t include intangible improvements, like updating all of our legal documents, scanning and filing all of Johnnie’s papers post-death and renewing our passports. New Closet Hangers Simply switching to velvet hangers saved us a ton of closet space. And you would not believe how fast our old hangers were claimed as a free […]