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• Jenn Riffle commented on the blog post Cats or Pigs and Vegan Cheese   6 months ago
  

  Christy … yes, you have to try the cheese!

• Jenn Riffle commented on the blog post I’ve Been Abandoned!   6 months ago
  

  Emily! Thank you so much! I will definitely take the meal planner. I was just telling Matt that we need to do this anyway … because then we’ll know what to buy and I can actually maybe have dinner ready when he gets home. Thanks. You’re the greatest!

  Love,
  Jenn

• Jenn Riffle commented on the blog post My 21-Day Vegan Kickstart Challenge   6 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  Thanks Christy. You are so sweet!

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: One Beautiful Island, Part 3   10 months, 1 week ago
  

  One of the problems with blogging about something that happened in the past is that you tend to lose of the detail.  I’ll try to remember the important things as I go.   Fortunately, two of the last four of our days were relatively low key.

  MONDAY:

  We went on the Kilohana Plantation Hike.  This is the same

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: One Beautiful Island, Part 2   10 months, 2 weeks ago
  

  Thursday was a mellow-er day for us.   We were up early again, around 7:00. Not sure if I like that or not.  I am not pleased with being sleepy at 8:30 at night.   But  I am happy that we are still awaking so early, because if we became night people here, well, our

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: One Beautiful Island, Part I   10 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  Matt and I are here on the island of Kauai, celebrating 10 happy years of marriage, for 10 full days.  There will be alot of stuff to talk about, so I am writing it all down as we go.  Partly for my own personal memory and also to inform everyone of what we’ve been up

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: (Some) Faith in Humanity is Being Restored   11 months ago
  

  So often, all we do or hear is complaints about humankind.  And really, can we be blamed?  In an age of dogfighting, rudeness, poor customer service and road rage, some days we just wonder where the human race is headed.

  And I personally, have had a lot of bad customer service coming my way lately.  I’ve

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: Matriculation/Convocation and Other Things Not as Interesting   11 months ago
  

  Or, getting caught up on my crazy life.  I guess its not really so crazy, but it feels crazy to me! 

  Last Friday, we attended my cousin’s Matriculation/Convocation ceremony at her university.   You are all probably familiar with Kayla by now.  Her university of choice is only one hour south of here, and we drove

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: She’s Going to Need a New Memory Card   11 months, 3 weeks ago
  

  Last weekend, Matt and I took Kayla to Las Vegas for her inaugural trip.  The trip was conceived due to the Criss Angel Cirque du Soleil show.  Kayla is a big fan of Criss’ and we thought she would love the show.  And we love her and Vegas.  So why not combine the three?  It

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: My Day With Baleigh   12 months ago
  

  On Thursday,  I spent the day with Baleigh, my cousin on my husbands side of the family.  She is 12 years old and she is quite the young lady.   I drove to her house and picked her up, and that is a 75 minute drive, and I am not a fan of driving.  I did

• Jenn Riffle and Site Admin are now friends   12 months ago

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: A Tale of Two Trips, Part II   1 year ago
  

  July 10-13th took us to Raleigh, North Carolina to visit my sister, my nieces, nephew and brother-in-law.

  Friday:

  We left in the morning to go pick up Kayla before heading to the airport.  I had built in traffic time and chat time to our schedule, and it was a good thing I did.  We ended up leaving

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: My Second Weight Workout   1 year ago
  

  If you haven’t read the entry on the first workout, please go back and do so.  Then this will make better sense.

  Today’s workout was postponed from yesterday.  No biggie.  I’m supposed to do 2-3 times per week.  I’m shooting for three, but two will just take longer.  And who knows, I might just do it

• Jenn Riffle commented on the blog post My First Weight Workout   1 year ago
  

  Yes, well, you know … I think he was writing to the people who would be scared away by more sensible actions. Sqwigg recommends Turbulence Training’s meal plan. I downloaded the free 7 day vegetarian sample. I’ll let you know what I think. I don’t know if I’ll follow it,

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: My First Weight Workout   1 year ago
  

  Since Matt and I decided not to run the Chicago Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon, we decided to work on other aspects of our fitness.  Except for my calves, I am pretty mushy.  I do have a strong core from yoga, but I really needed to start incorporating weights.  I have been saying for years

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: A Tale of Two Trips, Part I   1 year ago
  

  Oh see, here I go, neglecting my blog again.  And now, I have two trips to summarize.  Well, luckily for you, that means I’ll have to brief on each.  Ha ha.

  Seattle, June 25-30th

  As previously stated, we visited Seattle to participate in the Inaugural Rock ‘n Roll Marathon.  But we made a mini-vacation out of it.

  Friday:

  We

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: The 2009 Inaugural Rock & Roll Half Marathon Seattle   1 year ago
  

  The above named marathon and half marathon was held on June 27, 2009.  We left for Seattle on Thursday, June 25, 2009 and returned home on Tuesday, June 30th.  Details of the trip will be shared in a different entry.  This one is just about the actual race.

  The day started at 4:00 a.m.  I got

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: On Being Ignored   1 year, 1 month ago
  

  In my last post, I mentioned briefly a carpenter who came to the house to estimate some work that we had here for him.  That day, he ignored his promise to be there first thing in the morning.  Then he promised us an estimate later that day (Thursday) or the next morning.   Fast forward to

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: Fitness, Pain, and Other Stuff   1 year, 1 month ago
  

  Last Thursday, May 28th, I went out for a run.  It was about 74 degrees outside, with an equally high humidity.  But, you know, I had to run.  That marathon is getting closer, I had no choice.   Naturally, this being Pittsburgh, we really haven’t had these temperatures stick around long enough to be acclimated to

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: Hallie’s Wild Ride   1 year, 2 months ago
  

  Some of you know Hallie.  If you have read any of the three previous posts, you’ve at least heard of her.

  The craziness started last week during one of my nightly visits.  She was sitting on my lap and her nail got stuck in the blanket.  When she jumped down, her leg was askew.  It was

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: Vegetarianism and The Food Network   1 year, 2 months ago
  

  I never used to watch The Food Network.  I thought that it would be boring and make me hungry.  I couldn’t figure out why anyone would want to sit around and watch food shows all day.  That was close to the insanity of watching a home shopping channel, but not as bad as watching golf

• Jenn Riffle and Matt Riffle are now friends   1 year, 2 months ago

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: Running Very Fast   1 year, 2 months ago
  

  Last night, Matt and I headed out for a six mile run.  We weren’t sure if we would go six or seven, as it all depended on how many little humans might be in the baseball field and we feel kind of silly running around the loop several times if they are there.   Turns out,

• Jenn Riffle wrote a new blog post: Hello world!   1 year, 2 months ago
  

  Since I just signed up for this blog today, I felt I should write something, even though I really don’t have anything exceptional to say today.

  Do I lead an extraordinary life?  I don’t know.  I like to think I do.  Some days are just extremely ordinary and sometimes dull.  However, I’ve been to China and