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Author Archives: Lynn

Quick beer update

Last night we kegged the Karl’s Ninety. It was about a week overdue, I think, but I’m told that the beer is safe in that state for awhile, and no harm seems to have come to it. We took a … Continue reading

June 17, 2013 Home Brewing , , ,

Chicago

On Friday, Ethan and I took the day off and flew down to Chicago for one night to see Dylan Moran. He’s easily my favorite comedian, and if you haven’t, you should check out his stand-up; there are plenty of … Continue reading

June 16, 2013 Travel , ,

Ten Years Ago

After hearing that I’ve been posting again, my friend Kai pointed out that the 10 year anniversary of my first post on my blog is coming up in a few weeks. He said I should do some anniversary posts, where … Continue reading

June 9, 2013 Blogging, Personal

Rugged Maniac, 2013

Yesterday Ethan and I ran the Minnesota Rugged Maniac for the second year in a row. Both this year and last year the course was challenging and fun. The RM is held at a ski resort and the entire course … Continue reading

Fitness ,

Site Updates

Yesterday I installed and then heavily manipulated a new theme for the site. The new theme is mobile and tablet friendly, and has big, friendly font. I also moved the archives to their own page. Ethan was also updating his … Continue reading

June 2, 2013 Site Updates ,

Race photos

Ethan’s mom was gracious enough to lug my camera around to get some photos of us during the run. This is us just after the 10 mile mark, prior to the big hill. I like that we’re both sporting our … Continue reading

June 1, 2013 Fitness, Photography

My First Half Marathon

Ethan and I finished our first half marathon, and it went well! We ran and finished together, and our finish time was 2:23:46 (pace: 10:59 min/mile). I’m really happy with that achievement, especially since my goal pace was about 11 … Continue reading

May 30, 2013 Fitness , ,

One week to go

I’m running the Madison half marathon in just 7 days. Today I ran the last long run of my training plan. It was 8 miles, and a pretty good run. I ran it with Ethan and we did a good … Continue reading

May 20, 2013 Fitness , ,

Saving for a Down Payment

A little over a year ago, Ethan and I started saving up for a down payment on a new house. We want to save up enough to put a 20 – 25% down payment on our next home to avoid … Continue reading

May 13, 2013 Home Brewing, Personal Finance

Scottish Ale Status

Two weeks ago, I brewed up a batch of the Northern Brewer Karl’s 90 Schilling kit and started it fermenting. Today Ethan helped me transfer it to a carboy for its secondary fermentation, which should last 4 – 6 weeks. This … Continue reading

May 11, 2013 Home Brewing ,