When I do all of my Christmas shopping, I usually do one of two things: order on AmazonPrime (occasionally the week before Christmas…what did I do before Prime!?) or make purchases from local stores, Etsy shops or small businesses. I’m a big fan of the latter, and of encouraging other people to do the latter, […]
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Making a Career JUMP
A few weeks ago I made a big (at least big for me) announcement on my personal Facebook page, but I realized that I had yet to share the same news on my blog! As of May 2, I’ve started a new position with Jump Media! You can see my original Facebook post here: […]
Marathon Training Monday: The Final Week and a big THANK YOU!!
As I’m writing this, I am exactly one week out from my first marathon, and mild panic may be setting in! (Tried to insert about 10 panic-faced emojis here, but they won’t show up on the blog.) This is my last running update before the marathon, but instead of writing about my past week or […]
Marathon Training Monday: Breakthrough Runs
I’m presently writing this from a plane somewhere in the air between Kentucky and Pennsylvania, after wrapping up a great few weeks in Lexington. While I’m so, so sad to be leaving Kentucky already and before Pony Finals and Derby Finals, I am looking forward to getting back into a non-horse show routine, because do […]
Marathon Training Monday: Mileage is About To Get Real
Did you know that in 2014 the Palm Beach Area Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society alone 254 patients received co-pay assistance totaling $553,321.47!? In the United States, someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer approximately every three minutes and the need for financial assistance is huge! This week, I’m asking each of my […]
Philly Half Marathon Recap!!
After yesterday, I can finally check “run a half-marathon” off my lifelong to-do list!! I don’t know what took me this long to finally do one; it was so much fun, and I’m already really looking forward to my next one! (Tentatively the Sunshine State Half Marathon on January 17th.) Here’s my recap from the […]
Giving Thanks
I know that “I’m so thankful for _______” tweets, Facebook statuses and blog posts are a bit cliche, but I actually love reading all of them. It’s kind of refreshing to see so much positivity when I scroll down through my news feed. So I’m jumping on the giving thanks, basic bandwagon with this Thanksgiving […]