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August 26, 2025

The Forgotten Valley Hike I’ll Never Forget

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It’s been just over a year since Mike proposed on my birthday, and I honestly still can’t believe we’re married now!! I genuinely didn’t think I’d ever meet my perfect match, and yet here I am with a guy whose Enneagram even mirrors mine – he’s a core 8 Challenger with a close secondary 3 Achiever, while I’m the reverse (core 3 with a close secondary 8). The ultimate power couple 😂! Single friends, take heart – you never know when the right person will come along. And for that matter, when the right person does come along – you …

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August 18, 2025

Ballgowns, Bandages, and a Birthday Sprain: My Running Reset

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Still so much to catch up on, but I thought I’d start with something a little bit useful 🙂 First, an important bit of backstory. On my wedding morning, I had really wanted to do a long trail run, but Mike and friends told me not to risk falling. So I decided to stick to the gravel roads in my neighborhood and head up Warren Road, a steady hill that surprisingly has less vert than when I do loops around the more typical undulating terrain in my area. I think of it as a pretty easy route, at only three …

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July 30, 2025

Hello, World: This is 40!

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Laura standing in front of her new house with a "sold" sign

Well, hello, again! It’s been nearly two years since I last posted, and a lot has changed. Let’s catch up! In 2022, I dated someone who moved to a rural area that was only 20 minutes from my house in Superior. While the relationship didn’t work out, I was really intrigued by the area – in the foothills, stunning mountain views, but not too far from Boulder / Denver / civilization. I set up a Zillow search with alerts for the area, and passively reviewed homes that came up. In October 2023, an alert popped up for a STUNNING custom-built …

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April 10, 2024

What I Read in March 2024

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I read ten books in March, but six of them were novellas, so that’s more like five books – a little slower than usual, but the short novellas help cover that up! At 25 books cumulatively, that puts me exactly on track to hit my goal of 100 books by December 31. Of my ten books this month, I gave two novels and two novellas five stars – check them out for sure! 5 stars: Family Family, by Laurie Frankel: This book was PHENOMENAL! India Allwood grew up desperately wanting to be an actor – and now, she’s a Hollywood …

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March 15, 2024

What I Read in February 2024

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I read another seven books in February, which I was thrilled with in a short month. At fifteen books cumulatively, that puts me exactly on track to hit my goal of 100 books by December 31. Great! And I had a solid mix this month of fiction and non-fiction, which makes me feel like I’m learning and not just relaxing 🙂 5 stars: House of Glass, by Sarah Pekkanen: Stella is an attorney who is assigned to serve as the advocate for 9-year old Rose, who seemingly witnessed the murder of her nanny Tina. Tina was having an affair with …

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