Christmas Pets

Maverick lives to dress up. He sported his lion mane on Xmas day.


Posing in front of the tree, handsome man!


Little Maggie hides in the bedroom, scared of the lion!

Pennsylvania Festivus

Mavie and I drove to PA for Xmas. He just loves playing in the snow.

Athan and Guinness came to visit, too, and we explored the frozen Lake Erie.

Mavie could hardly walk on the ice and kept slipping and sliding, but he loved it! So handsome!


Afterwards, we stopped by Erie Brewing Company for an obligatory craft beer to warm up!


Then on to the farm for some sledding! Guinness didn’t know what to think about us dredging uphill in knee-deep snow.


It sure was cold, we only made it on one go of the sled before heading to the milk house to warm up!


Later on, we dressed up the fur kids in festive head gear. They are good sports.


And much later, met Dad at the Legion. Happy Festivus!

Adventure Race 2016

Jill and I were tandem teammates again this year!

It was chilly so I brought along a fleece blanking to keep my legs warm (and dry!)

We dressed in super hero shirts and socks, and Christmas tree headbands- ‘‘tis the season!


Great race, we won (again!) The competition isn’t tough in the female tandem category but no less, we have a fun time!

Athan’s visit & Jamie’s wedding

Athan came down from Cleveland to be my date to Jamie’s wedding. We went with Brittany and Andy and had a nice time.

We also attended the day-after beach party with her family and Athan really soaked up the warm sunshine!


We also did a little camping trip to Oscar Scherer State Park outside of Nokomis, Florida. Mavie has a ball running on the trails. We did 6 miles, through several different habitats. Great park!

Dog walking

A friend of a friend needed a dog walker, so I have the pleasure of taking these two big doggies around their neighborhood everyday after work for the next 2 months! Chico is a labradoodle, age 12, and so sweet.

Jeter is 5 years old and wild! He goes for a 45 min walk while his sister only wants to go for 10 min or less. It’s been really fun! And I’m making a little spending money while I exercise!

Pierogi Party 3.0

Anne hosted us for the third pierogi-making party! More than 10 people helped make over 500 pierogies!

Turkey Trot 2016

What a fun way to start Thanksgiving! With 5,000 other people at 7am!

But it’s all worth it for a slice of pumpkin pie after 3 miles! Afterwards, Mom and I visited Aunt Rose and Aunt Barb for a big family dinner at the club house! Kimmie and Meghan were there with Kai, too!