Every December I select a word or phrase to be a focus for the upcoming year. In 2018, my word was “intent.” I had in mind an Ecclesiastes 3 year, where everything had a season and needed to stay balanced. I started working for the city in 2015 and, as is typical for me in […]
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Operation Poppy Seed Bread
No one can resist my Grandma Osborne’s poppy seed bread. I can’t – I even figured out how to make it while living in Kenya, where I didn’t have access to any American convenience products. Our coworkers a nearly decade ago couldn’t resist it. That’s why I decided this year was the year to once […]
A Hayley Year in Review | The Year that Was 2018
Several years ago I stopped writing formal Christmas cards and started designing digital updates instead. But I’m not one for the typical “newsletter” – we like to make infographics for the year. 2018 was busy and slow all at the same time. I suppose that means we were relatively in balance with our priorities. Enjoy […]
A Starburst Disaster
This comedy of errors began with the husband appropriating a package of Starburst I’d purchased for an event for one of his own events. And this is how I learned he took the Starburst: Obviously leaving a bag of Starburst under the washer and dryer wasn’t an option, so when I got home […]
Get Those Medals Out of a Box and Onto the Wall
We’ve really run a lot of races in the last decade plus. I know this because our medal collection was way out of hand. Boxes and boxes of medals. 5ks, 5 milers, Half Marathons and Marathons. Tons. At every running expo, there are lots of vendors selling cute stylish display racks. But those were pricey […]
August 2018 Wrap Up
August – you were so relaxing. I wish we could go back in time and do it all over again. We had a great time at Bandera Roadhouse, listening to Austin Cunningham. Bridget’s starting to find her mojo again with Jasper spending extended time in the game room. A stomach virus ran through the office. […]
July 2018 Wrap Up
Ah July … so much less stressful. So much more time at home. Just what the calendar and mental health professionals ordered. The team celebrated 7-Eleven Day with a walk for free slurpies. I was the keynote speaker for the Facebook Community Leadership Circle DFW July meeting. The focus? Maintaining community while maintaining your sanity. […]
June 2018 Wrap Up
Ah June – summer in Texas and a whole different set of things on the calendar. We kicked off our 4th season as Dallas Galloway program directors – 102 runners and still adding as the season goes. I had one final trip out of town for a conference. The boys were not amused. But it […]
Refreshing Our Patio Set
In 2006, I bought a used patio set on Craigslist. I refinished it in a French blue and recovered the seats. Sadly, I’ve lost all of the photos from that project other than a snap right after I picked up the set. Twelve years later, the patio set needed some love. The blue was faded, […]
May 2018 Wrap Up
If May could be summed up in one word it would be: Travel. Or maybe: Exhaustion. We explored Mammoth Cave. We stayed in a cheerful camper (Pinky’s Cram-A-Lot Inn) in Corbin, KY. We visited the original Sanders Cafe where the recipe for what became KFC was perfected. We hiked to the top of Natural Bridge in […]