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| Spin Instructor quits |
| 04.29.05 (1:31 pm) |
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Last night I went to the gym to take Spin class, as it was too cold (in my opinion anyway) to ride my bike outside. Thursday night’s 1 hour class was one of my favorite nights to go to Spin during the winter because of the instructor, Sarah. She teaches the advance class that I really like. She is enthusiastic and motivational, not to mention very easy on this old man’s eyes being in her late 20s, and very fit! Her music is mostly electronica with some German hip-hop and current rock tunes. Most of it has driving beat and great rhythms. Perfect for that long, standing up-hill climb or standing flat rests and of course, everyone’s favorite full out sprints. I usually get there 20 to 30 min. early to warm up and get in a few more minutes of time in the saddle. Sarah walks in and says: “Trekguy (not really she said my real name) what are you doing here, its nice outside??” I told her it was too cold, she just laughed! “Glad you did, this is my last Spin class EVER here! I’m moving to Detroit on Saturday, I’m so glad you came. I was afraid I would not get to say good-bye to any of my “regulars”. ” Then the rest of the class started to arrive. One by one we all heard the news and to a person everyone was sad to hear she was leaving. After class she had to line up and get hugs from everyone as they left. We will miss her very badly, she was truly great, and you always got a great workout from a great teacher. She is going to continue to teach Spin in Detroit which is fantastic, I’m sure they will enjoy her as much as we did!! She will be sorely missed! |
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| More Jokes |
| 04.28.05 (10:15 am) |
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Warning some of these jokes may offend you or it may just crack you up! I'm just warning you so you don't read further if you would be offended by jokes of a sexual or ethnic nature. ((((RING)))) (the phone rings) **Pick Up** "Hello?" "Hi honey, this is Daddy, Is Mommy near the phone?" "No Daddy, She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Mike " After a brief pause, Daddy says, "But honey, you haven't got an Uncle Mike " "Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy, right now" Brief Pause "Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do. Put the phone down on the table, run upstairs and knock on the bedroom door, and shout to Mommy that Daddy's car just pulled into the driveway" "Okay Daddy, just a minute" A few minutes later the little girl comes back to the phone. "I did it Daddy" "And what happened honey?" he asked "Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped out of bed with no clothes on and ran around screaming! Then she tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser and now she isn't moving at all!" "Oh my God!!! What about your Uncle Mike ?" "He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on too. He was all scared and he jumped out of the back window and into the swimming pool. But I guess he didn't know that you took out the water last week to clean it. He hit the bottom of the pool and I think he's dead" ***Long Pause*** ***Longer Pause** Then Daddy says, "Swimming pool?"... Is this 486 -5731 ??? ========================= =========== Once again, The Washington Post published its yearly contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate word meanings. 1. Coffee (n.), a person who is coughed upon. 2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained. 3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. 4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk. 5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent. 6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown. 7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp. 8. Gargoyle (n.), an olive-flavored mouthwash. 9. Flatulence (n.) the emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller 10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline. 11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam. 12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified demeanor assumed by a proctologist immediately before he examines you. 13. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddish expressions. 14. Pokemon (n), A Jamaican proctologist. 15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), The belief that, when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck there. 16. Circumvent (n.), the opening in the front of boxer shorts. ========================= ========== As I've Matured... I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in... I've learned that one good turn gets most of the blankets. I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people are just jackasses. I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it. I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others - they are more screwed up than you think. I've learned that depression is merely anger without enthusiasm I've learned that it is not what you wear; it is how you take it off I've learned to not sweat the petty things, and not pet the sweaty things. I've learned that ex's are like fungus, and keep coming back. I've learned age is a very high price to pay for maturity. I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it. I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away. And the real pains in the rear are permanent. I've learned that 99% of the time when something isn't working in your house, one of your kids did it I've learned that there is a fine line between genius and insanity |
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| Jokes for the day |
| 04.27.05 (1:02 pm) |
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Warning some of these jokes may offend you or it may just crack you up! I'm just warning you so you don't read further if you would be offended by jokes of a sexual or ethnic nature. Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants. Marriage changes passion. Suddenly you're in bed with a relative. Sign in a Chinese Pet Store: "Buy one dog, get one flea..." I got a sweater for Christmas. I really wanted a screamer or a moaner. If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal? I don't approve of political jokes. I've seen too many of them get elected. There are two sides to every divorce: Yours and shithead's. I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect; therefore I am perfect. Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive. How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America? Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a swimming pool? |
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| Raising kids in 2005 |
| 04.27.05 (10:26 am) |
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As many of you know I’m the father of two teenagers, my daughter just turned 13 and my son is 15, and my GF has a son who is 16. It seems all of them has caught the same disease. Shit all 3 of them act the same way, it is all about me, just me, me, me, and screw school! It is NOT that we're failures in raising son’s and daughter’s, but part of it is I think the times in which we live and their peers which influence them so much. As always it is our job as parents to steer them (well maybe drag them kicking, and screaming) to be useful productive adults and citizens! In our day (the 50s, and 60s) almost everyone was more focused on school, and family. The "bad" kids are much like all the kids now a day. That is why are job of raising kids is so much harder than our parents! We’ve done things like punishing them when grades fail to meet up to certain announced expectations (like at least all Cs on report card). We’ve offered incentives all the way from paying for grades (which I don’t agree with, but what the hell are you supposed to get their attention with) to increased privileges, to giving them treats, like taking them to a movie or buying that one piece of clothes they really want. Still the same result selfish, all just for me behavior, and who cares about school. And “Oh by the way I do EXPECT to be given a CAR when I turn 16 so I can drive”. Even though my grades are still for shit and I turn up my nose when you ask me to take out the trash!! Help!!!!!!!! To echo Rodney Dangerfield “Now I know why Lions eat their young!!” |
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| Happiness |
| 04.24.05 (7:19 pm) |
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I've been in a discussion with one of our other Tblog friends on the subject of happiness. Well, this weekend, Saturday to be exact, I was in Barnes and Noble with "J". We both love to read and we usually make a trip to B&N once and a while just to sit and read in the cafe, and drink a Cafe Mocha. Saturday was one such day. I picked out a couple of magazines (Triathlete and Outdoors) and "J" got a couple of Quilting magazines. We drank our coffees and leafed through our magazines and talked, just a real relaxing way to spend a Saturday afternoon. After I finished my magazines I went back to the rack to see if I could find something else to read. I picked up a copy of the Scientific American Mind magazine. I took it back to the table and leafed through it. A nice article on DeJa Vue and then I came on one which made me sit up and take notice. It was in a regular section of the magazine called Think Better. The title was "Make Yourself Happy" by Maja Storch and subtitled "Small acts that create immediate pleasures can add up to long-term satisfaction". The contention of the author is there are two components to happiness. The first, is short term, it deals with small acts or thoughts every day which give you a sense of pleasure or happiness. For instance, smile and say hello, to your office mates and ask "How was your evening or weekend?" instead of just getting to work. Give yourself a flower to put on your desk at work on kitchen counter to brighten your day. By doing so you will give yourself small bits of pleasure or get a feeling of brightening someone else’s day. The second part is a longer term satisfaction with yourself, and your life. True it takes a certain comfort in ones own station in life and having enough money and security in your present life and with how well you can face the future. However, by having built up the happiness day by day in the short term the better and more likely you are to feel satisfied and happy about your future. For myself I find this true. I try and find something to be happy with each and every day, even when things or my life is not going well. Some say I'm an eternal optimist, well maybe I am, but I believe that you can make yourself happy by practicing it each and every day!! |
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| 420 - Parents, Do you know what it means?? |
| 04.20.05 (12:39 pm) |
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What does the term 420 mean? [b]If you don't know that it is an international code word for smoking marijuana -- especially at 4:20 and on 4/20 -- you are not as with it as you think you are.[/b] The term floats just below the radar of many baby boomer parents who are totally clueless about the vast underground that celebrates the term. Parents will hear about it by spring. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) intends to drag the code word into the mainstream. For the first time, it will hold its annual conference on 4/20 --April 20, a day known as Stoners' New Year. "We have scheduled the conference to coincide with 4/20, the date that has become associated in the popular culture as a special day for marijuana smokers -- sort of what 'Miller time' has become to beer drinkers," says its Web site, norml.org. "We hope to build on that tradition." NORML's Allen St. Pierre notes that, unfortunately, 4/20/99 was the day of the Columbine school shootings, but says he believes the two were not connected. The origin of the term is a bit hazy. Some say it has been a police radio code for "pot smoking in progress." But Steven Hager, editor of High Times, has traced it back to 1971, to some pot-smoking wiseacres at a California high school who met frequently at 4:20 to light up. The term caught on and was popularized in the counterculture by the Grateful Dead, Hager says. It is now "known universally around the world by people in the (drug) culture," Hager says. "And for 20 years, there have been important rituals and ceremonies that happen on April 20," including those on college campuses. Those observations now include some teens staying home from school. "At most public schools, April 20 is an (unofficial) holiday," says John Heydinger, 16, of St. Paul, Minn. "Kids hang out and party." Those who party too hearty might say they are "420-ed," he says, or really stoned. St. Pierre is amazed "by the mass commercialization that has grown up around 420. Kids can buy all kinds of stuff with 420 on it," including clothing through the Net and "skateboards, surfboards, snowboards." Some teens say they use the term almost as a joke. "It's like you see someone in the hall at 4:20 and say, '420, dude, ha, ha,' " says Brady Welch, 17, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Teens don't make much of it at his school, says Jared Holst, 15, of Englewood, Colo. "Kids just happen to know what it means. Someone will say when it is 4:20." Parents are usually oblivious to the reference, says Beth Kane Davidson, director of the addiction treatment center at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, MD. "This is a whole culture with kids." The message is, she says, "even if your adolescent is at home alone at 4:20, and he smokes up, he is not alone. He knows somebody somewhere else is smoking also." St. Pierre has some qualms about going public with the term for the NORML conference. "As soon as it gets bandied about on the Today show, 420 will fizzle as a cultural phenomenon." |
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| Lance - Say it isn't so!!! |
| 04.19.05 (5:22 am) |
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Lance Armstrong announced yesterday he is going to retire after this years Tour de France, a race he has won for a record setting 6 times.
You can read the entire press conference transcript at The Paceline.com Despite all his personal problems, divorce, and surviving testicular cancer he is one of the most spectacular athletes of our time and I for one will miss watching him race. For those who do not know bicycle racing watching the Tour de France can be like watching grass grow! But to us who ride, and compete to watch Lance ride and see he and his team work together it is a thing of beauty! Lance we will miss you! |
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| Religious Influence |
| 04.18.05 (12:58 pm) |
More from NPR!Danforth Decries Religious InfluenceAll Things Considered, April 3, 2005 · Former Sen. John Danforth says the Republican Party has become the political arm of Christian Conservatives. Danforth, a Republican, says politicians are promoting a sectarian agenda on gay marriage, stem cell research and the Terri Schiavo case. Danforth, an Episcopal priest, decries this trend in a recent op-ed piece in The New York Times and in an interview with host Debbie Elliott. All I can say is Right On John!!! |
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| The sad story of Marla Ruzicka |
| 04.18.05 (12:13 pm) |
Roadside Bomb Kills U.S. Aid Worker in Iraq
Morning Edition, April 18, 2005 · A roadside bomb in Iraq killed Marla Ruzicka, an American aid worker, over the weekend. The 28-year-old founder of the Campaign for Innocent Victims of Conflict helped get millions in U.S. aid directed to help families of civilians accidentally killed and injured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. |
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| Spring Housework |
| 04.17.05 (6:54 pm) |
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Well, inspired by Altricial I got busy and did some spring housework fixing up the outside of my home that I had purchased last fall. I went to Lowe’s' on Saturday and bought some started bulbs for perennials, hyacinths and tulips. On Sunday I went to work cleaned up the front of the house and planted all the bulbs I'd bought.
Then I put together a set of chairs and table I'd gotten two years ago but never had a place to use it at the apartment I had. Now I have a couple of nice decks on my house so I've set up the chairs and the table so we can eat outside!
My cats continue to make friends and are getting more and more comfortable with each other.
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| Tyler |
| 04.16.05 (12:51 pm) |
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Well, as promiced here are pictures of my new cat, Tyler. I got him from my friend "J", and he has settled in nicely. He is 5 y.o. and is a lovely grey in color, although the pictures make him look black. My son loves him and the way he will come when called, and will let you rub his tummy and purr louder and louder the more you rub him!! Here is Tyler sitting in the sun in my front room.
Here is Tyler and Stripes near my front window. The toys on the floor next to Tyler are his, from his previous owner.
And a cat's favorite place of course, in the window on my bedroom, looking out on the world! More of Stripes and Tyler.
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| Geezerjock Magazine |
| 04.15.05 (2:25 pm) |
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Ok, if you’re under 40 you don’t really need to read this post, unless you want to of course!! I've just been told about a wonderful magazine available for us "older" active folks. It is called Geezerjock Magazine! Great title isn't it!! It is for the 40+ active athletes who are still competing in sports. So many of the sport magazines on the market today cater to the younger athlete and the training plans and examples they give are not possible for many of us "older" folks to follow. I think it is a great idea!! I love to ride my bike hard, and usually ride pretty good distances too. It is not unusual for me to ride a 30-mile ride 3 to 4 times a week, and then go for a longer ride of closer to 60 miles on the weekend. My paces at these distances are pretty good, and most of the time I can outride both in distance and speed, many of the guys (plenty in their 30s and 40s) in our Sunday morning just-for-fun group ride of 30 to 40 miles. Anyway what I was going to say is that I'm thinking about entering the Senior Olympics for Michigan in Cycling, doing the 5K and 10K time trial races. I've been spinning all winter and my present rides and been close to 20 MPH which is a pretty high average speed seeing as how we are just at the start of the riding season here in Michigan. So I'm psyched and pumped for this summer. The races are in July so I have lots of training time left. I'll let you know how I'm doing from time to time! |
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| Update on my new Cat - Tyler |
| 04.15.05 (12:12 pm) |
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I just love me new cat! Tyler is such a wonderful kitty! He is very affectionate and well behaved!! He is the king of the roost, snarling and hissing at my poor little kittys, Stripes and Tuck. He is VERY possessive about his bowls and anything else which is his! But he has already been very loving to my son and me, snuggling up in our laps while watching TV and at night sleeping on one of our beds. I hope to get some pictures of him this weekend and I will post them here! |
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| Get Real?? |
| 04.13.05 (3:18 pm) |
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As always, altricial gets me thinking when I read her posts. The other day she had a posting entitled “Get Real”, well it started me thinking about my life now and where I’m going or not going. Do we desperately seek to attain “perfection” or become the “ideal” person and fail to see our own self-value or recognize our achievements? While the achievements are not what we had set out to do, or become, is that which we have already obtained worthy and valuable anyway?? I’ve done and seen many things in my life. I’ve grown up gone to college, served in the Peace Corps and been married twice. I’ve had a home in the city, the country and now back in a small village near a moderate size city. I’ve worked 4 different jobs, been a manager, a husband, father and son. I’ve raised my own food, learned how to care for cows, chickens, goats, tend bees, cook, clean, sew, shoot a rifle, hunt small game, ride a bike, ride a sailboard, sail a sailboat, and swim. I’ve played football, tennis, wrestling, and gymnastics, participated in triathlons, run two marathons, and ridden my road and mountain bike literally tens of thousands of miles! I’ve been heavy and I’ve been thin, felt good about myself and my life and have been depressed to where I’d sit up all night crying quietly in my living room so no one would hear. I traveled to nearly all 50 states, traveled in Africa, Europe, and Mexico. I’ve traveled by train, car, bike, and plane. I’ve attended Catholic schools, public schools, and studied many subjects. The sciences, mathematics, history, literature, the arts, religion, and music have been among the many things I’ve either studied or been interested in. All these things I’ve done shape who I am, and my personality as it exists today. As a youth in my 20s I questioned myself and my world, my parent life, the world in general and started to form my adult opinions, the view of this, my life and my world and what I wanted to be as a person. Then as so often happens life interferes with this questioning process and “reality” set in. A spouse, children, your boss, your co-workers, pressures of the job, of being a parent, earning a living, they all push this questioning of yourself and your role in this world to the back of the mind. Do I like who I am right now? Yes, I think I’ve worked hard on becoming a good parent, friend, worker, co-worker, and citizen. Not all that know me may agree, but no one ever gets agreement from everyone. I’m satisfied and those I truly love are satisfied too, so that is what is important to me. That one posting by altricial now has me questioning again however. OMG, I’ve shouted to myself “Get Fucking Real” to myself and to others enough. But yet in my pragmatism I yearn for questioning and pondering what my ideal self is or should be. I still have many, many “real” issues to deal with in my life, my son and his disability, my recent divorce and relationship with “J”. I still need to work, and save for retirement. But you know I’m going to be 53 this year in Nov. which means I may only need to work for 9 more years. I’ve got a substantial retirement already saved up, and continue to grow it each and every payday. But I see the day in the not to distant future when I’ll be retired. I remember a few years ago I was watching “Star Trek”, and captain Prichard was explaining to someone I believe who had been in hibernation that in the present (what was that the 25th century or something) the human condition had improved to such a point where a man’s or woman’s life was spent in the pursuit of knowledge, and self fulfillment. Wow, what a concept!! Can you imagine, to be free from want, hunger, and disease to such an extent that you could focus on self-improvement as the primary reason for existence?? But would that be so great? Aren’t we all shaped, born out of, molded by or forged in the crucible of suffering, pain, happiness, knowledge, etc?? If the negatives are not there I beg to argue that we’d not achieve or advance as people, as adults and citizens. Well, back to the point. I’m entering a new phase in my life as I age, and as I mature. Yes, I still feel I have much to learn and to grow even at 52; I’m not done yet with myself awareness journey. I hope to spend time thinking about what it means to me to be a person, a thinking living being on this earth and how I’ll see myself at the end of my days. A mature adult who knows what, and who I am, and if I’ve achieved that ideal or not. Get Real?? Oh God, help me not to hold on to that thought forever!! Thanks altricial for making me think about his again!! |
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| Taking in my friend's cat! |
| 04.12.05 (3:31 pm) |
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My poor friend "J" (not my GF "J") has been so upset these past few days. She has a nice 5 YO cat that can no longer live in her house. Tyler is a real lover but his love has extended to her new baby boy of only 4 months. Tyler has been sleeping in babies crib during the day or wants to climb in "J" lap when she has the baby in her arms. He is shedding and is getting hair all around the house. He has even tried to get into the babies playpen when baby is in there sleeping and lay down on baby! The family has been trying to keep him from climbing on people and away from baby, but now he is feeling unloved and has taken to peeing in the basement as a sign of his displeasure. "J" and her husband had considered getting rid of Tyler but wanted to give him a chance. But now enough is enough. "J" has been trying to find a home for Tyler, but wanted a home with no other cats, or cats that were used to having other cats around. I told "J" I would take him after she had no success in finding a home for him in the last couple of weeks. I'm sure my two kitties will be shocked at first at the new comer but they are not even a year old yet and Tyler is 5 and much bigger than my kitties. "J" is going to bring him over tomorrow night, so we will know then!! |
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| New Slideshow |
| 04.11.05 (12:08 pm) |
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Hello fellow Tblogers! I'm back from my vacation in Miami and have created a slideshow to share some of the sights we saw while we were there. The weather was great, warm and humid most of the week! Monday was just a travel day; we got in about 4:30, took a look around the hotel, had dinner, and got some shut-eye so we'd be fresh on Tuesday. Tuesday we spent on South Beach itself, just being lazy. We did some souvenir shopping, and spent a couple of hours on the beach. We also went to see the "Miracle Mile” in coconut Grove and had dinner in a seafood restaurant! Oh yes(Thanks to Scuba for reminding me), I forgot to put sun screen on the tops of my feet and hense got sunburned there pretty good!! Also I put lots of sunscreen on my face but missed a couple of spots near my hairline so I got burned there too!! Luckely "J" brought along some aloe lotion so I felt better later on back at the hotel! Wednesday we went to the Seaquarium, and enjoyed a couple of shows, like the Seal show and the dolphin and Orca show which was really spectacular! And then to Key Biscayne saw the lighthouse and spent some more time on the beach. It was almost completely deserted, which surprised us, as it was Spring Break time. We went shopping later on in the day, and stopped to eat at the Cheesecake Factory. Local fair, no but it is still some great eats anyway!! Of course Scuba had to remind me of this too!! Thursday was a complete Beach day. We rented lounges and an umbrella on South Beach and simply kicked back. Read our books, swam in the ocean from time to time and did a lot of people watching! We had rain only one day on Friday that is when we went to the Metrozoo. Because of the threat of rain, the zoo was nearly deserted! It was great!! It was way too soon when we had to come back on Saturday! It was a lovely day to fly, as the skies were clear and plenty of sunshine. When we landed in Detroit, I found I’d left on something in my car and the battery was completely run down. We found someone to jump-start my car and after an hour we were finally on our way! We got home around 5:30 PM, and I was still in time to catch the last half of my dear daughters indoor soccer game |
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| More of my Miami Trip |
| 04.06.05 (7:27 pm) |
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We went to the Miami Seaquaruim today and saw several shows. This is from the dolphin and orca show.
And we loved the birds they had on display too.
Then we went to a state park on Key Biscayne, very deserted and the water was so warm. It was nice to get away from the mad crowds!
The view north from our sunbathing spot.
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| Hello from Miami |
| 04.06.05 (7:21 am) |
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Just a quick hello from our fantastic vacation spot here in Miami! We went to the beach yesterday, had lunch and did a bit of shopping. Today we are going to Key Largo and do some snorkling! Here are a couple of pictures! Here is South Beach about Noon yesterday, not too crowded!
The resturant where we had lunch, on south Beach!
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| Be back in a week! |
| 04.03.05 (7:16 pm) |
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Well folks it's Sunday night, and I'm nearly finished packing for Florida. Poor "J" got a case of food poisoning this morning from the restaurant we went to last night, a Chinese buffet and Wok/Grill. We think it was the shrimp, as she was the only one who got sick. She was throwing up had terrible stomach cramps then diarrhea. She is better now this evening but was in a lot of pain with the stomach cramps. By three o’clock tomorrow we’ll be basking in the Florida sunshine in Miami. Beaches here we come!! I got in a nice 20 mile bike ride today in the nice sunny 50 degree temps. Also got in a 20 miler yesterday too, colder but still OK. I think I'm done with Spinning till Fall now!! |
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| New Slideshows on my Blog |
| 04.02.05 (2:03 pm) |
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Check out the slideshows on the left hand column of my blog! There are pictures I took on a business trip to Mexico and to the Netherlands! Enjoy!! |
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| Pissed off! |
| 04.02.05 (2:00 pm) |
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I went to the store today to do some grocery shopping. As usual I took my empty soda cans and bottles back to the store to get my refund. At our store you feed them into a machine which counts them then crushes them. When you are done you get a slip to take to check-out and get your refund. When I walked over to the bottle return area I was greeted by loads of people with shopping carts loaded with garbage bags full of cans and bottles. All the machines were full of people redeeming bottles. I waited in line where it looked like I would not have long to wait. Well the woman and her daughter at the next machine were nearly done, so I politely asked if I could use one of the machines for my 10 bottles. "No, this is a church project and we are redeeming these for our church!" But I only have 10 I'll be done in less then a minute." "No we need to get this done" She then turned around and ignored me as I asked politely one more time. Well this really pissed me off. I said in a good loud voice. "Oh, how Christian of you to refuse me a few seconds of time to redeem my bottles! No wonder I don't go to church, I can't stand hypocritical Christians like you!!" The woman turned around and looked at me with open mouth, and the minister hurried over to me and tried to apologized, but I was too pissed off. I turned around and walked away and did my shopping. It truly attitudes like that which turn me off to organized religion! I'll believe in God and praise him in my own way thank you. |
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| Spring Break |
| 04.01.05 (9:53 am) |
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Ah yes, it is that time of year again. Kids are on spring break from school. My GF and I are taking this time to go on a vacation by ourselves. We've traveled together before but usually on one of my business trips, but this time it is a real vacation. I had enough frequent flyer miles and hotel points to get both of us to Miami and stay in a hotel for FREE for an entire week!! Now the hotel in a Fairfield Inn and it is NOT on the beach, but hey, it costs us only the car rental, food and entertainment! This is going to be so much fun!! We can hardly stand it. We leave Monday morning fly directly to Miami, getting there about 3:00 PM. We have no firm plans right now other than visit the beaches a lot, and sightsee. Maybe drive to another city or drive to the Keys for a day trip. I am so looking forward to this!!! Whoot, Whoot!! |
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