Trying New Recipes At The February Ultimate Coffee Date

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Coco

Deborah and I are so happy to see you at the February Ultimate Coffee Date! I’ve been trying new recipes I want to tell you about, and have other big news I finally can share. Please make sure you comment on other coffee date posts. It’s your participation that makes it enjoyable and worthwhile. We will keep the link up open all weekend, so there’s plenty of time to enjoy our virtual get-together and catch up on what’s going on in each other’s lives.

Facebook recently reminded me of the fantastic business trip I took to Switzerland five years ago. When I wasn’t meeting with clients, I was visiting fine chocolatiers. I need to make that happen again.

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Riding The Winter Weather Roller Coaster

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Coco

Talking about the weather won’t make you the life of the party, unless you’re at a party with other runners. We’re always ready to commiserate over how hot, humid, cold, windy, or stormy the weather has been. This week I mostly rode out our winter weather roller coaster indoors, but I did brave the cold for my long run.

It was in the mid-20s when we started–bring on that sunshine!

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January Runfessions

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Coco

It’s the last Friday of the first month of the year, which means it’s time for January Runfessions. While the time for making New Year’s resolutions has come and gone, and most resolutions have been broken by now, that’s no reason to give up on your goals. Just bare your soles at the Runfessions link up hosted at Marcia’s Healthy Slice and get back on track.

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I’m also joining the Friday Five link up hosted by Lacey and Miranda at Fairytales and Fitness. Make sure you’ve got the February Ultimate Coffee Date marked in your new calendar for next weekend– Deborah and I will open the (link-up) doors on Friday, and keep the coffee brewing all weekend.

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Missing Out On Our Snow Day

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Coco

Not surprisingly, last weekend’s snow led to closures on Monday. The local federal government was closed, so our office was closed, but I still had to go to Delaware for a hearing. Even though the storm moved on to the northeast, they didn’t get as much snow there. So, I missed out on our first snow day of 2019 and am hoping for another one when I can stay home and enjoy it.

Weekly Wrap

Aside from that, my week was pretty uneventful, so I’m going to jump right into my weekly wrap and linking up with Wendy and Holly.
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Looking At The Bright Side

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Coco

I’ve always been a glass-half-full kind of person. I have a way of looking at the bright side, even if the only bright spot I can find is dark humor at the ridiculousness of the situation–like when a fierce wind wrenched a sign off a building that then flew into my car’s rear window.

Looking At The Bright SideI laughed even more when a few days later the side-view mirror fell off the car I was driving until my car got fixed. Why was car glass conspiring against me?

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