Copper Creek Tri 2011

Saturday was Lisa's birthday and we were supposed to go skydiving, but Mother Nature had other plans.  The rain and wind kept all of us from jumping except Eric and Kendra.  They reported that skydiving in rain is no fun and Eric can attest that a gust of wind that blows your landing to the ditch next to the highway is kinda nerve wracking.

Saturday afternoon we hit Spaghetti Works for a late lunch to carb load in anticipation for Sunday's main event.  After lunch we shaved our heads, shaved down to mustaches and the No Train, Bald, Mustache Tri was on.  Sunday morning the water was cool but no too bad, the bike course had a head wind going out and a tail wind coming back, and the run seemed hillier than last year.

I finished 11 min slower than last year, I was slower in all 3 events and even slower in my transitions, but that's what you get when you don't train at all.  It was a fun day, Eric beat me by 6 min and I finished in front of Kendra.  We're all planning on doing the Hickory Grove Triathlon in August, and we've talked Kendra's sister and father into doing it along with the return of Cassie!   We're hoping to make up the skydiving trip that weekend as well, and if it all works out we've convinced Lisa's mom to jump with us!

Now the marathon training begins in earnest while we try and finish the painting project.  Front Room and Bedroom are on the schedule for painting this week along with pressure washing and resealing/staining the deck.  Have a great week everyone.

Near Death Experiences

This week is the week of Near Death Experiences, #1) Getting electrocuted installing the new microwave in the kitchen, #2) Breaking the blade off the jigsaw, while installing the new microwave, sending the blade flying across the room, #3) I'm going skydiving on Saturday afternoon (enough said), #4) Doing the Copper Creek Tri on Sunday, however it has been since Mother's Day that I've gotten a good workout in, so I could drown, wreck my bike, or just die from exhaustion on Sunday.  I have a feeling a week from now I'll just be happy to be alive.

On top of all that we are painting the dining room and the upstairs hallway this week, finishing the install on the microwave, changing out all the interior and exterior light fixtures along with the fan in the kitchen, the front door and the locks on the front and garage door, plus the doorbell, and the light fixtures on the 2 fans upstairs.  We actually got a helluva deal on the light fixtures at BBC lighting in Milwaukee this past weekend.  Its gonna be a busy and productive week, if everything goes as planned we should be done painting and getting rid of the brass in the house by July 17th.

Have a great week!

Holy Hotness Batman

Its been 2 weeks since an update and its been a whirlwind of activity.  We drove 1300 miles over five days and 25 hours to see my sister graduate, welcome her and Bibs to their new house, see Lisa's sister married and run a ton of errands. 

Our gutters are now clear of debris, our yard is mowed, trimmed, and edged.  Our sticks have been bundled and put out for pickup.  We bought a new front door that is almost done being painted and should be installed by this weekend.  We also have chosen more paint colors so if everything goes according to plan, by mid July the entire house should be a new paint color (Well except for the kitchen, because the cabinets are causing us a quandry) 

We're home this weekend and then a trip to Milwaukee for Father's day.  The last weekend in June is our trip to Brooklyn Iowa to go skydiving, followed by the Copper Creek Triathlon on Sunday.  After that we should be home the rest of the summer working on flower beds, paint projects, resealing the deck, and any other little things that come up. 

Have a great week