Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Dja See??? Dja See???

I was going to use the title I love Doreen again, but decided against it.  Didja see how this works though??  When someone opens up, and they are down, and out, and sad, and a bit defeated etc...  You don't pretend you don't see, you step in.  Do you see how strong Doreen is??  Of all the people in the world she is the one who consistently comes to my rescue.  I mean I know I will survive, and I will get better, but little shit like what Doreen did helps. 

Hold on I am going to get some coffee.  brb

What does Doreen get in return for her bravery, and willingness to step in??  Muchos Respectos.  Even Jules who I don't really know from Adam stepped in too.  I never met Jules, and we became friends through Doreen, and Doreen, and I may have never known each other at all if it wasn't for Steve Rose.  How's about that??  Look at how random all this shit is??

I don't really have much else today.  I was a lazy slobby bum yesterday, but I get to go back to work today, and that will get me going.  A little work.  I should cut the grass, and I have some other bullshit to do too.

A big ole shout out to Doreen, and Jules.  ThAnK UUUUUUUuuuuu!!!   :)

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome day!!!   kinda  :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  I need to fricken shave.  :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Doreen and Jules of course.   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for the rest of you toooooooooooooooo   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo   kinda   :)

Now for really really cya cya cya   :D   :D  

Monday, May 30, 2011

Tell You Some Truth About Me!!

Why not??  I was thinking of what to write about, and I guess I will give you some true thoughts, and feelings I have.  I will do it in list form, because let's face it.  My lists are always way better than yours.  :)

  • I trust the bloggers I read
  • If I comment on a blog, and the comment doesn't go through, I don't care, but I'd like to know the reason why I cannot comment on a blog.
  • That is it. Nancy O Toole I know why, cause her mom thinks I am a creep.  :)
  • She might too.  :)  Olga trusts me though, and I appreciate that.  :)
  • I have to trust the bloggers I read.
  • I sometimes like to hear how unperfect you are, not always how tough.  
  • Wanna know why it is hard for me to train as good as I used to???
  • This is more important than my training.  This silly blog.
  • If people were more actively involved in things it would help.
  • I like to keep a lot of the heavy stuff to myself.  If possible
  • Yesterday's post was a pile of horseshit, albeit true.  Doesn't need to be that way though.
  • I knew it was going to be trouble.  I had a feeling some horseshit like that was going to come. 
  • I was pissed, and had to deal with a bunch of internal bullshit after that.  
  • I am no fucking rock star that is for sure.  
  • I am just some dumb ass, that was set aside for something.  
  • To Do This little old thing.  
  • That I still have to deal with days like yesterday makes me mad.  
  • When I suffer through though, I still have that promise of all for good.
  • You know what that means???  He will work through all I do. 
  • The Good Shit and the Bad.
  • Yes I do bad in the view of good and bad I guess, but he doesn't look at that. 
  • I don't kill people and shit like that, but you know who is perfect at all things??
  • Dealing with days like yesterday makes my training not so good.  
  • Awwwwwwww  Weeeeeniiiieeeeee   Thanks.  :)
Ya Gotta love Doreen.  The posts I hate, she loves.   She so GREAT!!!   MWAH MWAH MWAH MWAH!!!!   :)

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s. all you really hard workers like Charisa and Beth Shutt, and all the others are really pretty remarkable.  Just so ya know.  I cannot be as good as you though.  :)  Just cuz I have to deal with other bullshit, but you still impressive.  :)  Oh, and I still have another blogger I added.  She is new, and I never read her before, but she hasn't blogged in a while.  I have no idea where the heck I even heard of her??  I mean I know it must have been a comment somewhere.  She mentioned on one of her last posts how she lacked confidence.  I love that shit.  She is superbly smart, and talented, and still lacks confidence.  We all really aren't that tough to always be so confident are we??  That is truth for sure.  You know Nancy O Toole said she didn't always feel confident in her last post??  I was kinda surprised, as much as she busted my balls I thought she was just brimming with confidence.  We all have that weak side really though huh??

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Weenie  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox   :)

Extras for the rest of you toooooooooooooooo   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Now for really really cya cya cya  :D   :D 

Sunday, May 29, 2011

The End Of The Rainbow

Yep, I have hit the end of the rainbow.  I can go in any direction with this blog entry, and I think it is going to be a doozy.  This is going to be one crazy motha I think.  I don't know how to keep the real heavy stuff out, and when you sit at the end of the rainbow with your pot of gold there seems there is nothing I can do wrong. 

I have asked before, and I told you before some things.  I have not read the Bible since late 80's.  It is a SWORD, and it TEARS me up.  I don't do it.  Wanna know the greatest thing Satan did??  Told you salvation was here....  (ANY ORGANIZED RELIGION)  when it is here.  You are closer to finding your answers doing Yoga than going to church. 

Doing the stupid married church thing to get married was an awful day.  Having a stupid religious service at my brother's funeral was awful.  I don't do it.  That my brother John posted a note that had the religious musings of a fool and put my name on it was FOOLISH!!  Cut that shit out, you have no idea what the hell you are doing.  You should think about the time you were called and didn't believe.  Jacob I loved and Esau I hated.  God's words.  Who are you??  I have no idea. 

It is an exclusive club folks, as the lessons I have teached.  Very few ever believed any of the prophets, and the best of the best was killed by his own people.  On that day there was a thief on the cross next to him who knew where he stood, and all you stand in the same spot.  You will have the ability to process your life, which will be somewhat painful.  This will soften your hard hearts, so you can do what you must do.  The thief, and Steve Rose, and Jim Pejchl had an easier route, cause they are done.  We may have to do more.  We will be in the field working a bit longer so to speak.  It is with great difficulty the righteous are saved, how much more the sinner?  Who are the righteous??  The ones who have faith, the ones who believe when they are spoken to. 

That is it for today!!!  

Thanks for reading!!

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Now We Are Getting Somewhere!!!

I really don't have anything today I don't think.  I think I used all my good stuff on blog comments, and other social networking things.  Perhaps it was you guys have all the good stuff.  Perhaps your vision is becoming good.  A lot of really reflective thoughts out there. 

Geeeeeeeeshhhhhh  I really don't have much.  You know I think some of you probably know so very much about my life.  What is there not to know??  I have a lot of hidden stuff I keep to myself, that is more spiritual in nature than "real life" stuff.  I almost wanted to tell you of my bad 6 days of suffering I did before the hospital.  I am not afraid to tell it, but I think some stuff I have been through is scary.  Pandora box scary, and I guess that would be interesting, but would it serve a purpose?? 

Memory is pretty vivid of that.  I wonder what purpose that served for me.  Why is life like it is??  Why did Jeff Healey have an eye cancer of some sort, and yet become a great artist?  Oh how Anne Frank broke my heart.  How much stuff was Joseph Heller dealing with as he wrote Catch-22.  I guess winning is that.  Looking at all our stuff, and making the most of what limits us. 

I think belief is a wave.  It has its ups and downs, but on the right vessel you will reach the shore.  Noah's ark eventually reached a shore, and there were only a handful of crazy people who believed that nut.  :) 

I guess that is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  ya know I am like Sugarleg.  I am always confident whenever I hit the publish post.  When people do open up though, and they will, please make sure you are there for them.  It will help them a lot.  It will make it easier for them.  :) 

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Tia, Kim Sheridan, Doreen, Gina, Beth Rose Mickel.  I think they need them.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Jen Gray needs them too I am sure.   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxxoxoxoxoxo

Congrats to Laura K for graduating H.S.  xoxoxoxoxo   :)

Congrats to Brandon Pejchl for learning a valuable lesson, and hitting a low spot on the way to a high spot.  No xo's for you ya freakin weirdo.  :)

A little shout out to Brandon Crabbs.  I like that guy.  He is funny.  :)  and a nice guy. 

Shout out to Gene Carr who really sometimes impresses me.  What a great guy.  :)

Nate P. who I caught a glimpse of his life yesterday.  Lost his wife to cancer, and does such a tremendous job with his kids.  I know not every day can be easy, but you know he is the definition of winning.  :) 

I should give some to Jules.  She has such a pretty daughter, but I feel like a creep saying it, but you know Mom's like to hear that though.  Caitlin is her name.  :)  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Kathleen Anderson Paslaski who has had as tough a year or two as anyone.  I know she would like some xoxoxoxoxo's and I want to give them.  :)   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Some extras for the rest of you tooooooooooooooooo   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Now for really really cya cya cya  :D   :D  

You know what???  I think JoAnne... (oops  shit Jo I mean) of the xxxxxxxxxxx people could use some too.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo   :)

Now for really really really cya cya cya cya   :D   :D  

Friday, May 27, 2011

Thursday=Friday=Slept Late

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  Good luck this weekend everybobbbbbbblllllyyyyyyyy!!!    :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for all the xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  people, they'll need it for the tweet up.  :)  LOL  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo  

MWAH  MWAH   MWAH!!!!    :)

Extras for Gina too.  :)   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Now for really really cya cya cya   :D   :D  

Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Rain Smiled For Me!!

I don't always know what is best for me that is for sure.  So maybe I was a bit ambitious in wanting to run to work yesterday.  It was pouring before work, so I drove, with the assumption maybe I'll just run home.  We have 3 people who work there now, and 2 cars.  One person doesn't have a license, but still drives home after her 4 hour shift.  Not going to name names.  Hope the police don't read this blog.  :)  LOL.

I am the only bad ass that would rather just get to work, and home via some type of exercise.  Bike, swim, or run.  Haven't tried the swim yet, but maybe I could have yesterday.  hmmmm.   :)  j/k.

Here is what I wanted to say though, and baby this is my world, and I know this to be true.  Now you know I have been dealing with injuries.  If it was serious I accepted, and braced for worst case scenario.  I recovered though, and went out too hard.  Re-injured myself.  If you want to know the truth though, I was sore yesterday.  Sore from the push ups my legs were fatigued.  Not that I have been putting in a ton of miles, but I think I was like 22 miles last week, and that is a lot compared to where I have been.  I needed a rest day yesterday, but really wasn't willing to do it.  As it turns out the rain smiled for me in a manner of speaking to help me rest up a bit.  Now today I want to tackle my 6 mile route.  So I think that is a positive.

As to my future, I am pretty certain I will give the old 26.2 another try.  Running group starts up again in mid June, and I like training for the 26.2.  It gets me in shape, and helps me get in p.r. shape for 5K, and 13.1 p.r's.  Those will be the three I go after... for now.

Now as I say that, I feel bad for Olga.  Her year has been a lot like mine.  A lot of injuries.  She was going to get out this weekend, and try her hand at a 5K.  To date I think all she has done is two marathons.  It would have been so great to see what her 5K time would have been.  Really if you want a gauge for people's speed the 26.2 is not the race for it.  The shorter ones are, or even track workouts.  I would love to know.  She has a respiratory infection though, so that 5K  or shorter than a marathon race is still on hold.  Poor girl.  I'd so love to see what her times would be.

Yep you guessed it.  I don't really have too much today, but sometimes that ain't a bad thing.  You don't even know what I thought the last couple mornings of writing.  Not mean stuff, true stuff, but some things I'd just assume keep to myself.  There is one who knows all about me, and I am cool with all he sees.  I don't know if it will eventually make it's way out or not.  If it is meant to it is meant to I guess.  We shall see.

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!  :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  You know yesterday was a pretty great day!!!  :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxo

Extras for Lois again.  I love her active lifestyle  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Watch out this weekend.  The xxxxxxxxxxxx people are having a tweetup.  Twitter might be broked after that one.   :)  LOL 

Now for really really cya cya cya   :D   :D

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Sometimes It Is The Little Things...

Well this was going to be another day and another non-post.  I started one, and realized it was just a shitty mooded outburst not directed toward anyone in general, yet everyone too.  :)  Yeah one of those kind of moods. 

Sometimes little shit does help.  A little post from H.S. friend Faith to H.S. friend Lois.  Lois was gone for a bit, and now she is back... on FB.  So that is good news.  I saw Lois at Steve R's thing, and she looked fabulous,  as did most of the girls.  Lois does a lot of Yoga, and hiking, and skiing, etc... out in Colorado.  She has a special needs kid too I think, so her hands are full, but she does a great job.  Did you guys know Jerry has a special needs kid too?  So the special needs kids will keep ya busy I tell you, from what I can tell. 

What a gathering at Steve R's thing huh??  Lois, Gina, Faith, Jen Gray, John Miller, Beth Rose Mickel, Russ Beaupre, Joe Stacey, Tammy Sopper, just to name a few.  Plus you know Kim Sheridan, and Doreen were there in spirit too.  (adding Doreen to Steve R's thing--Jules goes with Doreen)  Ya feel like you must know these people huh??  BTW all who were at Steve R's thing btw get named.  Whether I am FB friends or not, and the special mentions. 

Does that shit seem crazy to you??  I like to do it anyway, so there.  :)

Yesterday I ran home from work, (against the wind).  It was around the same pace... like 9:07 or so.  I did a little yard work, and Lisa did a lot.  :)  I had a couple beers, and then made shish-kabobs.  I was craving that for some reason.  What is better than big pieces of meat, and veggies on a stick??  Right, that is what I am thinking.  I am going to do that more often.  That shit is goooooooooooooooooooDDDD!!!

Guess that is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love you All!!!   :)

p.s. I want to give a little shout out to Kyle, and Nikki's friends Brandon Crabbs, and Erik Mayer.  They took the same sex marriage plunge.  Kudos to them.  I am all for it.  :)

Love you all   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best.   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Today, I am just going to give extras to Lois.  Really good to see her back.  :)   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxo


Now for really really cya cya cya  :D   :D 

Monday, May 23, 2011

Nothin Much!!

Yesterday, I just did a little.  Now you know typically I will run long one day, and bike long the next.  For some reason I did not want to be on the bike for a bazillion hours yesterday.  Just one of those things.  So all I did was bike to the trails, and ran them.  I only did 3 loops.  Not sure the reason why.  I could have gone on, but decided pretty early to just do 3 instead of 4 or 5.  It is still a good workout no matter what, because like I said you are at close to your max heart rate most of the time.  Especially the back half of the loop.

It was Sunday, and a beautiful day out, so I was just going to sit outside and relax, and listen to music.  I get a text from Charity that they are doing the same thing.  So I fly over there, and we hang for a bit.  Now I know you must feel like you know Beau and Charity, as much as they make this blog, but I'll tell you the story.  I worked with Charity for a bazillion years, and so has Lisa.  Beau worked for me 1000 years ago, and we have been friends since.  Same with Jacob, I think that is how we all met.  Now Jacob is married to Beau's half sister.  Whatever you call those.  So everyone knows each other pretty well.  They are all family so to speak, and even Brian in Hawaii knows all of them.

Anyway somehow we started doing push ups.  How these things happen I don't know, but they do.  :)  Now over the past year I'd say it appears Charity has been working out a lot.  I knew this recently, but not to what extent.  She was busting out push ups like a crazy woman.  I mean a couple sets of 20 good form ones.  What the heck??  That shit ain't easy.  Beau of course bested us all with the max amount of "Good Form" ones.  We kinda hit the exercise thing at the same time.  I ended up doing more cardio stuff, and he focused more on strength stuff, so he is naturally better at that shit, but it was kinda fun.  We then played the swearing game, which I lost each game.  :)   FUCK!!!   :)  Seth and me were the teams vs. Beau and Charity, and Beau, and I played a couple solo games or 1. 

A good afternoon.

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  well, I am taking way too long thinking of one, so that is the p.s.   Hope you like.  :)


Love you all xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best.   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo


Guess that is about it.  Have a fun day, and a fun week.  :)

Now for really really  cya cya cya  :D   :D

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Sleep Til 6:00??? What the Frick???

Okay, I am going to get some coffee first, and I will be right back.  I have absolutely no idea what I am going to write, so this may be a boring one.  :)   So ya know.  You have been warned.  :)

You know what??  I am going to start this blog off with a big 'ole shout out to Alili.  What a rough year for her, and I know many people have probably had rough years, but hers has been as tough as any.  Through her tough times it seems she is turning a corner.  Trying to stay active to keep the mind healthy.  I think getting blood flowing with increased heart rate is healthy.  Healthy for your disposition, and obviously for many other health related issues too.  It also gets you outdoors too, so that is good too.  Anyway her and Jessica are a lot alike it seems, and two of my favs,   So there.  :)

Yesterday I worked for a few hours.  I biked to work and back.  Nothing real important, but on the way home, I was slowing for a red light, and some BITCH just cruised by me as it turned green.  She was wearing jean shorts, so commuting or something perhaps??   Not sure.  She was attractive, if I was one to notice those types of things.  :)    LOL.  I kind of picked up my pace to see if I could catch her, but she still was getting farther ahead.  What a BITCH!!!   :)   I don't know what the heck she was doing, because I got stopped at a light again, and later on she was coming the other direction.  We smiled at each other, and that was that.  BITCH!!!!   :)

I came home and napped.  I then went on my long run.  I planned on going 8+ mile route, but only ended up at 7.5 maybe??  Something like that.  I stopped logging my runs, so I am not too concerned.  I assume it was just a bit under 10:00 pace.  It was freakin humid, so you know that is not my best shit to run in.  I enjoyed it though.  I stopped a few times.  Stretched, looked around, and kinda enjoyed it. 

That is what it is all about.  Wooooooooooo!!!   :)  Thinking about the trails today.  :)

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  It is beautiful this time of year.  This is where Michigan is at it's best.  At least Holland.  imho. 

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Alili.  She is a lot like Jen Gray, she showed us her hurt side, and she showed us her starting to recover side.  Not all days are easy, but you can see she is dealing pretty well.  Being open and honest about our shit is the way to healing. 

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo


Now for really really cya cya cya   :D   :D 

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Girls On The Run

As I look inside myself I realize running, and training is  a big deal to me.  I am not even hard core, like a lot of the crazy people I read.  When injury takes it away what do you do??  Geesh, ya know I would imagine many times you can be down and you don't even know it.  I realized last night running with the group, training for a personal goal is a big big deal in my life.  I don't stress about stuff too much I don't think, but you know I always wake up early, do this blog thing.  I guess people like to see it, cuz it is honest. Sometimes funny, sometimes happy, sometimes sad, sometimes angry.  It is what it is.  It is real.  The great thing about this blog I guess is it is real.  I'd like to say I have talent at this and whatever, but ya know I don't think too hard what I do with this.  Rolls off.  Here is the crazy thing, can you imagine having a promise???  Can you imagine having the midas touch???   Anything you do will turn out good??

Did you notice the help I had yesterday???  Talking about my neighbor??  I love posts where I seem to mention all kinds of people by name, and by some other means.  How about redrum, and what it looks like if you look in the mirror??  Pretty clever huh??  I laughed about that yesterday, because really I am not that clever.   Trust me.  You know way back when... I used to tell Jacob I wanted to write a book.  Well here it is.  It just goes on and on and on and on and on. 

Anyway we did the girls on the run thing.  It was pretty cool.  A real nice night out.  People who helped were Helen, me, MWMFN, Lil' Cathy, Alan and wife, and funny teacher lady, and I think that is it.  Nancy and Carol ran with Nancy's daughter, and we saw Beau and Charity there for Jill.  I never saw Jill in the run.  Oh well.  The girl who won was about 200 M ahead of everyone else at the 2K mark.  She was not breathing heavy.  Look Out!!!  she gonna be good.

Oh well, I woke up late today, and I am going to go into work for a bit, and then run long.  Probably an 8 miler.  I stayed awake later than normal, and just slept in.  :)

Johnny Garcia 7-0.  Another knock out of course.  :)  Mickey Dees's for him.  :)  lol. 

That is it for today!!!    :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  Kinda getting the Marathon bug.  Thinking Grand Rapids in the Fall.  Don Kern was there last night too.  He runs the shin dig.   Hmmmmmmmm.

Love You All   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxo

Extras of these   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for the regulars   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for well kinda want to give extras to Tia.  She has been thinking a lot, and pondering and searching, and showing people that.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxo

Extras for the rest of you tooo.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Wanna know why I like Charisa so much??  Not cuz she is fast, and that stuff.  I don't know much about triathlon, and I don't even track races or anything like that.  I don't do that stuff.  I don't understand the thrill of A.G. placings, probably cuz I will never do that.  I don't understand how you can even keep track of people.  I like her, because she is every bit a flower.  She shows her tough side, and her other side,  the soft side, and the hard side, and not everything is always happy happy.  You can tell that.  Some things are good, and I dunno.  It is hard showing it all, because it takes good vision.  I think she does pretty good.   We all can be better though.  She was the one I sent flowers too on the blog.  As a nice gesture.  I trust you all trust me.  :)  I am not all glam and stuff.  I got shit in my life here and there, but I deal with it quickly.  My journey has made me strong like that, and that is what yours is too.  I just know it, and I see it, so I can do this everyday "almost" to let ya know how things are.

Now for really really cya cya cya  :D   :D

Friday, May 20, 2011

I Betcha Jacob Reads This!!! :)

Inside joke from yesterday.  Don't ask.  :)

Anyhoo, in important news I found out today is National Bike to Work Day.  Wooo Hooooo!!!  Make sure if ya iz able to bike to work ya do it.  I am not going to tell you how I found out about this important news, let's just say it is a secret.  :)  Only a handful of people know how I found out about it.  :)  xxx   :)

Well guess I should start with my workouts.  I ran to work in the morning, so that was cool.  Low 9's pace.  One thing I noticed when I run to work is I walk on concrete right after.  My legs feel a bit weird.  I never noticed that before, but then I think, and I wonder if after most runs, I sit down, cut the grass, whatever.  I know usually I am not walking on concrete.  Anyway, something I noticed, but everything was pretty normal after about an hour or so.

Geesh, I really don't have much so I am going to list it out.  It has been a while.  :)

  • I think Jen Gray has been feeling a bit down.  
  • Her post last night was sad.  
  • She needs some of these.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
  • I have a new blog I read, well two, both are from the U.K.  Beverley said she likes my blog.  :)
  • I am glad I gave Doreen some xoxo's yesterday.  She said she needed them.  :)
  • Charisa is pronounced (shuh-ree-suh)
  • I don't care if you mispronounce it, just don't do it on my blog.  deal??   :)
  • Lisa was tired yesterday, so we are going to do yard work today.  
  • I am supposed to do the Girls on the Run thing, but I don't know what time.
  • If you want to see Johnny Garcia's fight on Saturday ya better go on Friday.
  • That is when the fight is.  :)   oooopsieeeee.   :)
  • We had a great time last night.  Ending nights with hanging out is the best.  :)
  • Hung out with Jacob, and Beau, and Seth, and Levi, and then made dinner for de wifey.  :)
  • My neighbor and I got into it a bit.  He has Redrum written all over him.  :)
  • I just told him he is angry, and I don't like him.  My final sentence.  
  • Lisa tried to soften my blows as I laid waste to his... well I was being a prick.  :)
  • His problem is he pretends he is angry at us, but he is angry about all kinds of other things.
  • He tried living the Andy Griffith life, and it is boring, so he blames us for that.  :)
  • Us humans do that ya know??  misplace our emotions.  Misread them. 
  • Remember my dog and Carolynn, and all that.  
  • We don't have everything all figured out.  Accept that.  
  • I think Olga needs some xoxo's too.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxo   :)
  • Do you see my neighbor's dilemma??  He is sad about his life being kinda boring.
  • He is not dealing with that, so it turns into hateful anger.  
  • that hateful anger is directed to people it shouldn't be directed to.  
  • Seek the truth about yourself and you will find.  Don't look at others look at yourself.  
  • accept the words seek and you will find.  :)
That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!!   :)

Love You all!!!   :)

p.s.  White Sox, and chocolate are all I can think of.  :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Jen Gray.  :(   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Doreen and Jules, and whoever Doreen wants to give them to.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Gina  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo   She'll feel left out.   :)

April, cause she has been dealing with migraines.  :(   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for the rest of you tooooooooooo.   :)  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Now for really really cya cya cya  :D   :D

oooh, extras for Jennifer Mandela too.  :)   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Thursday, May 19, 2011

I Spent Like 10 Minutes Thinking Up This Title!! Hope You Like It!! :)

For the record before we get started, this is most definitely one of those title first, and go from there type of posts.  I know you like to know up front about this kind of stuff.  :)

In Good news I went 2 for 2 in runs yesterday.  Once again it was just a little run home from work.  Well, little for me,  I never forget how relative everything is.  Distance/speed, etc.. to everyone.  I may have been a bit quicker than the day before, but I am just running, not really pushing.  9:00 regular pace I feel pretty good about at this stage of the game, after my frequent down time, I have been having.  I may do it again today too.  If I don't I will definitely bike.  We shall see.  I will probably just run. 

In other news Lisa and I didn't get our grass seed project done, she forgot to pick up top soil and grass seed.  That kind of put a damper on my afternoon activity.  It isn't a biggie, cause we can do it today, but I was looking forward to that.  I went over to Beau's house AGAIN.  :)  We hung for a bit.  I found out his daughter Jill is doing a girls on the run thing this Friday, and some of us from the running group are going to help Alan with something or other with that.  That will be neat to see her do it. 

I know I know, I really don't have too much today.  As I sit here and think though, I guess things are going well, so maybe I can add a little distance, and a speed day to my runs.  I've learned my lesson not to run hills every day.  :)  Hitting the track, or maybe even my 1.25 mile repeat should be interesting, just to see where I am at. 

In other news our neighbor has lost it.  I mean really lost it.  He threatened Lisa's brother yesterday.  Kind of shocking.  Kevin was like huh??  double take, and then when he left a couple minutes later he fake threw something at him??  I think he may have a gun too, because he said "Some Day Pow"  What the fuck??  I may have to go kick his ass.  :)    j/k.  The dude is self-destructing in front of our eyes.  He even tried to open our back gate, so our dogs would escape.  We suspected he did that, because we would find our gate open from time to time.  Lisa and Hailey heard him last night, and we have it padlocked.  What a miserable person.  Lisa is really pissed, but I tell her to relax.  The dude is miserable, and he cannot affect us.  Him and his wife live quite the boring life.  I think they hate each other too.  :)  lol  

Fricken people   :)

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  Remember Saturday U.I.C. Pavillion is Johnny Garcia's fight.  Get ticks if you got the chance.  You'll have fun. 

Love You All   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxo

Extras for Doreen cuz she has been quiet lately  :(   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

That is it, just extras for Doreen.  :)  she had a rough weekend last weekend.    xoxoxoxoxoxo

Now for really really cya cya cya   :D   :D 

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

OOOOOPSSSSSIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

I slept late again today.  wth??  I was up at like 1:00 thinking oooh, I am going to be up early today.  Just laying there, and then it is like 1:20, and next thing you know it is 3:30.  :)

I don't think I have much today, but it was really a great day for me.  None of the heavy stuff I bring once in a while... I don't think.  Lemme get some coffee.  :)

So anyway I woke up in a great mood yesterday.  I was late waking up, so no blog to speak of, but ya could tell I was in a great mood.  Work went pretty good, and really it was all about coming home.  I was going to run home again, and hope to make it all the way home without my hammy acting up.  I made it all the way home this time, so that was good.  I stopped a couple times to stretch to be safe, but I got the run in so that was good.  3.5 miles @ 9:10 pace I think. 

So that just got me even more jazzed.  Day before yesterday I cut, and bagged the grass-- it needed bagging cuz soooo high.  :)   That makes the yard look good though, and that gets you in yard work mode.  So I dug the garden, and prepped some areas to re-seed.  We'll get some seed and top soil today. 

Plus plus plus after this I did all the dishes, and did some laundry.  A full day.  Pretty fun.  I then stopped over at Beau's house, and we hung for a bit.  He made some tacos, and we had a couple beers.  No biggie.  I texted Lisa to tell her I was eating there.  I came home, and they were getting ready to eat, but they made corn on the cob too.  I don't know where the hell ya get corn on the cob from this time of year.  Obviously probably imported somewhere, but I ate like 73 half cobs.  Loaded with butter and pepper of course.  Nummy. 

My leg feels really good today too, so I am going to run home again today.  :)

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s. I'd like to give a little shout out to Gina's daughter Alyssa.  She won districts in some sprint or something.  She is fast as hell, so CONGRATS!!!!   :)

Love you all  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All is the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Tia too, cuz she seems like she can use them.  She stresses out about stuff sometimes.   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo


Now for really really cya cya cya  :D   :D 

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

I woke up late today!!!!  #boooooooooooooooooooo


That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!  :)  Ha Ha

Hope Everyone has a Great  and Awesome Day!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  grass is cut, and water heater fixed.  There was a recall on the whole "manifold" system, and the thermocouple was attached to it.  Almost impossible to replace thermocouple.  Jerry has done 1000 of them.  So just wonna those things.  :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

You'All is the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Boston Kim, cause she let me call her "bitch" on her blog.  :)   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Easiest way to get extra xo's bitches!!!!   xoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxo

Now for really really cya cya cya   :D   :D

Monday, May 16, 2011

Good Morning!!

Hi, my name is Steve.  I blog, and I blog a lot.  I have been doing it for a while, and why it is I don't know.  I thought people wanted me too after a bit.  I like doing it, and that is why I do it.  Wanna know something???  We have very little control over what our thoughts are.  Very little.  I guess if we don't drink we may be a little more less prone to do stupid stuff, but you know all the thoughts you have you wish you didn't, you almost have no control over.  Hence the saying take the log out of your own eye before you take the speck out of another.  It is easy to get caught up in how bad other people are, but really the mirror is to look at ourselves.  I don't think we always like everything we see.  We are not always 100 % happy and 100% confident.  Hold on brb. 

Okay so anyway where was I??  Ya know I really don't have much to write today.  I thought about running yesterday, but when I ran into the store I felt a little something something in my hammy, so decided not to.  I guess this year has started off really bad huh??  I missed the Riverbank 25K this year for the first time in 5 years.  That sucks.  Always one of my fav races to run.  I think I get a bit down when I don't run.  I don't always feel it, but maybe a bit not so happy, not so nice.  I dunno.  Hard to tell what people think.  When I write something I have no idea what people think about it.  Take a post like yesterday.  I've told that story a bazillion times, but maybe not everyone knows it.  Some may think I am nuts, but unfortunately it is the truth.  Also as a way to minimize your fear you may want to think I am nuts, but I am not.  All this shit is real.  I imagine this blog at times brings a little bit of sword, and a little bit of love.  I guess that is how it goes.  I think ya may wonder how I xoxoxoxoxo  so much on this thing, and you know that is a gift.  I read something Charisa once wrote how something made her want to be a better person.  Didn't it say something you can gain the world, but without love it profits you nothing???  Also doesn't it say the greatest gift is love?? 

So the best in me brings love, and love really lives in the light.  It lives in color.  It is blind to so called faults.  It doesn't judge, but love loves the real.  Hard to be real.  A natural tendency is to show people the not so real stuff.  You know if you appear happy and jokey 100% of the time people see that.  When you show the sad stuff like an Alili or a Jessica people can relate and empathize.   Even Mindee is like that too.  She has such a good sense of humor, but some days she is down.  She lets us see that. 

Oh well, I guess that is about it for today!!!  :)

Thanks for reading!!!  :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!  :)

p.s. I think I will add the other couple to my list later today.  I also have a new blogger to my list.  I added her a while ago, but haven't told them like I normally do.  I am waiting for their next post.  It has been a while.  Not even sure how I found out about her.  She seems interesting though. 

Also nice to see the Bulls crush Miami last night.  Let's hope they can keep it up.  White Sox have a closer now too, so we are looking good there. 

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Do I wanna dole out any extras to others???  nah, not really today.  I may go running today though.  I have to cut the grass too, I fixed the lawnmower.  Going to have to call Jerry though to look at the water heater.  I couldn't change the thermocouple.  Hard to get the bugger out.  I assume that is the problem. 

Oh, one other thing.  I write from the heart, and when it is done it is done.  I am not perfect.  When I run into a guy who is an asshole, I am bound to give him the what for.  My neighbor comes to mind.  He is a dick.  He is older than me, and a couple years back they had a miracle baby.  So he was nice, etc...  Now he realizes the hard work a baby entails, so now he is more of a dick than he was before the baby.  Oh joy Oh joy.  He is just an angry person. 

Now for really really cya cya cya   :D   :D 

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Rainnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!

I really don't have much today to be honest, but I will get some coffee, and get something down.  Hold on.  :)

It has been raining a lot, and I have been sleeping a lot this weekend.  That is o.k. though.  I guess I want to tell you a story.  Oscar is Beth's husband, and Beth was my first blogger I read.  It was a cold wintry morning, and I was watching the Sunday news stations.  I stumbled on the blogs.  There were 4 original ones, and you know I guess I didn't think much of it.  I read these blogs Barb, Beth, Audrey, and  Becky.  I read them for a long time, and I started heimleblog like the next day.  Heimbleblog was a lot like Becky's blog in I wrote almost every day.  That is her daily thing I guess.  That I blog every day "almost" is how I mention Becky every day.  Becky doesn't blog anymore btw.  The great thing about Becky is I always wanted to read bloggers when I woke up, and she always came through.  I commented a lot, and after awhile really every day. 

Who would have thought such a simple thing means so much.  Anyway I never got a comment on heimleblog, until it ended.  Everyone thought I was nuts, but I went and pr'ed a marathon.  3:47 I think.  A lot of hard work that year culminated in a highlight for me, although very down.  I deleted heimleblog, and was lost.  Now what??  I started the Journey with much fear.  OMG heimleblog ended not well.  So I started and kept going, and going, and going.  Some days dreading what I wrote.  Do people think I meant this instead of this??   Internal persecutions were high, but I woke up every morning strong.  Now you know how the Journey ended right??  I said o.k.  I will be the worst of the worst if that is your will.  That was my lot, and I guess if that is what is wanted I will do that.  Not happy about it, but right after I knew what I did was right.  My heart was happy, and I had won.  Obviously I had help.  Courage was granted me at the time I needed to do that thing.  Same as with the hospital stay.  I could save my life at the expense of the others.  At the time I needed the right answer it was given.  I said God's will be done.  In my mind my friends life was saved, and I was going to die a very unpleasant death in a very short amount of time.  I woke up the next day to my surprise, and cried when I saw Jim, Lora, Katrina, Darren, and Hal.  You know that story.  I started "The Wait" right after the Journey.  I was not afraid anymore, because I had the best help.  Now all you know I have the best in me, and the worst in me.  This is #3.  Why it has to be like this I don't know.  I was sleeping on the couch in Normal, Illinois, and I had a vision.  I hit the alligator (serpent) on the head 3 times, and Katrina and I can hug.  Meaning it is done.  I still have to do the final thing I have to do, and I assume it isn't going to be fun.  The one who overcame centuries ago though will be there to see me through.  No way I can do it on my own.  I foretold of this time when I wrote a letter to Barbara saying that hospital picture when Cathy had her latest baby was a great picture.  Not because she was at her best looking, or the best makeup.  Hell, I barely even remember the picture now.  I just remember there was a lot of emotion.  She was dealing with her sick kid.  Finances fucked because of that, etc...  The story goes this way to make all of us strong. 

Really while we look at stuff all we are doing is pulling away the layers of the charade the world puts on us.  Look at everything real.  Life is beautiful.  So many good things.  So many bad things.  Do you want to see the pain a zebra feels when a lion attacks??  Do you want to see the pain a mom feels when she puts her kid in the ground??  Do you want to watch the flowers bloom while you enjoy a glass of wine??  It is a shame too much of this world revolves around money, because that shit is well, an invention of man. 

This will be the 2nd time I view the results of a marathon from one Oscar Shutt.  The last time he cramped up, and you know what???  I was never so nervous for any other race, but that one.  It is important to Beth, and she would love to see Oscar break 3:00.  I would too.  I slept too late to get the automatic results though.  booooooooo.  Oh well.  I'll know sometime today. 

Gooooo Oscar!!!


That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  hmmmm not really sure if I have one.  how's that??   :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Olga and Nancy  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxo

Extras for Christi  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for the rest of you toooooooooooooooooo   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Beverley Smith @bunky1110 too.  One of the xxxx people.   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxo

Now for really really cya cya cya  :D   :D 

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Blogger Sleep Blogger Sleep!!

Hold on, I am getting coffee first.  :)

For those of you who don't know, Blogger was down yesterday.  It even took some of our posts for a while, but looks like they brought them all back.  Now it looks like Twitter is down.  What the heck??

Anyway, I was really really tired yesterday, so I just went home after work, and lissened to music, and had some drinks.  So tired I knew I wasn't even going to work today.  I was beat beat beat.  I had a good time anyway. 

I had some blog updates, and I love the bloggers I read.  :)  They awwayz make me feel good.  :)  It is kinda nice to know none of us are really skating through life effortlessly.  Shit happens to us.  Ya izz nuts if you don't think it does, or in denial.  Denial, and not looking will only make you worse of a person.  Ya see it is us tough ones that look at the shit, and deal. Some are not tough enough.  My brother Jim is one who was not tough enough, and I had to take his stuff, because he buried for wayyyyyyy toooooo  long.  So ya see this stuff will get done some way or another, and ya know we all gots some shit.  We all have to look at it too. 

So Anywayzzzzz, I guess that is about it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!    :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  I'd like to give a little shout out to Jeff Stark running his first 5K today at the Riverbank.  His Daughter Kel1li??? Kelly, running a 10K, and Donna running a 5K.  Woop Woop!!!   :)  Kim will be watching Nascar.   ;)  lol  :)

@jefStark  @ShearAwesome  @tandumrider  @MnGurl something something.   :)

I am @Piklman2 if you wanna follow me.  I follow back, if ya iz interesting.  I would assume those who read this are interesting.  :)  xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Love You All!!  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All is the best   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for  SSB, Boston Kim, and Julia,  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

I like the bloggers.  :) 

Have a good one all.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxo   Luuuuuuuvvvvvvvvvvvv   uuuuuuuuuuuu    :))

Now for really really cya cya cya  :D   :D

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Whatcha Think??

That is what I'd like to know.  I don't mean you don't do that, but I found out yesterday what I am doing.  Who I am in all this.  Not sure if I want to tell you to be honest.  I'll give you this though, and it is a doozy.

Ready???

The thief on the cross had no 401K.  To my knowledge didn't work out.  Probably didn't have a job.  Not really sure what kind of checking account, and savings account he had.  Left the world with the same amount of stuff he came with pretty much.  He probably had some clothes on though.  What can you do to make sure you are exactly like that thief on the cross??

Kind of a naked feeling huh??  There ain't nothing you can do, but make the turn, and wait.  My blog is "The Wait"

Hold on, I am going to get some coffee.

I guess, that is about it for today.  One more thing.  Rain in spiritual terms are things like your Mom is dying of cancer.  You fail as a person, and you hurt someone, and you see how much you hurt them. You look at life with a set of eyes that doesn't like much.

The hard things we do in life, that are not directed by us, are really rainy days, and all they are there for is to help turn you into flowers.  Growing doesn't come easy.  So when we were little, and we had growth spurts, we'd have achy joints and what not.  Everything is tied together to learn.  Like I said we miss about 99.99999999999999% of the stuff shown us.

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!  :)

p.s. my guess was 2:59:59.  I think I used the word poop in my comment though, so wasn't allowed through.  I trust Beth.  :)

Love You All!!!   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best!!   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Boston Kim, cause she has my sense of humor.  :)   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxo

Extras for Charisa, cause I like her.  :)  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Olga too.  :)   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Kim Sheridan, because my guess is she has the best eyes of anyone out there.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

On Sunday is the Pittsburgh Marathon.  Oscar is going for a sub: 3:00 marathon.  He will try this with a very busy schedule.  Teaching, coaching, training, wasting time watching the Pirates.  Check out his site and wish him luck.  You can guess his time, and win some stuff here too.  :)  He is trying to join an elite group.  Lance Armstrong's first marathon was 2:59 something.  Rudy Chihak took several tries to be sub: 3:00.  He is now a 2:47 marathoner.  The #1 U.S. finisher of the Comarades a few years back Ganzi, is not the fastest Holland has to offer in overall speed, but on that hot day at Bayshore last year, he cracked 3 hours.  A lot of eyes to make sure Oscar gets it done, if he has a good day.

Have a good one all.  :)  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Now for really really cya cya cya  :D   :D  

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

We Are Not In Mayberry Anymore!!!

Where the hell is Aunt Bee in your house???  When the hell did that show start???  Was segregation still the rule of the day???  Oh hey guess what???  It was.  How about that?  Griffith show started in 1960, and Segregation didn't end til the mid 60's.  TV was trying to portray the post WWII glamor life that everyone was supposed to lead.  Griffith was a widow, not divorced.  Was that an Alcoa sponsored program??  You know major funding from tv shows come from corporations.  When Alcoa saw Murrow and CBS were going after Joseph McCarthy, they stopped paying for advertising.  Did you know that advertising dollars like that have a say in what gets played on t.v.  Do you think our conglomerate news stations may have a more active interest in advertising $$$ than perhaps being diligent news people??  I doubt it, because G.E. didn't take any TARP funds, so no way that can happen.  G.E. runs CNBC, I see no problem.  Full steam ahead with the news.  We trust you.  :)

I picked up two new bloggers.  One I have read a long time, and one I just picked up as she commented on the sight of the girl blogger I picked up.  One of the bloggers is Jessica.  The other is Sun Safety Barbie.  I assume her name is Barbie, but you never know.  :) 

Jessica has been quiet lately, and has been battling with some stuff.  The great thing about Jessica is she is always honest.  Shit ain't great, she ain't throwing the Andy Griffith life at you.  She just says how it is. 

SSB had a great comment on Jessica's site.  here it is:

I hope you feel better. Depression really sucks. But at least you recognize it. And blogging (posting and reading) can be tricky. Just remember that what everyone else posts might just be the happy face they put on. Not everyone's life is a perfect as they make it seem in their blog. 

My first thought was, oh shit??  I don't do that do I????  Ha ha!!  I realized probably not.  :)  I wonder who she reads that does that shit.  Fucking annoying if you do read it, and you feel they do that.  I mean let's be honest, we have people losing limbs still so we can catch Bin Laden.  Oh wait we got the bad guy, guess the war is over.  Bin Laden declared war on the West, and we got him.  He is the ring leader.  When we got Hitler it was over.  He was the bad guy who declared war on us.  Bin Laden was the leader of Afghanistan, so we went there.  We got the bad guy Saddam too right??  Iraq war is over now too.  What kind of fucked up world do we live in??  People fight wars with their body, and bombs as weapons.  That is some strong propaganda that makes a person want to do that.  I guess we'll win the hearts and minds  by killing those people to show them we are right.  We have to be right, because Our country is the best.  Look at the percentage of people that go on to higher education.  Look how we care for our sick.  Funny thing is we dole out so much more money to our sick banks than we do to our sick people.  We bitch when we try to change that, by some Conglomerates news station strength in twisting views to your side.  Ya T.V. watchers are all being brain washed. 

Forgive the other side of the worlds narrow view point that America ain't all that.  Capitalism isn't a bad idea, but ya know what was wrong with anti-trust laws.  Our lawmakers are a bunch of horrors, and Big Corporations are the pimps.  That is American Capitalism at its best.  Unfixable. 

Anyway another note.  Remember I saw blogger Amanda the other day??  She just had a post that her heart is breaking for some reason or another.  I would have never known that just by looking at her.  Who we are on the inside is so much different than what people view on the outside.  I am with SSB.  I am sick of oh how great is my life posts.  Fuck You!!!  :))

If you live in fucking Mayberry you are a fucking liar!!!  When you are a liar you are not strong.  :)


Fucked up my hamstring on my run yesterday.  boooooooo!!!   :)  I don't think it is major, just a little something to slow me down a bit.  I will try biking today on it to see how it goes.  I am not going to start the lawnmower with it though.  That hurt.  :)

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  Don't look now, but the Sox are getting hot.  Going to a 6 man rotation too.  Interesting.  Buehrle, Peavy, Danks, Edwin Jackson, and Gavin Floyd, and the other dude who is pitching good.  Hard to find 5 good starters let alone 6.  If Peavy can stay healthy look out for a trade.  :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for SSB, Jessica, and Panders for being honest.   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Now for really really cya cya cya  :D   :D 



Monday, May 9, 2011

Nothin...

Hold on, I am going to get me some coffee,  This might be a boring one, cuz I gots nothin.   We'll see.  :)

I guess I can start with the workouts, and go from there.  Yesterday was nothing major, I just ran the trails 5 loops.  I did run up the stairs the whole way this time.  First time.  Me and Beau once had a contest who could run up the stairs the quickest.  He won both times, and I think we were always under one minute.  It took me two minutes to run up them yesterday.  :)  You don't need to go fast to bust your lung up the stairs.  :)  We took the puppies, and even blogger Amanda was with us.  She is a hometown Holland blogger, so she probably doesn't think I am as nutty as you folks do.  :)

Want to know something I thought??  There was a lady, probably my age.  She was with two kids.  She was really pretty, and she had a nice dress on.  I was thinking of telling her she looked nice, but wasn't sure if it was appropriate.  Life can be strange like that huh??  I mean who doesn't want to have  a compliment?  I ended up not saying anything, but I probably should have.  Oh well. 

Other than that Lisa and I were pretty lazy.  We didn't do too much.  I listened to music, she read, and I went to bed early.  It was a gorgeous day out.  Really a pretty nice weekend. 

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  I added Beth and Oscar back.  Before the Pitt. Marathon too.   I know it is strange I left bloggers, especially with my goals this year, but I guess a lot has happened, and it will all work out.  You know the motivation for me to do races, and stuff is just me.  No one pushes me, no one gives me the extra edge, it is just inside me.  I used to look up to people, and try to emulate them, but now it is just an internal drive for me.  You know at the end of the day no one cares if some shmoe from Holland runs a sub: 22:00 5K.  It is just a little goal for myself that I want.  It is fun striving too huh??  For me it is.  So we'll get after it again today.  :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Wanna know who I gave the flowers to??  Not telling.  It is a blogger I read, and I did it in a non creepy way.  I just said you know I have no problem just hanging with my wife, but I do this FB, Twitter, and Blog to help people out.  I told her I was going to give them to her, just as a nice gesture.  :) 

That is how it was intended, and that is how it should be taken.  :)

I don't really have any extra xoxoxo's to give today.  Maybe tomorrow.  :)

Now for really really cya cya cya  :D   :D  

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Promises Promises.

Tulips For Tulip Time
I promised this to someone so here it goes.  Probably not the best picture but what the heck.  Not everyone gets flowers on my blog though do they???  Just so they know they izzzz important.  :)

Anyway, a big deal yesterday.  I mean a real big deal.  You know in my mind has been always goals to improve on all my races.  It was pretty easy through the Riverbank last year.  Then I did the work, did the work, but you know my mind really was elsewhere.  I got pretty fast ... for me... last year.  When we did 1200'S on the last track workout before the marathon, I was hitting 6:30-something pace.  Yeah, that I never do, but I bonked.  Now I have this serious serious goal.  I have the prize in my mind.  I am going for it.  That means actually doing more, and more if I need to.  Harder stuff harder stuff.  A single goal I am fixated on.  So, I think that is good.  :)

Other than that yesterday was not a major thing.  I worked, and rode my bike 50 miles.  I then had a couple of beers at New Holland.  I ran into Brian Kragt, and lil' Steve.  Both of those guys are Ultimate Frisbee players.  You remember Brian is 4:43 mile Brian untrained.  Anyway they said I should play Ultimate on Wednesdays.  Hmmmmmmm.   You know that is the ultimate in speed work.  Fall group doesn't start up til Mid-June.  Hmmmmm.  I may do that.  It is fun.  :)   Brian was like, and we go out afterwards.  Ha!!!   Me no go drinking after 8:00.  The nut.  :)

Other than that not much going on.

Just keep doing this blog thing I like to do.  :)

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s. a little shout out to lil' Cathy going for an 80 mile week today.  23.5 miles yesterday, followed by 10.5 today.  Yup,  10 x 7 = 70, so you do the math.  #yikes.   :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Jules xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxo

If Doreen makes the blog every day with xoxoxoxoxoxo  so does Jules.   :)   I trust her.   :)

Extras for Laura K.  You stay strong girl.   :)   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

I don't really do hallmark holidays.... so stupid.   Happy Hallmark Holiday to all you mom's out there.  Even mine.  :)

Extras for the rest of you tooooooooooooooooo   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Everyone stay strong!!!!   It is what it is all about.   :)   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Now for really really cya cya cya  :D   :D

I added Kim Kim Kim back.  :)   so ya know.  :))

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Tourettes, and Other Things!!! :)

OMG it is Tourettes season already.  Yup you guessed it.  Ladder toss.  Holy crap does that game get my "F" bombs in full gear.  Anyway I'll get there.  Let me just say yesterday was the best day evahhhhhhh!!!!   :)   It was our first 70 and sunny day.  I don't know the degrees, but it was definitely shirt off full sun day.  Woo Hoo!!!  :)  Lisa and I went to lunch.  I kinda had an ulterior motive.  I needed to get my front tire fixed for my bike, so we went to Coyote Cafe, which is right next to our bike shop.  It is right next to DeBoer bros. cafe.  I just ate wings, and had a couple beers.  @ Lisa bought a couple goodies from the bakery next door too.  :)  Tulip time is this week, so those guys are going to be bizzzzzzzzyyyyyyyy!!!  :)   Memorial day is coming up too, so they are in full swing now. 

Anyways this weekend is free garbage dump day, so Lisa and I collected a bunch of shit  from our house, and loaded up the truck.  :)  After work today Hailey and Lisa will bring that shit to the dump, and I am riding long. 

You know what is great???  Sun.  Hanging outside, playing ladder toss, grilling, etc... drinking beer.  Oh, and yeah I am fucking running too.  I am training for a 5K too.  Woop Woop!!!   :)   You wanna know something else???  Training for a 5K is fun.  I didn't run yesterday, but I ran the previous 5 days in a row.  I never do that.  Gotta love them trails.  :)   All I did yesterday was bike to work and some push ups. 

We went over to Beau and Charity's last night.  Lisa even played ladder toss.  We played Beau and Seth.  Lisa did pretty good too.  We almost won.  Lisa hit a hot streak, and was scoring points on Seth, but they eeked out the win.  I swore a lot.  You know how that stupid golf ball thing twirls and twirls and twirls, and falls off.  Automatic "F" bomb from me.  :)

Fun times.  Lisa wants to get the ladder ball game too.  :)  She had fun.  :) 

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  I googled the Pittsburgh Marathon today.  8 days for sub: 3 hour.  Woop Woop!!!   I'll be checking that boxscore.   :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Alili who had a 2nd miscarriage.  I have two bloggers like that.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Olga who is injured'ish, but let out a "F" bomb on twitter.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo   She wonna my favs.   :)

Extras for the rest of you toooooooooooooooooo  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Now for really really cya cya cya!!!   :D   :D 

Oh yeah.  Johnny Garcia is fighting in Chicago 2 weeks out.  UIC Pavilion I think.  Check him out if you get the chance any of you folks in Chicago.  You will be impressed.  I promise.  :)

Friday, May 6, 2011

The Brighter Side...

The last two days, I ran the trails.  5 loops both days, and that is a good workout.  Lisa went with me yesterday, and I took our dog Hope.  I climbed the steps, and got to the top.  Lisa then let Hope go.  Ummmmm, she climbs the steps quicker than me.  :)

So I ran a loop with Hope, while Lisa climbed the steps.  Each loops takes around 7 minutes or so.  I'd say it is probably a 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 miles.  :)  j/k.  After my first loop I dropped Hope off to go with Lisa, and I continued on.  @ Lisa now knows this trail.  She has walked it before, buy you forget.  She took rest stops going up the climbs on the back half.  I run the back half 5 times without stopping.  Now she knows I am crazy.  :)  Now she feels out of shape.  :)  That is o.k. though, because maybe she'll want to do a bit of stuff.  I am really starting to like that trail, and I think I will take Hope with me always.  It was fun running with him.  It'd be nice to have Lisa there too, so she could go slow with Hope too, so she can get all the smells.  I don't trust Hope without a collar though, because deep down she is a dumb ass.  :)   Who knows what kind of trouble she'll get in.

The brighter side of training for a marathon, and not running a marathon is you don't have to recover from running a marathon.  As people start tapering, and racing, and recovering, I will be full training ahead.  Can I get 5K fast before the Diemer???  maybe.  Who knows.  Not going to do a ton of long stuff, but a ton of hard stuff to maybe get short race fast.  We'll see how it goes.  I'll hit the track next week to do some 400's and 800's, and see where I am at.  Until then full steam ahead.

Yesterday's post was not about my training, but more someone important let me know they weren't reading.  What is the point of me doing this if it doesn't get read right??   If you don't comment, don't tell me you don't read, especially if I think you do.  Silence is Golden.  For some reason the negative comments are bad for me.  Especially if they are untrue.  Some people I don't trust to be able to not negative comment.  I think the negative comments are bad for you too, so don't do it.  Keep the lips closed.  :)  So those of you who have commented in the past etc...  kudos.  :)   How weird is that right???   (negative comment = ask questions to show me you don't read)

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  A special shout out to Beau who is recovering nicely from his torn achilles.  Recovering actively.  Keeping things moving, going for an active recovery, and still doing a lot of upper body strength training.  Not letting the shit get him down.

Hung out with him and Seth for a bit last night.  Good times.   :)

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya"All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

extras of these   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

p.p.s  Going to give xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo to Doreen to share with Jen Gray.  Doreen is really important, and I want to give her something every day.  All I can think of right now.  I mean Doreen was in my title twice, and I let her give xo's to whoever she wants, as if they were from me right??  That is important, and I don't know what else to give.  I give that for now.  :)

Hope you all have a great day.   MWAH's to ya alls.   :)  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

A couple extras for Charisa too.   :)   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo   :))

shoot,  I want to give some to Jen H. She always makes me feel better.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

I love her too.   :)) 

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Fuck It!!!

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!    :)

cya!!!   :)

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Going To Need To Be Strong!!--My Story...

Now many of you know this, but I will rehash.  My College career really was about me growing up.  Everything seemed easy at first, and I really had to find a balance between work and play.  As a young guy, that really is what it is all about.  Work hard/play hard.  I was never really a disciplined student through H.S.  I didn't really take easy classes.  I mean who takes German for 4 years right??  I also took math and science through Junior year,  Math through Senior year perhaps.  Never really trying too hard, skating by with C's and some B's probably.  I had a paper route, Trib, Suntimes, Herald.  It was a car route.  Like 300 papers or so.  I did that 7 days each week, so I started work at 3:00 am  every day.  Even when I went out with Carolynn my girlfriend at the time til midnight.  Not fun btw.  :) 

So eventually I go away to college, and hit some real low spots.  Close to dropping out of school.  Being a burden on my Dad, and step-mom.  So low I didn't even go home one Christmas, because I figured they didn't want to see me.  As a matter of fact my friend Dale and I drove to "Mothers" downtown Chicago, and got drunk on Christmas Eve, to drive back to Normal, Illinois drunk as hell.  Dale started to drive home, and I finished the drive when I woke up to notice we were driving in the grass between the two sides of 55.  Yeah we were not smart, and we were dumb, and all that stuff. 

So I hit my low spots, and was really not worth much.  I still went out every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to be the crazy kid, and have fun.  Eventually I turned things around.  I would read the Bible quite a bit, and I had a girlfriend Katrina, who I really liked.  So anyway my last few semesters of college I did pretty good.  Even had a 98 or 99% going into my Calculus final.  Most of the tests I got 100% on.  It was an easy class because of the teacher, but ya know you don't do that without effort. 

So anyway I am not sure of the timing.  Well, here we go, I am graduating.  A few short months later I found out my mom is going to die.  EYES WIDE OPEN!!!  I am pretty sure this was after the point where I was caught almost cheating on Katrina.  The pretty little blond at our party.  I hurt her.  Wanna know what scared me the most about that???  It was so very hard to see how much I hurt Katrina.  That scared me.  I am not the jealous type, and to be honest at the time, I am not sure if I would have been jealous of Katrina if the roles were reversed.  That is how I felt at the time, but to see how much I hurt someone was awful.  So I am dealing with that.  My step-mom is going to die, and she dies the day after Christmas.  On my birthday the following year Katrina and I break up for good.  My Grandpa dies a couple days later.  All this time I am a college graduate who is not actively looking for a job.  I am looking at life thinking Law School???  I got the school thing down.  I am looking at the world though with these eyes, and I honestly don't like what I see??  You know my post yesterday was similar to what  I wrote as my Writing thing I had to do to graduate college.  I used racist in the South, who never got far behind the walls of the racist upbringing, and town he grew up in. 

To be strong is to be honest, and to trust what you see.  Maybe all your life has been spent viewing things, and these things you lived were done for a reason.  Maybe now is the time to process it all.  Will you have the courage to say, " I am willing to look at what you show me, but I am scared. "  Wear fear as a badge of honor.  He doesn't want you to be decent, he doesn't want you to be perfect, he doesn't want your thoughts to always be the best.  He wants you to believe when he talks to you.  Use your eyes and your ears, and wear fear as a badge of honor.  When you try to always "sound" perfect you are at your worst.  When you show everything is when you are at your best, and love lives in color.  Meaning when we show our good and bad.

I didn't like my journey mind you.  When I was just a post college graduate, when you did everything you were supposed to do,  I hated life.  There was not much in it for me.  I had no idea what I wanted to do, so I made the turn.  I didn't know what I was doing, but when I made the turn, I waited...  I waited, and waited...  Then I was told to do some things, which I did to my own shame.  Then I was led on a journey to suffer, and this was after I suffered more than anyone I know.  My suffering ended up in a hospital stay, after that I dealt with a physical depression.  Energy came back, and I lived a life.  I knew more had to be done, and more would be done.  I knew these things started back up before heimleblog.  After heimleblog, I started the Journey.  Remember a lot of FB messages, and finally one from someone to tell me I should blog.  OMG heimleblog ended not so well.  Then I gave you everything else in the Journey.  that didn't end well, and then I started up "The Wait". 

It takes courage to be strong.  You have to step out, and accept all that comes your way.  Trust your eyes, although fear may be there. 

Workout, a shitty run, and a little biking.  I think my legs were just dead from close to 70 miles biking, and running hills, and just getting back started. 

We'll try her again today.  :)

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  I saw the girl who got ran over by a car, and broke her hip, and leg, and ankle, and ribs, and who knows what else.  3:53 Boston time.  4 hours was her qualifying time.  She says everything still hurts here and there, but whatcha gonna do.  She has other marathons she wants to do.  She said she wasn't going to do Boston, but decided to after her accident.  She said her p.r. is 3:35.  Special xo's  to her. 

Love you all  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best.   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Now for really really cya cya cya!!!   :D   :D

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

That Wasn't So Bad!!

Well anyway, yesterday I ran myself ragged.  I woke up jazzed, and I knew it was going to be a good Monday.  If I wake up early Sunday, and don't fall back asleep, that usually is a good Monday.  That usually means I get a good night sleep on Sunday, and that was the case.

So let me start with the workouts I guess, and go from there. Workouts were nothing major, but coupled with just trying to get back in shape, and work, etc.... it was pretty hard.  I started off with a bike to work, and that always makes me hungry.  I ate my breakfast and 1/2 my lunch by 7:30 am.  Yeah that kinda hungry.  I then biked home, and biked to Sanctuary trails.  It is a challenging trail, because you climb 171 steps just so you can do a lot more climbing on the trails.  I wanted to run 4 loops, or 45 minutes.  I forgot how long it usually takes.  I ran 3 loops, 25 minutes.  I cut it short, because I wasn't recovering past the big climbs on the 3rd loop, and on the 2nd one I stopped to stretch my hammy.  I figured I'd play it safe.  By the time I got back down to my bike, my legs were quivering.  Sanctuary trails you spend most of your time close to max heart rate, and I have not been there in a while.  I may go again today.  I have like 6 weeks to get a good base in, so I can get back to marathon training.  I also did push ups and pull ups.  

Now a lot has been going on in the news, and to be honest I don't know much about Bin Laden.  I know we helped him with funding while he was in Afghanistan.  Just like we have pictures of Rumsfeld shaking hands of Saddam Hussein's hand while we were selling him chemical weapons to be used on the Iranians.  We were born in America, and he was born in Saudi Arabia I assume???  where his parents were from.  There is one important lesson to learn of where we were born.  What if you were born in the area where terrorists are recruited???  What power do you have over what Citizenship you have???  None right.  What would make you, if surrounded by the propaganda that makes people take their lives to take other lives... What would make you not be like them???  Stepping out from all you been taught huh???   Having the courage to look at your life, and everything with the objective truthful eyes you have.  See life is a little deeper than country, and nationalism etc...  We judge the bad we see people do, but really we only need to try and judge the bad we do.  Look to ourselves.  None of us are perfect.  There is no saying that Bin Laden at the end of his life did not look at everything and come to terms to ask forgiveness.  I am not saying he did, who the hell knows, but don't we all have enough to look at just with ourselves???  Just because there are bad people surely doesn't mean we are fucking Saints.   Truth be told we all have done some bad.

I have a story, and it is the Kminek's.  They lost their step-sister due to 9/11.  She was on one of the planes, and Tia didn't celebrate Bin Laden's death.  She wondered how many more we made.  Truth is we probably made a lot.  If you look through the eyes of your so called enemy, you never know how you would be if you walked in his shoes.  If I was born in Germany say 1919.  It would take me a good pair of objective eyes, and a lot of courage to maybe not do some horrible things.

Be thankful we have the ability to be honest, and be thankful, we have been given these pretty good set of eyes.


That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s. a special shout out to Mike Jacob.  A H.S. friend who smashed his fricken leg.  Compound fracture of all the big bones, almost to a point of amputee.  Want to know a story about him??  I found out after Steve Rose's thing that he was struggling with some stuff.  I put all his FB updates to my phone, so if he said something they would come to my phone.  Kept them til this day.  Just in case he ever needed help.

Love You All  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best.  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Jen Gray who had the courage to be honest of her hurt, and her hate, and everything in between while her Mom was dying.   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for the rest of you toooooooooooooo   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo


Now for really really cya cya cya!!!   :D   :D

Oh, I added another blogger btw.  Her name is Kim.  I don't know a thing about her, but she comments on Sugarleg's site a lot, and her last post was funny.  Other than that, I don't know a thing about her.  :)  lol   

Monday, May 2, 2011

Vision

So what happened on Saturday????   Some of you lost trust huh??  What did I do??  I went back to my wife and Olga.  Remember Olga was the one who said I trust you.... trust me.   I think in French.  The quid pro quo.  So I will tell you your journey.  It is my brother's Journey, and it was Steve Rose's journey, although many pieces of it are personal.  You go through your time here viewing your life.  What this does is soften you up.  It softens your hard hearts so you can repent like the thief on the cross.  You will have a view of where you deserve to go, and you repent.  It was what John The Baptist preached, etc....  It is all over the place.  Been there done that.  A couple times.  Once wayyyyyyy before the hospital, and once right before the hospital.  If you look it up it is the repentance that LEADS to life.  Some have a short journey like a Steve Rose or a Jim Pejchl.  Doesn't make it easy.  I have a long journey, why you ask???  Because there will be a certain honor bestowed upon me.  Not something I chose. 

Without vision the people perish, and that is the name of my post. 

Do Not lose trust.  Trust is the turn you have to make.  I assume some of you are still having problems with that.  You not going to trust the one with the best eyes to do what's best for you???  Just overcome that little fucking turn.  You will still race, and do what you do.  Make the turn!!! 

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!    :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  Lisa and I had a good day yesterday.  We pretty much didn't do a damn thing.  :)   lol


Love You All!!!   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

extras of these  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

extras of these   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Julia and Charisa who raced this weekend, and they did Great  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for Julia and Charisa, cause I wike dem a wot!!!   :)   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras for the rest of you toooooooooooo!!!!!   :)

Now for really really cya cya cya  :D   :D 

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Where Do We Go From Here???

Well, I know what we do right now.  We go get some coffee.  Hold on, I'll be right back.  :)  First off I will start off with my workout.  I worked in the morning for 5 hours.  If you read this you know I was up pretty early.  :)  Anyway, I was tired, when I got home, but I wanted to bike long.  I ate lunch, and decided better get going or it is going to be a nap.  :)  I got going.  You know my route is to Saugatuck and back, and add on.  After my turn around In comes a FB message/inbox.  It is from Ganzi.  There was a thread going back and forth about last week's speed work followed by beers at the Curragh.  Obviously that is way too late for me on a school night.  :)  work night.  :)  lol.   Anyway Ganzi told us his workout for the day... well here it is. 

Sunset Bluff - 16 reps! Felt OK. 13 miles & 1400 feet of climbing - about the same elevation change per mile as Comrades. Comrades taper starts next week! :-)
So I guess he is ready.  For the record I only did that workout once.  We did 3 or 4 reps.  Not 16.  lol.   That did get me motivated on my bike though.  After 30 miles, I knew I wanted 50.  I kinda wanted 50 anyway.  I even backtracked a bit to climb a hill, I never climb.  I took a picture, but didn't put it on the computer yet.  I kinda think what is the big deal anyway.  Some assholes I know climb mountains with their bike.  :)  Fuckers.   :)   lol.  So anyway I dragged my fat ass through 50 miles.  When I add on I go by way of our winter running route.  Hills hills hills.  It was a windy day.  I have like maybe 20 miles tops of bike riding in the last several weeks.  So this was a major workout for me, but I got it in.  I like round numbers on the bike.  :)

So anyway, just so ya know.  I don't know how everyone did, but I know Bob got his 3:10 and change at Boston.  Carol got her qualifier 4:14.  I don't know how everyone else who went did.  I know lil' Cathy will be using Bayshore as her racing marathon.  The week before her early one her husband had appendicitis, so shitty week prior = 26.2 training run. 

You want to know what motivates me??  It isn't really weight, although when I get in gear weight falls off.  Runners can pretty much eat what they want I think.  I like putting in effort, and telling people about it.  I figure you think I am a bit odd.  If for no other reason than I am up early almost every day.  A lot of times my blog entry is done 2 hours before I even have to go into work.  Also it must be a little nutty, I always seem to have some kind of shit to write out.  Kinda like the Energizer battery bunny huh???  I keep going and going and going.  You also must wonder how I like to give out so many xo's  each day.  lol.   If only you knew.  :)

I do want to write something here.  I thought of it yesterday.  I went over to Beau and Charity's and then we went to Derrick and Gemini.  A few years ago Gemini lost her mom.  What made me think about it is Lisa and I during the time she was going to lose her Mom we really got to know her.  She really let loose and showed how great and nice of a person she is.   Derrick and Gemini had a little window where they were split up, and it was during this time.  I don't think it was really a coincidence that Lisa and I got to know her pretty well during this time.  I forgot what her mom died of, but I think it was liver failure.  Anyway we talked a bit last night, about my brother, Charity's Dad, and stuff like that, and how we deal.  We deal with it all about the same. 

You know when it is warm outside we are always the fuck outside.  How we roll!!!   :)

That is it for today!!!   :)

Thanks for reading!!!   :)

Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!!   :)

xo's!!!   :)

Love You All!!!   :)

p.s.  Lisa and I are spending the day together today!!!   :)   her orders.   :)   lol

Love You all  xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Ya'All are the best   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras of these xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Extras of these   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Extras   for me.   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo   na-na-na-na-na-naaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!   :)

Extras for Olga toooooo.   xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Now for really really cya cya cya.    :D    :D