Long Time

It's been a bit since I've posted. One daughter got a job, and the other got her associates degree :-) That's my happy news. Other than that, I've been running, lifting and reading. Not too much knitting going on. But I will be soon since my Mom asked for some socks for Mother's Day. I like getting enough notice! Also, I've signed up for a couple of runs. A 5k in Palm Springs - Women Running Wild - since I've wanted to run that one for a while just for the shirt! I've also signed up (along with my older daughter) for the Bay to Breakers in May! I just need to find an inexpensive hotel someplace along the BART and we're good to go. Also looking at doing a half-marathon with my husband and younger daughter (they want to walk/run it) in the vineyards in Oregon in September. I sure hope that one comes through!

New Year

Well, 2009 is gone and I'm rather glad. Let's hope 2010 is a much better year! I had not set any goals for myself until I was entering my running stats. I noticed that I did really good for the first few months of last year, dropped in the summer (with vacations and such) and ended decently. I'd like to keep an even run distance throughout the year. I plan to do a 5k or 10k in the next couple of months with my family, the Bay to Breakers in May, and at least one half marathon with my oldest daughter. I'm not sure this year is my marathon year though. I think that will still have to wait!

Cooler Weather

It's cooling down (again), but I hope this time it doesn't get back too hot again. It was nice to run in the cool without having to get up at 5am!

The past month and a half has been quite busy. The latest was going up to Carson City for my cousin's wedding. It was really nice to see family and visit with everyone. I would post pictures, but I left my camera in the hotel room :-(

Stone Brew Celebration

Yesterday was the 13th annual Stone Brew Anniversary Celebration. $35 for ticket gets you a cute glass and 10 tastes to over 140 beers. And the money raised there goes to charity. It's great fun for a great cause! My husband and I went last year and had a blast. This year my youngest daughter and her boyfriend met us there. I think they might come back again next year. I know we will!

Disneyland

Not a lot to catch up on. I've been running and reading. Trying to do my weights at home. But I did manage to go to Disneyland this month! Great fun. We went with my parents and actually rode a lot of rides. They bought us the three use tickets, so we went back again with my daughter and her boyfriend. He hasn't been in years and prefers that faster rides. So we did a lot of roller coasters and such. I did make him go on It's a Small World though. Poor guy. I thought they had updated it to be more current. Nope. They just added a few things like the little mermaid. It was still quite old fashioned and rather long. I think he may have fallen asleep in it. But the two of them had a good time and I'm glad we got to go with them. Now it's back to normal hours at work, so I guess summer is officially over for me. Oh well. At least I'm getting my running back up in mileage. I lost some ground when I was on vacation and then sick. But now I'm working it slowly back up again :-)

Back From Vacation

Vacation was wonderful. We went to see my family, then up to Trinidad for a week. From there we went to Fern Canyon:
A few hikes in Patrick's Point:

And a couple of trips into Oregon. Unfortunately, the second day on vacation Jim got sick. About the time he was starting to feel better, I got sick. So, we were able to do a decent amount of hikes, but no bike rides or runs. I wasn't even able to run at home until today. And it was 82 degrees when I finished my run this morning! Coming from 65 degrees in Trinidad, it was too hot to do any more than the 6 miles. And I know it's going to hit 100 degrees today before the day is over. Oh well. I'll get back into a decent running schedule now and slowly add some miles back in. I wasn't planning on doing another half marathon until December, so I have time. But I'd better find a good 5k or 10k in the next couple of months to keep me focused!

Almost Summer

Summer is almost here. Earlier this week I would have said it didn't feel like it. I ran my long run in the rain and wasn't able to ride my motorcycle. Then Thursday it was so warm that I was hot on my run (bad news - I should have hydrated better), but I was also able to ride my motorcycle to work (good news)!! Things around here and work have been pretty stressful. You would think with the added stress I would be escaping more into my books. But I have not at all. Nor to the television. I've kept up my running and pretty good about the gym (which I think exercise is about all that is keeping me sane right now), and it's been listening to music and playing number and word games. Kind of a mindless thing to do, but it seems to help. I still have my martini nights on Saturday after my long run as well, but I've started mixing them with lighter items (low-cal cranberry juice, diet ginger ale. . . ) and that seems to be helping with the weight as well. You know, you control what you can and do the best you can with the rest! On another good note, my husband and I are enjoying or time together. We may not being going out to dinner as much, but we cook together at home, do walks together, the gym, brew beer. . . basically we still enjoy each others company. And after almost 25 years, I think that's a really good thing :-) And, looking to the future. . . I'm hoping to do another half-marathon with my daughter in October! We're looking to do the Rock n Roll one in Vegas and my friend and her daughter (if it's not finals week) may join us as well! Of course my husband will go, but he'll sit on the sidelines and cheer with my daughter's boyfriend because neither of them like to run those kind of distances!