Relocation: One Penske Truck at a Time

September 21, 2016.Reading time 9 minutes.

Oh hey guys. Sarah here. Sorry it’s been a while, but things have been pretty crazy with the move back to the Midwest. If you’re thinking to yourself, how crazy can it be just loading your life into a truck and driving it 16 hours? Well, if you want to go ahead and grab yourself a […]

Seasonal Changes

July 31, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

St. Louis, Greater swiss mountain dog, st. louis cardinals, greater swiss, swissy, finnegan

Pop quiz. Where’s home to the one of the most successful franchises in baseball and soon two Zalewskis and a Finnegan Murphy? Hint for Cubs fans: they have 11 World Championships so Chicago is out. Site of the 1904 World’s Fair. The first American city to host the Olympics. Hometown to Jackie Joyner Kersey, Maya Angelou and perhaps most […]

On snowbirds

January 21, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

sarasota, florida, palm trees, lakewood ranch,

What if I told you that all of the defensive driving you learned over the years would finally pay off? All those times your mom reached for the steering wheel, pumped her imaginary brake and claimed we were all going to die when you turned 15. All those years navigating around ‘tourists’ who swerved anytime they heard […]

The year of the alligator

January 10, 2016.Reading time 8 minutes.

alligator, florida, front porch, lakewood ranch,

I fielded some requests over the holidays to get back to blogging. And while it’s never my intention to go on a blog hiatus, just like skipping a few workouts, sometimes its hard to get back into the swing of things after some time off. It’s a good problem to have, being too busy to […]

Caption This

March 2, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

florida sunset, sarasota, winter in florida, sunset,

It’s this little game I like to play when I’m running short on time but feel badly that I haven’t talked to you in a while. I call it caption this. It’s simple really. In fact I don’t even force you to participate. I’ll do all the work for you. You’ll see. […]

Race Recap: Sarasota Music Half Marathon

February 11, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

It’s been a while since I did a race recap for you guys. Probably because it’s been a while since I’ve run a race. If you care to read back as to why I took a little hiatus from running you can do so here. Now it wasn’t entirely because I briefly crippled myself as […]

A Perfect Fall Day

October 5, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

finn, greater swiss mountain dog, swissy, puppy, dog, brohard dog peach, paw park, florida, gulf coast, dog beach

Today was just about as close as you can get to a perfect fall day. And believe me I’m just as surprised as you that it happened this early in October and this close to the Gulf of Mexico. But it did. And I’m perfectly OK with that. Normally on a day like today, I […]

Summer resolutions

June 22, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

I know resolutions are typically written for the New Year, but the first weekend of summer seems just as good as any, no? I mean this way at least you don’t have to worry about crazy gym crowds, indulgent foods and lots of holiday parties. OK so maybe you do but those hot dogs and ice cream trips […]

So we moved to Florida

May 2, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

new house, florida, lakewood ranch, sarasota, swiss mountain dog

I told you I’d check in once we got settled and even though we are anything but, I thought I would update you anyway. What can I say I like you guys more than unpacking boxes. Dad, Finn and I arrived Wednesday evening with 1,200 miles and four states under our belts. We were very fortunate […]