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Busy, Busy

Well, it has been hard to get work done that last few days…icks….

Thursday we knew were heading to REI to pick up a tent and sleeping bags and stopping by to see a friend after wards, but it took longer then expected.  We knew the tent we wanted to get, we will be putting it together this weekend to make sure we know what we are doing.  But what was confusing was the sleeping bags.  Unless you are doing the basic camping and don’t want to work up to back packing, the normal bags that we grew up with don’t work.  You want the ones that compact as small and as light as possible….so you have to figure if you want down or sythenic….and they aren’t squares anymore.  They are mummy like in shape, then there are men’s and women’s.  Women’s are suppose to be narrower at the shoulders and wider at the hips….well, I have wide shoulders so I ended up with the same one as Harold’s….just had to have my zipper on the opposite side so we can zip them together.  Even camping, I have to sleep on his left side…..too weird not to……lol

After REI, we headed into the city to have lunch with our friend.  By the time we got done it was too late to head home, because we would be stuck in rush hour.  So we had about an hour to kill….so headed over to the 1st smoke free strip bar I’ve even been in and killed some time talking to the girls and throwing them our money.  =)  I can’t wait for February 2009…all of them will be smoke free…I’m so going to love that.

By the time we got home it was after 7pm…icks.  So I had to get some work done before heading to bed.

Today, had my trainer today…..did not meet my weight goal….gggrrr  I’m a little peeved by that.  But got my work out in.  I really needed to get my nails done, but didn’t know if they could get me in.  My new saloon I’m going to works better by appointments then walkins, which is very different to what I’m use to.  But they are consistent on their work and there are 2 designers.  The husband is the main designer and loves to come up with different things, so I’m pretty happy with the work that they do.  The only issue that I have with getting my nails done is the time that it takes…..usually 3-4 hrs since I get a pedicure with a design.  So it takes a lot more time then it would normally take.  But there is no way I could got back to no design….it would drive me nuts……lol

I did get a few things done before I left for my appointment, luckily some of my other work was light.  I will be attacking it some tomorrow.

So we didn’t get our movie night in tonight.  =(  If I hadn’t been tied up earlier today, I would have had time for it.  We’ll probably watch some movies tomorrow after the Belmont.

Here are just a few more pictures from our weekend.

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No Hot Water….icks!

When I got to gym my trainer told me he was feeling mean today and then proceeded to work my ass off big time.  Today was legs and my knees still feel weak.  He wants me down by 1 & half pound by Friday….if not I’ll be stuck running the stairs for an hour that day….icks…  I’ve eaten maybe 1200 calories today and trying hard not to eat carbs……….this is a bitch.

Well, the day was pretty much wasted after that…..we got home to no hot water.  =(  I had noticed that I barely had hot water to wash my face last night, but just thought that I hadn’t waited long enough.  Called the landlord and they got someone out to us about3pm and found out it was temperature gauges, so they got fixed….but we had to wait a few hours for the water to heat up and for the sediment to settle in the heater.  I still ended up with yellow water for a bath/shower, but it was hot.

What sucked today is that I spent it cold from all the sweat from the gym.  It really sucked not to be able to take my shower when I needed it.

It really messed me up on focusing today.   I did get our pictures from the weekend resized, but still haven’t gotten them in galleries yet.   I hope to have time to post a bunch of them tomorrow,but here is a few pics.

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A storm view from our back yard.  I love the contrast of the dark clouds with the trees.

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From our 1st day, we actually had some sun and blue skies

Lazy Day & Minnesota Pictures

I did get some work done, but after taking it lazy today.

We watched the Indy 500, been out of Indiana since sumer of 2004 but not use to being able to watch it while it takes place.  For some stupid reason, the black it out in Indiana and don’t show it until after it has been run, even if it has been sold out….morons.  We aren’t racing fans, but it is the big event, so we watched it.  We really wanted to Patrick  or Castroneves to win it, but it wasn’t meant to be…..didn’t help that Patrick couldn’t get her car up to speed.  It really shows how important the engineering of cars are to winning a race, not just the driving.  I still can’t believe Andretti knocked out a team mate….that was messed up.   Felt horrible for Sarah Fisher.  =(  Wow, Carpentar was like 15-16 laps down and finished in 5th….that was very cool.

Afterwards it was my normal weekly attack on the household cleaning.  We trimmed some of the dead leaves off of our household plants and I worked on the rose bush that we brought.  Since we aren’t planning on staying here, we planted it in a big pot so we can take it with us.  It feels great to have a rose bush again, I use to have about 8-10 of them Indiana.  I hated not having one in Florida, the climate is horrible for them.  Most of the things that we love grow so well here.

There is nothing like being able to step outside and smell the freshness.  I don’t remember having that in Florida.  We really enjoy it.

Started to do some work in the late evening and now I just don’t want to do a thing.  I believe I’ve earned it.  =)  Beside tomorrow is a day with my trainer……can you say ouch……lol For a day that wasn’t very intense, I’m pretty tired….very strange.  =)

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Everytime we visit, we have to stop and see the falls.  The power of the falls is just awesome to see and not something that ever gets old.

 

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The olympus took some really stunning shots of the river on a calm day

 

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 We took a hike up a big hill not that far from Harold’s folks.

 

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 I really love how the red of the Flag contrasts with the blues of the sky and it’s reflection into the river.

 

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Today Ended on a Good Note

Wow….I’ve been off on my 2 reports, it has been driving me absolutely nuts…..but I FOUND IT!!!  I’m so relieved.  I knew it would be something simple and it was, I forgot to enter it on the other report.  Now when I get to work tomorrow, I can actually work on something else without freaking.

I did get my nails done, wasn’t planning on it until tomorrow put when I was putting clothes away I totally lost one…..so I was decided for me.  It was time to remove my old ones and get new, so now my fingers are tender.  But I am happy that I believe that I finally found a saloon that likes doing design and are good on their quality of work.

During the night you can feel the temperature drop outside and woke up to rain, the Portland thing.  =)  I don’t mind too much, because it makes the area so green with growth and it smells so good.

In fact on the drive back from the saloon, I look at all the trees and scenery and I am very happy that we moved here.  It is one of the only moves that I have felt that it was the right thing to do.   Now we just got to get closer into Portland….I want to be able to take a 15 min drive to down town to walk and browse the bookstore and shop at a farmers market.

I am very happy with what I did at the gym today.  Last Thursday I could barely do 20 mins on the treadmill and any other exercise, but today I even made my goal and more!  I got my 2.28 mile in 30min, the most I ever got was 2.24 at 30:04, but after last week I was so stressing on what I would be able to do.  I just really, really hope that I can improve on it this Thursday when I do cardo.  I meet my trainer MWF, so treadmill days are Tues & Thurs.

I did get Dale’s (Harold’s dad) pictures done up, just need to put the links on the site, but here they are.

http://bookwalter.org/Dale-Kathy/2008_0511/index.htm

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I really like this one, it is a good self-portrait.

http://bookwalter.org/Dale-Kathy/2008_Dales_pics/index.htm  

Well, I’m totally exhausted over stressing the miscalculation so I’m heading to bed.

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Just Some Pictures

I hate it when I have everything balanced one, enter a few things and now I’m off by between the 2 reports……gggrrrrr  Damn, my head hurts from it.

I had more thoughts to post, but my brain is not working for that……….lol

But here are some more pictures I took the other day.

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I like the contract between the blue and lite greens.

 

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I love seeing the new growth on pine trees.

 

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My addiction for pictures……lol

 

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Wild Flowers

 

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Alexis is adorable.

 

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Reggie curled up sleeping on my bag.

 

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Rose buds from the bush we brought and planted in a pot.

 

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Reggie being nosy.  Harold took that one.

 

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 Alexis sleeping.  I love the way she stretches out.