Tag: Thoughts
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Double Dip
This past Sunday, Jess and I broke new ground. As some of you know, we have been in the process of finding a new church family. Our search lead us to some churches we were familiar with, others brought new experiences. It grew us as we never quite realized the diversity represented by so many…
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Windy Destruction
Tonight as the wind howled outside, we were inside enjoying a nice game with my parents before they take off in the morning. As we were enjoying the game, the wind decided to take a stab at our BBQ grill. There it went crashing down. It decided to pull a yard sale crash landing all…
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Going Away…
Last night, we threw my parents a surprise going away party. They are less than two weeks away from embarking on a new adventure in Oregon. We invited many people to come and get a few last goodbyes in before the big move. It was great to see everyone supporting them and excited for their…
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Increased Mileage Update
I have been plugging away at logging my long runs over the last several weekends. From here on out, I will not be going below a 16 miler. (Other than my midweek mileage). When I trained for the Portland Marathon, I think I ran a total of 4 runs over 15 miles which included one…
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Persuasion
Reading update: I finished another book! I am sure this is something that is very interesting to all of you, but I just have to share. I have this deep desire inside to read, but I never do. There are so many books out there that I would love to open. I don’t know why…
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Update: No Snow
I don’t know if you remember, but back around November I was complaining about running in the snow. I did not know how I was going to work out my runs after it dumped outside. Well, the sad thing is….I haven’t had to. There is no snow. We did have it dump a couple times,…
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Parents for a Week
Well today Brent and I start taking care of 4 teenage girls until next Wednesday. Please pray that we are able to do what we need to to get them going in the mornings and in the evenings. It will be a good adventure for us. We are excited to be doing this as it…
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Sprints
This past week I finally decided to start doing some sprints for my marathon training. It has been several months since I have done them and I forgot how much I really do not like them. I am not a very good short distance runner, actually, I am not good at all. I set out…
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During the Holidays
There is nothing better during the holidays than seeing family! As it is always a joy throughout the year, around the holidays it is extra special. It is the time of year that you realize just how important and wonderful family is in your life. As the holidays rolled in for Brent and I, we were…
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Year in Review – 2011
To give you a standard greeting, at least as Christmas letters are concerned, this year has been a big one! We’ve traveled, trained and transitioned our lives, being blessed along the way to be able to lead the lives that we do. Our year started off with me looking for a job, as I finally…
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Heat is Neat!
A couple weeks ago, Jess and I awoke to some pretty cold temperatures in our home, somewhere in the range of the mid 50’s. We proceeded to turn up our heat, which didn’t really respond. So we brought in some extra heaters that I was using while working in the garage and plugged them in.…
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Not too sure how I feel about this…
On Saturday, I convinced Brent to run part of my planned twelve mile run. I figured I could come up with a nice six mile loop that would bring us back by the house. Brent was unsure if he could really run any more than this. In the last month, he has only been running…