So about a month ago (maybe longer), I won a CSN gift certificate from this sweet girl’s site. I was so freaking happy because I could use that to get the one appliance that I had been dreaming of for years in Germany with my 220 volt appliances. My husband was frightened. Why was my [...]
Things are a little crazy right now, so the recap of the 185 mile relay race this past weekend will have to wait until tomorrow. However, here are the Silver Maple $30 gift certificate winners chosen at random: who also wrote: and Congrats Katy and Samantha!!! Please email me, and I will give you the [...]
The swim and the bike portion of this triathlon are covered in Part 1! The Run: 6.1 miles After the first two sports of this race NOT going well, I had very low expectations for the run. I had to pee for the last hour on the bike, and my first order of business was [...]
After tearing my house apart for 2 days prior to this race, I could not find my wetsuit anywhere. I could have sworn that I mailed it to myself after my last triathlon in Germany, but considering I also moved back to the states the day after my last triathlon I could have been mistaken. [...]
After a few weeks of living at my sister’s place, this necklace finally made its way to Spokane to me. I originally won it from Mish over at Eating Journey through Silver Maple . That blog is wonderfully raw and inspiring if you haven’t already checked it out. I absolutely love this idea for a [...]
If you missed Part 1 and Part 2, clicky, clicky! The shower that we found at 3:30 in the morning at some high school was the best shower of my life. When we walked into the locker room, it was steamy and smelled like clean girl. Usually, I don’t pay much attention to that smell, [...]
Most people think salads are great side dishes. Yesterday though, all I could think of was a huge salad for dinner. My body was craving the veggies, I guess. I basically searched my fridge for veggies that I had on hand that looked good or that might be going bad soon! Horrible way to start [...]