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Sharing Some Love for “I See Fire”

I’m a little late posting this…. But still wanted to share some new music love for one of my favorite artists Ed Sheerann. (By the way – thanks to BBC Radio Scotland -- I knew of Ed Sheeran in 2011 -- waaaay before he was being played on US stations and started touring with Taylor Swift. Check out my Ed Sheeran Brit Artist of the Week blog post from February 2012.) So I was super excited to hear his new track “I See Fire” played on BBC1 a few weeks ago. This song will be featured in the latest

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The Fergie Blitz

Fergie (aka @FergiePaws) is our almost two-year old Portuguese Water Dog. She’s a bundle of energy and fun. Yesterday morning while I was on a conference call she decided to do her morning blitz. Here’s a wonderful example of the Fergie Blitz: So this is what she's doing while I'm on my conference call, and it's my turn to speak. Uggh!! Luckily I work with people who have a great sense of humor and just laugh when it sounds like the carpet is being ripped up by Fergie racing circles between my

Running

Not quite one and done

After six weeks of mostly solid training post-strained-hamstring recovery and I successfully completed my first half marathon. My main goal was to finish in under 2:00 and I DID IT!!! My stretch goal was to run under 1:45. With my training runs around 8 minute pace, it shouldn’t have been a stretch, but given my longest run was a ten miler, foremost in my mind at the start was to not go out too fast because thirteen miles was unchartered territory for me and a heck of a L-O-N-G way! Officially I

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11-12-13

I just think it’s cool how the calendar has lined up these numbers today. Maybe it’s because I have this thing about numbers and order and symmetry. Or perhaps it’s a little of my OCD tendencies. No matter – all day long I’ll be smiling whenever I write or type today’s date. Yes – I am easily amused, and proud of it.

Running

T-Minus Two Days

It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit. ~ Dr. George Sheehan So about six months ago I was talked into doing this half marathon thing. Now I can’t believe it’s almost here!! My daughter asked if I was nervous and I had to admit, I do have butterflies swirling around in my belly when I start thinking about the race. I am by no means

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Halloween According to Me

I was raised in a very conservative religion, one that didn’t celebrate holidays, especially one as blatantly pagan as Halloween. There was NO dressing up as a fairy, princess or super hero. There was NO trick-or-treating. There was NO handing out candy. Yeah – we were the family that turned the lights off and pretended not to be home. But my siblings and I would sit by the window and check out all the costumes. Back then, I didn’t know any different so it wasn’t a big deal and I didn’t really

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Song of the Week Featuring Gabrielle Aplin’s The Power of Love

Thank you BBC1 for turning me on to yet another amazing British artist. This time it’s solo artist Gabrielle Aplin with the song The Power of Love. Seriously – both the song and video are chill-inducing. What the heck is chill-inducing you ask? It’s when you have chills up your arms because it’s THAT freakin’ good. What I love so much about the song - coupled with the beautifully captivating videography and Gabrielle’s amazing voice - is how it captures the essence of being in love. A raw, all

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Eat More Cookies, it's National Cookie Month

Oh gosh! I missed giving you a recipe last week for National Cookie Month. So sorry!! But I’ll make it up to you by sharing my family’s favorite cookie for the holidays, a Jewish bite-sized pastry called, Rugelach. If you’ve never had it – just think of butter, cinnamon and flaky crust. It’s like eating apple pie without the apples. So, so yummy. My recipe has been adapted from the Women’s Day Collector’s Cookbook in the November 1995 issue of the magazine. Rugelach Pastry: 2 sticks of unsalted

Running

A Different Kind of Debut

Well, it’s offiicial. This former half-miler who never ran over a six-mile long run in college or an eight-miler post-collegiately is running a half-marathon. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah Half to be exact. Can you believe it? Neither can I. Especially given the fact that just over three months ago, I could barely run one-mile due to a hamstring injury that kept me sidelined for close to two-months. Finally in August I could run two – three miles a few times a week without too much pain. I still