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The Key to the Right Amount of Competition

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Emily and Brooke

“I wanna know what you guys think… was this season maybe a little too competitive?”  It is the evening of our Lido Fleet’s annual awards ceremony and chili feed, when the 1st Place winner proposes this question to the members.  He follows up by giving the example of how some racers are not just trying to sail fast, but instead using the rules to their advantage.  He shared concern that new fleet members may be turned off by the more advanced racing and aggressive competition, and made note that he would rather see his friends out on Wednesday nights.  Hmm… although notably stuffed from dinner and drinks, his question sure stirred up a bit of conversation around what is the right amount of competition, and it’s been on my mind ever since.

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One Great Hike, Two Canoes and My New $5 Fall Friends from Zaful

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Zaful Ring

When Peter Pan told us to “Never Grow Up” I’m pretty sure he meant to include “Fall School Clothes” shopping, because ooh how I still crave an autumn wind to blow through my closet every year.  I figure it’s safe to concede if one hasn’t outgrown it by their forties, it’s prob not gonna happen.  However, since we have two students in our house that legitimately need sleeves that reach their wrists and winter pants that don’t look like waders, it would be foolish to drop a lot of dough on forties fashion.  What’s a girl to do?  Time to Zaful!

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Holy Smokes: Hurricane Harvey and Irma, Oregon Wildfires and the Pine Cone Nine

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Pine Cone Nine

HOLY SMOKES!  It’s been a tough couple of weeks watching the world turn.  This picture was taken at the beautiful Resort at the Mountain in early August, just as the West’s big fires were starting to get wild.  You can see the smoke hovering inconspicuously above a thousand shades of green.

3,000 miles away, we have family riding out Hurricane Irma in the middle of the night with their two young boys (more recently best friends from Houston caught in Hurricane Harvey).  We stay up late praying for the lights to stay on in Florida, and for the morning to bring peace and what my Dad calls “First World Problems.”
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The Great Silverton, Oregon Total Eclipse of the Garden

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We came, we saw, we fumbled around like fools, in our two minutes of totality. Yep, the traffic to the path was “no es problema.” Tenting in an elementary school field for three days with hundreds of strangers – oddly enjoyable. Not being veteran eclipse chasers though, our family arrived in to Silverton, Oregon for the Total Eclipse of the Garden without knowing what to expect.  We knew we had to make it to the path of totality, but weren’t quite sure what to do when we got there.
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Life Lessons from an Unaccompanied Minor Flight

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Jet Plane In a strange turn of events and tears, I actually lost not one, but both of my babes to coming of age this summer.  There were no warning signs, no emergency preparedness kits.  Flight attendants are always telling us to “put our oxygen masks on before assisting others,” but they don’t tell you how to breathe when you realize your precious cargo are able to take care of themselves.
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Loving Lincoln City, Oregon & Salishan Resort

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Salishan Resort Pool It was tough to leave Los Angeles, after finally getting to see my daughter this summer and having One, Two, Three great days there with my girls.  Luckily, the timing of my son’s baseball tournament was such that I had a well-planned weekend ahead to look forward to with my boys at Salishan Spa and Golf Resort in Lincoln City, Oregon.  It’s been a few years since we have been there, and it was a blast!  Lots to do and see in Lincoln City these days.

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Day 3 – What’s Left To See In L.A.?

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Mimi Hollywood Skyslide Good Morning Los Angeles, California.  Here we come!  Check out this view from OUE Skyspace downtown.  We had a blast there, but first a stop at Grand Central Market for a legendary breakfast sandwich from the Eggslut.  For the record, Tori chose the house-smoked Bagels & Lox from Wexler’s instead, in an effort to keep her reputation “clean.”  Apparently the rest of us have no willpower, because we waited in line for 40 minutes and sank in to our Eggslut sammies with no concern at all for the impact to our social media accounts.

On to the fun… make sure to read to the end of the blog post to see a great photo, enter to win the Windlasse monthly drawing, and follow a link to something uber cool I hope to see in L.A. very soon!

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