@ tishushu – Your whole list sounds great, but nettles for aloe?? Sounds like the best barter ever!

@ Monika – Yay for the LSAT, no turning back is right. I’m super happy for you!

@ Kaitlin – You can expect my own version of hot cock sauce, coming soon. ;-)

@ Emily – Yay, thanks for reading and WELCOME!

@ Selina – Aw, congrats on making 6 months. I make little goals like that for my breastfeeding too. Also congrats on the molasses, that’s great!

@ Annelise – Sounds like your boss is super sweet, what a blessing to have a good work environment. And yay spring!

@ Viki – Hi! Welcome to the site and I’m so glad to hear from another vegan mama, that’s awesome! I’m still using my deo recipe, when I wear deo at all . . . which is actually pretty rarely these days. We’ll see if I can keep that up in summer, but for now after a few months on the all natural homemade stuff, I stopped really sweating/smelling and I stopped needing any deodorant. Same thing happened to Damian. Very interesting . . .

@ Staar – I love re-reading old books, if I had my way I’d probably never read a new one Im such a nostalgic lady, haha.

@ Alexander – Congrats on all that garden glory, and I soooo share your excitement. It’s going to be a great year for growing, I can feel it!

@ Sam – Hey, welcome to the site! Love your love list, especially the overflowing waterways (I love that about this time of year too!) and the impending Farmer’s Market. Very exciting and I couldn’t agree more, being a local-vore feels GREAT!

@ Sonja – Yay for extended love lists! So many wonderful things to be grateful for. =)

@ Minna – I’m sorry your going through a rough time lady. But it sounds like you do have some fun stuff to be happy about. Not that it’s easy to feel that way when you’re feeling down. I know so many people who are bordering on depression these days – I think a lot of it is the time of year. Try to keep in mind that life cycles, and you will be on top of the world again someday (soon!). I wish I was there to make you tea and bake vegan cookies and dance around in our pjs or something equally as silly. I’m thinking of you!

@ Sierra Dawn – Wasn’t it gorgeous in Seattle yesterday?? (Sunday) We were across the sound but it was SO beautiful and warn and perfect, I even got too toasty from the sun but I don’t care. It was amazing. We went on a walk and saw the most amazing wild trilliums . . . love the PNW so much. =)

@ Shelby – That’s totally fair, ha! I think I have a hang-up where I’m afraid to post “simple” recipes, but it’s silly because I love simple recipes! I do cook a lot of quicker foods. I’ll make a point of getting more of that stuff up, k?

@ Mandie – You can always bring them inside for winter. They should be super happy on a windowsill through the colder months.

@ Kate – SUPER interesting request. I’m going to have to think about that one . . . so I’m not going to write a whole lot now but I promise you it’ll be in my mind. Maybe I can email you?

Hello runners! Love reading your conversation and your passion, I am extremely jealous! =D

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Love to you all, hope everyone had a great weekend!

Thanks for the feedback on the running post! I went veg for health reasons,and it was also around the same time that I became serious about running. Diet and running are so interconnected for me that for a long time I didn’t ascribe labels to my diet or lifestyle, except in terms of how it affected performance. (I was quite obnoxious to be around, I’m sure!)

But yes, the WD was a BLAST!! I’m sure you’ll have a great time in August. That Metro dash looks great, but I’m in Phoenix and didn’t see that they’re heading this way anytime soon :(

PS – I read your awesome post on vegan running. I’m not a full blown vegan, or even vegetarian, but I eat an incredibly small amount of meat and keep weaning off other animal products slowly. This is my second round of going veg, and I noticed the biggest change was my ATTITUDE about meatless diet + running. Thanks for sharing :)

It’s on my to-do list for next year.

1. Google Calendar. Thank god I have this. She keeps me straight and sane!
2. The newfound open communication I have with the love of my life. It's been hard to talk through some things we've been working through, but it's so invigorating at the same time. Yay!
3. Completing the WARRIOR DASH! I scaled walls, jumped fire, and braved a mud pit! What a fun race :)

Also, on the note of #2 above…I'd love a little peek into Sayward's work/life balancing act. I find myself to be just as busy as you are, constantly loading up my plate with new things and moving (or at least thinking!) at 100000 miles a minute. I personally think that if I dated some one as nuts as me it might drive me crazy, but I also see that you do a lot of things on your own and Damain seems really independent (?). Also, you're a fan of some 'crazy' views (ie, RAW) that he doesn't always go along with and you are both still incredibly happily married with an adorable but occasional baby terrorist. How does the super passionate mom/activist/blogger/farmer/dog owner make time for all of those things? Where do you find balance (and no cheating by saying 30 day breaks from the world!! :).

As some one else who suffers from Hyper Productivity Disorder, I'd love to collaborate on ways to make our 'go go go!' selves fit in with those who may just operate at 'going'.

1. My hilarious kiddos – who needs a t.v. with these two around?!
2. Swansons Nursery. Where has this place been all my life? I’ve been in Seattle for almost seven years and am just now discovering it!
3. Spring!!! Woo hoo! My birdie girls might get to go outside today!
4. Bonzai Aphrodite:) I stumbled upon this site a few weeks ago and I’m loving waking up in the morning with my cup o joe and my laptop thinking, ” I wonder what Sayward is up to now…”