Hey Scott, time to get on Facebook! (www.facebook.com) Marla is on there now, my brother, father, old friends, new friends, etc. I know your busy, but it would be a good tool to keep in contact with your friends while you're away!
So yeah, I'm not addicted to facebook but there are plenty of people I haven't talked to in years on there and I've reconnected with a number of good friends already. Such a great networking tool.
On the exercise front I've been running consistently over the last little while. This last week saw a total of 29 km run. I'll probably beat that this week as Cedar and I logged a 8.5 km walk, averaging just under 10 minutes a km. I felt quite good and would have gone further but had to go help my in-laws install a new counter top.
It's been quite the nice week here. Yesterday the mercury reached 27. Today it was in the mid 20s. Nice breeze and no mosquitoes yet. Fields are dry enough that farmers are out prepping the fields (fertilizing, etc). No snow piles left to be seen. Ahh, so nice. I did get a bit of a sun burn yesterday though as I was outside for most of the day.
Anywho, going for another walk with the doggie now.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
On the road with no destination
Just stealing a lyric from U2's "Beautiful Day" for the title of this blog post because, well, it's a beautiful day here again. A subtle cool breeze, blue sky and some puffy clouds. Very nice.
On the dance front Marla and I learned the Rumba (dance steps here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumba_(dance)) yesterday. I quite enjoyed it and I find it easier to dance to a rhythm instead of trying to find a beat. We both had a lot of fun and it is the first dance we've done so far that feels sultry.
I also visited the Running Room yesterday to get fitted for a proper pair of runners. I've been getting terrible shin-splints as of late while running and my buddy Scott told me that it could be that my current shoes were worn out. Anyway, long story short: my "runners" weren't runners at all and more of a cross trainer, although not really a cross-trainer either. I ended up trying on around 10 pairs of runners and decided to go with the shoes shown below: Asics Landereth II. They are last years model so were on clearance for $99.
I had my first run in them this morning and they are so much better than my old Nikes. Way better shock absorption and I didn't get shin splints until around the 45 minute mark (vs 10 minutes in my old shoes). To be honest it wasn't really shin splints, but just my lower legs being tired.
On the home front we got some quotes to get a chain link fence installed around our backyard. Quotes ranged from $2700 to $4800 for the same style of fence. One of the contractors is coming to Stonewall on Tuesday to install a fence so we're going to go check it out and get them to come and give us a more official quote on paper. We're going with a 5 foot tall black chain link with a couple gates. Should be nice.
On the dance front Marla and I learned the Rumba (dance steps here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumba_(dance)) yesterday. I quite enjoyed it and I find it easier to dance to a rhythm instead of trying to find a beat. We both had a lot of fun and it is the first dance we've done so far that feels sultry.
I also visited the Running Room yesterday to get fitted for a proper pair of runners. I've been getting terrible shin-splints as of late while running and my buddy Scott told me that it could be that my current shoes were worn out. Anyway, long story short: my "runners" weren't runners at all and more of a cross trainer, although not really a cross-trainer either. I ended up trying on around 10 pairs of runners and decided to go with the shoes shown below: Asics Landereth II. They are last years model so were on clearance for $99.
I had my first run in them this morning and they are so much better than my old Nikes. Way better shock absorption and I didn't get shin splints until around the 45 minute mark (vs 10 minutes in my old shoes). To be honest it wasn't really shin splints, but just my lower legs being tired.
On the home front we got some quotes to get a chain link fence installed around our backyard. Quotes ranged from $2700 to $4800 for the same style of fence. One of the contractors is coming to Stonewall on Tuesday to install a fence so we're going to go check it out and get them to come and give us a more official quote on paper. We're going with a 5 foot tall black chain link with a couple gates. Should be nice.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Now I can say Spring is here
Wow, long time since I've last made a post here. It's supposed to be 20 degrees here today, which is a bit warmer than it was yesterday. I believe it his 16 or 17 yesterday. Most beautiful day so fat this year anyway. The snow is all gone although the ground is still soggy.
Not much to report from my end. Work is going along the same. We haven't had too many dance lessons lately with us having to cancel a few and our instructor having to do the same. We did have one yesterday which introduced me to spinning Marla around. I realized I'm getting the short end of the stick in this deal ;-) When there's a mess up 95% of the time it's my fault. I have to remember the steps, lead, listen to the rhythm and adjust my timing for it, all while keeping a good solid frame. It does get a bit taxing, but 95% of the time it's still fun ;-)
I did get a new cell phone yesterday. My old Nokia wasn't holding a charge very well and my contract with MTS was up two months ago so we went to a MTS store to look at what phone options they had. We wanted free or cheap =) I ended up getting a Sanyo Katana for $19. It's bassically a cheap version of the Motorola Razor. It's a nice phone with nice options and has a camera. The camera isn't the greatest (it has a tendency to overexpose), but it's better than some others I've seen. Here's a picture of Zack that I took with it this morning:
Not much to report from my end. Work is going along the same. We haven't had too many dance lessons lately with us having to cancel a few and our instructor having to do the same. We did have one yesterday which introduced me to spinning Marla around. I realized I'm getting the short end of the stick in this deal ;-) When there's a mess up 95% of the time it's my fault. I have to remember the steps, lead, listen to the rhythm and adjust my timing for it, all while keeping a good solid frame. It does get a bit taxing, but 95% of the time it's still fun ;-)
I did get a new cell phone yesterday. My old Nokia wasn't holding a charge very well and my contract with MTS was up two months ago so we went to a MTS store to look at what phone options they had. We wanted free or cheap =) I ended up getting a Sanyo Katana for $19. It's bassically a cheap version of the Motorola Razor. It's a nice phone with nice options and has a camera. The camera isn't the greatest (it has a tendency to overexpose), but it's better than some others I've seen. Here's a picture of Zack that I took with it this morning:
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