The Girl
On the Girl
Hi! I’m Amber and I’m 21 years old. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Currently, I live in Kamloops B.C. with my cat, Webster, and my boyfriend of 5.5-years, Eric.
Eric and I have been in a mostly long distance relationship for almost four years! In August 2010, Eric quit his job that had him living 1,000 km away and moved back in with me and Webster. Awwww! ![]()


In the Spring of 2010 I graduated from Thompson Rivers University with a Bachelor of Journalism and a major in Public Relations.
After finishing school Eric and I spent three weeks backpacking around Europe and had the time of our lives! You can read more about my amazing trip here.


Now, I am working at my first post-university job and starting a career in PR and Marketing. I also do freelance writing and social media consulting: Visit my professional website to learn more about that!

I have always been active: I grew up playing team sports like volleyball, baseball and hockey. But I knew nothing about healthy eating.
When I moved away to college my metabolism caught up with me and I gained 20 pounds within the first year.
In January 2008, I changed my lifestyle around. I started making healthy choices and recording my food intake and made a conscious effort to workout on a regular basis. In six months I lost 25 pounds (before and after photos here) and healthy living has become a large part of my day-to-day life.
A year later, in January of 2009 I started running and I have since trained for and ran three half-marathons as well as a handful of other races. You can read more about that in the Race Recaps section. I am currently training for my first full marathon, which I will run in Portland, Oregon in October 2010!
In May 2010, I became a pescetarian after reading Eating Animals. I have never felt better. I feel strong and healthy and have had no problem maintaining a healthy meat-less diet while training for my first marathon.

Healthy living and blogging are two of my favourite things and biggest passions. The two things combined have completely changed my life in the last two years.
On “The Girl with the Red Hair”
When I made the switch from blogger to wordpress I was unsure of what to name my new blog and I thought about it for weeks.
Then the idea came to me. Throughout my life I’ve been a lot of things; a hockey player, a swimmer, a friend, a daughter, a sister, a girlfriend, a student, a lifeguard, a waitress, a writer, a foodie, a blogger, a runner, a reader. Some of these things have remained constant, some have changed, one thing I’ve always been is “The Girl with the Red Hair.”


I chose that title because this blog is about me, and my life and I feel like it’s a name that will be relevant to me as my life changes and morphs over time.
This blog is about my life, my likes, my dislikes and topics I’ve been pondering. I don’t limit the content on my blog in anyway but I tend to write a lot about running, healthy living, food, careers, relationships and travel.
I hope you enjoy my blog!
Please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments or just to say “hi”!






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Love the update! You are such a great writer!
I absolutely love that
Picture of you! You are beautifull and I’m so proud to call you my friend. Your ansmazing writer and I told you this 3 years ago and I’m telling you again, your gonna be famous! Xoxo
I absolutely love that
Picture of you! You are beautifull and I’m so proud to call you my friend. Your an amazing writer and I told you this 3 years ago and I’m telling you again, your gonna be famous! Xoxo
In that last picture you look SO professional!!! If you write a book one day it should totally be next to your biography
wow. umm.. can i just say that this is a little weird for me. MY name is Amber. and I have red hair, too. Freaky.
Your hair is SO PRETTY! Glad I found your blog.
I love your blog AND your hair! Hope you are enjoying your vacation!
Ammmmmmber! You really are great at this kind of stuff! I love reading all of your blogs and finding out what you have been up too lately! Logan told me about it at Ab’s wedding, and I am glad he did I read it quite often
I hope that you have a great Christmas, and I can’t wait to see you again, Still praying for your daddy, and I hope he is on his way to recovery soon
xoxoxoxo Cous! I love you tons and Have a great Christmas and an awesome New Year’s!!!!
Ooooh! I found another redhead blogger - Yay!
Look forward to getting to know you more, whether that be trawling through the archives or reading new contributions.
Gingerella
I can’t help but just love your red hair! Its divine!
I really look forward to reading your blog!
ps- i want a cat so bad!
I love your blog so far!! The name is so cute too!!
You’re from Ft. St. John, crazy one of my best friends moved there 4 years ago with her boyfriend. Crazy small world. I have yet to go visit them there, but I think the hubby and I are working on a plan to go there in the next 12-18 months.
hey Amber, i just found your cool blog! that’s awesome that you’re training for a marthon, i’m doing my first half in september (okay, not nearly as impressive, but a start at least
) i’ve lived all over Canada but never been to Kamloops. (must be beautiful though.) lookin forward to reading more
yay another red head.