Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
As I reported a couple of weeks ago, I think aliens have invaded 16's brain. Either that, or maybe there was a threshold of maturity crossed recently that appears to be sticking around. I'm crossing fingers for the latter, but not ruling out the former just yet. He took the ACT test this weekend. And... Continue Reading →
The acacia blooms are popping out all around. We saw an osprey with a fish in it's talons flying around looking for a good spot to consume brunch. A hummingbird stalked us along one fence line. The ducks were doing interval flight drills from the center sand pit to the water and back -... Continue Reading →
A quick drop in on an errand filled day to share exactly what hill repeats look like on the Runkeeper Activity page: The hill I ran is exactly 4/10 of a mile long and as you can see, I went down and up 4 times today. I thought that graphic representation of the run... Continue Reading →
Heh - I was reaching for the alliteration to be complete in the title and just couldn't get there. New habit check in to start: $55 in the change kitty as of this weekend. However, work outs? Oh, utter fail. I was thrashed after the 10 mile run and the Wednesday half day run didn't... Continue Reading →
I do not know WHAT I was thinking. The last time I ran for this long was before surgery when I hit the 9 mile mark. I figured I would aim for some 5-8 mile routes before even trying to up the distance to 10 miles. Unfortunately, I have this...thing..in my brain...it wont let... Continue Reading →
Especially when your boys are willing to spend many hours playing card games with you to break up the time spent reading on your new kindle or in front of the TV: We've had this game for awhile but at first our brains hurt or we were just too tired or something to want... Continue Reading →
No, I didn't get a dog (oh, how THAT would traumatize my spoiled kitties!!) But, I did borrow a dog to participate in another Just For Fun 5k event - The Petco K9 5K that was held Sunday at the racetrack just by my house. As you can tell from the pictures - it... Continue Reading →
This morning I drove up about 60 miles north to Crystal Cove State Park and participated in a 6k trail run event. My motivation was to spend a day with my high school friend #651 - it was her birthday and she was treating herself - no, challenging herself - to achieving something new. She... Continue Reading →
Because I sort of forgot that I am not 17, or even 27......and yesterday AFTER a nice 1+ hour trail run and then some serious latte drinking and burrito gulping....Renee, Eve and I were feeling the need to go for a walk to not feel so stuffed. So we walked to the school and park... Continue Reading →
Why do I state this? Because the best way for me to regain some semblance of sanity when I am feeling anxious over being in limbo..or stressed...or in any way out of sorts....the BEST thing I can do for myself is get as far away from people as possible. It doesn't have to be for... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 