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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘moving’
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 »
The Seattle Saga
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged America, Dan, Disney, Disney World, family, friends, Kelsey, moving, Orlando, Princess half marathon, running, Seattle on January 6, 2014 | 3 Comments »
The past week has been a whirlwind of errands, parties, packing and goodbyes. Today I went back to the hospital to get my 6 stitches out, but the doctor could only take 1 out. I’m so irritated I have to not only go back, but it’s the day I leave Japan! My to-do list is […]
Merry Christmas!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baking, Christmas, hash house harriers, Japan, moving, running, Tokyo H3 on December 25, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
In Japan, it’s officially Christmas! I am worn out! We last left off Sunday night, when I successfully completed my last 20-miler for Goofy training. The next day, Monday, Tokyo Hash House Harriers was having their Christmas run and party. It was my last free Monday before I leave, so I figured I might as […]
A Runtastic Weekend
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Antenna America, Dan, fitness, friends, Goofy's Race and a half Challenge, hash house harriers, Japan, moving, race, rundisney, running, Samurai hash, training on December 22, 2013 | 1 Comment »
I’m completely cloud-9ing right now after a great weekend of running. A successful hash and a successful distance training for Goofy’s Race & a Half Challenge. Saturday- Samurai Jingle Bell Run (Samurai Hash House Harriers) Yesterday (Saturday) Dan and I chose to run at the Samurai hash because A- it was a Christmas run, B- […]
Big News! I’m Moving!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged America, Dan, Japan, moving, Seattle on December 1, 2013 | 8 Comments »
I’ve been putting off blogging about this for a while, and once I wrote it out, I sat on it for even longer. Maybe I kept thinking I’d change my mind. Or I’d find a perfect job here in Tokyo. Or all my US family and friends would decide to move to Japan. But those […]
Welcome to Penniestoyennies.com!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged America, change, goals, Japa, moving, pennies, url, yennies on March 14, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Exciting news! Update your bookmarks to www.penniestoyennies.com! I’ve been getting a lot more readers lately (thanks all!), and decided I no longer wanted to use my name as my URL. When I started this blog 2 years ago, I used it to keep my family up to date, and decided on that URL because it […]
My Name is Laurel, and I Live in Asia.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Brent, Dan, Japan, Kana, moving, trains, travel on March 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I made it! Barely. But I’m currently blogging in the office of my 2 bedroom apartment that I share here in Minami Karasuyama (Setagaya) with my boyfriend. It’s snowing today! Dan and I left our hotel in Maui and headed to the airport with -my giant carry-on tote -his small but ridiculously heavy rolling suitcase […]