• I typically fret all fall about what photo to use on our holiday card and don’t get them ordered until November. But this year, I started making a list of photos I’d like to use, and when I saw a sale on cards last weekend, I went for it and ordered them! Woot! I AM ON TOP OF IT THIS YEAR! (It helped that we had professional photos taken when we were in Iowa.)
  • When I was driving home Saturday, the classic car in front of me lost one of its hubcaps. I immediately thought “I need to tell them! It would be so frustrating to get home and realize it’s gone and not know where the hell it is.” Plus it was dark out and they’d never find it without a clue where they lost it. So I flashed my brights at them several times then turned on my right signal to say “Pull over! I need to talk to you!,” and thankfully, they did. After I got home I couldn’t stop wondering if they found the hubcap, so I ran that route the next day, and it was gone. Phew.

Apollo’s reaction when I told him that story

  • If you see these Pretzilla bites, get them! Well, if you love soft pretzels like I do. Christina brought me some from her Coscto in KC, and I immediately asked Bobbi if she could pick me up some here. She delivered!

  • Last weekend was on fire for marathoning! Eliud Kipchoge ran 1:59:40 as part of the INEOS 1:59 Challenge in Austria on Saturday, and Brigid Kosgei ran 2:14:04 at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, a new women’s world marathon record, shattering Paula Radcliffe’s 2003 London Marathon by 81 seconds. I’m not shocked that Kipchoge ran sub 2:00. He’s gotten close to sub 2:00 in a normal, non-assisted race (he had a huge pacing team at the 1:59 Challenge, and a pace car with a laser projected where he needed to be on the ground). I was shocked by Kosgei. That’s a a huge difference in the record, and she’s only 25! Why is she so fast?! Please, please, please let it be legit.
  • Speaking of elite runners, xaarlin got me one of the hats Aliphine Tuliamuk crocheted! It’s so freaking cool to have something that was touched and MADE by an elite runner. I will obviously get faster now.

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