oops I double posted my previous entry, don't ask me how????? Anyway will use this one to log todays slow easy 3.1 in damp and dreary conditions, winter storm watch tonite.

Farmer Jim - You're dad sounds like a great guy. 88 and walks a mile every day. Maybe he can talk to my dad. Joe - Hmmm - Thanks for answering re the photo, but when I pull it up I still see me and hub standing behind the bar but with the captioning for the trail run. Is this a mental thing? Holy cow - I think I'm losing it . . . 4:30 this morning there's this loud crash in the kitchen. I'm PO'd, even though I'm suppose to be up anyway. A teacup that sits in my kitchen window has been upended into a bowl in the sink. Fish it and the needles (I give my cat fluids) outta the sink. Suddenly, one of my "kittens" freaks out, hits the wood floor, and crashes into the slider. I look to see what's freaked him out, and two of my adult cats are hunched over a bird on the otherside of the kitchen island. How'd the bird get in the house? I had gotten up a little bit before and cracked the slider so they could go in and out, but what in the world is a bird doing awake at dark a.m.?!?!? I picked him up and put him on a table outside. At some point, he must've tried to fly away but didn't make it. Zig was having a second breakfast when we got up this morning. In between all this I get all dressed for my run and can't find my Garmin anywhere. And since I was suppose to do 5 miles w/hill repeats, I need that sucker to keep track of how many miles I've gone. If it was just a straight run, I could've guesstimated it. But, since I couldn't find it, figured it was as good an excuse as any to crawl back into bed and doze for the next 1 1/2 hours. Boy, did that feel good! I'll make up for the lack of hill work at PT tonight. I did find my Garmin right before I left for work. What it was doing there,I'm sure I don't know.

Leslie....Something odd is going on around your neck of the woods! Jewels

I know!!

It's awfully quiet in here . . . .

Hello Marathon Derrick.....gettin' close to the ole 50th! Congrats on your last marathon and the 9 previous ones. That's terrific! It is quiet as Leslie said. Wow, your getting quite a workout on the BOSU. I wasn't quite sure what it was so I googled it. Looks like a great leg and torturous workout. You WILL have strong legs after a few weeks with that thing. Went to a concert last night. Me, hub, daughter, lil sis/her husband and my older sis. Left home at 4:30 to head down to Pt. St. Lucie, about an hrs. drive to the Mojo room. 3 hard rock bands. I couldn't have been any happier. Got the VIP passes for back stage. Hung out with LJ before and after the show. Security surrounding him after the show as all the fans are wanting hugs, pictures, signings. Got home at 2:45 this morning and was up at 6:30 to go to work. I'm sooooooo tired. The DRESS came in and we went up there this afternoon to try it on. Fits her beautifully and she loves it so.... Jewels

Leslie - sky blue MD - welcome aboard, congrats on your recent marathon and especially the cholesterol! Jewels - doncha just KNOW we're all eagerly awaiting the next installment of The Dress Saga Easy week for me, but it's making me kind of antsy. Maybe I'll do some core work tonight to blow off some steam. Next week I'll start my push to 40 mpw, a new milestone! Arla

Winter storm here 6- 8 inches of snow and blowing snow with rain preceding, we are definitely out of the field until at least next week. The race in CO is doable if we choose to, thinking about trying to make a fun weekend because its going to be our last chance before the planting campaign. Leslie .......blue???? its showing up orange on my screen just teasing its red uh I mean blue!! glad the pt is working out, did you have to get a dr's scrip to get to see him? Jewels thank goodness the dress worked! sounds like a good concert!! MD congrats on finishing another marathon stop in here anytime!! Arla good luck on the ramp up in mileage, 40 mpw is a great accomplishment, I will be tickled when I can hit 20 but it finally seems possible. Joe way to run smart and just do the one loop, hang in there that knee will be up to snuff in no time. You'll have to bring Buddy out here and run some pasture trails, you wouldn't even need a "doggie bag". Joe I loved the keep right avatar. Our county road dept in an effort to keep farmers from farming the county rite of way in the ditches had a bunch of signs printed up "County Right Away Keep off" I guess they meant right now!! Cindy I assume you are getting this snow on the front range?? Carol I am the fourth generation on the orignial place, about the only way these days to farm is to be born in it or marry it. I got out of college with an ag degree in 1981 and wanted to see if I could make it in pro-rodeo but that was smack dab in the middle of the "farm crisis" so couldn't do too much more than be a weekend warrier. Probably just as well as I doubt I had the size and athletic ability to compete in the bigs. I entered one pro rodeo as a local and won a second so it would have been fun to try. As a good rancher friend of mine said, "those that never let their farms and ranches interfere with their rodeoing didn't have that problem for long!" (they lost them). A funny story, the roper in the story is a friend of mine, the town is a small city of about 28,000. http://www.northplattebulletin.com/index.asp?show=news&action=readStory&storyID=14294&pageID=3

Great story, Farmer Jim. The writer did a really good job of making you feel like you were there. Re the physical therapy - yes, I asked my doctor to refer me. We had already discussed it when I first went to her about my knee hurting. I then remembered that I'd worked with Galen when I tore up my ankle, and I asked her to refer me back to him. I'm going to be changing my insurance at the end of the month, which is going to make my coverage suck but more affordable, and which also means I'll have to pay 100% of any PT I continue. Otherwise, I'd try to keep going to him for as long as possible. He'd be a really great conditioning coach. Joe - I think this BOSU is going to be one of the best purchases I've ever made. You think you have really great balance - until you try to do exercises on the thing. Just standing on one foot for a minute, you realize how unstable your lower half really is. If you end up getting one, I'll pass on my PT exercises to you. Just remember - they've been given to me keeping in mind that my main goal is trail running. Well, I need to get to bed. 1 1/2 hour run tomorrow before work, so it'll be a very early morning, although I've been OK'd to go into work around 9:00 on Fridays for awhile. 'Nite all!