Happy New Year!

Here's to an incredible 2012!!!

A Beloved Holiday Tradition Returns

Let's all have a Patrick Swayze Christmas...



For those of you masochists out there, there's always the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special (full length version via Google Video).

Never Too Soon To Indoctrinate The Young People

We Really ARE A Perfect Match

...Especially in that it seems neither of us is very good at updating our blog.

We have gotten pictures from both the wedding and reception up, and highlights from the trip to Italy should be posted within the next week or so.

This weekend is the window between (half) marathons:  Sara ran the Nike Women's Half in San Francisco last weekend, and next weekend she's leading the LA Times' new Run Club in the Rock & Roll Half Marathon here in LA.  She's even got me in the act this time - sort of: I'll be "running" (more accurately "plodding along") in the 5K event.  Anyone interested in wagering on which of us finishes first?

Getting EXCITED!!!

SO, I promised Jeff I'd write a post "sometime soon" - which is now, I guess! :)

I've never blogged before so this is new & different, and - really - kind of intimidating that I have more than 140 characters to share my thoughts!

Not really too much to report - work is good, traffic has been AWFUL this week, um... *crickets*

Yeah, daily life is back to normal after the busy-ness of planning our wedding and honeymoon.

There are a bunch of fun things going on in the next few weeks, though.

Sunday, our good friends Bethany & Trevor tie the knot and we are so delighted to celebrate with them!

Then, next weekend, I will be running the Nike Women's Half Marathon - and Jeff & my mom will make the trek to cheer me on...and enjoy a nice getaway to Northern CA.

At the end of the month, I'll run the Rock N Roll LA Half Marathon - and (in the coolest news ever), Jeff will be participating in their Mini Marathon.

So thrilled to share this passion of mine with him. You know, I got all nerdy when we started dating - superhero movies, conventions, t-shirts...the whole bit. Now, it's his turn - time for him to lace up those running shoes!!!

In other things that are currently making me smile, the weather is cooling down which means pumpkins & soup & scarves & mittens & hot cocoa & Christmas trees! I love this time of the year and can't wait to snuggle with my HUSBAND (yeah, I love that the MOST) by the fireplace.

Hope you're staying warm, wherever you are...and we hope to see you soon! :)

Meet The New Blog, (Largely) Same As The Old Blog

Per my last post, we're streamlining.  More detail than you probably wanted after the jump...

Ch-ch-ch-CHANGES (Maybe. I Don't Know Yet...)

I think we can all agree I do a pretty poor job of keeping my website updated, yes?

Then there's DellingerLosAngeles.com, which is the website I share with Sara.  Less ambitious in scope, but still something that requires care and feeding - and I'm falling behind on that, too...

So I got to thinking about the pros and cons of consolidation.  And I have to say, right now I'm leaning towards it.  Strongly.

Nothing's for sure - I still have to figure out all the various options (Tumblr? WordPress? Stay with Blogger? Maintain status quo?).  But it's certainly something that's "on the board"...

More updates as events warrant.  Or I at least feel they do.

UPDATE:  Decisions made.  Action taken.

Yeah...What He Said

I spent a good portion of Wednesday afternoon sorting through my thoughts on the announcement that R.E.M. was disbanding, trying to pin down exactly what my feelings were.  I was saddened by the news, but that was immediately undercut by the realization I hadn't actually bought an R.E.M. CD since maybe "New Adventures In Hi-Fi" (which came out in '96).  Aside from a handful of singles that got radio play or happened to pop up on Pandora, I'd moved on years ago...so why was the breakup of a band I no longer paid attention to gnawing at me?