Delicious December Coffee Date

I will never say 2020 has flown by, but now it feels like we are in a sprint to the finish line. Work exploded after Thanksgiving, I don’t know how I’m going to do my Christmas shopping when I can’t go shopping, and I’m still trying to convince myself to put up our tree this year. Maybe hosting our virtual December Coffee Date with Deborah will put me in the holiday spirit.

2019 Christmas Tree

Our 2019 Christmas Tree for inspiration!

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November Was A Wild Ride

Phew! November was a wild ride, wasn’t it? Looking back, it’s hard to remember everything we went through, but we made it through it all together.

Photo collage of 2020 Turkey Trotters

Thanks to Kim for wrangling all us turkey trotters and creating this collage.  

Please join Deborah and me for the December Ultimate Coffee Date this weekend! We’ll open the (link-up) doors Friday December 4th, and keep the coffee brewing.

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Thankful Runfessions

This November has been a wild ride. I’m so grateful I’ve had running to help burn off the stress, and am always grateful for opportunity to cleanse my soul at the runfessional hosted at Marcia’s Healthy Slice.

Happy ThanksgivingThanks to Lacey and Miranda for the Fairytales and Fitness Friday Five link up.

Deborah and I will be hosting the December Ultimate Coffee Date next weekend. We’ll open the (link-up) doors Friday December 4th, and keep the coffee brewing.

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Starting My 54th Trip Around The Sun

I like thinking of birthdays as marking trips around the sun. It captures the idea that life is a journey, but instead of trudging along a path to our final destination, we are on a crazy ride we get to do again and again.  Bitmoji Happy BirthdayWhat I don’t like about this analogy is that, while I just celebrated by 53rd birthday, I am starting my 54th trip around the sun. As unbothered as I am about my age, I’m in no hurry to get to the next number.

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Setting Up My Winter Happy Place

No, we haven’t purchased a ski chalet, or even rented a slope-side condo. But, we finally installed heavy-duty floor mats in the partially finished room I use for my home workouts. With covid-19 cases on the rise, I won’t be going back to studio classes any time soon, so I’m trying to turn my basement gym into my winter happy place.

Basement GymThe single bare light bulb makes it that much more badass. 

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