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2023 Lawyers Have Heart 10K (D.C.)
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2021 Parkway Classic 10 Miler (VA)
2019 Parkway Classic 10 Miler (VA)
2019 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run (D.C.)
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2018 Reston Perfect 10 (VA)
2018 Lawyers Have Heart 10K (D.C.)
2018 Denver Colfax Half (Denver, CO)
2018 GW Parkway Classic (Alexandria, VA)
2018 Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run (D.C.)
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Tag Archives: Christmas
My Classic Christmas Cookie Recipes
Last weekend I participated in my fourteenth annual Christmas cookie bake-a-thon. It was an unseasonably warm day, so I wore this cute t-shirt that I got from Cafe Press last year: We mix up the cookie selection once in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Cookies, Eggnog Spritz Cookie, Friends, Ginger Spice Cookie, Recipe
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Advent: Watching And Waiting
Today is the second Sunday of Advent. In the Christian church calendar, Advent is the “season” when we get ready for Christmas. In most Christian traditions, Advent has a dual meaning: we remember the first Christmas when Mary, Joseph, the … Continue reading
Easy Holiday Card Garland Craft
Our house doesn’t have a good place to display holiday cards. Our fireplace mantel is occupied by an antique sled and we don’t have very many flat surfaces that aren’t occupied by my piles of crap very important papers. When I … Continue reading
I Haven’t Outgrown Advent Calendars
I’ve always loved advent calendars. When I was a child, I never had the kind with chocolates, just the traditional ones with a holiday scene and 24 windows to open–one each day from December 1 through Christmas Eve. Look at … Continue reading
Holiday Traditions: Our Annual Christmas Cookie Bake-A-Thon
These pictures are from our our Twelfth Annual Christmas Cookie Bake-A-Thon in 2010. Today I am participating in the fourteenth year of this tradition. Same friends (with welcome new additions), some of the same cookies and some new ones, and definitely … Continue reading