Sunday, November 26, 2006

Vacation End


Back to work and school tomorrow after a week off - an end to the gluttony and laziness. I did ride the exercise bike briskly for 30 minutes this afternoon...

Friday, November 24, 2006

Food

Haven't written much about food lately.....I haven't been terribly imaginative in my cooking - mostly my usual standbys such as pasta with veggies, garlic and olive oil and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches I take to work on evening shift. I did cook huge quantities of all the traditional Thanksgiving food yesterday and am now looking at a refrigerator full of leftovers. I'll eat some of the vegetables and my husband will eat some of the meat. I'm taking two uncut pies and a whole cooked turkey breast to the local homeless shelter tomorrow. I'll experiment with some recipes from several vegetarian cookbooks and websites I've browsed lately during my upcoming break from school. Running and cooking has suffered the past few weeks.....on a lighter note (goodness, I need one). ....here's Virginia the cat rolling in sawdust from last week's remodeling project

Postscript: I ran/walked 45 minutes in the neighborhood this afternoon....brisk late fall day.

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Not Running.....

Didn't run the Star City 1/2 Marathon last Saturday because I needed to help my husband on a remodeling job at our house....did a puny 3 mile brisk walk at the cove yesterday....had to stop because of abdominal cramping and pain....not fun. Did get an exercise bike to use when the weather is horrid. Getting back on schedule - I have the Jingle Bell 5k in a couple of weeks....

Monday, November 13, 2006

Clicking those needles


Seems like when I need to relax I start another knitting project - here's two I recently completed....these fingerless gloves will be great to wear when I'm selling candles on the city market for my friends - was an easy, quick pattern using double point needles...
This adorable little baby boy is the grandson of one of my co-workers and is bundled up in a sweater I knitted - another easy one...
Running the Star City 1/2 Marathon this Saturday and my goal is to finish in the 3 hour limit.....I think that's the best I can do right now...

Friday, November 10, 2006

Post election blue elephant


Another busy week with school and working overtime - exercise has consisted of raking leaves in the balmy 70 degree weather yesterday and today. I had a good chuckle when I spotted this blue elephant I've moved around with me for the last 40 years....that's all I'm saying about the elections this week....

Saturday, November 04, 2006

Beautiful, busy week

I've been busy writing short papers for two of my classes, studying for tests in the other two and doing volunteer work for the League of Older Americans Meals on Wheels program (a requirement of one of my classes).....doesn't leave much time for blogging! Did a 8 mile run/walk at the cove this past Wednesday and ran the Apple Valley 5k today
- bettered my time by ~2 minutes! This race is a fun cross country course around the perimeter of the apple orchard and the tshirts are always wonderful.
I drove on the Blue Ridge Parkway back home and enjoys the fading fall colors and the brisk weather.


Just can't imagine living anywhere else....have decided to not do the More Marathon March 2007 but have registered for the 20 mile Uwharrie Run in February 2007 - closer and I'm liking the longer distance trail runs more than the long road runs. The Uwharrie is a well supported run with a reasonable finish time limit - the great unknown is North Carolina mountain weather in February!