Members of our Dallas Galloway Trekkers pace group wanted to run Little Rock and asked if we would join them. Since this feels a little like teenagers wanting to hang out with mom and dad, we OF COURSE said yes! Seriously, though, this is a fun group to hang out with and makes for our […]
Friendship
A New New Year’s Run
For six years we ran the New Year’s Day 5-miler as a way to kick off the year with a bit of competitive-driven exercise. Sadly, the race shut down after the 2015 race. What to do? In 2016, the answer was nothing. This year I was determined to find a replacement race. And, given that we […]
On The List Start to Finish: The Tyler Rose
It may have been just one week after he ran another marathon and he may have been in the middle of battling a terribly head-and-chest-cold, but Kelly successfully once again ran the Tyler Rose Marathon.
Deciphering Gin
Gin has always been a mystery to me. It’s not an alcohol I would choose – too stuffy! Too odd! Too 1950s Britian! Yet we like martinis and, after a dinner out, we discovered we liked gin martinis. We just didn’t know why. And with the massive selection of gins at the shops, we had […]
A Storybook Bed
I didn’t take my personal pillow to Killeen for our overnight stay – everyone else in our group did. Often I do take my pillow because it’s easier to sleep on a familiar pillow. (Seriously. At least three other people that I know will agree with me.) But I didn’t this time because, honestly, I […]
Signs You Work With a Brit
It’s breakfast club day and my good friend brought in homemade hot cross buns. Lovely! However, when I went in to get my breakfast, I just had to laugh when I saw the note she’d scribbled to the Breakfast Clubbers. It was just so…British! The circle is mine for emphasis. And ironically, I had to borrow […]
Don’t Always Believe What You See
I was thinking about a comment I made a few days ago – “I’ll believe it when I see it.” There are many things in life that require observation and analysis. But there are always exceptions, don’t you know. For example, here are some general observations: Have you ever noticed that some of the best […]