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Archive for June, 2009

03 Jun, 2009

I woke up in Seattle!

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Food

Went to bed in Colorado, woke up in dreary Seattle this morning… lol. Rain, fog, ugh. Seems like many of us are experiencing this, despite being in different parts of the country. Forecast for today is mostly sunny with a high of 64 and 30% chance of rain. I think the weather guys are wrong [...]

02 Jun, 2009

Wired differently

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Deep thoughts by Fat Pants

The rubber nose piece on my glasses broke this morning so I stopped by the optometrist over lunch, which is conveniently located next to Noodles & Co, Five Guy’s Burger, Coldstone, Qdoba, Pei Wei and Panera. It’s great.
I love pretty much all of those places, but today I didn’t have to fight the temptation to [...]

02 Jun, 2009

Where is my summer weather?!

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

Woke up this morning to 40s and rain…blech! It’s June, Mother Nature! Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the moisture… but I want some sun and warm weather! Looks like it will rain for the rest of today; wonder if it will break long enough for a run this afternoon.
I feel much better this morning [...]

01 Jun, 2009

A case of the Mondays

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

Can I have another day to recover from the weekend? Please?
The weekend was not so good. Let’s just leave it at that. The only positive thing during the weekend was our hike on Saturday morning; we reached the top in about an hour and I trail ran the whole way down. In my hiking boots. [...]



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