Provided I live through running uphill in sauna-like conditions tomorrow morning I have to decide what sessions to attend. This is why I like vet conferences. I could choose to go to something useful and educational or I could go to “Whale Shark Care.” That makes me giggle every time I see it on the [...]
I’m in Atlanta for the convention. Good thing: My hotel is right across the street from the 5k run on Sunday. Bad thing: I can’t help but notice that this entire area is on a hill.
Miss Prize has gotten spoiled with her uber-expensive footwear. The low rent foam board and duct tape are no more. Let it be known that she destroyed the one that the barn owner put on. My super vet duct tape bandage had to be CUT OFF. She wasn’t having it. She’s a brand name footwear [...]
I haven’t posted much about Prize lately because I would just start contradicting myself all over and confuse you about the status of her feet. “She’s better. No, she’s worse. False alarm, all better. Wait….” I finally got annoyed with this and called a professional. This morning I met with a vet who sees lots [...]
I have a running coach. I didn’t really mean to have one. It started innocently enough. The SO wanted to go to the track to run when I did. The first time we did our own thing. The second time I decided that in the spirit of togetherness I would do whatever he did. Conversation [...]
I sewed more Dear Jane blocks today. I think half the fun for me is to take the horrible directions that my friends have and figure out easier ways to do them. They took the class from a woman who believed that every block was better if you could figure a way to get some [...]
Hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Amazon.com Widgets Second Glance by Jodi Picoult – I think of Jodi Picoult novels as super-realistic portrayals of life so I was surprised to find this early supernatural story of hers. An elderly man sells his land to a developer but a local Indian tribe protests, saying it is [...]
I did speed work today. On a track. Like a real runner. And I got up at 7:00 AM on a Saturday to do it. I walked a lap and then ran a timed lap at my normal pace to see how fast I run. It was about what I expected. I was doing about [...]
Today’s Workout – Ran 1.5 miles and walked 1 mile (warm up and cool down – getting to where I wanted to run and getting back) I decided that I should go out and run on a flatter part of the park which is mostly mowed grass trails. I could work on some speed then. [...]
Hosted by Sheila at BookJourney. Amazon.com Widgets The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews – This book was recommended by someone who participated in the meme a few weeks ago. I can’t remember where I saw it. I was in the mood for something lighter than what I had been reading and this was perfect. [...]
I ran 3 miles today! I can work that into any sentence. “I need to take a shower because I ran 3 miles today.” “I’m too tired to do the dishes because I ran three miles today.” When we left off I was planning on going for a run on a flat bike path to [...]
I signed up for jillianmichaels.com. I get a workout to do four days a week. I am free to add other workouts on top of these as I wish. It is also T minus 17 days to my first 5K so I am an exercising fool right now. Last night I had a workout that [...]
So I ended up working on an UFO during sewing day today. This is my Dear Jane on Acid quilt. I don’t like the look of the Dear Jane quilt. My sewing friends were doing it and it seemed like quite a trial and tribulation to them. They still aren’t done. They are ignoring it [...]
I skipped work today. I was supposed to be in VA judging a ride so I had scheduled last Thursday, Friday, and today off. When the ride got canceled I decided to work Thursday and Friday but kept today off as a mental health day. First, I took my iPad and my computer to family [...]
Hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Amazon.com Widgets The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin – This book scared me because it is often compared to Eat Pray Love which I hated. [...]
I’m supposed to be on my way to VA right now to judge a trail ride this weekend. It got canceled and I’m sad about that but I’m very glad that I won’t be spending the weekend working in this heat. It would be very melty. (They didn’t cancel because of the heat. These folks [...]
I’ve had the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo movie in my Netflix queue ever since I heard about it. It just recently became available and it is now available to watch instantly! Major fangirl geekiness ensued. I watched it last night. My review will have major book and movie spoilers so I’m putting it below [...]
The ugly blue quilt top is finally done! The poor thing has that name because I found that I have a strange collection of incredibly ugly fabric in my blue bin. I was trying to get rid of some. Here’s an example. This had to come from a swap. I know I didn’t give money [...]