There is nothing quite like being on the toilet, still in pajamas, when the repairman rings the doorbell over an hour early. Oh yeah there is- when he has to go down into your basement, that could probably be featured on some sort of reality show, to turn off the main water line. I was a mess, the house was a mess, and the kids were a mess. I was planning on getting quite a bit accomplished in that final hour before his arrival. I guess that's what I get for procrastinating! Let's chalk this one up as a day I don't care to remember.
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On a positive note, that repairman was here to install my brand new, sparkling clean dishwasher! I am so ready to be rid of dishpan hands! I have never been quite this excited before to load the dishwasher!
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Since I can't remember the date of my last run, I'm quite proud of the 2.25 miles I ran two nights ago. The marathon is just 2 months away. Yeah, I'm not even close to ready. Boogers!
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Last night, we rode approximately 12 miles on our bikes! We have a trail just blocks from our house that stretches almost our entire state. It was such a nice ride and I discovered some beautiful scenery I didn't even know existed that close to home! I am going to buy a basket for my bike so I can take my camera along with me next time. There were so many times I wish I'd had it! One spot was so unique that I'm thinking of taking my little cousin there to shoot some of his Senior Portraits. I also downloaded
Map My Ride on my phone so I don't have to keep guessing how far we rode. The rootbeer float to end the evening was pure bliss! When was the last time you had a rootbeer float?
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The neighbor boy from a couple posts ago is still a nuisance. Yesterday, he knocked on my door no less than 10 times. In fact, I thought he was the one ringing the bell today when the repairman was early. That's why I didn't even get up right away. When he pounded on the door with his toy gun to tattle that my children were in their grandma's house, I got more than a little irritated. I told him he could not keep knocking on my door all day. Maybe I scared him off because I haven't seen him yet today.
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I really need to discover a new way to input information for posts. I had a heck of a time with the formatting for Wednesday's post and today's post is giving me a hard time too. There's gotta be an easier way! I wish I understood more about HTML. If I could just plug in my text and photos like in a Publisher document, I would be one happy chica!
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Tonight, I'm loading up on an old school bus, that has no air conditioning, and driving 2 1/2 hours each way for my sign language group to perform. I was hoping that my oldest member of the group would be going to help chaperone but he has to work. I am dreading this trip like a visit to the lady doctor. (Well, not quite
that bad.) I will be crashing into bed sometime around 1:00 AM tonight. Oh, the things I do for my favorite teenagers in the world!
Yeah for your new dishwasher, your great bike ride and your good run. You sound so motivated.
ReplyDeleteWhen I got my new bike last summer, which I haven't ridden once this summer--boo, I got a thing like a "pack" for it in order to take my camera, bug spray, small wallet, etc. It's padded a little so I don't have to worry about the camera getting jounced around when I'm on the rough parts of the bike path, or wherever. It's also removable so that if I want to stop at a store, I just unhook it and sling it over my shoulder. I got it at LL Bean where I purchased my bike.
Hope you had a good trip in your un-air-conditioned bus, eweee. But your mission sounds very inspiring.
Thank you for the map my ride tip. Downloaded it today and it's great!
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