On the drive home from Phoenix to Southern California, this is what I saw:

And then I saw some of this:

And then when I looked in the mirror, I saw this:

In Quartzsite, AZ, we stopped for gas and I saw a jerky/nut/dired fruit stand and I had to do some damage:

Beef jerky, dried kiwi, honey roasted alomnds, candied ginger, dried papaya and “fruit salad” gummi candies.  Everything was good (I wish I would have spent my whole fishing paycheck on the candied ginger, so dang good) except for the kiwi.  They had a weird aftertaste, like a little fishy or something.  Is that normal?  I’d never had dried kiwi and probably should have gone with the mango.  ohs wells.

And then when we got home I saw this:

I’m getting kinda excited about that little race.

Hey, you wanna see a new Cat lady Blogs!?

Today’s featured blogger is a departure from the normal food/running blogs, it’s Anna from the thrifty stylist!

I have blogged for about 5 years and I started while living in Canada, as I am originally from Sweden, I thought it would be fun for family and friends to read about my life. Now, I live in California and I blog about life, fashion, food and such from sunny Bay Area!

I run 4 miles every day with my jogging stroller and daughter Stella in it. I am 10 lbs away from my pre preggo weight, a loooooooong road back from my 50 that I gained and I can’t wait to be back to the start weight.

Attached is a pic of Stella and I on the beach and she is showing her California Gurlz spirit!

I have some Swedish (and Finnish and Norwegian) blood, so Anna and I are practically sisters.  So go stop by Anna’s blog, say hi and tell her that her sister sent you!