2009, Quickly

Taking a look back at my 2009 and the experiences that came with… it was quite the year! JANUARY New Years in Fort Worth with the Teagues Ate black eyed peas for good luck in the new year Visited Janette in Orlando Soccer concussion and head wound Dallas Stars at Tampa Bay Garrett leaves for [...]

Jacksonville Marine Corps Half Marathon

I finished! Official time: 13.1 miles in 2:22:44 Checking it off the life list… Yes, I’ll do another one. I had a great time.

My Race Shirt Needs Your Help

I’m counting down for the Marine Corps Half Marathon in Jacksonville next Saturday (October 3rd). Now that I’m in the single digits, the pressure is definitely on. I’ve had a good past few weeks of training, including getting in my long runs of 7, 8, 9 and 10.5 miles on the weekends. I finally found road [...]

Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Update

Great news for people with CF (and those for support CFF) came through last week, which I first saw on Twitter. September 1, 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ZENPEP™ (pancrelipase), a pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy. Pancreatic enzymes are an essential treatment of cystic fibrosis. They help people with the disease [...]

Meet Zoe

Single Greatest Night honorees got together for lunch this week (thanks Carabbas!) and we were joined by a couple of the team ambassadors, Zoe and Cammie. I should back up and tell you about how our teams are structured, and why. Each of us 40+ honorees are all divided between 4 different teams to provide [...]

My CFF Challenge To You

I’m laying down the gauntlet to all of you. Whether you’re a friend, family, online friend, part of the CF community or just stumbled on my blog looking for pics of  a Mexican fire dance or Nissan Altima (yes I can tell how you get here)…I invite you all can be part of my Cystic [...]

Lending My Voice to Cystic Fibrosis

It’s been awhile since I’ve updated my blog, but that’s mostly because I’ve been enjoying life in Florida and staying busy with friends, working hard and trying to keep connected with with my family and a certain sailor who’s been on deployment since January. You’ll be seeing more consistent updates to the blog for the [...]

A Permanent Address

Big things happened this week here in Jacksonville. I found a place to live and the countdown to THE PLAYERS Championship fell under 100 hours. These are the two pieces of information that are taking up nearly every waking moment of my life this week and next. First, the living situation: After many many Craigslist [...]