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Apparently God Reads My Blog
We went to a new church on Sunday. Actually, it wasn’t a totally new church, it’s the church Brett’s dad and family attend. Over the past year of his dad being in and out of the hospital, we have become acquainted with many of his dad’s church friends, including the pastor, and we really like [...]
Tell Me All Your Thoughts on God
Following the death of his dad, my husband has been going through a pretty intense spiritual journey. I’ve had my own questions that I’ve been exploring for years. I’m trying to put my past judgments and opinions behind me and looking at everything fresh again. I don’t really know what I believe. I used [...]
Mother’s Day Idea
I have a great idea for anyone needing a Mother’s Day gift for someone special. (Yes, this includes yourself!) How about a hand-stamped necklace? A dear friend of mine who blogs over at Leaving My Mark, is the most creative person I know. We were friends when I lived in Utah back in the [...]
America’s Run
Last weekend was busy. In addition to adopting Lola, I ran my second 5K race, America’s Run, on Sunday morning. I was pretty nervous because after the Cowtown in February, my running has gotten pretty infrequent. Between my trip to Portland and everyday life hassles, I just haven’t really been making the time to exercise [...]
Librarians Invade Portland
Last week I attended a library conference in Portland, Oregon. I’d never visited Portland before, so I was really looking forward to it. From what I’d heard, it seemed like a place I’d fall in love with. I had a good time, but I didn’t really fall in love with Portland. I was downtown for [...]
My So-Called Life
Mazzy’s preschool recently moved her up to the 4-year old class, despite the fact that her November birthday is past the September 1st cutoff date to be in that class. It’s a good thing – her teachers recognized that she was way beyond what they were teaching in her old class & made the decision [...]
Couch to 5K Graduate!
I ran my 5K race on Saturday and it was AWESOME! I ran the entire race, only stopping once for water. No walking! I finished in 40:56, which was pretty much right in the middle of the pack. I can’t even tell you how great it felt, I was smiling like a total goofball the [...]
The New & Improved Amy
Tomorrow I officially graduate from the Couch to 5K program by running my first official 5K race, The Cowtown. Just last night and this morning, I realized how good I’ve been feeling. I started running in November, and have run on a regular basis since the first of the year. I joined Weight Watchers about [...]
Settling an Old Debt
I’ve been without words this week. I have some things going on at work that are frustrating me, but nothing I can really share here. So I’ll tell you a little story to show you how weird I am. When I was in high school, I went on a church ski trip. It was [...]
5K, Here I Come!
For the last 6 weeks or so, I’ve been doing the Couch to 5K program. It’s a training guide that basically alternates walking/jogging for 9 weeks of 3 x week workouts so that you gradually build up to jogging for the full 5K (approx. 3.1 miles). I haven’t wanted to blog about it before, [...]