The countdown begins.  Only 4 more weeks to go!
On June 26th I will be participating in my first Triathlon… a Sprint Triathlon that is.  For about 5 years I’ve been wanting to do one, but never committed to training.  But this year as I contemplated my 30 before 30 list, I knew this had to [...]

When I lived in Monterey for a few months one summer I became really good friends with Shana and Jordan.  Lucky for them, they met each other and got married a year (or two) later.  I adore both of them.  This fall I was thrilled to find out they had adopted a little boy and [...]

Here’s the latest from the garden (taken last week).  The peppers are in, can’t wait to eat those.  Plus on the other side of the garden bed I planted our first crop of carrots, broccoli, and few different types of lettuce.  I’ve never grown broccoli or lettuce.  Can’t wait to learn more about it this [...]

Abbie and I have decided to take our relationship to the next level…  and got a cat!  His prison name is “Sylvester”, which is either a clever reference to the obscure’ Sylvester of Assisi’ (companion and the first priest to join St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals) or a much less clever [...]

According to the calendar I’m 29 1/2 today.  Halfway to turning 30.  Back on my 29th birthday I made a 30 Before 30 list.  30 things I wanted to do during my 30th year of life.  To be honest,

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
All right, I finally sat down Friday night and put together a plan on paper for our garden.  I’m sure things will change as I start to plant, but it’s always helpful to me to have a big picture as my guide.  This year I changed the layout of the garden bed to one long [...]