great stuff
with robin out of town i took this opportunity to try and get some odds and ends stuff done around the house. got the yard cleaned up including some much needed bush pruning which required a trimmer (which required a trip to the home depot). i also got the basement toilet working again...now i don't have to leave the 'man cave' when the urge hits. then it was off to menards (because home depot didn't have what i needed for the next project) to get a mirror. i had wanted to get some bed mulch but my phone rang while i was there...it was the painter who is finally going to fix our ceiling from the furniture delivery guys. sweet. two more trips to menards for mulch was all it took to finish the day's tasks. then it was off to the dog park and finally time to shower. off to get chinese food and back in time to watch the women's marathon live in hd. i still can't get over hd. best technology purchase ever (robin may still argue the ipod).
the marathon was inspirational to say the least. when the winner entered the stadium, i got chills. as a high school runner who didn't want to face the fact that i didn't have the talent to be elite, i would day dream about that moment someday as (what i thought) a real possibility. paula radcliff's finish was also inspirational to me, but more because she looked like i imagine myself looking at the end of the milwaukee marathon last fall. i mean, forget the fact that she was still a 1/2 hour ahead of my time and all...
then, usain bolt's insane 100m final...he shut it down with 20m to go and still smashed the world record. run through the finish man! anyway, i'm not usually keen on the sprints but i can appreciate a once in a lifetime olympic performance...aka michael phelps.
anyway, a few more projects to wrap up today...and i may just head to the arboretum and run a 10k lap in the spirit of the olympic track events. maybe.
happy sunday.
the marathon was inspirational to say the least. when the winner entered the stadium, i got chills. as a high school runner who didn't want to face the fact that i didn't have the talent to be elite, i would day dream about that moment someday as (what i thought) a real possibility. paula radcliff's finish was also inspirational to me, but more because she looked like i imagine myself looking at the end of the milwaukee marathon last fall. i mean, forget the fact that she was still a 1/2 hour ahead of my time and all...
then, usain bolt's insane 100m final...he shut it down with 20m to go and still smashed the world record. run through the finish man! anyway, i'm not usually keen on the sprints but i can appreciate a once in a lifetime olympic performance...aka michael phelps.
anyway, a few more projects to wrap up today...and i may just head to the arboretum and run a 10k lap in the spirit of the olympic track events. maybe.
happy sunday.
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