Did workout 15, 16, 17, then slacked of a bit--lots of muscle pain in my back before I started the work out and some intense hurting throughout. Took it easy for Workout 18, then skipped 2 days and went 3 days in a row while at the farm. Bumped myself up to Week 2 of the "official" Couch-to-5k program--so 90 seconds of running then 2 minutes of ( Read more... )

I'm at the farm for the holiday, and there's a row of SUVs and my truck pulled up to the gate.

It's a beautiful, chilly day, and for now just my "nuclear" family is here, with the addition of Little Brother's gf, who we like a lot. I hope she's the one for him--I think he's ready and she seems vivacious and affectionate and quite smart, both a local ( Read more... )

I worked Friday and Saturday, on some book proofs for my standard client. So I didn't leave here until 3:30 on Saturday to join my parents at their farm. The *GOOD* news is that I got a check in the mail -- 2 big invoices paid. HOORAY! I spent the weekend with my brothers and my parents and my nieces. We watched a terrible movie on Saturday night-- ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago, I visited the farm with Liz and TDO. FINALLY, some pictures...

First, the infamous ATV:


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So, this weekend was both awesome and terrifying. My parents vacated the 300-acre farm for me for the weekend, and Liz (mckennl) and TDO (thedogowner) drove the 5.5 hours to join me there (4+ hr drive if you don't take the back-back roads or get stuck in traffic). They arrived late on Friday night--after 10 pm--and we stayed up and talked and drank for a few hours ( Read more... )