WOW

So much to blog about, so little time. Where did the weekend go? Monday I'll work on a recap. . . . hopefully.

Thanksgiving

Need I say more?

Dogs

The average menstral cycle of a female dog is somewhere between 10-13 days.

Great.

Girl's night

I can't believe

I can't believe Amy C didn't take the opportunity to get rid of the REAL back stabbing bitch Vickie when she had the chance. I hope that doesn't come back to bite her in the butt.

Snow

Another weekend wrap up

Saturday night we hooked up with Bill's sister and her husband and had a delightful dinner in Oconomowoc. The service was good, the food was good, a good time was had by all.



Of course we ate too much (at least I did) and we went to bed too late. . . .but one has to do that once in a while.

Sunday we headed out with the Thunder Puppy for a hike. We had to at least try to work off some of the ZILLION calories we took in over the weekend. It was a bit cold, but overall a nice hike.


Thunder had to ham it up and pose with both of us.


Of course that was after she had to protect us from this ferocious stick.


Thank goodness she was there. That thing would have eaten us alive otherwise.

Swimming

I thought I'd try and add some of this to my workout plan yesterday, as it's something I'm not very good at. I can get to the other end of a pool without drowning, but I sure expend a lot of energy doing it.

I stopped at MC Sports and snagged myself some swim goggles. Then I set off to get my workout underway.

Overall my weight workout went fine. . . . I am enjoying weightlifting again. It feels good on my muscles. It feels like I'm accomplishing something. Although I do NOT understand how these boys in the weight room can be so amazingly LOUD when they lift. I swear the one guy was birthing a child. I wanted to go up and ask him if he was ok. Talk about annoying. And form? Yeah, almost all those boys have NO form. Their goal is to see how much they can lift, and how fast. No wonder they look all unbalanced.

After I wrapped up my weight workout I headed to the locker room to get ready for my swim. I busted out the new goggles, got the suit on and headed out the door that said pool. Well, I haven't been up to the pool in years. . . . .and I swear they changed things around a bit. That door put me into a twisty hall with a number of doors. Thankfully there was a guy out in the hall who said hello and held the door to the pool open for me. Well, I thought he did. Really he was just going in a door and when I followed him he turned around and informed me I was trying to enter the men's locker room. OOOps.

Finally I found the pool. I only lasted about 15 minutes of laps, I kind of forgot I'm a little freaked out to put my face in the water, and I was breathing so hard i probably would have drowned if I had tried. But at least I gave it a go. It was fun, maybe I'll make it 20 minutes next time. And hopefully I won't be so SORE the next day! Wow. I'm a pile of poop.

Well, some of us have to work on the weekends once in a while. . . . . so off i go to get ready for work. Yippee. Today I answer phones. That means, yes, you guessed it, Brittany works for free. Being commissioned is not an easy thing. Especially when everyone and their brother is freaking out about the state of the world. I hope that changes soon.

The Biggest Loser

If you watch this show, I'm sure you were just as excited to see the big "break-up" this evening as I was.

Man that Vickie is a bitch, that's for sure. Wow.

Now I only wish I hadn't eaten so much for dinner. I'm STILL full. I don't know why I do that. It only makes me feel bad about myself. You would think I would learn. I must be thick headed.

Oh well. Tomorrow is a new day.

Gathered some peeps

And threw a small belated surprise party for Jeff's birthday.


Yes, we embarrased him and made him wear the hat while they sang happy birthday.


These girls are SOOO fast that we're even blurry in "normal" pictures.


Of course we have a bunch of "hams" in our group of peeps.

Anyone get the license plate

Of that truck that hit me last night??

First "serious" day of weights yesterday. I think I over did it a little. I can't wait until tomorrow. I hope I can move.

Whatever. Who needs to move anyway?

Another B-Day Shout Out

Happy Birthday April. You're almost OLD now.

Birthday Shoutout

A birthday shout out to CK, who's at the Iceman this weekend. Happy Birthday, Happy Iceman!

Yeah

Wishing you all good luck

I know many are departing for the Iceman race in Traverse City today. I just wanted to shout out to those embarking on this journey and say good luck to you!

While the Iceman was not in my cards this year. . . . .my thoughts and inspiration will be with all of you on that start line in Traverse City.

Wishing you all SUPER results, a fantastic time, and a safe journey.

Now go kick some ASS!!!

Yoga

I managed to drag my butt out of bed at 5:15 this morning to get to yoga. After that, I started in on my transitional weight lifting.

I don't remember ever being so excited for an off season, and so motivated.

What the hell is wrong with me?

You girls better watch out come May. Seriously.

Last summer day?

Will it be the last summer day of the year today? Wow was the weather nice. I'd enjoy a little more of that, but I guess it is already November 4th. I managed to get my work done this morning, pop out to vote (I actually had to register as it's been THAT long since I've voted), then hop on the bike for a nice ride over to Cedarburg.

I hardly had ANY air in my tires when I pulled Sydney off the hooks in the garage. . . ..it's been THAT long since I rode my road bike. Yikes. But today I got a nice 52 mile ride in. Today, that took just over 3 hours. The weather was fantastic, the sunshine felt wonderful, even the wind was enjoyable. I was thankful for all these things today. Just a chance to be out on the bike logging some miles felt wonderful.

I wonder what tomorrow will bring. Probably some rest. . . . . .I'm a little tired now. :-)

This is the time of year

That I slack on my blog. I know. I'm sorry peeps. . . . .not a lot going on, but yet lots of little things happening, which seem silly to post. I'll try to do better. I know many of my readers rely on my posts for their laughs each day. I can't imagine why.

This past weekend was Lt Dan's housewarming/Halloween party. We weren't sure what to expect. But, as always, when you get the peeps together, a good time is bound to break out. And that, it did.













After a little nap Saturday morning we hit Greenbush for a little MTB action. Lots of fun.

And I decided to grace the cyclocross racers at Estabrook with my spectating presence. I sure don't miss that hell this year.