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The Next Mikaela Shiffrin?

On February 24, 2014 · 1 Comment · In nora, olympics, skiing, winter season

I know, I know. I just posted about Nora skiing a few days ago. And it was technically old news—those photos and videos were from Christmastime!

Bad mommy. Bad blogger.

This weekend, we watched 18-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin own the women’s slalom race in Sochi, coming home with the gold medal. I may have gotten […]

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Ketchup Day

On August 2, 2012 · 3 Comments · In family, ketchup day, kitchen makeover, olympics

It has been a really, really long time since I’ve done a “Ketchup Day” post. But as I sit here and think about what it is that I want/need to write about, it is a hodge-podge of stuff so I was having trouble coming up with a title. Then it occurred to me–it’s Ketchup […]

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Five Rings

On February 12, 2010 · 1 Comment · In olympics

It’s that time again, folks.

Time for me to get all caught up in the tremendous life stories of athletes, watch sports I normally don’t give a crap about, and root for people I’ve never heard of before. It’s time to stay up way too late every night, cry at the sound of “The […]

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Ketchup Day

On September 16, 2009 · 6 Comments · In chicago, exercise, ketchup day, olympics, photography, travel, vacation

We only went away for three days, but I feel like I’ve been running myself ragged this week just trying to “catch up” from being gone–at work, at home, and on my blog. I’m doing OK, but I find that I can’t organize my thoughts enough or concentrate on one thing long enough to […]

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Run like the wind

On August 18, 2008 · 4 Comments · In olympics

Tonight, while watching the Olympics, I made quite the observation.

The runners were preparing for the women’s 100m final, and at first, I was admiring their physiques. And, of course, wondering how they come to look like that (with muscles bigger than some men) without some sort of steroids or human growth hormones. But I […]

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