Fabulous 50’s

I mean fabulous running in 50-degrees*, beautiful weather – but then again it’s fabulous being in my 50’s, born in the 1950’s…

Briskly walking down the dirt road toward the west and back for .25 mile served as my warm-up before yesterday’s run.

As I headed east and back for 3.2 miles, jogging was more my speed. It took almost 37 minutes to complete my excursion, but I felt great at the end. It was almost too breezy as I faced the wind coming home – I checked the weather online and it said it was gusting at 9 mph.

Cool down was again out and back to the west for .25 mile. I’ll work on speed another time.

*NOTE – According to Jeff Galloway, the ideal running temperature is 55. Here are some links to read about how you should pace yourself based on temperature and humidity:
http://www.jeffgalloway.com/resources/news_archives/jun2004.html
http://www.jeffgalloway.com/resources/news_archives/oct05.html
http://www.jeffgalloway.com/resources/news_archives/may08.html

~~K

Finally, back in the 21st century -

The new Maytag (Centennial model) washer has successfully completed its first load! It’s delivery window was 10 through 1 and it was here by 11 am.

My arthritic thumbs have taken a beating the last two weekends hand washing and wringing out my underwear and gym clothes by hand. I truly appreciate modern appliances! ~~K

Red, White, and Blue

Not very pretty, but these are the washer hoses D put in today -- awaiting the arrival of our new Maytag this coming Thursday.

While at a workshop in Aurora, Ohio, I came across this flag I thought would be a great school craft project. If you look close you can see the stars and stripes are all hand prints.

Was that R, W, & B a stretch for the title? ~K

Writing Bouquet

Finally, the solution to missing pens and pencils from my desk at school!

The sunflowers are pencils, ivy stems are pens, and the "baby's breath" is the eraser.

I bought 2 bunches of sunflowers at the WalMart ($1 each) for a total of 12 stems; had the ivy and baby's breath, as well as the floral tape on hand - an inexpensive solution to the continuing case of missing (not returned?) writing utensils.

~K

Plumbing

After all that plumbing we contracted out this summer, something else broke last Sunday -- the kitchen sink! D had to replace the original sink basket and strainer on each side.

Of course this took place after a few "choice words" and some research on the Internet. We had never encountered this problem and didn't know if it involved replacing the entire sink or what. Thank goodness for handy online resources.

Final replacement/repair as seen from above and below the sink!

It's now one week later and there are no leaks and all seems well! ~K