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Note to National Tire And Battery
National Tire and Battery – you have a few problems. One of those problems is me because I now represent the inconsistency and incompetency that appears to exist in some of the NTB locations. I now...
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Thoughts for January
~ 1.2.2013 Happiness is a warm gym on a frigid day. Unfortunately, everyone else seeks that happiness too. ~ 1.8.2013 Love hurts. Lost love stings and aches. Lost love and rejection burns and numbs,...
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Note to National Tire And Battery – Part 2
A few weeks ago, I verbally trashed National Tire and Battery (NTB) on this blog. I did it respectfully (I hope) and included the facts, which spoke for themselves. It would be fair then, that if...
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BYOB – Bring Your Own Bag
When I was learning how to live in Europe a few years ago, one of the hurdles I had to overcome in bridging the culture gap was the food shopping experience. There were a few differences between the...
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Views from Above
Images from 39,000 feet, somewhere between Salt Lake City and Denver…. © 2010-2013 Kimberly Yoss. All rights reserved. No part of this online publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval...
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The Joy of A Wine Club
Last month, I became a member of the wine club at Woodrose Winery in Stonewall, Texas. I joined for a few reasons: I like the variety of wines they offer. I can’t get their wines at the local Spec’s or...
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Diary of New Year Resolution: Weeks 5-8
I can’t believe it’s been 4 weeks since I last posted about this. But, if I try hard enough, yes, I can believe…. I can see how my resolve weakened because my schedule was overwhelming. My work and my...
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Night Running
Running at night has never been something I like to engage in, despite my love of running. In fact, I think I have only done it once, and that was only to participate in a new experience: a 5K race in...
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Passion For Running Part 1: Making Running Your Priority
A good friend of mine once asked me if it is possible to learn to like running. My quick answer to her was yes; but I was neither emphatic nor bold about it because there are so many variables to...
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Thoughts From February
~ 2.2.2013 You have to experience the pain and frustration of how bad things can really get before you can appreciate how good things really are. ~ 2.19.2013 You know you have a dysfunctional...
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Circuit Of The Americas (COTA) – The Grand Am From Turn One
The racing season has begun. And Austin has a new facility to host it. Welcome to Circuit Of The Americas, or COTA! My first ever car race…and what an exhilarating experience: watching the Grand Am...
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Passion For Running Part 2: Know Why
Once you determine to make exercise, running in this case, your priority, the next step is to know why. There could be many “whys”: to lose weight, to get healthy, to run a marathon or compete in some...
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What Was I Thinking?
At what point in the march toward maturity do we stop looking back at our actions, our words, wondering why we did that? We started out careless and free, but then we all had to grow up and think about...
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Thoughts From March
~ 3.4.2013 “Does your conscience bother you? ~ Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd ~ 3.7.2013 “Before I ever met you, I never knew I could be broken in so many ways.” ~ Before I Ever Met You by Banks...
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Passion For Running Part 3: Healthy Nutrition
One of the more critical ways in which I maintain my passion for running is to keep my body strong and satisfied. There are three tenets: healthy nutrition, proper hydration, and good equipment....
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In Search of Dragonflies
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science” Albert Einstein It is believed, in many cultures, that dragonflies have special...
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Wondering Why
Today was a day of wondering why. I have these days more often than I would like to admit. I go through my days in content oblivion… when… reality suddenly pushes me to the side and demands my...
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Passion For Running Part 4: Proper Hydration
Proper hydration is a tricky but necessary issue for every athlete. Hydration affects multiple areas of the body. A multitude of opinions are out there for how much to drink, what to drink, and when to...
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All Good Things Must Come to an End
When I think hard enough about the proverb – all good things must come to an end – I can flip its meaning to suit anything depending on what is going on in my life at the time. If things are going...
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And On The Seventh Day, You Shall Rest
Taken literally, and biblically, “the seventh day” refers to Sunday and “rest” means doing no work. “For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, holy to the LORD....
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