We have a Canadian in our midst. She made us peanut butter cookies. She's awesome like that.

Just back from Narnia, which was great with the exception of one thing: the whiny song at the end.

Tomorrow? Tea and IKEA with Mom.

I'd say this has been a pretty successful weekend so far.

Three days ago, we received our economic stimulus check.

Today, we received a letter from the IRS informing us that we should be expecting our economic stimulus check on May 9th.

The letter was dated May 12th.

Iron Man: AWESOME ( Read more... )

Economic stimulus package? Check.
It's new carpet time.

Weird ( Read more... )

Today I was back at work, sore legs and all. I am taking the rest of the week off from training for both physical and mental recovery. Next week, I am starting up my strength training routine again, and keeping that up until it's time to train for the Disney Marathon. And then I run, run, run for 5 months. Wheeee ( Read more... )

1:37:22, approximately 37 seconds slower than last year. Which is not bad, considering my training was rather half-assed. I guess I tend to average just over a ten minute mile, which was the 50th percentile of my age group. So, there it is: proof that I am AVERAGE ( Read more... )

Well, I was making great headway on yesterday's list until I paused for a break in front of the tv. It all started innocently enough. I looked through me recorded programs and said "hey, I'll watch part of this episode of Lost from two weeks ago ( Read more... )

Today and tomorrow are my rest and stretch days before the race on Sunday. I only got a little bit nervous today when I stopped on the way home to buy a giant bottle of water (to drink tomorrow) and some bananas for me and Mat to eat at ridiculous o'clock before the race. Tomorrow we go to the expo to pick up race packets, right before we check in ( Read more... )

Oddly, I ran out of all of my favorite teas at once, which has never happened before. Subsequently, I have received two large orders over the last two days. I now have ample: