The Goose Is Getting Fat

Why? Because Christmas is coming. Just ask Miss Piggy.

Before:


And After:

Business Trip to San Diego

My trip to San Diego was a lot of fun, but there weren't a lot of great photo opps. Here's a few pics to tell the story of my trip.

Probably the greatest acheivement of my trip is this:


For the first time, I ran five continuous miles. The extra .23 came from walking to cool down. I was so sweaty!

Now, this may not seem exciting, but what I am holding is a PORT KEY!!!



Well, actually it's the key to the Porthole room, where we had a bunch of meetings. I got all excited about the Harry Potter allusion, and then right after taking the picture I remembered that HP uses portkeys not porthole keys. Oops.

Yes, B, I've misquoted something again.

This was my magnificent breakfast: mint herbal tea, yogurt with a little granola and the most beautiful bowl of fruit ever.

One day, as we were loading these buses full of students we noticed something odd. Do you see it?

The BMW logo. David, when did BMW go into the business of 56-passenger buses? I don't imagine you'd pretend to be car shopping just to test drive one of these.

Finally, the night I came home, Yancy had a candle light dinner set up and had taken the day off to get the house clean. What more could a girl want?

Won't you be my neighbor

I have exceptional neighbors.

Last night, after mixing all the other ingredients, I realized I didn't have enough flour to make waffles. I ran across the hall, humbly extending my measuring cup, to ask, "Can I borrow a cup of flour?"

A couple days ago, I was on my way home from work when I got a call from Tiffany, who lives down the block.

"Want a potato?"

She peeled too many and didn't want it to go to waste. Viola! Mashed potatoes for Yancy.

I'm not even being chased

Last time I was jogging consistently was in 2004, and I ran BYU's Rex Lee Run, mostly because I wanted the t-shirt.
(Flag Football Girls, why did T-shirts motivate us so much?)

Here are photos Sarah, my roommate, took when I came home. I don't have any pics from the race because I was too embarrassed to tell anyone I running.



Well, I've decided to run a 15K on December 19.

15K = 9.32056788 miles

Any advice for a novice? I'd love tips on gear, running in the cold, training and all the things I haven't thought to worry about yet.

Missionary Profiled in NY Times

This is cool:
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html#/naisi_zhao

Many of the profiles are beautiful.

Can't fry an egg on pavement but...

The New York summer finally came.

Harry Potter Wannabe

I got this lightening-like scar on my leg from running with ankle weights.

I think it's the universe punishing me for not having seen the newest Harry Potter movie yet.
"Wannabe" or "Wanna Be"?