Monthly Archives: December 2010

Road to trail conversion

I got up at 5 to run and it took about 6 miles before I was feeling like a kind and cheerful person again.  Usually I’m less grinch-like after only 2 miles. But that’s trail miles.  Maybe I’ve found the … Continue reading

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Mudfest at Bandera?

I’ve spoken to a handful of folks who froze camping last year at Bandera and I’d planned to write a good post about sleeping warm.  But it looks like that won’t be a problem this year; 62 and rainy is … Continue reading

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Table Topics

Last night my mom and dad, sister, Eliot, and I sat around the table after dinner playing Table Topics.  It’s a huge deck of cards with questions that are meant to provoke “great conversations.”  We were playing the Family Edition, … Continue reading

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On Airrosti and PVC pipes

I use a 2 foot piece of 6 inch PVC pipe as a leg roller.  It’s awesome and it cost $4 at the Home Depot in San Antonio.  I did not bring it to Hawaii because it seemed like a … Continue reading

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Gothic-chic runner

Do they remind you of the night sky?  My dad sent my mom, sister, and me to a fancy spa yesterday.  And I want to give a big smooch to whomever started the whole black nail polish trend.  Gothic-chic runner … Continue reading

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No worries.

I’m up at 4 again to run before the family wakes, but it sounds like there’s a monsoon outside.  So I’m going to make myself comfortable on the couch for a while instead.  Core workout, walking lunges, another cup o’ … Continue reading

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Late sleepers

OMG! these kids are sleeping late on Christmas morning.  It’s 7am.  I have been up since 4:30.  Come on people, there are presents to unwrap!  Santa ate the cookies, the reindeer nibbled on the carrots, there are a pile of … Continue reading

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Lordy Lordy Lordy

Eliot’s turned 40!  He’s looking very handsome this morning drinking coffee from his Hawaii coffee mug tapping his foot to Mele Kalikimaka on the radio.  (Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say / On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day)  We’re taking … Continue reading

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Mahalo

It’s 4am and I’ve been up for the last hour doing a core workout and trying to figure out my sister’s coffee machine.  I figure I’ll put the four hour time difference to work for me and try to get … Continue reading

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Traveling

6:35am San Antonio Airport They just walked the bomb sniffing dog onto the plane.  It’s about half an hour past our 6am departure time.  This does not seem like a good sign we’ll make our connecting flight in LA.  Asa … Continue reading

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