THANK YOU

I have a lot of thank yous to address today.

First, thank you to all of the military personnel, both former and current, who have fought to keep our country safe and way of life secure before and after 9-11.

Second, thank you to all of the political leaders, past and present, who have helped command and make decisions for the country's safety.  Even if you don't agree with a specific a political leader or policy you can openly share your feelings and thoughts without fear of being woken up in the middle of the night by the secret police knocking on your door.  Because of that great privilege, please review thank you #1.

Third thank you for the feedback on the blog.  In the past 2 days I have received two comments about this electronic tracker of my thoughts...both much appreciated. 

OOPS

It was brought to my attention that this lil ol blog has more than 2 readers...sorry for short changing my readers. You're all very appreciated.

PURE AWESOMENESS

Some weekends are just OK, some are downright terrible, and some are so awesome it feels like a dream.  Well my 2 faithful readers, this weekend was on the awesome side of things. 

Awesome Event #1:
Took my trek down to a local sporting goods consignment shop and traded it for a bike that actually fits the misses.  Now when she stops she can actually touch the ground.  I have to admit, she was a trooper for the past few months...never once did she complain about having to ride a bike 2 times too big.  Plus, just in time for the second awesome event of the weekend.

Awesome Event #2:
Tour De Fat.  Simply amazing.  I saw some cool and creative costumes and bikes (my personal favorite was two bikes connected together and made to look like a pirate ship).  Although it was so hot the sidewalk was melting we still had a good time.  Meeting up with some long lost friends helped keep everything leaning towards awesome.

Awesome Event #3:
Tried my hand at yoga. It was much tougher than I thought it would be.  Aside from feeling like a stiff, inflexible fish out of water it was really fun.  The cool part was we were down town in a city park, so for the few moments that my body was contorted in the direction of the city and I could see through my burning sweat-filled eyes, I could see the skyline.  Pretty awesome.

Awesome Event #4:
Football season.  Watched the Packers' season opener with another set of friends.  Although they lost, it was still great spending my Sunday watching football and eating chili.  If our defense gets better, I'm looking forward to the rest of the season.

Happy Monday.

Tour de fat

FIXED

One of my iPods is about 10 years old.  For the past few years it has been playing this little game, "Will I Work or Won't I"?  The game is really stupid and has the potential to be very frustrating.  For the past year or so the answer has been steadily, "No, I won't work". 

I came across the old iPod the other day while cleaning out boxes and thought, this is your last chance, you'll work or you'll be thrown away.  Pushed the button and nothing.  Fine, into the trash. 

But before I could toss it my curiosity got the better of me and I couldn't help but take it apart to see what the insides looked like.

I pried the outer case open with a knife and started poking around.  All of a sudden, the screen flickered and stayed on.  When I closed the case and pushed "play" it started working again.  So now I have a working iPod.  Needless to say this was enough to keep it out of the trash.

Just goes to show what a pocket knife and a little curiosity can accomplish. 

RUNNING PANTS

I finally got my new pants back from the tailor and they fit perfect.  Only took two pairs of pants (they made the first pair so short they couldn't be fixed so we started over with a fresh pair) and three trips to the tailor.  I did get a $25 gift certificate, so I guess it was worth it.

In other non-pant news, tonight is running club and I can't wait.  It is amazing how much enjoyment I get from running with this group...and the free beer is nice added bonus.  

LABOR DAY HAPPENINGS

While most people spent the last "summer" weekend bbqing, boating, or doing other similar things, I was in the middle of a desert working an event for the first part of the holiday weekend.  Despite the heat it was a good time and I think some good was accomplished.

The rest of the weekend consisted of having a shrimp boil, introducing BluDog to two new pals, and helping friends paint their new house.  All in all a very good weekend.