The most elite of Grandma's Marathon runners can go from start to finish in just over 2 hours. That's incredibly impressive for a human! We used a little technology to cover the 26.2-mile course in 3 minutes.
Dashi has been our Animal Allies Pet of the Week twice before this video. He is special in the aspect that he has been blind since 9 weeks old. He is a very sweet and beautiful American Staffordshire Terrier and loves to play ball. I thought showing you Dashi's personality may help you better understand that while he is blind, he would still be a very devoted loving companion in your home.
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I've run several Grandma's Half Marathon and I've seen them around me, they're known as "the pacer". To be exact they are a Clif Bar Pacer, they are free to follow and to many they are somewhat of a phenomenon. Here's why I am in awe of them.
Some of us have run into the dilemma of dealing with an abandoned or injured wild animal. I don't mean "wild" like a tiger or elephant, I mean a non-domesticated animal like a fox, fawn or a turkey vulture. What do you do? That's why Wildwoods Rehabilitation exists. Come behind the scenes at Wildwoods and see some of the animals while you learn more.
Notorious around the country as being a 'cool' city, Duluth was selected by Frito-Lay as the place to bring their 'HeatWave' Doritos products to launch at a special event on Wednesday.
Movies are full of emotions. They inspire, they make us happy, they move us to do something. and they make us cry. Billy Crystal once said in "City Slickers", LIfe's riddles are answered in the movies because the movies are a reflection of life. So, what movies make you cry every time you see it.
In the next few weeks I am going to try to show you all the people that make Grandma's Marthon work. We will start with Tara Sieve. She handles the Volunteers and other programs. She considers herself very luck to work with some of the volunteers for the marathon. Some, she says, have been doing this for 20 years or more.
We were camping over the Memorial Weekend with friends and they told us to bring eggs and our favorite ingredients for omelettes, we were going to make Omelettes In A Bag. What???? First time for everything, right? It was easy and phenomenal! It’s early enough in the season that you can give this a shot, I guarantee you’ll be doing it more than once, I know we will!
Is there a song, that inspires you? A song that gets you ready for a sporting event, or gets you ready to compete? There are songs that make people cry, or lyrics that can move mountains. This of songs that mark a period in your life, every time you hear that song you are transported back in time and feel the same feelings.
My friend Gary had told me that he was putting coconut oil in his coffee as a way to lose weight. It sounded yummy and who isn't looking to lose a few pounds so I thought I'd give it a shot. I guess I should have asked some additional questions before I jumped right in, apparently there is a difference between coconut oil and the way it's processed.
It’s been a very wet Spring and that means it’s going to be a mosquito laden Summer. There’s many things you can do to deter the little vermin, bug spray and citronella candles, but there’s something you can make that is inexpensive and will last two weeks at a time.