Day Three - clouds

Today was quite the foggy day – not a lot of ‘traditional clouds’. So while my screen saver was cycling through at work – I noticed a picture from Hawaii where the clouds were mirrored in my sunglasses – hence this picture was born. It was a bit difficult to get a decent picture without the lines of the refresh rate on the computer showing up – but with a bit of persistence – I got this – palm tree and all.

Day Two - something I do every day

I kinda’ cheated on this one – although I don’t actually pet the cat everyday – I do when I’m home, of course, but on occasion I do have to go out of town… I do think of her every day – and I have a ring to remind me of how much I am loved and not only by God.

30 Days of Photos - Day One

Day One is a self portrait. As I feel it is one of my best features - I wanted to highlight my eyes - green - not that common. My original idea was to highlight my dimple and my eyes - but I just couldn't get it looking the way I wanted - so I came up with this photo.

So the thirty days of photos was suggested by Jan and some of her work folks - take 30 days of photos of particular topics - when I heard about it - I was all in! I added the part for Jan and I to blog about the photo as well - get us back in the habit - by the end of the 30 days - the habit should be in full swing!

Lovely Sparkling View

What a beautiful day and evening for a drive - five of them to be exact. And on one of them was a lovely sparkling view of the ocean and Catalina Island! And Jan - I thought of you when someone passed one of my chickadee's on the right using the exit lane!

Started the morning laying on the couch with the little one - ending the evening doing the same - while watching one of my favorites - NCIS-Los Angeles.

But the best part of the day - not being all that sore from the bike ride yesterday - although I could use a massage - my back and shoulders are a bit sore - maybe Friday! For now, must be getting to bed - have a 5:15am gym call - ugh!

That Little Marathon

Back to Blogging... at least I hope - am trying to do every day in May - although might miss a couple of days when I'm out of town - but every other day!

So today - did a 35 mile 'recreational' bike tour - from the Spectrum to Jamboree, across Santiago Canyon to Bake and back to the Spectrum. As Jan put it - it was challenging - I'm thinking it was HARD!!! Challenging is definitely a good word and I truly wasn't sure whether I could make it - it was a bit of an incline at the beginning and then became even more hilly - which is bad enough - but add in the wind and my allergies and it was almost unbearable - but the payoff was nice - great view and downhill was a lot of fun... and I made it! I'm very proud of myself!

After the event - we had lunch at the Spectrum and as we were

leaving a woman complimented us on our shirts and asked if we had done 'that little marathon!' I found that quite amusing - nothing little about a marathon and no - we did a 35 mile bike ride instead - thank you very much! :)

A Small Truck

So took my car in to the body shop today to have it fixed after it was hit unattended in the parking lot of one of our offices. Of course I had to rent a car and when I got to the rental car place they didn't have many cars left - they gave the car they were holding for me to someone else and asked if I would mind driving a 'small' truck. I expressed a bit of frustration since I have to take my bicycle with me this weekend on my travels and if it is raining all weekend I really didn't want the bike in the bed of a truck getting wet... But then I didn't really have much choice - they mentioned they would have more cars tomorrow so I asked if I could swap the truck out - which they said they would. Well, I get out to the parking lot and the 'small' truck is not quite 'small'. It's pretty much a full size truck! Which is actually quite fun to drive. Guess I'll keep it! Of course who knows what the mileage will be like as I'm gallivanting around Southern California this weekend! And as it turns out the truck has a back seat - so I took the front tire off my bike and fit it in the back - hopefully I'll be able to put the bike back together early on Saturday morning! Ramble... ramble... ramble...

Isn't Like I Don't Have Anything to Write About

I was so good in January! And then fell apart in February! And now here it is - the middle of March - ok - new goal - every day for the rest of March... and then we will go from there. And it isn't like I don't have anything to write about - not only the absurd that happens every day - but an amazing Emmaus weekend - the Safari Park 1/2 Marathon - the wonderful group that is my church LIFE group - the Blessing of the Lenten Devotional - and then coming up is my first Triathlon - and of course there is always my third job - Pampered Chef... So enough said for now - it's getting late and I must be up at 5am to go to the gym. Good night and there WILL be more to come!