Ryan and I were so excited not to have any commitments at all this weekend for the first time in months. Neither of us can remember the last time we didn’t have one legitimate commitment on our weekend calendar, so it felt fantastic to be completely free today. We decided to make the most of…
Chocolate Peppermint Pudding Cookies
I’ve clearly been in the mood for sweets lately… especially those that combine peppermint and chocolate. Between the peppermint bark and white chocolate peppermint popcorn I inhaled over the past few days, it should come as no surprise that I baked up another peppermint and chocolate sweet treat earlier this week. Yes, these cookies are…
Help Make a Christmas Wish Come True
This morning I received an email from Nikki, a nursing student from West Virginia, with information about a child’s Christmas wish that I though we might be able to help come true on some small level. According to Nikki, Max, an 8-year-old boy battling leukemia, will not make it home to celebrate Christmas and has…
Good For You
Two blog updates! I created a Race Recaps page a couple of weeks ago (located under the Favs tab) and totally forgot to mention it to you guys! It’s alive and well and I updated it yesterday with snazzy new pictures and my Olympic-fast finish times. After a month-long hiatus, I updated my Daily Workout…
Chilled to the Bone
Assuming Animal Genders
Two things before we dive into a fun animal-related discussion: 1. With 38.1 percent of the votes, the winning book for the December Book Club is The Violets of March. Discussion will take place on January 4. Happy reading! 2. Lunch was simply leftovers from last night’s meatloaf dinner plus an apple. It was highly…