Last week, J & I stayed in a Bed & Breakfast for free (my magazine assignment) and an AMC hut for free (J won this prize at a rec director conference). Let’s see how they compare. Getting thereB&B … 30-mile drive north on the highway in a car, walk up 3 stairsHut … 60-mile drive…
I am a deadline-oriented person. I actually love deadlines and thrive on them, which is a good thing because deadlines play a huge role in my field. Lately, I’ve had to deal with some deadlines, but found myself not liking one of the deadlines. I am still doing that biweekly layout/design work for that auto…
This weekend was a big ‘ol family reunion of sorts. Mostly with J’s sisters and significant others coming to New England and wreaking havoc. J’s sisters (SILAdventure & SILMeow) live in Denver and Chicago, respectively, so we don’t all get together often, aside from occasional holidays. So it’s nice to gather just for the hell…
It is going to be very hard for me to describe our volunteer experience this weekend at the Untamed New England Adventure Race. Adventure racing itself is hard enough to explain, and to convey the incredible behind-the-scenes experience is that much harder. Not to sound overly dramatic, but I’m pretty sure we are changed by…
I have another volunteering gig from tomorrow through Sunday. This one is quite unique and I think it’s going to be intense. I’m volunteering on the course of the Untamed New England Adventure Race. But this is not just standing at a water station at the halfway mark. This race involves 170 miles of paddling,…
He is a triathlete, hear him roar. I asked J to blog about his triathlon today, but he said I could. How am I supposed to convey the experience of a first-time triathlete? I will say, he is a rockstar! He not only completed the whole thing, but he did really well! Except for the…
This was a Very Hard week (with a capital V and H). I started some new contract work and went through daily panic, anxiety and heart attacks. But no snack attacks. That would have been fine. Just the bad kinds of attacks. I And I was a bit of a Drama Queen (again with capitals)…
ShortShorts has been very giving with the vegetables this summer! And we picked up some fresh garlic from another gardener we know. It’s the best birth control yet.
And I’m not even doing it!!! This training schedule has me very tired, very tired. Today, we drove up to the triathlon site and completed the bike and run. No swimming yet. We did try to go swimming again, but got the hours mixed up and the pool was closed. I think J is destined…
I know you probably laugh when I say how busy I feel these days. Busy enough that I can’t even blog about being unemployed! I have no kids, no job … what the heck do I do all day??? But, I am busy, terribly busy. There are things cooking and I’m not ready to fully…
For the third summer in a row, QuickQuestion, Yankee, Bones and Curly Locks made a vacation out of visiting us in New Hampshire. And we all survived for the third year in a row. Adults, kids and cat included. We jam-packed the weekend with fun and new things around the state! And because I know…
We didn’t stay inside on Sunday either, despite the continued heatwave. We returned to the Merrimack River, even though we read a recent article that said it is considered polluted, but still better than it was 30 years ago. We see people swimming in the river all the time, so we figured if they could…
They say when it’s hot out, you really should stay inside and stay cool. Avoid exercise. But, we have a very long winter here in NH. So staying inside during the summer is just not a possibility. On Saturday, J & I biked the city streets into downtown Concord for Market Days. The 3-day event…
When J & I finally thru-hike the Appalachian Trail (the AT), you all will get an education. There’s all sort of acronyms and jargon that goes with the AT. And you want to keep up with the blog, you’re just going to have to become familiar with it all (that’s an order!). One of the…
I got up at 6am this morning. I never even got up that early when I was working! It was all for the sake of volunteering. And for once, I was NOT volunteering for one of J’s events. I’ve spread my wings beyond, but I still am his number one sidekick when he needs me…
NH is a state of lakes and rivers, that’s for sure. It’s one of the main reasons we bought kayaks when we first moved here. But, we don’t get out nearly enough. Sad to say, but this week was the first time all summer we’ve taken the kayaks out! The Merrimack River flows 60+ miles…
This week I was on a little bit of a roller coaster. It could have to do with the fact that it is 90 hundred thousand degrees here with 400% humidity and we don’t have AC, so I am feeling quite lethargic. In any case, one minute I was feeling productive, the next useless, then…
So hell kinda froze over guys and gals. Remember that house in Danville we own? The one we’ve been paying a mortgage, homeowners insurance and utilities on for the past 3 years? It’s official. We have a renter in it. He’s been living there for almost a month and so far so good.I didn’t want…
Last year for J’s big 4th of July event, it rained. This year, it was 90 hundred thousand degrees. No happy medium Mother Nature? But still, we survived. And it was a big success! We had a root beer chugging contest:And a pie-eating contest:And a kiddie parade (which is my responsibility in the morning as…
I had another unemployment workshop to attend on Wednesday. This time there were 25 of us. Great. The numbers are increasing. But this was a special workshop. It was for the people identified as “likely to be unemployed for an extended period of time.” Thanks. Just kick me while I am down! And frankly, I…