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The Life and Shenanigans of Courtney Birst

And Suddenly, Sadness

You would think I’d be past this. When the sound of his voice doesn’t make my heart do a little flip-flop. It’s not even that “Omigod-how-I’m-gonna-live-without-him?” sort of flip-flop, but instead it’s an “I’m-sad-it’s-over-even-though-I’m-happy-now” kind of flip-flop.
He called to say he’s leaving, he’s accepted a job. He’s going to Iraq. For a year. And so I [...]

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Annapolis 10-Mile

On Sunday I ran the Annapolis 10-Mile race. The morning was a bit humid and warmer than I’d hoped, but it’s August so I didn’t really expect cool weather. Of course we’d had cool mornings all week, so I had hoped we’d get lucky on Sunday, but no dice.
I drove there by myself. I should [...]

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That’s Gonna Leave a Mark

Saturday morning Daisy and I ventured out for our second walk of the morning. Ever since returning from our first walk and eating breakfast Daisy had been riled up, out in the yard, running around and investigating every corner of the yard. Alternately rolling in some delicious smelly thing and then jumping up to tear [...]

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Hold Onto Your Seats!

Today’s post is a guest post by the one and only Helmet. Hold on dear readers, I may regret this! (Just KIDDING Helmet. You know I love ya!)
It’s a big day word perv’ers! I’m Helmey of the Blogapalooza. Courtney and I have decided to blog swap for the day. It’s not as sexy as [...]

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Another Guest Post

My good bloggie friend Helmet, who resides in Utah, put out the call recently for some guest posts. I accepted his challenge and sent him a piece I’d written that has more to do with Mormons than it does Utah, but since we all associate one with the other I figured it was a close enough [...]

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