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!

My Three Jobs

Goodness it is late - and all three of my jobs come to a head in the next two days... In my 'real' job - or at least the one that pays the bills - I'm finishing up an online recorded course that took way longer than I thought it would - draft is due tomorrow so I can then cram in final edits Monday for a Tuesday roll out... in my second job - as my friend Cindy calls it - that would be church - have a presentation to do on Saturday morning and class to teach on Sunday afternoon - not really worried about Sunday - but we'll see how Saturday goes... and finally - my newest 3rd job is getting started tomorrow night with my first gig and grand opening show... I think I'm ready! Hopefully will get back into the swing of the blog next week... for now - I really must go to bed!

Tough Week

I know it's been several days - but it's been a tough week - that's all I've got tonight...

Yummy Day

Getting in under the wire again... so today was a good day. Church started out a bit rough when I first walked on to the patio - but it got better - and made contact with that I've been meaning to for a while whose dad has Alzheimer's... am glad we were able to talk - people have been so loving and supportive of my that I want to pass that on to others. The message was good - and even better was lunch afterwards for Craig's birthday. Yummy! We went to Maggiano's and the food was excellent! Good company as well.

After lunch it was back to the church for the Network class - which I just LOVE to teach! And then over to Craig's to watch the last half of the Super Bowl - which was fun - I was only one of two Steeler fans - not that really cared at all - but a very dear friend at work is a Steeler fan so I thought I would root for her team. And there were home made beignets with dipping sauce - including a chocolate sauce with rum - even Yummier than lunch. I wasn't all that hungry after lunch bad had to have 2 of the beignets - fresh and hot - and now sitting in my stomach wreaking havoc - oh well - it was good while it lasted!

And still after a wonderful day - on my way home I started thinking about my mom and was just overwhelmed - I miss her so much - but as I looked up into the sky - the moon was rising and he was smiling at me - did anyone see it - it was beautiful! Came home to watch Glee - so glad it is back and do a little more house cleaning - and I'm feeling good about Friday and just feeling good about getting the house back into some order! Must go to bed now if I am going to make it up by 6:00am to go to the gym!