Random Thoughts Thursday 147
One of the things I got my snister off of her birthday wishlist this year was a custom portrait of her cat, Dexter, from an etsy shop. I love how it turned out! I’ll have to get one of my kitties someday! This is not an ad, I paid for it myself. (frame not...
Things I’m excited about in May!
Getting my car back from the shop A pre-race massage! Friends staying over before the Wisconsin Half Two races Actually riding my bike outside Finishing Titan. Maybe I will post a list of all the words I had to look up. Most of them are words I’ve never heard...
Why does my vocabulary suck?
Yes, I am using the blog post title as an example. Guys. This book is going to take me FOREVER to read. What was I thinking? And not because it’s boring. But because every paragraph has at least one word I have to look up, and that takes time. And they...
The Only Pirate at the Party Book Review
Well, that was a quick, easy and FUN read! I like to browse the iTunes “Top Songs” lists to get music ideas. I can’t remember if it was the “Dance” or “Electronic” list I was browsing when I first came across Lindsey Stirling...
Run the World Book Review
For my birthday, Gina gave me a copy* of Run the World, the recently published memoir documenting elite athlete Becky Wade’s one-year post-college grant-funded journey across the world she took in 2012/2013 to study different running cultures. How’s that...
Hi! I’m Kim, a 40-something-year-old living in northeastern Illinois with my husband Steven, and our cats, Khaleesi, Apollo, Starbuck, and Eddard aka Ned. My current main hobbies are running, painting rocks, flying, reading, and eating. I follow a vegan lifestyle and am employed by the federal government. I write about a variety of topics and consider this a “life” blog – a place I can share anything that’s on my mind. Please visit the “About” page to get a better idea of who I am! 🙂