Home improvement time!
Exciting.
Hired someone to do all that. I’m over here cleaning out the tub, doing laundry, and re-organizing my To Do list system.
This will make life more pleasant for the next year of living here. Especially after stage 2, when we have new counters and sinks.
207. I’ll be close to 200 when I see the doctor. I’ll be under 200 at Dragon Con.
I’m now talking multivitamins, eating protein more consciously, and I swear I’ll start exercising soon. I need strength training. I want to stay strong and healthy, not just skinnier. I want to be healthy, skinnier and able to walk 10,000 steps a day around Italian hills.
Things 3 for my To Do list, blog for some journaling. Paper notebooks for other journaling. I don’t want my words or habits stuck in apps.
I’ve been wanting to buy a good-sized piece of art for our living room. We moved into this house 6 months ago. I want something new and from a local artist. Figured I’ll find something at an art fair eventually, but that white wall is making me itch.
At the same time, I have a lovely handmade quilt (art sized, not bed sized) made by a friend. And I have not been able to find a place to hang it.
Doh!
My good financial move is: I hung that beautiful quilt in the living room. Maybe we will replace it some day with a painting; or maybe the quilt will be there forever. But now I don’t have a big white wall staring at me making me want to buy the first thing I see. I can take time and find the right piece.
NOTE: yes, it’s off center. I was doing it solo and having to stretch. Sean will help me rehang it properly (and clear that mark off the wall I made) this weekend.
Is it perfect for the space, no. I wanted something horizontal. But it will do for now, and makes us smile thinking of the bluebird of happiness, birds in general in our backyard, and of our friend Linda.
I did not need to be here this early. Could’ve slept another half hour. But I got to see the moon. And do some stretches.
I’m gonna be tired from all the standing. I could’ve stayed in car until 6:30… but I got eager and came out of car at 6:15.
But it’ll be exciting when runners start passing.
Nora fell and scraped up her knee pretty bad a week or so ago, so she said she’ll be slow this race.
Apparently the race goes in opposite direction than I thought! The runners are here, 7:05.
I got photos of Nora, but I’m right in front of the sun so she’s probably not visible
I have nothing else to do unless there’s a medical emergency
There’s hundreds and hundreds of people. Nora was in first 10%. They’re still coming. A few are starting to walk. I can’t see end of line yet, and it’s been more than ten minutes.
People have elementary age kids out running (mostly walking) with them. And kids in strollers. Good for these people!
Ok nearly everyone is walking now… and it’s still at least 75 + people to pass me
The theme is watermelon. I missed a chance to photograph a couple runners in watermelon costumes.
But I did photo the shark!! This is insane , they’re literally hobbled by the costume.
Ok a man who looks like Willie Nelson, at least in age, just walked by. Oh he’s jogging again… (No photo)
We could walk this with little Clementine in a stroller while her mommy runs. Or we could volunteer with little Clem in a stroller
Somehow there were more people than I thought.. and yet… it’s over already. At least my job is already over (technically not yet, I have to wait for sheriff’s officer)
Some of these runners are college students from the university here on the lake and they ran halfway around the lake to start the race. Ran the race around the lake and now they’re running halfway around the lake again back to the university. Remember being 20? I certainly did not appreciate it enough.
Agenda:
Let’s do this!
