Courtenay Brown

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After the race on Sunday, I drove up to New Hampshire to visit my sister. She is graduating from college this coming weekend. My aim for the trip was two-fold. First, see Sarah (Scare) at college. Second, beat my brother. Nathaniel (Than) and his girlfriend drove up to New Hampshire from Maryland to visit Scare two weeks ago. They were there from 5 p.m. to 10:15 a.m. When they got home to my mom's they regaled us with a giant slideshow, "Trip to Dartmouth". It had 150 photos! But exactly 1 of them included Dartmouth and the child who actually goes there. In it, she was looking askance at Than as he tried to fix a doorknob in her apartment. Here ...

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I did gymnastics in third and fourth grade, when we lived in Manila. I loved it and made my mom come and watch me practice, which must have been deathly boring considering my best move was the penny drop off the uneven bars, with loads of assistance from the teacher. I was terrible. [caption id="attachment_3144" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="March 2, 1988"][/caption] Here is a family photo from Manila that one of my seven half/step/awesome sisters recently posted on facebook. It's from her 14th birthday. My mom was taking the photo, so she's not in it. The first thing I noticed was that cake - totally not the work ...

There are a few nice things about having a "minimalist family Christmas", which I know is soo two months ago now that it's February, but bear with me. There are a few nice things: - we get to sleep in on Christmas because there's not much to open - family togetherness! Which results in me text-messaging my brother across the table during Settlers to ask him why my sister, on the other side of the table, is being The Worst. - only have a couple thank-you notes to write (still finishing the second one...) - JANUARY/FEBRUARY FEEL LIKE REAL CHRISTMAS!!!!!!! Sorry, family, but the hat and sweatshirt and non-cheesy earrings (good job Ma!) have been upstaged. For example, I arrived home yesterday to find a ...

Well, it's December 31, and for the first time in ages I have a legitimate New Year's Resolution! Beyond the usual "be nicer" and "swim more" ho-hum. I'm saving money. Yesterday it snowed 8 inches. Today my 12-year-old 136k-mile Honda Civic and I tootled around Boulder in search of an indoor pool and, after one measly mile in single-digit temperatures, a treadmill. The car and I are not too terrible in the snow thanks to a year in Tahoe with way more than 8 inches, but, I tend to "drive like a scared rabbit"* and snow+2 wheel drive=not helpful. Furthermore, as of tomorrow the car will be teen-aged. So I think it's safe to assume that I'll need a new car in ...

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! I've been in Maryland since the 22nd, enjoying family shenanigans and staying sufficiently egg-nogged. A glimpse... [gallery = 43]

Riding Fox (in cycling gloves and cycling jacket!) Kitty came too.

No, this wasn't the turkey we had for dinner My sister and I actually *were* having fun November Rain in Maryland is comforting

I wore my Skins on the plane yesterday and a woman asked me that. I wanted to say, "if by 'triathlete' you mean some expensive doohickey that is fairly ineffectual and obnoxiously athletic-looking, then yes, these are triathlete pants!" But I just told her they are my compression tights, and yes, I am a triathlete, how did she guess. Honestly though, I'm not sure they are very effectual. I think I need some regular medical compression tights. The Skins don't have feet on them, even though I pull them over my heels and ankles, I still get really fat toes and feet at the end of a travel day. So anyway, yesterday I left the east coast and now I am ...