Registration is paid… I’m committed! After a month of racking my brain how I can stay motivated to exercise after I leave my parents’ house and a conversation with my father-in-law last night where he admitted he hoped someday to run a marathon, I decided. For myself, I know that regardless whether I’m available to…
Massive Rim Fire near Yosemite Continues
A massive fire continues to burn near Yosemite approached 150,000 acres Sunday. Although few homes are threatened and the most populated camping areas of Yosemite are still safe, the fire is within a mile of the reservoir that supplies water to over 2 million people in the San Francisco Bay area. Check out http://usat.ly/17czRC6
Syrian Civil War Update – More Alleged Chemical Attacks, UN Investigators Vehicle Shot
A vehicle used by U.S. chemical weapons investigators was shot at Monday by snipers, a spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says (no injuries reported). The team was team of United Nations experts had been allowed to investigate the most recent (21 Aug 13) site of an alleged Syrian government use of chemical weapons. The…
Yoga isn’t quite as relaxing with a toddler and three dogs
Or is it? I was contemplating this as I rolled around on the floor of my parents gym-room attempting to emulate the thin, uber-flexible, and very somber yogi on the tv screen this morning. Throughout my routine, Mr. C randomly decides when he’s going to use me as a jungle gym (35 lbs 4-months before…
Dog kiss
Molly and my shepherd Diamond. Always a relief when dogs get along so well.
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All embassies shut-down for unidentified threat…have the terrorists won?
US Embassies around the world are closed this Sunday due to an Al Quaeda threat that hasn’t been specifically identified. My question for ya’ll is; at what point have we changed our lives enough out of fear to constitute success for the terrorists?
girrafe + terrific
My 20-mo old is riding a giraffe scooter while chewing a plastic toy giraffe…my dad (grandpa) aptly identifies this as gerrific
Vfr sign on an iPad mini
Gotta love technology. We couldn’t find the printed paper vfr card for the Oshkosh departure…so we drew one. Oh yeah, and Mr.c was asleep by this takeoff too!
Bradley Manning Verdict Reached
Bradley Manning, the source of one of WikiLeak’s largest disclosures of U.S. secrets, was found guilty of espionage, theft and fraud but not of aiding the enemy, which could have carried with it a life sentence. Despite that finding, Manning could still face 136 years in prison for the other convictions. Background: Manning (now 25)…