Scooby Miles For Smiles

Halfway through week I was thinking I really should have hibernated, but then I realized the best thing about this week was the weather–how’s that for a change?

Scooby Miles

Mild morningsmeant lots of Scooby Miles, which always brings me smiles. It was the rest of the week that made me want to crawl into bed and stay there!

Continue reading

Posted in Fitness | Tagged , , , , , | 23 Comments

Ready To Hibernate

I know temperatures in the teens won’t earn me much sympathy this week, but I lost all motivation to bundle up and go outside. I was much happier curling up with Scooby in front of the fireplace ….

ready to hibernate

Speaking of Scooby, I even skimped on his walks this week. I draw the line at the upper teens. I think my husband took him out when it was a bit colder than that, but both of us opted out the morning it was 9°F.

Continue reading

Posted in Fitness | Tagged , , , | 34 Comments

Trying New Recipes At The February Ultimate Coffee Date

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.

Continue reading

Posted in Coffee Date | Tagged , | 40 Comments

Riding The Winter Weather Roller Coaster

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!

Continue reading

Posted in Fitness | Tagged , , , , , | 31 Comments

January Runfessions

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.

runfessions
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.

Continue reading

Posted in Fitness | Tagged , , | 36 Comments