Once upon a time, Dan’s Aunt Brenda gardened some zucchini and went out of town for a few weeks. When she returned, they were absolutely HUGE. At Dan’s family reunion, Aunt Brenda gifted us a zucchini. As I was on crutches at the time, Dan’s father carried it to the car for me. I brought […]
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The Legend of the Big Zucchini
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cooking, family, food, friends, Kelsey, zucchini on November 2, 2014 | 1 Comment »
Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend (from a wheelchair POV)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged California, Dan, Disneyland, Disneyland half marathon, family, fitness, friends, injury, running on October 25, 2014 | 1 Comment »
Shall we jump back to the last week of August and revisit the Disneyland half marathon? I went from being so incredibly excited to go to Disneyland, run the half and 10k, to worrying how I was going to get around on crutches. After ample Googling, I realized I’ll need to rent a wheelchair. My […]
29!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birthday, family, friends, Portland, Seattle on August 1, 2014 | 3 Comments »
20 days with no update! And people wonder why I gave up “professional” blogging. As usual I have a ton going on, but I’ll try to keep it in chronological order, going back to late June- my birthday! Birthday week started out fantastic- Kelsey took me to a Mariners game! We sat in the sun, […]
Bay to Breakers!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bay to breakers, California, family, fitness, friends, race report, running on June 10, 2014 | 2 Comments »
Man, I’ve really fallen behind with blogging! It’s been incredibly busy around here and things are finally getting back to normal with summer on the way. But first, going back to May, I spent the weekend in San Francisco to run the Bay to Breakers 12k! Things were crazy at the time. I was working […]
Nate Turns 2!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birthday, Cars, family, Nate, party, Portland on May 1, 2014 | 2 Comments »
On April 20th (yes, Easter!) my nephew Nate turned 2! I can’t even believe it. It feels like yesterday Dan and I came home from Tokyo Disneyland to the news that he was born WEEKS early. We were beyond shocked, but so happy! I missed his first birthday since I was still living in Japan […]
The New Normal
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, friends, hashing, job hunting, nanny life, Portland, running, Seattle on March 21, 2014 | 3 Comments »
It’s March 20th this evening. Dan and I have officially survived being apart 2 months. Which means I’ve pretty much been in Seattle for 2 months, and things have really come together as I’ve finally settled in. When I first arrived in late January, after being sick for 2 weeks and 2 straight days of […]
From Florida to Seattle
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Arizona, Dan, family, friends, Idaho, Las Vegas, moving, Nevada, Oregon, road trip, Seattle, snow, Utah on March 2, 2014 | 3 Comments »
First off, someone asked what Ostrim jerky was, the jerky I ate during my half marathon last month. It’s really great for fueling as long as you eat it well before exercising! Here’s a shot of the packaging. I buy it at GNC. Jumping backwards by a little over a month, I never told the […]
I’m Laurel!
Seattle resident with a love for running, hashing, baking, and being outdoors. Originally a journal for my family during my 3 years in Tokyo, Japan (hence the blog name), I now write about my every day life working at my local gym as well as nannying, running/fitness, as well as enjoying my hobbies.
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