January 2009

And the result of those firsts is one sore girl! I’ll explain, but first to get caught up … I’m struggling a little bit with trying to get the right nutritional balance. As many of you know, I’m a food journaler. But I’ve never really looked that closely at anything but my overall calorie intake. [...]

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That title made sense today in more ways than one! I know it’s been a couple of days since I last posted — so you’ll see more photos and random thoughts than normal! Starting with a collection of yummy food from the last week … Steak, Steamed Cauliflower, Sauteed Garlic and Onion Brussels Sprouts: Red [...]

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I don’t have a ton of time tonight … but I got tagged by my amazing momma for a photo meme, so I couldn’t resist! The meme is: post the fourth photo from the fourth folder in my computer. This is interesting, because I split my time between two computers. So tonight the result is [...]

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Make sure you read to the bottom, because I have decided to put my money, sweat, energy and maybe my sanity where my mouth is. But first, let’s catch up! It’s been a while since I posted a blog, because work has been very busy, and I’m pretty slammed on my triathlon training schedule. Right [...]

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Ever since we moved into new offices, my ride home has been much more enjoyable. It takes me through some really interesting sections of town, including a stretch of Latin markets and restaurants, followed by a stretch of Indian markets. We’ve been eating a lot of exotic foods recently … influenced in part by blogs [...]

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It’s weird to be sitting here on a Wednesday night, thinking about two days left in the work week — I think many of us got spoiled over the last two weeks, working fewer days, working from home, and generally living the weekend life during the week days!But, as much as I love the holidays, [...]

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That was the start of an interesting hunt through my house on Sunday — a search that is complicated by the fact that we currently have a large hole in my master bathroom floor. Unlike Alice’s hole, this one leads to the ceiling of our first floor (follow me? The bathroom is on the second [...]

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Yup, it’s been a busy couple of days! When we last left off, I was still freaking out about the toilet frog. Well, it turns out it’s a pretty regular thing here in Florida! I was telling my story to some people over dinner last night, and TWO of them said “oh yeah, that’s happened [...]

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Only in Florida. When we moved down here in 2004, I knew we’d encounter some creatures we’d never seen before — like alligators and cockroaches. Two years ago, when we bought our house, we had a run-in with snake that still give me the shudders (he got stuck in the dryer vent and came to [...]

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