As I mentioned in an earlier post, we took a nice, long vacation last month. Here’s a quick overview of the vacation by the numbers: 13 days 7 states 6 distilleries 4 breweries 4 AirBnbs 4 historic site tours 3 hotels 2 races (marathons and half marathons) 3 restaurants visited multiple times 2 nature hikes 1 […]
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And Shannah Said … Let There Be (Cooler) Lights
I’ve had boxes of LED flood light replacements sitting in the laundry room cabinet for months. Maybe even a year. While Kelly was in Tyler for several days, I sucked up my nerve to change them all. And by all, I mean 12 separate fixtures. I actually asked our friend Edward, who is an electrician, […]
April 2018 Wrap Up
April went by in a flash, yet when I look back at what we did it doesn’t seem to be all that much. Maybe it was just the sheer time-consuming aspect of each thing that sucked up our time? Bluebonnets sprung all along our running trails. TEDxPlano 2018 is in the books! Sell out audience, […]
March 2018 Wrap Up
Some months catch you off guard. Then other months completely take your breath away and leave you speechless. That was March 2018. We exercised our right to vote. Primaries are one of the most crucial elections. We smoked our first brisket! We loved the grand opening of Toulouse in Plano. Kelly ran a 200-mile all-night […]
Oliver The Flower Killer
At some point I’ll write more about why I was given lovely flowers. But they are LOVELY. Or they were, until I left Oliver alone with them for 5 minutes. Just 5 stinking minutes. Half of the blooms. Gone. Just like that…in just 5 minutes. {Sob}
February 2018 Wrap Up
February is the shortest month and thank goodness for that…otherwise we’d be crazy from all this activity. We are doing better at saying no, though. Ladies Night Out – discussing dreams while enjoying a lot of laughs. Annual running of the Hot Chocolate 15k. Kelly nearly bested his best 15k time from 8 years ago […]
How A Half Marathon Made Me Try A Grocery Pick Up Service
As I mentioned earlier, Kelly and I ran a serious leg-shredding race in Utah. After Big Cottonwood, I could barely hobble to the bathroom for days. There was no way I could manage the grocery store. That’s how we ended up trying online grocery shopping for the first time. My verdict? Not bad! One of […]
Thou Shalt Rest – So Sayeth The Husband
Last week sucked on some pretty epic levels. By the time I got home Friday, Kelly looked at me and said: This weekend, I want you to rest. Nothing else. Rain Saturday morning – actually, thunder and lightning – made rest all the more possible. We had to cancel our Dallas Galloway group run. I […]
