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Here I am gardening this weekend. I’m bringing in my more fragile plants and keeping my fingers crossed for my outdoor plants. It’s starting to get chilly out here. The days have just been overcast and cold. I wouldn’t mind it if it would just rain a little too. But so far there hasn’t been…

I was doing some gardening when I cam across this little guy. My boyfriend was joking and telling me not to touch it that it might be some rare lethal beetle. But I was relieved to find out that these are called twice stabbed lady beetles and are totally harmless.

Restoration Hardware store has the coolest retro stocking stuffers. Amongst the collection is a Lincoln Log Set, Balloon model kit, cool wind up tin toys, and wooden box versions of Clue and Monopoly. But what really caught my eye where these mobiles. My inner 12 year old geek squealed in delight at the celestial mobile.…

What’s better than cheap flowers? How about free flowers. The local nursery was giving away the last of the seasonal mums. I grabbed two pretty white ones and I am currently trying to figure out where I should put them.

I found out today why you need to train in advance for a big 5k race. It’s because even if you finish the race the next day you will be sore. By sore I mean every conceivable muscle including ones you didn’t know you had will ache with every movement. As a result today was…

I did it! I ran the 5K this morning. I thinks that’s longest time I have ever run. We finished at a respectable 36:13. Not bad considering we haven’t done any training in three weeks and we were both fighting a cold. The race wasn’t bad at all. Probably half the town was participating. There…

I’m always looking for kooky planters for all my plants. I think this guy would be perfect for the office. He’s the IGrowbot from Urban Outfitters. I think he is much cooler than the Chia pets I’ve received as past Christmas presents.

This weekend is the 20th Annual Turkey trot. It’s a 5K run that the city holds every Saturday before Thanksgiving. I began training six weeks ago. I was so dilligent in the beginning. I printed out a Nike training guide and I followed the plan everyday. I panted all around the neighborhood and then three…

This is the perfect soup to curl up to on a cold day. Say what you will about Gordon Ramsey’s temper and flair for the dramatic the guy knows food. This recipe is adapted from one of his cooking books, “Chef for All Seasons”. Personally I love Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares (the BBC version…

It’s Sunday we just had homemade breakfast of pancakes, bacon, and espresso (which I made too strong, oops!).