Category: advice

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So I’m a bit stressed. I’ve got a lot of work to do but I’m also in charge of making sure GGTC has a fantastic setup at Wildflower in terms of reserving space and also the Saturday night meal. Honestly, I didn’t think it would be that big of a deal. Send out an email asking for volunteers to go down early, Finalize numbers for the dinner, and B@@M, smooth sailing… I won’t go into details but it looks like I get to go down to reserve the space, along with my friend Kahn. And it turns out that people really, really like to procrastinate. I thought I was pretty good about planning accordingly and making sure that people knew the deadlines for everything but it turns out I was wrong. Also, it really doesn’t make a difference if I bold parts of sentences for emphasis as you can see from the screenshot below.

Absolutely love this commercial. Don’t be surprised if you see me make a spoof of this commercial.

The following post is courtesy of my friend, Amanda. She gave her consent for me to copy and paste her blog post

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Older couples make me unbelievably happy. My grandparents, married for 59 years, have always been my inspiration. I can’t wait to be an old lady sitting in my rocking chair rehashing all my memories with someone I’ve shared a life with.

Meet Herbert and Zelmyra Fisher. The Fishers are the title holders of the longest marriage of a living couple (84 years). On Valentine’s Day The Fishers answered 14 questions via their twitter account about the secret to a happy marriage. My favorites are here.

Q2: How did you know your spouse was the right one for you?
A2: We grew up together & were best friends before we married. A friend is for life – our marriage has lasted a lifetime

Q4: What is your advice to someone who is trying to keep the faith that Mr. Right is really out there?
A4: Mine was just around the corner!He is never too far away, so keep the faith – when you meet him, you’ll know

Q5: What was the best piece of marriage advice you ever received?
A5: Respect, support & communicate with each other. Be faithful, honest & true. Love each other with ALL of your heart

Q8: You got married very young – how did u both manage to grow as individuals yet not grow apart as a couple?
A8: “Everyone who plants a seed & harvests the crop celebrates together” We are individuals, but accomplish more together

Q12: At the end of bad relationship day, what is the most important thing to remind yourselves?
A12: Remember marriage is not a contest – never keep a score. God has put the two of you together on the same team to win

Q13: Is fighting important?
A13: NEVER physically! Agree that it’s okay to disagree, & fight for what really matters. Learn to bend – not break!

Q14: What’s the one thing you have in common that transcends everything else?
A14: We are both Christians & believe in God. Marriage is a commitment to the Lord. We pray with & for each other every day

Enjoyed reading @christophipps’ twitter feed who caught a thief while yelling, “I’m a marathon runner, I will catch you…eventually” Here’s the story paraphrased from Phipps’ Twitter feed:

Today on the N judah the woman sitting next to Phipps had her iPhone
stolen. Phipps jumped off the train and gave chase. He shouted “I am a
marathon runner and will catch you eventually!”

The girl got her iPhone back.

Last week I volunteered at the Nike Womens marathon. I spent roughly 6 hours being one part of a two-man team answering questions at the Info tent. One sad question that I kept getting asked in one way or another was, “Where is my sister?” or “How do I find my mom? She just finished.” Nowadays, most big races set up family/friends meeting areas that are broken down via the alphabet.
If you are running a race (or have a family member or friend running a race), make sure to decide beforehand EXACTLY where to meet. ALSO, I know some people have issues with putting their phones in their bag that they check in the morning but, IMHO, it really is a good idea to have your phone when you finish in case the text alerts that are supposed to track an athlete aren’t working. Unfortunately, this is what happened at both the Chicago marathon and Nike Womens marathon this year.
Sadly, out of all those questions, none of them were “Hello Mr. Info man, what’s your number?”…at which point I could have replied, “Sub 3 ”

Watching The Michael Strahan show and just heard a quote I now love. Michael’s father asked by his wife if he’s disappointed in her dislike of trains which is his hobby, he said, “That’s how you choose a hobby. You make a list of hobbies and choose the one your wife doesn’t like.” LOL

Maybe I’ve been going around this whole dating thing wrong. I should be looking for a girl who dislikes triathlons, soccer, and Harry Potter books… I mean books.

At least two days a week I make the hour plus commute from SF to SJ. Today it occurred to me that I really enjoyed leaving the city as it was foggy and cold but just outside of the city it was sunny and warm. This warm feeling I got from being in nice weather soon dissipated as the drive went on and on and on. NPR and music I enjoy can only take me so far. My days that I commute aren’t set so I’ve decided that when it’s foggy in the city, I will be commuting… for two days of the week.

Today = haircut day. I’m driving around a parking lot and notice a spot so I turn the corner wide so I can slip right in without having to do a 2 or 3 point turn. Two spots away I notice that a woman is pulling out of a spot that is closer to my destination but decide to go with my first instinct. After I’m parked I hear somebody honk and then when I get out of my car, the lady is there and she says, “Didn’t you see my turning signal on?” I tell her that I thought she was pulling out of a spot and was thinking that it was left on from when she pulled into the parking spot. She continues to gripe about the fact that I didn’t even look at her when I pulled in and that her car didn’t fit in the spot she was previously in. I wasn’t aware that I had to make eye contact before parking. She was very powty and so I offered to get back in my car and switch spots but it soon became apparent that she just wanted to hear herself whine. WOMAN, if you are going to talk to me about a problem then don’t just talk, offer a solution… I offered a solution and still you huffed and puffed. At that point I decided to just walk away. You and your Lexus can go find another spot.

By the way, haircut’s good and when I got back to my car, a woman started complimenting me on how my shirt matched my car and that she really liked the color. I like my posts to have happy endings like fairy tales.