Yes, some has been occuring.  Not a lot but some. Running, at least, several times per week.  I need to add on biking and swimming still.   Goal is 2x swim, 3-4x running, 3x bike, 2x gym per week.
Goal race & time is Vineman 70.3 in 2010,  under 7 hrs.  I can dream, right?  We cut [...]

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The 128 is a gorgeous drive although slow  — good at the start of a day, it would’ve been bad at the end, and we were very glad we’d decided to spend the weekend in Sebastopol as opposed to driving straight up from LA to Mendocino.
We stopped at the Anderson Valley Brewing Company and shared [...]

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We left early early Saturday a.m. on Spring Break, hoping to reach Sonoma County in time to go to Bella and some other wineries.  We took the 5, which has to be one of the most mind-numbing highways as it traverses the Central Valley, but we made excellent time, stopping only for gas and breakfast [...]

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Just a tease, but I’ll be blogging about Sebastopol (and the yarn person I met at the farmer’s market), wine tasting and oysters in Dry Creek Valley, beer & wine in the Anderson Valley, horseback riding on the beach in the rain, hiking to a waterfall in the rain, beachcombing NOT in the rain, watching [...]

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This year spring break (TOMORROW!) we’re going to Northern California. Two nights in Sebastopol (from whence we can do all our wine club spring shipment pickups in person — specifically Bella and Longboard and our wine futures (!) from Zichichi) at this little place, then on to Mendocino for four nights at the Glendeven [...]

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Here’s a pic of the yard I took earlier this week from across the street. (I was going to entitle the post Full Frontal but who knows how hard my Akismet spam blocker would have to work after that).
We do have some manzanitas that should grow taller over time (they seem to be pretty slow [...]

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So loving this!  I’m about halfway done with the body of the sweater.  I’ve done some decreases within the double moss area (I expect this is going to nearly go to nothing before I start increasing again) and it’s fitting well, just skimming my body.  I’ll add some pics tonight or tomorrow.  In the back [...]

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