Our last race for 2006
Mike and I ran a 5k in the Red Nosed RUNdeer this last weekend. Once again, it was a cold Sunday morning (though not quite as frosty as last year!), filled with runners and dogs decked out for the holidays. The race was a bit more disorganized this time, partially due to the power going out. We were so zoned out with our new ipod shuffles that I even forgot I had jingle bells on! No PRs here, but once again, it was a fun way to end the running season - Hood-to-Coast 2007 - here we come!
Names
I must be at that age. It seems as though everyone around us is either talking about having children or are actually about to become parents. For those of you who are in the latter category and are still struggling with what to name the kiddo, I recommend checking out a cool website:
http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html
It gives you a history of just about any "American" name you can think of, in terms of popularity. I found Margaret reached its peak popularity in the 1910s and then it rapidly dropped off from there... Where was this graph when I was 6 and trying to convince my mom to change my name because no one is named Margaret anymore?
Holiday Shopping
I can hardly believe it. It's December 6th, and I'm done with my Christmas shopping.
Every year, I get mauled and nearly killed at the stores, as I hustle around trying to get our holiday gift list checked off. I decided I wasn't having any of that this year (I can't even walk out of Costco on a weekend without feeling beat), so Mike and I set out to buy as many gifts online as possible. Paying shipping fees isn't even a problem since we generally end up having to standing in line at the post office to ship half of our presents to loved ones. Generally, we spread the shopping out over the month of December, so inevitably, our anxiety level increases as the month moves on and the crowds grow more frenetic.
So what happened this year? I was more annoying than usual in getting Mike to think up a list of ideas for his family members, AND I started nagging at an earlier date. Combine that with just a stroke of dumb luck that we found reasonable prices online, and here you find us with all of our gifts ordered or in-transit in just the first week of December. Aaah, now I can sit back and enjoy my hot cocoa...at least until we have to go through the ordeal of holiday travel back to the midwest!