Welcome to the first Ultimate Coffee Date of 2020! Whether you think it’s the start of a new decade or the last year of the old one (apparently I want it both ways), Deborah and I are glad you’re spending part of the first weekend of the year with us! Even if you aren’t making any New Year’s resolutions, we hope you are resolved to visit and comment on other coffee date posts–we’ll keep the link-up open until noon on Sunday.
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Is anyone else a huge fan of The Waitresses “Christmas Wrapping” song? Is everyone? It tells a great story–an 80’s version of a Hallmark movie in 5 minutes–and always makes me pick up my pace when it comes up on my running playlist.
I hope some Christmas magic brought a happy ending
to your hectic holiday season!
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I had grand plans of putting together a decade-in-review runfessions posts, but this month has been so hectic, I barely had time to cover December. I was relieved to hear a story on NPR explaining that the new decade doesn’t really start until next year, although I think the switch to 202_ is more meaningful than the explanation that “there was never a year zero.” There was never a year “1” when it was happening either. According to this website, our current numbering system was adopted by one Roman Emperor in an effort to quash the memory of another, and first used in 532. If you’re still with me after that history lesson, you might as well join me at the runfessional over at Marcia’s Healthy Slice.
Thanks to Lacey and Miranda for the Fairytales and Fitness Friday Five link up.
Every year about this time of year I am panicking over everything I need to get done before Christmas. It’s not as crazy as it was when my kids were younger, but there are still a few more gifts to buy, a lot more presents to wrap, and a bit more baking to do. No matter how much I promise to “keep things simple this year,” Christmas stress seems to be inevitable.
The best part of the day is calling it quits on my to-do list and
relaxing in the glow of the Christmas tree. Continue reading
It really is looking a lot like Christmas around here, and that’s a good thing since Christmas is only 10 days away. Yikes!
I warned my new colleague from Minnesota
that this is a typical amount of “snow” for our area. Continue reading
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