rain – Life and Other Stuff

March 17, 2023

When It Rains….

The house we are renting needed to be treated for termites. As in whole house wrapped up in in gift wrap tent fumigated treatment. Obviously we could not stay in said gift-wrapped house while the treatment was performed so we arranged to go “camping” for the few days that the home would be uninhabitable. We… Continue reading

Dogs, Family, nature, Writing

california, camping, commuting, kids, life, rain, raining, running, socal

January 11, 2014

V-8 Running

With a 5 mile training run to do today, I had to make the decision to either trudge along on the treadmill again (I’ve been doing that all week and I really don’t like it, but it’s a necessary evil at times) or brave the weather and do an outside run. Let’s just say that… Continue reading

Family, Health and Fitness

attitude, exercise, life, metaphor, perspective, rain, running, weather

October 16, 2012

A Little Fall…A Little Gratitude….

After a couple of days of grey, wet, and typical Pacific Northwest weather, I am trying to not be such a Wendy Whiner and instead embrace the things I am grateful for. Not having had actual seasons for a few years, it’s actually kind of fun to teach my kids and have them notice all… Continue reading

Faith and Personal Growth, Family

fall, gratitude, kids, nature, pacific northwest, parenting, play, rain, seasons

June 17, 2012

Preparation

Today was the last race before Eric’s departure. Kind of bittersweet, but I really didn’t have time to dwell too much on it because I was SO completely unprepared for today in every way that I just had to muddle through. Flying by the seat of my pants, I snoozed longer than I should have… Continue reading

Family, Health and Fitness

1/2 marathon, pacific northwest, race, rain, unprepared