Focus on a solution, not the problem

by | Jun 18, 2009 | Life

The other day, I was trying to describe a characteristic of someone who was (is) driving me nuts to Steven. But I couldn’t quite get it right. Of course, when listening to Jillian Michael’s 6/14 podcast yesterday, she explained it precisely. She said:...
“What the heck?!” Wednesday

“What the heck?!” Wednesday

by | Jun 17, 2009 | Life

This lady took up an entire seat on a crowded train, for food for her and her friends. What the heck?! I saw this chair during one of the NeoCon classes I attended on Monday. What the heck?! Dato Potato was meowing outside at a turtle on Sunday, but when I took him...

Not-lame lunch run!

by | Jun 16, 2009 | Health + Fitness, Running + Training

Yay yay yay – my marathon training started yesterday! I will be following Hal Higdon’s Intermediate I training schedule. It’s an 18-week long program that has you running 5 days a week, and cross training one day (Monday). It starts with a 24 mile...
Sunburned, again

Sunburned, again

by | Jun 14, 2009 | Life

Fresh out of the shower. Scary!!! I said I wouldn’t let it happen again, but it did. We went on an hour or so walk with Steven’s parents right after noon. I didn’t have my sunscreen with me, and thought, “what the hell, I’ll get a nice...
New turtle friend

New turtle friend

by | Jun 13, 2009 | Health + Fitness, Life, Running + Training

My neighbor (Fritz) and I saw this HUGE turtle during our 5-mile run this morning! When we were doing our warm-up walk we saw him hear the wooded “swamp” area, but when we were nearing the end, he had moved across the street to a tree in front of a house....