Harry potter is coming out shortly so the earlier movies were playing all weekend. I watched them all weekend. I own all of the DVD's but for some reason chose to watch the TV commercial filled virsions. (More gets done?).
After a weekend of movies and outdoor fun I'm back to the gym.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
How Proud?
Pat and I finally made it to the miniature gulf course that is down the street from us. It was a beautiful day and I had been wanting to go. We got our ball and club and started out pretty much on par. at about the 8th hole I bent over to set down my purse and almost flashed Rt 27. I turned around and asked Pat how proud he would be if I had flashed the road.
He replied, 'I would be much more proud if you had caused an accident'.
I suppose I should have expected that. Pat won by one hit, I'll get him next time.
We finished our date at a Thai restaurant that pat has been drooling over. I suppose it was good that neither of us loved it. The last one he really liked and I never wanted to go. Now neither of us will want to go, we will have to find a Thai restaurant that we both like (or go back to the one in Hawaii).
He replied, 'I would be much more proud if you had caused an accident'.
I suppose I should have expected that. Pat won by one hit, I'll get him next time.
We finished our date at a Thai restaurant that pat has been drooling over. I suppose it was good that neither of us loved it. The last one he really liked and I never wanted to go. Now neither of us will want to go, we will have to find a Thai restaurant that we both like (or go back to the one in Hawaii).
Thursday, July 9, 2009
I set myself up.
The Gym was closed when I went by on the way home from work. And still looked closed when I walked out a few minutes later so I took the bike out. It felt better then the other day though still it feels a little off balance especially when turning. The route totaled about 8 miles which was a nice ride though I would like a better route (like the canal in Rochester). Anyway after the ride I went over to the gym because it was now open and I wanted to run a quick mile.
I parked the bike out front and walked in to claim my favorite treadmill (I'm not joking I do have a favorite). I hung my helmet it on one of the arms on the treadmill. Coach walked over and asked why I needed a helmet to walk around. It was pretty funny as I was running on the treadmill with out the helmet on. Next time I think I will leave it on my head, or out on the bike.
I parked the bike out front and walked in to claim my favorite treadmill (I'm not joking I do have a favorite). I hung my helmet it on one of the arms on the treadmill. Coach walked over and asked why I needed a helmet to walk around. It was pretty funny as I was running on the treadmill with out the helmet on. Next time I think I will leave it on my head, or out on the bike.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Smelly Feet
I am having issues with my toenails, specifically on the big toes. My brother mentioned that you could get Lamocil over the counter as he was picking on my disgusting feet. As I read about Lamocil on the internet it became a very unattractive option. It is VERY hard on the liver. It also takes a very long time to work.
On line I went to research home remedies. There are some interesting finds out there. The most effective seemed to be Cider Vinegar followed by Listerine and tea tree oil. the strangest was Vicks vapo rub it was on the list but listed as dubious (I purchased some anyway). Last night was my first night soaking my feet. Vinegar does not smell good, at least it was diluted a little. I did use the vapo rub as well (Pills are not my thing and my liver is nice as is).
The only thing that smells worse then vinegar is the combination of feet and vinegar. Lets hope this works because my coworkers will have to shoot me because their is no way they don't smell the vinegar. If i see no change I will have to bite the bullet and ask my Dr as I have an appointment anyway in 2 weeks.
On line I went to research home remedies. There are some interesting finds out there. The most effective seemed to be Cider Vinegar followed by Listerine and tea tree oil. the strangest was Vicks vapo rub it was on the list but listed as dubious (I purchased some anyway). Last night was my first night soaking my feet. Vinegar does not smell good, at least it was diluted a little. I did use the vapo rub as well (Pills are not my thing and my liver is nice as is).
The only thing that smells worse then vinegar is the combination of feet and vinegar. Lets hope this works because my coworkers will have to shoot me because their is no way they don't smell the vinegar. If i see no change I will have to bite the bullet and ask my Dr as I have an appointment anyway in 2 weeks.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Tour De France
As I have already said I finally have my bike in NJ. Today I took it out for a spin. I was a little unsteady (mostly on the turns) but did not fall down. I did have to stop once to keep from falling over but I do not count that as a fall. The hardest part was remembering how to make the gears harder. I was going pretty good but wanted to up the resistance, about half way around the loop I tried figuring that I had a 50/50 shot as their are only 2 levers.
I picked the wrong one and my feet started flying in every direction (ok just really fast circles). I fixed that problem then gave myself a little extra resistance to finish the last 2 miles or so. It was nice to ride again. Next time I will have to give the canal a try. It looks pretty and most importantly it is strait!
Pat says I'm ready for the Tour De France!
I picked the wrong one and my feet started flying in every direction (ok just really fast circles). I fixed that problem then gave myself a little extra resistance to finish the last 2 miles or so. It was nice to ride again. Next time I will have to give the canal a try. It looks pretty and most importantly it is strait!
Pat says I'm ready for the Tour De France!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Lines
My theme for today is Lines. Lots of long ones.
I ran a few 'quick' errands at lunch today. I got a copy of the Corolla key made . That went smooth and was very quick, maybe too quick. (the key only works in the ignition and not the car door). I was hopeful that this would set the tone for the rest of the trips. Unfortunately the line at Walmart return was not as much long as exceedingly slow. I had only 3-4 people in front of me and still it took 25 minutes to get the return done. Even as they were returning my stuff it was very slow. I did try to find replacement shorts in Pat's size but they did not have the ones I wanted. (his taste is not taken into account)
I ran a few 'quick' errands at lunch today. I got a copy of the Corolla key made . That went smooth and was very quick, maybe too quick. (the key only works in the ignition and not the car door). I was hopeful that this would set the tone for the rest of the trips. Unfortunately the line at Walmart return was not as much long as exceedingly slow. I had only 3-4 people in front of me and still it took 25 minutes to get the return done. Even as they were returning my stuff it was very slow. I did try to find replacement shorts in Pat's size but they did not have the ones I wanted. (his taste is not taken into account)
The dealer did not have lots of time to cut my key and allow me to get to work on time but it was just a key. Home Depot did it in less then 5 minutes. I got to the dealer and found the parts department (apparently not as easy as it sounds). I was happy to see only 3 people in front of me and 2 of those were already in the process of being helped. Then one of them started to speak Spanish to a Representative that clearly could not understand her. she tried a little English to no avail. they had to call the service person down to translate. Lucky for me she just left with him leaving me next in line.
Unfortunately shopping for parts is not an easy task. even though one of the people had the parts numbers it still took a long time. The 2nd Representative opened up when the person left with the part numbers and the prices, couldn't you have done that over the internet or on the phone maybe? When they finally left they had to get another guy to help me who said 5 minutes for the key to be cut. 25 minutes later I hear cutting in the back room. At least he came out with 2 keys for the price of one.
Now I can drive my car, YEA!!!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Two Peas
We drove home today and were making good time with no incidents when I got a voicemail from my father. Nothing can go that smooth, I had left all of my keys in Rochester. Horrified I let out a gasp and Pat immediatey asked what was wrong. When I told him, he sort of looked at me dumbfounded.
He quickly got a plan together so we could both get to work until the keys came in the mail Tuesday.
After speaking to my parents and finding out where my keys were left I can understand why I did not find them on my last sweep of the house. They were in the baby seat in Dad's car. I had not ridden in dad's car but I did place some stuff in the car (my keys were not among that batch of stuff). If they were they would have been found when zach rode home in the car.
Upon returning home we got a call from Pats parents. Pat had accidentally left the house unlocked and one of the doors open. Lucky that was easier to correct.
We were quite a pair this weekend.
He quickly got a plan together so we could both get to work until the keys came in the mail Tuesday.
After speaking to my parents and finding out where my keys were left I can understand why I did not find them on my last sweep of the house. They were in the baby seat in Dad's car. I had not ridden in dad's car but I did place some stuff in the car (my keys were not among that batch of stuff). If they were they would have been found when zach rode home in the car.
Upon returning home we got a call from Pats parents. Pat had accidentally left the house unlocked and one of the doors open. Lucky that was easier to correct.
We were quite a pair this weekend.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Happy 4th!
Happy Independence Day!
The day had an interesting start, We had to get up early to get to the 5k I was running so we set the alarm. This was an unneeded precaution that ended strangely. The alarm went off at the preset time and we turned it off (or so we thought). As I waited in the car Pat ran upstairs to get a pair of jeans (it was cold) to find the cat looking rather angrily at the noisy alarm clock. Pat ended up unplugging the clock to get it off (sorry mom and dad).
Anyway the ride in was fairly uneventful and we got to the race with plenty of time to spare. Pat and I were the first to arrive. The parking lot looked full so I told the rest of the family to park behind the middle school (as I had done earlier). Apparently their was plenty of parking at the High school, Sorry.
I got my bib and chip and when the time came lined up behind the starting line (we did not get a photo of the start line or finish line). As I was impatiently waiting with Lillie I noticed that the stoplight we were standing at was green. It is very annoying to be standing in front of a green light and not able to go. It must be a deeply ingrained driving thing. I kept telling Lillie they need to turn it red then back to green when we were actually starting. Poor Lillie had to listen to me go on and on about this for a few minutes before I got distracted and we started planning our finish, we were going to skip down the 'runway' together holding hands.
Very quickly in the run did I discover that we were not going to bring out the best in each other, not in this race anyway. We took turns being the negative ninny and the motivator. It was pretty funny and I would feel better about it if I had done allot better. I have never chatted so much during a run but it was fun to 'house shop' while racing. Their were some nice houses for sale on the route. We took turns pointing out the houses we liked in the neighborhood, at least we got out minds out of the negative mindset! I was feeling ok for most of the race but the last .1 mile did me in and I started dry-heaving again. I was definitely not running any faster then I practice so I would love to figure out why this happens. I ran all but the few steps that I was trying not to throw up. Lillie was nice enough to slow down but I waved her on as I didn't want to slow her down even more. She finished a full 30 seconds ahead of me.
We then enjoyed a breakfast at the Bagel Bin (the 2nd best in town). I did not partake as my stomach could not handle anything but the watermelon that I grabbed after the race and did not want anything more complicated at the time. I had a great time as I got to hold Ryan (whom I met before the race) and take lots of photo's of him.
The rest of the day was spent trying to take a nap as I didn't feel my best.
I must have rested enough because after a Tylenol I was ready for the fire works. We walked over to the office park and discovered that their was plenty of parking and as Anne said that was twice for them that day that they could have parked closer (or in this case driven).
Anne Packed nice picnic of snacks to eat while waiting for the show. That ended up being a good thing as it did not start for a good 45 minutes after we thought it would. We were far enough away that the fireworks were not that loud (this was a good thing as Madison does not like the loud noises). but the lights from the carnival rides were left on, I think it would have been nicer if they had turned them off. The city fireworks were off to our right and barely viable but greater in quantity and frequency from the ones we were watching. Maybe next time we are in Rochester we will go to the city fireworks, at least if the Illinois cousins come out to visit.
The walk back was made longer by my brilliant idea to go another way that I originally thought shorter. It was much longer. I definitely got my exercise in today!
The day had an interesting start, We had to get up early to get to the 5k I was running so we set the alarm. This was an unneeded precaution that ended strangely. The alarm went off at the preset time and we turned it off (or so we thought). As I waited in the car Pat ran upstairs to get a pair of jeans (it was cold) to find the cat looking rather angrily at the noisy alarm clock. Pat ended up unplugging the clock to get it off (sorry mom and dad).
Anyway the ride in was fairly uneventful and we got to the race with plenty of time to spare. Pat and I were the first to arrive. The parking lot looked full so I told the rest of the family to park behind the middle school (as I had done earlier). Apparently their was plenty of parking at the High school, Sorry.
I got my bib and chip and when the time came lined up behind the starting line (we did not get a photo of the start line or finish line). As I was impatiently waiting with Lillie I noticed that the stoplight we were standing at was green. It is very annoying to be standing in front of a green light and not able to go. It must be a deeply ingrained driving thing. I kept telling Lillie they need to turn it red then back to green when we were actually starting. Poor Lillie had to listen to me go on and on about this for a few minutes before I got distracted and we started planning our finish, we were going to skip down the 'runway' together holding hands.
Very quickly in the run did I discover that we were not going to bring out the best in each other, not in this race anyway. We took turns being the negative ninny and the motivator. It was pretty funny and I would feel better about it if I had done allot better. I have never chatted so much during a run but it was fun to 'house shop' while racing. Their were some nice houses for sale on the route. We took turns pointing out the houses we liked in the neighborhood, at least we got out minds out of the negative mindset! I was feeling ok for most of the race but the last .1 mile did me in and I started dry-heaving again. I was definitely not running any faster then I practice so I would love to figure out why this happens. I ran all but the few steps that I was trying not to throw up. Lillie was nice enough to slow down but I waved her on as I didn't want to slow her down even more. She finished a full 30 seconds ahead of me.
We then enjoyed a breakfast at the Bagel Bin (the 2nd best in town). I did not partake as my stomach could not handle anything but the watermelon that I grabbed after the race and did not want anything more complicated at the time. I had a great time as I got to hold Ryan (whom I met before the race) and take lots of photo's of him.
The rest of the day was spent trying to take a nap as I didn't feel my best.
I must have rested enough because after a Tylenol I was ready for the fire works. We walked over to the office park and discovered that their was plenty of parking and as Anne said that was twice for them that day that they could have parked closer (or in this case driven).
Anne Packed nice picnic of snacks to eat while waiting for the show. That ended up being a good thing as it did not start for a good 45 minutes after we thought it would. We were far enough away that the fireworks were not that loud (this was a good thing as Madison does not like the loud noises). but the lights from the carnival rides were left on, I think it would have been nicer if they had turned them off. The city fireworks were off to our right and barely viable but greater in quantity and frequency from the ones we were watching. Maybe next time we are in Rochester we will go to the city fireworks, at least if the Illinois cousins come out to visit.
The walk back was made longer by my brilliant idea to go another way that I originally thought shorter. It was much longer. I definitely got my exercise in today!
Friday, July 3, 2009
Echo
Having so many people in my family blog when we do something together it is a bit like an Echo. It is the topic for everyone's blog to varying degrees.
Today we went to Stonybrook State Park. It was a nice Picnic with the Kidd/Elliott cousins, my Parents, brothers, sisters and the baby's. We took the baby's to the playground and had much more fun then they did (they were a little young). I took lots of photo's with my dad's camera. He will be so happy when i finally purchase my own.
David and Michael started off the hike with a swim in the pool, it was 56 degrees. I thought better of it and stayed nice and dry for the hike. They then went in to all of the other larger waterfalls. It was a nice day for a hike. Both babies did very well and will grow up to enjoy Stonybrook weather they like it or not.
The end of the hike brought another opportunity for a swim. This time I went in with David and Michael. The water was not nearly as bad as it should have been. Once you were wet it was only a little shocking. Jason and Dad got some shots of us jumping into the water.
After some downtime we ended the day at the go carts. I like the go-carts, they just make me nervous. With David on the track it is even worse. He drives fast and hits everyone. it is surprising he still has a licence and drives real car. At least we had a big group so the only ones that were in danger for the most part was our own group.
Today we went to Stonybrook State Park. It was a nice Picnic with the Kidd/Elliott cousins, my Parents, brothers, sisters and the baby's. We took the baby's to the playground and had much more fun then they did (they were a little young). I took lots of photo's with my dad's camera. He will be so happy when i finally purchase my own.
David and Michael started off the hike with a swim in the pool, it was 56 degrees. I thought better of it and stayed nice and dry for the hike. They then went in to all of the other larger waterfalls. It was a nice day for a hike. Both babies did very well and will grow up to enjoy Stonybrook weather they like it or not.
The end of the hike brought another opportunity for a swim. This time I went in with David and Michael. The water was not nearly as bad as it should have been. Once you were wet it was only a little shocking. Jason and Dad got some shots of us jumping into the water.
After some downtime we ended the day at the go carts. I like the go-carts, they just make me nervous. With David on the track it is even worse. He drives fast and hits everyone. it is surprising he still has a licence and drives real car. At least we had a big group so the only ones that were in danger for the most part was our own group.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Vacation
I left work early today so we could get an early start on the road. The Rodman's will be home tonight so we wanted to get to see them before they left for the weekend.
Pat's car needed an oil change and 2 tires so that is what I spent my extra time doing (we were going to take my car but it was acting funny). Unfortunately for me it took them 1.5 hours to fix the three things I asked for. I hate waiting, especially on a nice day. The good part of that was Pat got home just before I did so we got to hit the road at around 3PM.
The traffic was as bad as expected in the beginning of the drive but the 80 was a mess. Luckily we saw this before we got on and were able to get around it. Unlucky for us the traffic after Scranton was not avoidable. We did not have a map or a GPS. We were stuck. In the end the drive took us 7 1/2 hours and we did not get lots of extra time to chat with the Rodmans. At least we did not get in after midnight, if we had left at 7, well I don't want to think about the time we would have gotten in.
And no fireworks this year. Bummer.
Pat's car needed an oil change and 2 tires so that is what I spent my extra time doing (we were going to take my car but it was acting funny). Unfortunately for me it took them 1.5 hours to fix the three things I asked for. I hate waiting, especially on a nice day. The good part of that was Pat got home just before I did so we got to hit the road at around 3PM.
The traffic was as bad as expected in the beginning of the drive but the 80 was a mess. Luckily we saw this before we got on and were able to get around it. Unlucky for us the traffic after Scranton was not avoidable. We did not have a map or a GPS. We were stuck. In the end the drive took us 7 1/2 hours and we did not get lots of extra time to chat with the Rodmans. At least we did not get in after midnight, if we had left at 7, well I don't want to think about the time we would have gotten in.
And no fireworks this year. Bummer.
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