Miss Molly goes over 100K

I took Molly for a 3 mile walk yesterday and Kim took her for another 3-miler today, which puts her well over 100 kilometers. Kim took off for school and Molly went straight upstairs and crashed.....she did not enjoy the disruption in her nap for this picture to be taken.....

Mystery Wine.....

Just bottled the backyard mystery wine....it was made from a mixture of grapes of which only one variety is known, (Concord). It is very dry and actually tastes okay...well maybe not so okay...

Southern Comfort

I am making my own whiskey.....haven't done this before, so we will see how it goes. I am starting out with a 3L batch, mainly because I have a 3L barrel. It should be done in 2-4 weeks. The ethanol is now in the barrel aging with the sugar and other flavorings. It smells really good!

Livingroom remodel progress.....

The floors are going in....slowly. I have to install it in about 3 foot wide strips, then stain that strip, followed by polyurethane. The new tile is installed, but can not be grouted until the hardwoods surrounding it are done. Having to use the room while doing the floors is dragging it out, but it will be worth it when it is all done.

Snow Tubing....

Looks like Kim, Connor, and I will be heading up to Snow Creek to do some snow tubing Saturday night. We did this last year and had a blast, so looking forward to doing it again.....though last year I woke up the next morning feeling like I had been in a car wreck. I took out a few hay bales at the bottom every time I went down the slope.

Molly goes over the 26.2 mark....

We took Molly out for a 1 mile walk today which puts her 2009 total at 26.5 miles......she is averaging over a mile a day despite the weather!

Another Batch of Wine.....

We bottled 29 bottles of our new Kiwi Pear Sauvignon Blanc. It is a sweet wine cooler type of wine that the neighbors seem to love. There are two more batches currently brewing....the back yard mystery wine and a nice Chocolate Raspberry Port, which I am really looking forward to....make that 28 bottles...one just disappeared.

48 hours makes a big difference....

After the Goofy Challenge, my legs felt pretty good....great actually. I was walking around and it did not feel like I had run almost 40 miles. Running was a different story. I headed to the Y to jump on the treadmill on Tuesday and felt like crud. I struggled to maintain a 10 minute mile and finally hit the big red stop button after 1.1 miles. It felt brutal and I just decided to end it and give my legs a couple more days rest. Today...went to the Y and jumped on the same treadmill and felt great. I started my 800m repeats, though I only did 2....I made the decision to limit myself to no more than that before I started. I did those at an 8-minute pace and it felt very easy. I have tried to do these at much faster paces, but once I get over 5 repeats, the legs crash and I can never work my way up to 10....so an 8 minute pace for me is a nice conservative approach and we will see how it feels when I get to the 8th or 9th one. Finished the 2 repeats and then did a ladder to finish of my run. I have some time before the Olathe Marathon so hopefully I can get some nice quality interval work in....

Goofy is complete.....

We completed the marathon portion of the Goofy Challenge yesterday in 5:57:19. We took a lot of pictures with the different characters along the course both days with a disposable camera, which added a lot of minutes to our race time, but we were never concerned about a time, just covering the distance and taking in all the atmosphere. After the marathon we headed to Magic Kingdom and spent the rest of the day there....the walking around helped work out the muscle stiffness. Really, the hardest thing about this was getting up at 2:30 am two days in a row.

More pix from Sunday....

One-Third Done

We completed the 1/2 today in just under 3 hours and took a bunch of pictures with he disposable camera.....now it is relax time and an early bedtime for the marathon tomorrow for when our magical alarm clock goes off at 2:30 a.m....

Disney-Day 2 Pix

Today was a rest day with nothing on the agenda....spent some time at the pool and did very little. We did go to Downtown Disney and saw "Gran Torino." If you have not seen this, put it at the top of your list. It is the best movie I have seen in quite a while. Now it is time to crawl into bed and wait for that alarm to go off at 2:30 a.m.....

Goofy....day one pix

We are staying at the Pop Century Resort....arrived, checked in, picked up our packets, grabbed something to eat, took a nap, and got a nice run in along the lake. Later, we grabbed some dinner with some TNT'ers....