Judy, that does get annoying when the produce goes bad quickly. I have taken it back and complained when the “use by” date was a week in the future and it was already slimy.

Ginny, sit down right now and count all the halfs you have done and put in the times if you can remember them or if you can get the information off the internet. Start an Excel spreadsheet. I wish I had records of some of the races I did in the 1980s.

Marjorie, silly Hammy to spit out half the pain pill! (Did you save it for next time or toss it?) I think cats are even worse than dogs. You can shove that pill so far down the cat’s throat that you would swear it was a suppository and the cat will still go “ptooey!” and spit it on the floor.

Lisa, I love those donut socks. Do they have others?

Camille, not sure I could stop at a mile unless I was with a newbie or I was really short on time. More power to you though for getting out there at all!

Laura, it’s never a bad time to start a running streak!

Julie, not sure if the GPS will register track miles, but it’s worth a try. Or does it have a lap counter? I have a very basic Timex and it says it has a 10 lap counter. (Not that I have ever used it.) Still giggling about the guy at the gym who was on the TM for about 30 minutes and then complained that the TM said he had done 2.5 miles but his GPS hadn’t registered the mileage. I don’t think he understood that the GPS calculates your position in relationship to a satellite and since the TM is stationary the GPS thinks you are too.

Hi katepups1970, welcome, glad to see you delurk!

Julia, cute mug! (But I’m not sure you should be posting mug shots here…*chortle*) Sorry, California needs every drop of rain it can get, and Texas and Colorado are in line as well, but if some makes it over to you, you are welcome to it.

Linda, hope your knee is undamaged.

AmyDel, only half a bottle of wine? That’s not bad. Have you seen the glasses Costco is selling? 20 ounce wineglasses. A 750 ml bottle is 25.4 ounces, so one wineglass is 4/5 of the bottle…

Nice pacing, too!

Karen, sometimes asking is the only way to find out. Glad you were told the secrets of the Garmin records.

And I would say that if you visit the inlaws in mid-December you certainly can get away with not going again for Christmas itself.

Amy, you can call it christened, or how about “renamed” or “reinvented”? But if/once he graduates you will be the mom of a Tar Heel alumnus in perpetuity.

Susan, with the amount your dogs eat I would say that buying dog chow is heavy lifting. 50 lb bags?

And the radio really insulted me this morning. Not only did the alarm go off at oh-dark-thirty, but the song on the 24-hour holiday channel was “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen”. Something is really wrong there. 4.2 this morning with running neighbour, it was sprinkling but not cold. Took her on another route she's never been on before. Not a bad run except as we were coming back we pressed the crosswalk signal to cross the freeway onramp and waited, both of us in bright clothes, under a streetlight, me with reflective vest and blinky light, and some jerk in a pickup truck turned left onto the freeway as soon as the light changed without even registering that the crosswalk was showing the little green man meaning a ped is crossing. I’m afraid some rather bad language was thrown his way. (Aside: why is it an insult to call someone a dickhead when that’s often the part of his anatomy he’s proudest of?) No lunch run since this is my company’s afternoon to volunteer at the food pantry, but I think that counts as cross training -- we've done it before and what we will be doing is packing bags of food for seniors and families with children, so it's a lot of lifting and bending and repetitive work.

Happy runs!

Thanks for the kind words.  The knee is something that I am just going to have to live with for a while.  It isn't new, it just is bothering me more than usual.  I have osteoarthritis in both knees, but most severe in the right.  I am, also, pretty sure I have a small meniscus tear in the right.  the meniscus business is completely undiagnosed, just what I think.  At some point, I'll have to do something about this, but I am hoping to have a little more time.

Lisa marie sorry your DD is alergic to dogs.  I just love my 2.  As everyone here can attest, I talk about them ALL. THE. TIME.

Julie, yes you are eally bitten by that running bug!  We give Hammy his pills in a pill pocket thing.  Never been an issue and easier than jamming them down his throat.  Especially since it is usually his upper back or neck that hurt him so trying to do a jam the pills in the throat and not make him hurt more would be really hard.  He must have bitten into the pill or something as it was odd to find just half of it.  We just threw it away.  He hasn't needed any more pain pills and he has a bunch plus it had been laying on the floor.  So yuck.

Tessa I giggle when I read that you were laughing when you were running.  I be you did get some great looks.

Welcom Kate!  Glad to have you. 

Julia hope you got a good exchange and got out without spending too much more.

Laura Hammy had a flare up of pain earlier this week.

Camille I didn't know you were doing an exercise streak.  Good luck.

Amy Del DH is doing fine.  His voice is still a bit off from being ill but he feels fine.  Glad your foot is better!

Amy THM that is so great you do meals on wheels.

Judy produce we get from our favorite store seems to last a lot longer.  If we go to our second choice closer to home it never does.  So we drive the extra 5 miles.  I think they get their stuff more frequently and it isn't as old when they get it and or turn around is faster.

Ginny I don't envy the inservice.

Marjorie