A “reloaded” post is a quick-clipped summary of a bunch of small things from the past few days. I want to write them down, but I am either lacking in (a) details or (b) time. That’s just how it goes sometimes. Enjoy. birthday five times two We were in Calgary on the weekend for my niece Julia’s fifth birthday part(ies) this past weekend. Five. Yeah, that’s right. Already five. I guess we needed more than one party (though both were amusing, so I won’t complain.) I took lots of photos and some at the request of Shannon (already breaking my no photo favours rule — what a sucker I am — OK… starting now!) though I haven’t had a chance to post any of them [...]
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While running is largely a cardiovascular sport, I’ve been told that hill training is where the sport bleeds into the strength-building, weight-lifting, bench-pressing equivalency side of things. Most of the time we’re training our lungs and muscles to do hard repetitive actions over and over and over again, sometimes for hours, the whole ‘let’s go run up and down hills for a while’ thing is more about training those muscles to get stronger. Or so I’m told.
For the entire month of June I’m planning on writing a series of blog-a-day posts based on a set series of open-ended questions to myself. This is one of those posts. June 1st // Something You Have Decided Of course, I would have started with something difficult, wouldn’t I? Decision is such a specific word, yet it can encompass all manner of things. For example, I decided to have cereal for breakfast this morning because it was easier than getting out the toaster. Or, I decided to stop at the bank earlier because I was out of cash and figured I was going to want lunch later in the day and all the really good food is sold by people who can’t be bothered with [...]
It is finally nice enough outside to escape the bonds of home. It being my flex day yesterday — and also in the mid-twenty-cees — I think it would be a fair calculation to say that I spent more of my waking hours yesterday outside than in. Lovely. Claire and I enjoyed the backyard for about an hour and a half after breakfast, she continuing the effort of breaking in her swing set while I made sure that every plant in the backyard was sufficiently soaked. The little girl was absolutely fascinated by (a) the water, trying to help out whenever she could, (b) the flowers, which I’ve finally convinced her not to paw and pluck, and (c) the spiders, who require her protection as [...]
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Did I mention I’ve not had much time to write all the things I said I was going to write? No? Well, there it is. We’ve been stuffing ourselves into the basement for the last few evenings working away at the final bits of pre-carpet work. I am pretty much sick of ivory paint and 45 degree corners. And if I never see another tube of wood filler again, it will be too soon. We had an exciting weekend. Well, relatively exciting. You may have noticed the weather has markedly improved. That means we got out to the park (see the gallery for pictures) and Sparkle is happy and content because there are once again numerous walks in her life. We’ve been so busy I [...]
It’s just a random day for such a random milestone. This — right here, what you are reading — is the fifteen hundredth post in this blog. it’s not that much really, when you think about it. And only a whole lot of blathering text, to boot. What else can I say? * Posts 1,500 * Words in Posts 407,576 * Comments 721 * Words in Comments 28,110 * Categories 112 * Tags 852 The state of my existence on this relatively warm January morning…? I stopped for coffee on my way to work. They were still serving a “Christmas Blend” at Starbucks in their holiday theme cups. Do you think someone overestimated a little bit there? Or is this what you’d call a barometer [...]
