The desert feels close today. The gray sky makes me think of cozy but infrequent days when the clouds shrouded the Franklin Mountains like a light jacket, unsure about the change in season but ready for spring. The experience of driving in El Paso feels near, of enjoying that first new place. I grew immensely … Continue reading Change as ethos
I'll be honest: I've always scoffed at people who walk to get exercise. 1) Being honest is all I've got, and 2) I was a pretentious asshole. I mean, I've run marathons. What benefit could there be to walking over running? I remember being a teenager and going for walks occasionally through my neighborhood. I'd … Continue reading Feeling at home during COVID
I haven't posted here about my running in a really long time. I've posted about running getting me through infertility, but I think this was the last real post about training. We (my husband and I) had signed up for the IMS Arizona Marathon because it was super cheap, and relatively close to where we … Continue reading Running update.
With winter break behind us, I've had some time, weeks even, to ponder things... events, ideas, prayers. So far my year of no resolutions is going great thankyouforasking... and I have to tell you that my one resolution was to make the bed every day. And as of Day 22 of 2014, I've succeeded. 😉 … Continue reading Hello, my name is Elizabeth and I’m a control freak.
As I get older, or maybe it's just as I get wiser (ha) I realize how much I don't like committing to multiple things for a really long time. Obviously I'm committed to my marriage, that's kind of a big deal, and I'm committed to Jesus, grad school, and a lifetime of fitness. But pretty … Continue reading The year of no resolutions
This has been Missions Week at church, and it's encouraged me to start thinking about the future, our future after the military. We literally could see ourselves anywhere, on any continent, speaking any language. We've even thrown around the idea of Aaron staying in the military... but the chances of that right now are like .00000573%. Seriously. However, … Continue reading Direction
So.... we've been here for over a year. I'm pretty sure I've rehashed that fact on my blog and Facebook about a million times. It's been a crazy year. I'm one who gets bored easily; why else do you think I need to have multiple WIPs? (works in progress [knitting/crochet]). I'm always searching for a … Continue reading The honeymoon is over
July 8th will be a year since we moved to El Paso. I can't believe everything that's transpired in a year.... We rented our first house. It still doesn't feel 100% like home. Maybe it's because the furniture doesn't match, or that the carpet is an awful poop brown color. Maybe we're just still settling … Continue reading Almost a year
I put this together on Friday, but waited until Monday to post. We've been in El Paso for exactly six months today. Um, wow. It doesn't seem like that long at all! It feels like the whole cross-country-move is still "new" in my mind. Enjoy! July August Had an interview and got hired at my … Continue reading Six months in El Paso: a photoblog
Just enough... like $3.46 in your checking account until payday after all bills and expenses are paid... like older cars that run on prayer and get us places... like just enough patience to get through the end of the work day... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last night at church we had a celebration called Taste of the Nations, … Continue reading Just enough
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