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 – […]
January 2024 wrap-up
Ah, January. The longest month of the year. But in this case, a fast first half and a (wonderfully) slow second half. We kicked off the New Year with a very cold New Years Day 5 Miler with the IRC Dallas family. We headed to Florida for our long-awaited Disney Marathon weekend. I ran the […]
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 […]
Looking back: Favorite Reads 2023 (and gosh did I ever read a lot!)
A couple of years ago I realized I hadn’t spent much time reading for pleasure. With a library card in hand and plenty of time to listen to audiobooks while running as well as reading the old fashioned way, I got about changing that. This year I read a total of 151 books. This total […]
2024 Word of the Year: Accomplish
I don’t know everything that 2024 will hold, but I’m fairly certain of one thing: We are on track to accomplish some long-term goals. By June my professional organization should complete a Body of Knowledge project, allowing government communicators to have a defined list of knowledge categories required to do our work. By June I […]
Merry Christmas!
We actually mailed out Christmas cards this year. Here’s a digital copy for all who did not receive one (wow postage is expensive!) and for our own memories:
Looking Back: Places and Races 2023
March 5, 2023: Napa Valley Marathon (Napa, CA) We had a wonderful time in Napa. We flew out a week early so we could spend time exploring the area, eating good food and trying several wineries. The race course was a nice mostly downhill route. Our one challenge was the weather. It had been cool […]
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 […]
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 […]
Looking back: 2023 backyard changes
I wanted to capture in one place a visual timeline of the changes in our backyard during 2023. We’ve never loved our backyard. It was suburban-basic. At the same time we never had the funds available to hire someone to make it better. Finally in 2020, I got brave and decided to draw up our […]