Well, as advice goes, I suppose that’s pretty sound. But what if your body happens to be a whiney little bitch? That’s my dilemma. As a migraine sufferer with a bum foot and an f’d up knee, among other issues, I learned to ignore my whiney body a long time ago. If I had listened to the various aches and pains, especially the headaches, instead of ( Read more... )

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I took more of a break than I should have…both from LJ (looooong time) and from biking (not really that long). But I am back on both counts. Okay, only time will tell with the LJ. ;)

At any rate, even given the swinging pendulum of water levels on the San Gabriel River, this is a heck of a lot of water at the foot of the dam. To give you ( Read more... )

File this under T for Times I wish I had my camera ready. Mortgaged and I got a late start on this morning’s ride, so we cut it down to one lap around the dam and then a loop out to the Nature Center inside the dam and back. Better to ride hard for a little bit than not at all. Passing a clearing beside the trail, between a few large rocks some ( Read more... )

Hmmm...I need to create a biking icon that fits with my journal's theme here.

As mentioned in previous entries, Mortgaged and I have gotten back into riding our bikes. Over the weeks since Memorial Day weekend when we started we've gotten pretty hardcore. The less of us to love ride is in full effect! ;)  So, for our 12th anniversary last Sunday, ( Read more... )

Well, the bicycle seat at least. Yes, this weekend, in addition to a game night, relaxing with Mortgaged and plenty of baseball, I hit the bike trail with Mortgaged. I am only attacking the relatively flat general vicinity of Santa Fe Dam at the moment until I can see how my knee holds up with repeated beatings…er…outings.

Here is a view from the ( Read more... )

Games, dinner and an amazing brunch shared with friends.  A nice long bike ride with Mortgaged. Some errands.  A little silly TV. Finally saw Eastern Promises - very, very good by the way.

Yes, I brought work home with me, but even so work is significantly calmer than a week ago,

All in all, it was a great weekend. Much, much better than last weekend

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I took this week off from work for vacation and to comply with my employer's regulations about time away from the office each year.

Last Saturday - Vacation, Day 1 - we headed down to Stone Brewery to enjoy their 11th annual Microbrewey festival with friends. Despite the heat, we had a great time but not too great a time like some of the folks in ( Read more... )

This only logging in after work hours is getting really old...especially when work hours stretch so often and so thoroughly into my theoretical personal life hours - just finished proofing documents for work immediately prior to this post ( Read more... )