Happy New Year One and All!

Somehow, 2009 has been a bit less productive when it came to blogging.
At the close end of 2009, I discovered Face Book! And so, the beginning of a bad addiction started.
Let me assure you, with a built-in guilt from years of being Catholic, I’d never stray too far from a project such as my blog, [...]

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I Saw A Famous Person!

He is a ’star’ in his own rights. Famous I tell ya! 
The ’star’ is actually a bit literal. He’s into quantum electrodynamics, theoretical physics, and nuclear engineering to name a few. 
What? You thought I saw a Hollywood star? I’m a NERD pig and always has been. I’d be more attracted to people who can tell me about [...]

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2009 KIP #8 & FO ~ Cable Beanie With Brim

Knit In Progress #8
Malabrigo Azul Profundo #150, 100% Merino Wool 
Cable Beanie, design by Marianne Garrison (LYS)
Needle Size to gauge: Size 8 One Size Only
Start Date: Mid-November
Target Finish Date: Ongoing, until I get bored with it
Special Note: Hat is tight-fitting. The cable design is very simple to follow. Malabrigo Yarns are incredibly soft.
There’s this cache of these brimmed beanies and Button Hats [...]

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Hood River Fruit Loop Scenic Drive ~ Part 2

Oh boy! I totally forgot about sending the next write-up on the Hood River Scenic Drive. So here’s Part 2.

       
The surprise stop in the fruit loop was the alpaca farm called Foothills Yarn & Fiber. A stop there meant yarns had to be bought, of course.

But the alpacas were deliciously cute and cuddly. In [...]

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Hood River Fruit Loop Scenic Drive ~ Part 1

 
    
Last Saturday, October 10th, with the great sunny weather still hanging around, Mr. Wonderful and I thought to go for an Autumn Foliage Fruit Loop Scenic Drive at Hood River.Two routes of interest: 1) Route 84 that runs from North Portland on the Columbia River Gorge. Columbia River Gorge, a powerful river sandwiched between Washington and [...]

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Portland Marathon 2009 Finisher!!

Yay! All done! Finally, all those months (9 to be exact) of training have finally come to an end by (I wish I could say, with a bang!) completing the 26.2 mile marathon in Portland, October 4th, Sunday.

Target time of 6.5 hours just didn’t quite happen. I had problems early on, at mile 3. The toes [...]

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2009 Eugene Marathon is Over!

Yaaaaaay! What exhilaration! What accomplishment! The 3rd Annual Eugene Marathon is over!
The goal: to walk a half marathon (13.1 miles)
Target completion time: 4.5 hours
Accomplishment: Completed a half marathon in 3.5 hours!!!!!!!
Awards:

The medal (not a chocolate medal as I wished; and everyone got one);
A quarter-sized diameter of a blister on bottom of right foot;
A dead nail on [...]

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Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover

I just have to blog this.

If the above video does not work, try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
It goes to show, just because the media and everyone else has this cookie-cutter image of what is a talent, this would put us all to shame! Image is NOT all that matters.
Darn! I feel like crying. [...]

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Feeling Like Spring

Doesn’t this look like Spring?!

Okay, the photo above was taken from the Honolulu Zoo close to the Orangutan enclosure and not from around HUE-JEAN. Tropical countries like Hawaii have wild plants, flowers and the likes that look like they’re having a good time coming out of the earth. Elsewhere in the U.S. (at least in [...]

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Are You Gonna Finish Strong?

Powerful words coming from someone who is full of life. The video speaks for itself.

When we think life seems to be pointless, we are reminded how lucky we are to be fully functioning beings, who happen to whine alot about nonsense. We can be our own obstacle.
I cried when I saw this. This [...]

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