Every year the holidays seem to come faster. That is, the days zip past a little quicker, and it's harder to find time for all the important things like building gingerbread houses, visiting Santa, and yes, continuing to work on the novel. The whole … [Continue reading] about Writing Through the Holidays
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We Now Return To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
It took me most of last week to recover from the fabulous ordeal of the Tough Mudder. I thought I was fine on Monday, but the tired just clung to me like a toddler that doesn't want to take a bath. On Saturday night I bailed on Daniel (we had plans … [Continue reading] about We Now Return To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
Who’s A Tough Mudder?
I am - Oorah! We did it. Alex and I ran (and walked) the whole damn thing and finished every obstacle. In terms of painful but gratifying things I've done in my life it ranks third after giving birth to my two kick-ass kiddos. Here's our before … [Continue reading] about Who’s A Tough Mudder?
Tough Mudder Tomorrow!
I gave myself a few mornings off this week. I've been training really hard for this race I'm doing tomorrow, and decided that I needed the extra rest to be at the top of my game. In case you haven't heard me yammer on about this race yet, let me … [Continue reading] about Tough Mudder Tomorrow!
Pages Are Flying
I've hit a groove with my early morning writing. My alarm goes off at 5am, it takes me about 10 minutes to get upstairs and make coffee (I move really slowly that early in the morning), and then I write one full page in my journal, which takes about … [Continue reading] about Pages Are Flying
Remote Working
One of the perks of my job is that I work remotely. I have often said how cool it is that I can take my work with me anywhere, but the truth is I never do. Because if I'm going somewhere it's usually because I don't want to be working. I'm am not the … [Continue reading] about Remote Working
Happy Birthday to my Blog!
My blog turned 4 this last weekend. It's been four years since I first hit "Publish" back on my modest little MobileMe site (remember MobileMe? No? Neither does anyone else). Since then I've written 274 posts - just over a post a week. I also … [Continue reading] about Happy Birthday to my Blog!