Julie S. asked if I wanted to do the sprint tri with her and I decided I would. I had created an exercise blog at the beginning of the year so last night I changed it over to my training blog for the tri. The address is below if you are interested.
I call it julesdream because I have a few athletic dreams that I would like to do. One being a tri another biggie being to ride the classic Alps in France.
Until later...PEACE
www.julesdream.blogspot.com
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Saturday Pieathlon/cross ride
Saturday Julie S. and I rode the 1st annual pieathlon in Adel. It was a great day for a ride. We both decided to skip the run just not quite ready for that. The first part of our 30+ mile bike ride went as expected. On the road not to many hills. Once we hit the Raccoon River Valley trail we started to see a difference. Friday night a storm had gone thru and there was all kinds of brush on the trail. Not to mention big ole trees across the trail. We went from road riding to Cross riding. What a hoot. Of course neither one of us had a camera. We were dragging our bikes over and under branches. I will be very surprised if I do not end up with poison Ivy or something ickky. It was a nice ride. The only issue I had with the whole ride was they ran out of pie. Julie actually got the last piece of apple pie. The lady selling the pie said that people were buying whole pies at a time. hmmm Maybe I need to start a pie baking business if they are that popular. Oh well it was a great day all around. Julie is over 1/2 way to her riding goal for the year. She will easily make it and probably double it. Our next adventure is the Cycle for Sight on July 8th.
PEACE
PEACE
Sunday, June 17, 2007
What a Week
It was a difficult week for me. 4 of the 6 kittens have gone to their new homes. I know that they will be well taken care of however It broke my heart to see them go.
Bob went to his new home on Thursday, He and his new papa Kyle i have heard are bonding quite well. Big kitty sister Ty on the other hand is have a few issues. That is to be expected. They will work things out.
Stevie and Phillip who I call the twins went to their farm on Friday. I had tears streaming down my face as we drove to Otley to drop them off. Poor Bill he was a real trooper thru all of this. Stevie and Phillip have there own kittie house in the middle of a bunch of BIG evergreen trees. They were having a ball exploring their new home when we left. I feel better after having seen the set up.
Ellie got picked up by her new mommie on Saturday afternoon. By that time I was all cried out. Ellie will have a good home with 3 little boys and two other cats to play with.
These leaves Winston and Thomas. I was hoping to move them out on the front porch after the bigger kitties left however it is to hot for them so they are now running around my living room, having a great time.
Yesterday Julie S. and I went on a nice bike ride on the Des Moines trail. We climbed the DAM hill then ended up at Irwins where Bill got a tandem ready for us to ride in the Johnston parade. I thought that we did quite will having never rode a tandem together. We didnt hit anyone or run into anything. If we ever ride a tandem again it will need to be adjusted better. Julie had an awful seat and my seat was to low but we had fun. Just an FYI if you ever ride in a parade with Kyle R. and Mark be ready to duck when they throw candy they are terrible. I think i got hit with more candy then they got to the kids. Mark threw a piece of candy and smacked some poor girl in the head. In their defense I am sure that it is not easy to ride a unicycle and throw candy. Well after the parade Julie and I dropped off the tandem and then rode our bikes back to her house. I stopped at Target on my way home and then drove home, however I didnt get my nap, I was to busy playing with the kittens.
Today(Sunday) it is hot and muggie.The Hy-Vee triathelon is going on this afternoon I know a few people that are participating and have thought about going to watch but I think that I will just stay home and get some things done, maybe get a bike ride in later. I do wish them all luck. I admire people who can do that. I hope to one day do a tri, I am not a sprinter so it would have to be a distance one. I need to find someone who wants to train with me to help motivate me.
Next week Julie S. and I are going to do the Pieathalon in Adel. You run, bike and eat pie. It is to raise money for cancer research. It should be alot of fun.
That about it for now. Stay cool.
PEACE
Bob went to his new home on Thursday, He and his new papa Kyle i have heard are bonding quite well. Big kitty sister Ty on the other hand is have a few issues. That is to be expected. They will work things out.
Stevie and Phillip who I call the twins went to their farm on Friday. I had tears streaming down my face as we drove to Otley to drop them off. Poor Bill he was a real trooper thru all of this. Stevie and Phillip have there own kittie house in the middle of a bunch of BIG evergreen trees. They were having a ball exploring their new home when we left. I feel better after having seen the set up.
Ellie got picked up by her new mommie on Saturday afternoon. By that time I was all cried out. Ellie will have a good home with 3 little boys and two other cats to play with.
These leaves Winston and Thomas. I was hoping to move them out on the front porch after the bigger kitties left however it is to hot for them so they are now running around my living room, having a great time.
Yesterday Julie S. and I went on a nice bike ride on the Des Moines trail. We climbed the DAM hill then ended up at Irwins where Bill got a tandem ready for us to ride in the Johnston parade. I thought that we did quite will having never rode a tandem together. We didnt hit anyone or run into anything. If we ever ride a tandem again it will need to be adjusted better. Julie had an awful seat and my seat was to low but we had fun. Just an FYI if you ever ride in a parade with Kyle R. and Mark be ready to duck when they throw candy they are terrible. I think i got hit with more candy then they got to the kids. Mark threw a piece of candy and smacked some poor girl in the head. In their defense I am sure that it is not easy to ride a unicycle and throw candy. Well after the parade Julie and I dropped off the tandem and then rode our bikes back to her house. I stopped at Target on my way home and then drove home, however I didnt get my nap, I was to busy playing with the kittens.
Today(Sunday) it is hot and muggie.The Hy-Vee triathelon is going on this afternoon I know a few people that are participating and have thought about going to watch but I think that I will just stay home and get some things done, maybe get a bike ride in later. I do wish them all luck. I admire people who can do that. I hope to one day do a tri, I am not a sprinter so it would have to be a distance one. I need to find someone who wants to train with me to help motivate me.
Next week Julie S. and I are going to do the Pieathalon in Adel. You run, bike and eat pie. It is to raise money for cancer research. It should be alot of fun.
That about it for now. Stay cool.
PEACE
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Kids big adventure
We had an exciting weekend, but first I found out something really important in a kitten world...Pooping is a spectator sport. When one goes they all go.
Friday's adventure...we played in the grass for the first time. I put a blanket on the yard and put the kittens on the blanket. You would have thought I had put them in the middle of a lake. First one paw...then quick pull it back, then another and quick pull it back...then I turned around and there goes Phillip...after that I saw 3 of the little bugger trying to climb the tree. So I got Bill to help me watch them. Well Bill flunks kitten watching 101. I had to coax one out from under the deck..needless to say our adventure thus ended. But they had fun.
Saturday's adventure was to go to see Dr Curry and the girls at the Vet clinic. The first check up. They were little troopers, we put them in the carrier and they fell asleep. Once we got to the vets Bill took care of two and I took Two. Alas Bill flunked kitten sitting at the vets 101. My two laid on my lap and fell asleep, Bill was chasing his all over the place. Two weighed 2 lbs and 2 weighed 1.8 lbs. Little tankers. We got our temp taken that was not a big hit then we got our first shots. After that it was back home where once again they fell asleep in the carrier.
We were told that they would not be as playful as normal because of the shot. I wonder if they knew this they were running all over the place.
Well today was a leisurly day....
In less than two weeks they will all be at their new homes. It takes 7-14 days for the shots to reach full potential. It is going to be sad to see them go.
My two little ones are getting real active. They are starting to fight and sniff at the food. Little Thomas had an adventure he got under the work bench then the tread mill. Mama was frantic. Finally Bill pushed him out and I grabbed him. So what does the little poop do, he tries to do it again. That pathway has been blocked by a cardboard poster roll. So Thomas will have to find another way out.
I did get a couple of rides in this weekend. Went hilling and I can really feel it in my legs. I am close to 500 miles since the beginning of April. I know for some that is not alot but I am happy with that.
Well Be happy and safe. PEACE
Friday's adventure...we played in the grass for the first time. I put a blanket on the yard and put the kittens on the blanket. You would have thought I had put them in the middle of a lake. First one paw...then quick pull it back, then another and quick pull it back...then I turned around and there goes Phillip...after that I saw 3 of the little bugger trying to climb the tree. So I got Bill to help me watch them. Well Bill flunks kitten watching 101. I had to coax one out from under the deck..needless to say our adventure thus ended. But they had fun.
Saturday's adventure was to go to see Dr Curry and the girls at the Vet clinic. The first check up. They were little troopers, we put them in the carrier and they fell asleep. Once we got to the vets Bill took care of two and I took Two. Alas Bill flunked kitten sitting at the vets 101. My two laid on my lap and fell asleep, Bill was chasing his all over the place. Two weighed 2 lbs and 2 weighed 1.8 lbs. Little tankers. We got our temp taken that was not a big hit then we got our first shots. After that it was back home where once again they fell asleep in the carrier.
We were told that they would not be as playful as normal because of the shot. I wonder if they knew this they were running all over the place.
Well today was a leisurly day....
In less than two weeks they will all be at their new homes. It takes 7-14 days for the shots to reach full potential. It is going to be sad to see them go.
My two little ones are getting real active. They are starting to fight and sniff at the food. Little Thomas had an adventure he got under the work bench then the tread mill. Mama was frantic. Finally Bill pushed him out and I grabbed him. So what does the little poop do, he tries to do it again. That pathway has been blocked by a cardboard poster roll. So Thomas will have to find another way out.
I did get a couple of rides in this weekend. Went hilling and I can really feel it in my legs. I am close to 500 miles since the beginning of April. I know for some that is not alot but I am happy with that.
Well Be happy and safe. PEACE
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Kittens
Updated pics of my babies.
Bob is being adopted by a very nice family that already have a cat. I told them to warn there other cat that a cyclone is going to be coming soon. He is a little terror but a lovable terror.
Phillip and Stevie are going to be farm cats in Otley. They will be good mousers.
Thomas and Ellie are going to a home here in Newton. This home has three boys and a couple of cats. But they are a cat family.
Winston still needs an adoptive family. He is a very shy and adorable kitten.
PEACE
Bob is being adopted by a very nice family that already have a cat. I told them to warn there other cat that a cyclone is going to be coming soon. He is a little terror but a lovable terror.
Phillip and Stevie are going to be farm cats in Otley. They will be good mousers.
Thomas and Ellie are going to a home here in Newton. This home has three boys and a couple of cats. But they are a cat family.
Winston still needs an adoptive family. He is a very shy and adorable kitten.
PEACE
Sunday, June 03, 2007
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