Nike +iPod

I'm kind of upset that the Nike +iPod data isn't showing up like it's supposed to!  GRRRRR...

Anyway, I appreciate the comments both on facebook, here, and on the phone of my blog entries of late.  I know I'm not the best at putting up topics for discussion, but it should be noted that Abbey and I are moving to Monterey!

I am also officially letting Alicia know that I signed up for the Big Sur Half marathon!  Alicia, your gauntlet has been thrown and I WILL BREAK 2 hours!  The question is... can you break 2:10?  That's the real challenge... isn't it?

On to better things.  I'm lastly putting out this quote I found on Jessica's friend's blog.  I thought it was amazing:

"I always loved running... it was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power.  You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs." -Jesse Owens

On that, I'll leave you.  Maggie and I are going to do her first 5 miler tomorrow.  I want to start getting her to do longer runs.  We've worked up from three 20-min runs a week, to 6 runs of three 30s and three 20s, and now to four 30's and one 45 minute run.  Wish her luck!

Books

I read ALMOST all of "The Official Book of the Dalmatian."  If you've never read any of a book like that, it's quite like reading a coffee table book.  You read it several times and you seem to find new stuff all the time.

I also "finished" "Wicked."  If you can call it finishing.  I skimmed past about the last 20% of the book and when I read the synopsis on wikipedia it was pretty darn close to what I understood the end of the book to be.  So... we'll call it... done, but I won't count it when you ask the number of books I've read.  From what I understand, "Bringing Down the House" (aka: 21, for the movie folks) will be out on video (or netflix) soon so we'll see how close it was to the book.

Lastly, I'm taking a class, or Bible study, taught by Crown Financial Ministries in my Church.  It's good, but I haven't found anything that wasn't yet in Dave's podcasts or book.  I'll keep you updated.  I very much do like the way it shows you Biblically how we don't OWN anything and how we are "stewards" rather than owners.

More to follow, as my boss always says!

Books

I received 3 books for my Birthday.  The first one was the one I really wanted:  The Official Book of the Dalmatian.

The Second and Third ones are going to be really good, but I'll let you know after I've read them.  I still have 2 classic novels to read this year.  When the family is in Monterey, and I'm here, I plan on catching up with both my reading and running.

Memorial Day is almost here... it's the day for the resting

You may be wondering what that means... it is a poem Alex wrote when we were doing 7th grade poetry anthologies.  Yes, that was the whole poem.  Not a haiku or anything, just that.  The thing was... it stuck!  Ha ha.  Suckers.

Anyway, today was Memorial day and day 3 that Maggie and I haven't run.  We'll start that back up tomorrow.  Today instead of a run, we went to dog beach for the first time.  Maggie LOVED it.  She wasn't too keen on actually getting in the water, but loved the freedom to roam.  She is such a great dog.  We also do at least a 20 minute run every day now, and try to walk 3-4 times a week.  This gives me time to listen to Dave Ramsey's podcasts and get my PT in too.

Today is also my anniversary.  Abbey and I didn't do anything this year because it was Memorial Day and are saving to have an all expenses paid trip to Hawaii for our 10th.  Should be achievable if we do it right and save!

The mice on the bed

Sam brought us some mice this morning.  It was disgusting, but it makes me think... Sam probably thought she was doing a good thing.  Don't get me wrong in any way, shape, or form,  I appreciate her catching mice... but when Abs and I freak out... does she get upset?

It was, after-all, a gift for the family.  So does she get mad?

I have the weirdest thoughts sometimes.

Ride your bike to work day!

Yes it is... and yes I did!

It's been a long time since I've ridden my bike to work, but I used to ride quite a bit last year.  Now, with teaching and my job riding has been more of a challenge.  Just based on time there are times I could have but didn't, and times I work BIG hours and I'm glad I didn't.  Anyway, it's a great thing to do if you ever get the chance.

Reuniting with old *friends*...

Facebook has good things and bad things already.  First off, I've been blessed to know some VERY cool people and be friends with a number of them.  So to that extent, it's been GREAT to catch up with the two that have written several times now.  One of my very close (and lost) friends was there and she and I have emailed a few times now.  Very cool.

My complaints.  First of all, it's not well set up.  There is TONS of ABSOLUTE CRAP on there.  You can get lost if you are a *newbie* like myself.  Secondly, it's beginning to get similar to "my space"... and to that I want to explain why the friends in the title of this post has asterisks around it.  There are about 30 people on my friends list that I haven't spoken with in 10+ years.  And even when we verified that we were friends, I still didn't write them.  Heck... there are people that I speak with every day that I verified were friends of mine that I wouldn't write on facebook even when I leave San Diego.  I guess I don't like being a big friend whore.