One in the saddle, one on the ground
Day Five: Friday 5:30am: Dog wakes me up early to snuggle, and he needs a longer walk today so we’re out the door early this morning. I snap a gorgeous sunrise pic over the field a block from my house, a little sad it’s going to be developed into housing soon but enjoying it now. […]
Read MoreDay Four: Thursday 6am: Another slow morning, but I still manage a two mile walk with the dog and to water the yard! I pack my lunch for the day (leftover beef and bean burritos, fruit and Pringles), while making coffee, feeding the dog, talking the husband through his nightmare from last night, and making […]
Read MoreDay Three: Wednesday 5:30am: I bounce up a little earlier than I have been, the heat wave is supposed to break today and the two early nights have been good. I take the dog for a longer walk, enjoying the cool, cloudy sky and the utterly quiet neighborhood as the dog does his thing. Yesterday […]
Read MoreI’m going to try out this new Money Diary project for an entire month. There’s a lot that’s different for the next month or so due to the move, and getting ready for back to school, and summer travel, so a month should be a good start to tracking our time and money while we […]
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Read MoreRather than an exhaustive play by play of my most excellent weekend, I’ll toss up a bunch of photos both pretty and questionable and a few vignettes from our trip up the mountain! My new favorite photo: Fourth ride in three days, bareback and mostly hands free! Ray and I have really clicked this […]
Read MoreLately it feels as if I’m paralleling my namesake, Jamethiel, more than ever, in terms of the level of crazy this year has held. (For those who don’t know, I’m named for the main character in a beautiful, convoluted, complicated, epic fantasy series The Chronicles of the Kencyrath. The author makes George RR Martin seem […]
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Read MoreFor a chunk of last year I had to dust off my single mom parenting skills, as Tom traveled extensively for work and kicked butt all along the way. Customers and internal employees alike sang his praises, and rightfully so. His employer (now mine too, though totally different departments!) rewarded our family with a hefty […]
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On the loose 