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I swam across the Hudson River!
*Other* people PAY $1.50 to cross the Hudson. I swam across ( Read more... ) -
Child makes a new friend
Butterflies are apparently cheap dates. One sip of red Gatorade and they'll be your friend for life. The bad news is their lifespan is measured in weeks. Its a good thing Gatorade is relatively cheap.
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A Fine Day to Bake Some Bacon
Bacon??!? I can hear the teeming millions gasp. Bacon is verboten. Its evil incarnate! Delicious, fatty, smokey bacon ( Read more... ) -
Scenes from a Camera Download
Which I obviously dont do often enough. Pictures are in chronological order beginning at the end of Feb and finishing now, end of April 2013.
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I want a pony
Recently I had to call some 800 #s and talk to people about semi important things. (Damn you adulthood!)
At the end of our conversation, the person asked "Is there anything else I can do for you?"
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The Golden Rule
For those of you that were absent from Sunday School that day, its: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you ( Read more... ) -
Because I could!
When Sandy blew through, it knocked down a major tree in front of my MILs. DH paced it out to be 39 feet. In a God-Hand moment, it missed her roof, garage, porch and powerlines. That's right folks: it settled gracefully to the ground and didnt hurt anything --- well other than itself ( Read more... ) -
Where have I been?
I just checked the forecast for Puerto Rico. It was like a photocopy every day: mid80s, 20% chance of rain, partially cloudy ( Read more... ) -
Monroe Middletown "Just Tri It!" Triathlon
My last race of the season and basically, I did it because the location is fairly close to where I grew up. I had heard a few "friends of friends" talk about it, so I was hopeful there would be someone I knew to race with. Turns out, nobody, but that's ok. Sister once again performed Race Support because she was afraid that doing this one so close ( Read more... ) -
West Point Triathlon
I live a hop, skip & jump from one of the oldest military institutions in the United States: West Point. I've been to concerts, the Museum (largest collection of arms & armory in the Western Hemisphere!) Mother's Day at the hotel and rambled around the grounds. I have even volunteered to be a practice cadet as the older ones prepare to welcome the ( Read more... )