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Megan is 3 today! Happy Birthday my sweet one.

Megan is so excited, she's singing Happy Birthday to Me! again and again. Allison decided to make Happy Birthday signs for Megan and is taping them all over the house. For lunch, Megan wants to go to Bob's and have a Teddy Bear Waffle.


Megan on her birthday!

More recent pictures of Megan.

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We went to the D today. We went to Café Orléans for dinner. Yoshi and I had our first Monte Cristos.

Yoshi had the traditional with ham, turkey and cheese. Mine was just three different kinds of cheeses. It was battered and fried, and a raspberry dipping sauce accompanied it. Mine was also topped with a lot of powdered sugar.

Allison LOVED my Monte Cristo. Cam liked it too.

Allison said to me, "It's like having dinner and dessert at the same time!" Cheese and sugar - Allison's dream meal.

All in all, not fantab, but not bad. Something different, which was fun. Don't think we'll have it again soon. But I'm sure, if we go there again, the kids will want it.

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So, I'm training for a 1/2 marathon in February. I'm up to 8.5 miles for my long run. I do two short runs as well, plus my step class and yoga classes, and some weights here and there. I've been training since August.

Some observations:

1) It takes a long time to train for a new sport. I've been doing step for friggin' ever, yet when I first started running again, my legs felt like bricks. Even now, they still get really, really tired after my long runs.
2) It's easy to over-train. The first month in a half I trained too much. I did something to my hamstring and it was sore for a few weeks. I brought my weekly mileage way down. But I was worried of bringing it down too much. Finding a balance is tough, but important.
3) Running, for me, is really hard. Mentally, it rocks. Physically, it's very challenging. This is not a sport that comes easily to me. Some days I start out thinking, "what the hell am I doing?" But on the days of my long run, by mile four or five, I'm so damn happy I'm out there. I think it might be the endorphins.
4) I'm scared to death of the race. I've never run that far in my life. It will take me about three hours. But then, every weekend, I go out there and run farther than I did the week before. So, I don't think about the race when I'm training.
5) Right now I'm eating a fat bowl of ice cream. This is after having a huge dinner. Why? Because I'm SO HUNGRY all the time. Normal side-effect I hear.
6) When I told my friend, Diane, that I had run 8 miles that day, she asked me, "Why you running so much? Who are you running from?" I replied, "Cuz I like it." Sounds crazy. But I do. I like running, even though it hurts and it's hard and I barely run faster than an old lady and her walker.

I'll give ya'll more details about the race when it gets closer. I'm gonna go finish my fat bowl of ice cream and magic shell now. Yum!

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You're the bomb.

Love ya hon.

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Sideways and the effect it had on merlot sales.

Funny discussion about this article.

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Lesson: Turmeric stains things yellow.

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I just LOVE this video. I posted about this a little bit ago. Here's a live version. Soooo sweeeet.

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My neighbor told me today that deep down, she's a librarian. This surprised me coming from a woman who has a solid background as a movie make-up artist, and whose idea of a good time is a "girls' night out"... if you know what I mean. Interestingly, she wants to homeschool her daughter.

That made me think - you know, most of my homeschooling friends, I could totally see them as librarians. And many of my non-homeschooling friends are teachers or librarians as a profession. Birds of a feather...? Could I be a librarian too?

I have worked at Border's and I worked many years as a computer lab faciliator/attendant/whatever. I loved both those jobs SO much. I would do them for free, just to be around books and computers intended for research. Really, I would do them just to have daily access to an infinite source of information. I'm an information junkie. (It's no wonder I love the internet.) I also feel a nearly painful pull to help people (uhm, even when they don't want help.. *blush*). Not just my children, but everyone.

I think I would be an awesome librarian. Not only would I be great at helping people find what they are looking for, I would do it with an exuberant attitude. Seeing others succeed and attain their goals (no matter how small) drives my enthusaism for life more than almost anything else.

Also, librarians get to be around books ALL DAY. They get to choose which books to be around. They get to talk to people about books. They get to have first dibs at the new acquisitions. Librarians rock. If I had gone another route in my life, a librarian would have been a definite possibility.

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From Ron's blog:

Have you ever? Bold are the ones I've done.

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink 02. Swam with wild dolphins 03. Climbed a mountain 04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive 05. Been inside the Great Pyramid 06. Held a tarantula 07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone 08. Said “I love you” and meant it 09. Hugged a tree 10. Bungee jumped 11. Visited Paris 12. Watched a lightning storm at sea 13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise 14. Seen the Northern Lights 15. Gone to a huge sports game (and survived the crush afterwards) 16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa 17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables 18. Touched an iceberg 19. Slept under the stars 20. Changed a baby’s diaper 21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon 22. Watched a meteor shower 23. Gotten drunk on champagne 24. Given more than you can afford to charity 25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope 26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment 27. Had a food fight 28. Bet on a winning horse 29. Asked out a stranger 30. Had a snowball fight 31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can 32. Held a lamb 33. Seen a total eclipse 34. Ridden a roller coaster 35. Hit a home run 36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking 37. Adopted an accent for an entire day 38. Felt truly happy about your life, even for just a moment 39. Had two hard drives for your computer 40. Visited all 50 states 41. Taken care of someone who was drunk 42. Had amazing friends 43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country 44. Watched wild whales 45. Stolen a sign 46. Backpacked in Europe 47. Taken a road-trip 48. Gone rock climbing 49. Midnight walk on the beach 50. Gone sky diving 51. Visited Ireland 52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love 53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them 54. Visited Japan 55. Milked a cow 56. Alphabetized your CDs 57. Pretended to be a superhero 58. Sung karaoke 59. Lounged around in bed all day 60. Played touch football 61. Gone scuba diving 62. Kissed in the rain 63. Played in the mud 64. Played in the rain 65. Gone to a drive-in theater 66. Visited the Great Wall of China 67. Started a business 68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken 69. Toured ancient sites 70. Taken a martial arts class 71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight 72. Gotten married 73. Been in a movie 74. Crashed a party 75. Gotten divorced 76. Gone without food for 5 days 77. Made cookies from scratch 78. Won first prize in a costume contest 79. Ridden a gondola in Venice 80. Gotten a tattoo 81. Rafted the Snake River 82. Been on television news programs as an “expert” 83. Got flowers for no reason 84. Performed on stage 85. Been to Las Vegas 86. Recorded music 87. Eaten shark 88. Kissed on the first date 89. Gone to Thailand 90. Bought a house 91. Been in a combat zone 92. Buried one/both of your parents 93. Been on a cruise ship 94. Spoken more than one language fluently 95. Performed in Rocky Horror 96. Raised children 97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour 99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country 100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over 101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge 102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking 103. Had plastic surgery 104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived 105. Wrote articles for a large publication 106. Lost over 100 pounds 107. Held someone while they were having a flashback 108. Piloted an airplane 109. Touched a stingray 110. Broken someone’s heart 111. Helped an animal give birth 112. Won money on a T.V. game show 113. Broken a bone 114. Gone on an African photo safari 115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears 116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol 117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild 118. Ridden a horse 119. Had major surgery 120. Had a snake as a pet 121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon 122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours 123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states 124. Visited all 7 continents 125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days 126. Eaten kangaroo meat 127. Eaten sushi 128. Had your picture in the newspaper 129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about 130. Gone back to school 131. Parasailed 132. Touched a cockroach 133. Eaten fried green tomatoes 134. Read The Iliad 135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read 136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 137. Skipped all your school reunions 138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language 139. Been elected to public office 140. Written your own computer language 141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream 142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care 143. Built your own PC from parts 144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you 145. Had a booth at a street fair 146. Dyed your hair 147. Been a DJ 148. Shaved your head 149. Caused a car accident 150. Saved someone’s life

I tag Yoshi, Mike and Mike.

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This guy took a picture of himself every day for six years. Over 2300 pictures. It's an amazing piece of art.

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The NaNoWriMo website is up. Who's joining me this year?

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