Everyplate

posted on : November 29, 2020

N and I have tried probably every boxed meal service out there. For a long time we didn’t feel like the meals were worth the expense or we just didn’t like them. Recently we started buying a box called Everyplate (they are a sister company to Hello Fresh…

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Remembering Grandmum

posted on : May 4, 2019

Earlier today my paternal grandmother, Ruth Bertha Anning Hardy, took her final breath and joined my grandpa in heaven. She would have been 97 years young in June. My grandmum was born in England, UK, in 1922. She and my grandpa, Edwyn “John”, also from the UK, raised…

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2019 TriTats Ambassador

posted on : April 1, 2019

Whoop, whoop! This year I was chosen to represent TriTats as an ambassador. Who wants to rep sharpie markers?! Use code, TRIBRITTANIE for 10% off at www.tritats.com…

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30th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon

posted on : March 19, 2019

March 15-18, 2019 A few months ago when Nate started teaching at Loyola he was given a list of upcoming events to prepare for, one of them being the Bataan Memorial Death March in White Sands, New Mexico. When we catch word of events, they go directly on to…

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Business Review: O’Hare Personal Valet

posted on : October 29, 2018

I have become pretty sporadic with my updates these days – mostly when I find something I like is when I am most motivated to share. This time it is the O’Hare Personal Valet (OPV). OPV was recommended to me by some women on a Facebook page for…

Sports,Triathlon

2018 Naperville Sprint Triathlon Race Report

posted on : August 5, 2018

70.3 to sprint = a whole new game of suffer fest! A week ago I emailed my coach, Liz Waterstraat, with a pleading email asking if I could please do the Naperville Sprint Triathlon (the next weekend). I’ve really been slacking on my training lately- to be completely…

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2018 Eagleman 70.3 Race Report

posted on : June 21, 2018

Well it has been approximately (actually) 11 days since I ran my heart down that beautiful red and black carpet. 11 days ago in Cambridge, Maryland, I woke up at 4:30am, pulled on my Dixie Devil team kit, ran some cool water over my face, soaked on my TriTats…

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Gearing up for Eagleman 70.3

posted on : June 8, 2018

It’s the Friday before my “A” race of the season on Sunday. I’m in that place where you just aren’t sure if you kept up enough with workouts (I missed a LOT this season), you are second-guessing the fuel plan (even…

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Honey Stinger HIVE Ambassador 2018

posted on : March 6, 2018

This afternoon I got a pretty SWEET surprise in my email – an acceptance letter to the Honey Stinger HIVE Ambassador program for the 2018 season! As part of the HIVE, I get the opportunity to rep Honey Stinger as I swim, bike, run and spectate. I feel pretty excited…

Family,Loss

Euphan Helen Carter Goldsmith: 1935-2017

posted on : December 14, 2017

Early this morning the Lord took home a gem of a lady, my husband’s grandmother, Euphan Helen Carter Goldsmith. Known to us as “Memaw,” known to many others as “Baby,” Memaw was an absolutely wonderful woman. Back in the day she and her husband…