First off I already put it on her blog, but want to wish Sugarleg a Happy Birthday here. She turns 40 today. You should check out her update today it really was great. That is not a knock on other updates, it never is, but with my life it is more like me. Sugarleg looks back from 30 to 40, and it is very interesting to say the least.
It gives me an idea to maybe look at my 30-44. I don't even remember what the heck I did at 30. What year was that? 1996 I think. Yes, 1996. So I moved from Normal, IL to Holland, Michigan in 1995. Did I ever tell you the reason I moved? Normal, Illinois is a college town. I worked at a company where people moved around a lot, I would become friends with people. I would have a great time, and boom, off they go. I got so sick of people leaving me and me being sad, I decided to get even with all. I decided to leave so others could be sad. Ha Ha!! I know my drinking buddy Donny was sad. He worked construction, and we drank a couple beers every day. We weren't always good friends, once he was busting my chops about something. Let's just say I wasn't taking shit from anyone at that time... see Natalie story.... wherever the heck that is. Even though everyone was afraid of him, just cause he could be a dick a lot, I told him, "You Will Never Do That Again!!!" I was willing to take this little argument wherever it would go. We were good friends from then on. As a matter of fact on Lisa, and I's first (her not having a boyfriend anymore) date we stayed at his place. I traveled back to Normal a lot at first, plus it was New Years.
So let's see, Lisa and I were together New Years of 1996 through now. I was in pretty good shape when I moved here, but lost that. Mostly due to my ruptured disc. It eventually got to the point where I had to take 2 aspirin every 4 hours to deal with the pain. sciatic nerve pain would run all the way down my leg. Surgery fixed that. First trip to Hawaii, and I see there is more to life, than what I am doing.
In one summer with the stationary bike I get down from 217-174. I start slowly teaching myself how to run. By the age of 40 I have run my first marathon. 5 in the books as we speak. Many other races too. That is how my life is shaping up now. My goals are not so straight forward as winning this, or that. My goals are to improve. I would like to stay active, but I know that will always be the case. You see to me life is that. We have our jobs. We'd all like to have the perfect life, but there is no such thing. If you look through the ages everyone's life has not always been that great. Probably more sucked than not to be honest. See War, slavery, Crusades, etc... etc... etc... so it is important to find stuff you enjoy. I think most of us do that. Very important to do as Sugarleg does. Don't bury the bad stuff, look at it, learn from it, and you will be better off.
Burying shit just leads to nothing good, looking at it brings healing. I was talking to a friend Kathy at work. Her husband died unexpectedly a couple years back. She stopped taking anti-depressant medication, because she stopped feeling things. She now can cry. She now knows she is real again. She is the one who runs the canoeing business, and we all go canoeing once a year with her. If you recall that is one of the two times I actually got hungover this year. :)
So, whatever, this post is probably long, and I am not sure if my thoughts are coherent, but this shit is fun for me, so I do it. I am glad to be training for a marathon. I am glad to be biking, but looks like there might be snow today, so the trainer today. I am fine with that. One thing I like about biking inside, is I really do love to sweat, and I am pretty good at it too. :) sweating that is. :)
Jerry and I, 6.2 miles @ 8:54 pace I think. It wasn't that easy, but I am still a tad out of shape. I see improvement coming real soon.
That is it for today!!! :)
Thanks for reading!!! :)
Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!! :)
xo's!!! :)
Love You All!!! :)
p.s. hmmmm... don't really have one!!! :)
Now for really really cya cya cya :)
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
SHIT!!!!!!
I have no idea what to put for my title, and I have no idea what the heck I am going to write, so there is my title. :)
Hold on, going to get my next cup of coffee, and I have some good news as to where this blog starts. :)
Well, I am going to start with my workout. I feel the blood flowing to this body. I want to get stuff done-work out wise. So I rode my bike to work and back yesterday. I am a little out of biking shape in a couple ways. One was I was winded. That feels good. By the time April hits I pretty much don't even consider my bike to work and back a workout, because it is nothing. Yesterday it was definitely a bit of a workout. When I got home, I decided I was tired. Well, my body decided I was tired. :) It was my 2nd day after push ups and pull ups. I was not my normal 2nd day after super sore, I was already into recovery. So I did 3 sets of 10 push ups and 3 sets of 5 pull ups. Pretty much just as an active recovery.
That was my workout for yesterday. I know it isn't much, but I am getting back in the swing, and that feels good. Jerry and I are going to get a bit of a run in tonight. They have a parade downtown, so we will just do it around my house. Tuesday night running for me is really a sacrifice. Tuesday is cheap growler fill up, and the girl who reminds me of Gina always works as a bartender early. Oh well. :) By the way I tip way better than Pete Hoekstra our former Congressional Representative. She said he is a bad tipper. :) Oh hey something about this girl too. When I was in the last Tuesday I was in, we were talking about all kinds of things. I was talking how Hoekstra would go into DeBoer bros. Bakery, as Old Jake, and Pete were friends from 1000 years ago, although different politically. Old Jake reads the New York Times, and Pete probably watches Fox News... if you know what I mean. :) You know my Left wing ways are totally New York Times, but to each their own. Old Jake and Pete at least can talk about things like friends, you don't find that these days anymore. A shame. Stuff could probably get done if people would just stop being jerks to each other. Oh well. You would think the #1 priority would be to help the people. Help the constituents not score meaningless political points. Not that I am really paying that much attention anymore. :)
Shit, anyway what I was going to say is Jacob and Steph's wedding was at her parents house. It overlooked a pond or something. So she knows Jacob and Mitch, and Sam a bit less so. I saw Sam's wife/fiancee in the store yesterday too. Holland is a small big town. :)
So here are some things I am excited about. I am back in training. I am training for a marathon. Jerry and I are running tonight. I plan on doing my 6 mile route. Jerry is going to give us a quote for a plumbing project. We get like $460 Menards money for X-mas, so I plan on paying him with gift cards. quote price + $20. I am a good tipper. :)
Lisa has got us set up to be pretty close out of non house debt by the end of February. We may have a little left, but not too much. The light is at the end of the tunnel. As the banking fiasco went on Capital One tried to raise my interest rate, and said I could cancel to not let it happen. I canceled that card, and called up the bank for my other active card, and canceled that right away, even though there wasn't much of a balance. I don't want you to think I am all clever, and all perfect, because I don't remember the last time I made a payment to my Capital One card. :) So I guess they want their $4800, and they will get it. :)
As a promise to you, I will never take out another loan from a bank again. John Q who sold us our house is in the same frame of mind. I cannot afford Health Insurance, and all the other shit I have to pay, and I cannot afford credit cards. Make due with less. Sometimes it is not working more, but spending- or not spending I guess I should say- smarter. At least for Lisa and I in our limited means. :) We don't want to get rich, we just want to live our lives, and we do a pretty darn good job of that. We have fun, smile, and laugh every day I'd say.
Well anyway guess I just went off for a bit. :)
That is it for today!! :)
Thanks for reading!!! :)
Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!! :)
xo's!!! :)
Love You All!! :)
p.s. some of you are pretty strange. :) Ha Ha j/k :)
Now for really really cya cya cya. :)
Hold on, going to get my next cup of coffee, and I have some good news as to where this blog starts. :)
Well, I am going to start with my workout. I feel the blood flowing to this body. I want to get stuff done-work out wise. So I rode my bike to work and back yesterday. I am a little out of biking shape in a couple ways. One was I was winded. That feels good. By the time April hits I pretty much don't even consider my bike to work and back a workout, because it is nothing. Yesterday it was definitely a bit of a workout. When I got home, I decided I was tired. Well, my body decided I was tired. :) It was my 2nd day after push ups and pull ups. I was not my normal 2nd day after super sore, I was already into recovery. So I did 3 sets of 10 push ups and 3 sets of 5 pull ups. Pretty much just as an active recovery.
That was my workout for yesterday. I know it isn't much, but I am getting back in the swing, and that feels good. Jerry and I are going to get a bit of a run in tonight. They have a parade downtown, so we will just do it around my house. Tuesday night running for me is really a sacrifice. Tuesday is cheap growler fill up, and the girl who reminds me of Gina always works as a bartender early. Oh well. :) By the way I tip way better than Pete Hoekstra our former Congressional Representative. She said he is a bad tipper. :) Oh hey something about this girl too. When I was in the last Tuesday I was in, we were talking about all kinds of things. I was talking how Hoekstra would go into DeBoer bros. Bakery, as Old Jake, and Pete were friends from 1000 years ago, although different politically. Old Jake reads the New York Times, and Pete probably watches Fox News... if you know what I mean. :) You know my Left wing ways are totally New York Times, but to each their own. Old Jake and Pete at least can talk about things like friends, you don't find that these days anymore. A shame. Stuff could probably get done if people would just stop being jerks to each other. Oh well. You would think the #1 priority would be to help the people. Help the constituents not score meaningless political points. Not that I am really paying that much attention anymore. :)
Shit, anyway what I was going to say is Jacob and Steph's wedding was at her parents house. It overlooked a pond or something. So she knows Jacob and Mitch, and Sam a bit less so. I saw Sam's wife/fiancee in the store yesterday too. Holland is a small big town. :)
So here are some things I am excited about. I am back in training. I am training for a marathon. Jerry and I are running tonight. I plan on doing my 6 mile route. Jerry is going to give us a quote for a plumbing project. We get like $460 Menards money for X-mas, so I plan on paying him with gift cards. quote price + $20. I am a good tipper. :)
Lisa has got us set up to be pretty close out of non house debt by the end of February. We may have a little left, but not too much. The light is at the end of the tunnel. As the banking fiasco went on Capital One tried to raise my interest rate, and said I could cancel to not let it happen. I canceled that card, and called up the bank for my other active card, and canceled that right away, even though there wasn't much of a balance. I don't want you to think I am all clever, and all perfect, because I don't remember the last time I made a payment to my Capital One card. :) So I guess they want their $4800, and they will get it. :)
As a promise to you, I will never take out another loan from a bank again. John Q who sold us our house is in the same frame of mind. I cannot afford Health Insurance, and all the other shit I have to pay, and I cannot afford credit cards. Make due with less. Sometimes it is not working more, but spending- or not spending I guess I should say- smarter. At least for Lisa and I in our limited means. :) We don't want to get rich, we just want to live our lives, and we do a pretty darn good job of that. We have fun, smile, and laugh every day I'd say.
Well anyway guess I just went off for a bit. :)
That is it for today!! :)
Thanks for reading!!! :)
Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!! :)
xo's!!! :)
Love You All!! :)
p.s. some of you are pretty strange. :) Ha Ha j/k :)
Now for really really cya cya cya. :)
Monday, November 29, 2010
Lisa Noticed A Change!!
I would imagine via my blogging you may noticed a change in me. Now I say some weird things on this thing, and I have my thoughts. Do I share? We'll see. I know it will sound strange if I tell you them, and I know it may make me seem weird. I may, and I may not. I have two things I thought about, but didn't really say before. One has to do with Jackie, and one has to do with bonking at my Marathon. I may come back to that. It will sound crazy, but I bet interesting. :)
So yesterday was another productive day. I woke up early, because I went to bed early. I don't know if you know this, but I did my blog thing I like to do. :) Then I get a tweet about a certain Jeff S. going to I-Hop. hmmmm. it has been a while. So I figure I got time to get a quick run in. I wanted to run before breakfast, because I didn't want to eat, come home, get a run in, grocery shop. etc... etc... etc... So I decided to do my 3.13 mile route. It ended up being at 8:48 pace, and there was no lung burning. I figure I will get most of the out of shapeness out of me pretty quickly.
My idea of getting my run in worked out great, because while at I-Hop I found out the Electrical Dept. could use some help, so I decided to work for 3 hours. Yes people were a bit shocked to see me there with work clothes on a Sunday. :) Everyone sure didn't look very chipper to be working. :) I put in my 3 hours, and went home.
I did some more stuff around the house. Lisa was doing some cleaning, and she had the lazy ones do some work too. Got rid of a lot of books. They returned the pop bottles, and did the grocery shopping. Breeze way is emptied out. Shit is starting to get done now. Pretty exciting.
I hooked up my bike to my trainer. I even rode it for 30 minutes. I already see value in it. I know it isn't the most exciting thing to do, but I forgot how much of a sweat fest it is. I can get my heart rate up on that thing too. I was getting winded when I rode hard. I may learn to like that sucker. Plus it helps get excess weight I might have put on from my lackluster November. If a Pejchl isn't active he gets... um.... big. At least me and my brothers, and Dad. Not that I gained a ton, but I got a little belly going. :) I haven't weighed myself, not even sure where the scale is. I should just to get a baseline. A starting point I guess.
Want to know the crazy stuff? When I bonk I think about the mirror. Marathon bonk people not using the mirror? I wondered about that. I wondered if others thought about that. So that is one thing. I tell you for the heck of it. I don't think it matters, because all that will be done will be done. Everyone seems better now too... in a weird way. I don't understand that at all.
Now you all know I knew something was going to happen this fall. I mean shit I've known it for a while. Now I thought it was going to be this one thing. To be honest, I am glad that one thing didn't happen, because I get to train, and live life, and run marathons, and races, and get this shit organized. I know you have no idea what I am talking about, but putting it down anyway. Coupled with that do you remember me helping move Jackie?? Remember I said all sadness has to be accounted for. There is no way in hell Jackie would be strong enough to deal with her shit. She is just waiting to die, and has been for a while, even when things were reversible. I sometimes take that shit from people. Not because I am strong really, but the help I have is. Did you think of that at all?? I wondered about that.
Crazy Crazy I know, but I know it is the truth.
I don't know what is next to be honest, just living day to day. Happy to be back training, oh and gonna ride my bike to work again, because the snow hasn't dropped yet. I stopped riding, because wasn't really training for anything.
The one thing I can say about the crazy stuff I write is when I am at work I am still the same. These are thoughts etc... I am still the same person at work. I joke around, have fun, and still get my work done. At least the shit I think is important. Our company has some real weirdos who come up with some really stupid ass shit. They outsmart themselves on a daily basis. Stupid Fuckers!!! :)
That is it for today!!! :)
Thanks for reading!!! :)
Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!! :)
xo's!!! :)
Love You All!!! :)
p.s. I don't think the Bears are all that great, but 8-3 is 8-3. We have a tough schedule down the stretch, but maybe Martz and the offense is starting to click. Defense will always be pretty good. Hester, and Knox are Hester and Knox. Special teams is always dangerous.
Now for really really cya cya cya
p.p.s I used alcohol and a q-tip to clean the contacts on the thermostat. Thermostat works like a charm. When I changed the batteries it still said lo-battery. Woo Hoo!! It is a programmable one, so I turn the temps down when Lisa and I are gone, and when we sleep. :)
So yesterday was another productive day. I woke up early, because I went to bed early. I don't know if you know this, but I did my blog thing I like to do. :) Then I get a tweet about a certain Jeff S. going to I-Hop. hmmmm. it has been a while. So I figure I got time to get a quick run in. I wanted to run before breakfast, because I didn't want to eat, come home, get a run in, grocery shop. etc... etc... etc... So I decided to do my 3.13 mile route. It ended up being at 8:48 pace, and there was no lung burning. I figure I will get most of the out of shapeness out of me pretty quickly.
My idea of getting my run in worked out great, because while at I-Hop I found out the Electrical Dept. could use some help, so I decided to work for 3 hours. Yes people were a bit shocked to see me there with work clothes on a Sunday. :) Everyone sure didn't look very chipper to be working. :) I put in my 3 hours, and went home.
I did some more stuff around the house. Lisa was doing some cleaning, and she had the lazy ones do some work too. Got rid of a lot of books. They returned the pop bottles, and did the grocery shopping. Breeze way is emptied out. Shit is starting to get done now. Pretty exciting.
I hooked up my bike to my trainer. I even rode it for 30 minutes. I already see value in it. I know it isn't the most exciting thing to do, but I forgot how much of a sweat fest it is. I can get my heart rate up on that thing too. I was getting winded when I rode hard. I may learn to like that sucker. Plus it helps get excess weight I might have put on from my lackluster November. If a Pejchl isn't active he gets... um.... big. At least me and my brothers, and Dad. Not that I gained a ton, but I got a little belly going. :) I haven't weighed myself, not even sure where the scale is. I should just to get a baseline. A starting point I guess.
Want to know the crazy stuff? When I bonk I think about the mirror. Marathon bonk people not using the mirror? I wondered about that. I wondered if others thought about that. So that is one thing. I tell you for the heck of it. I don't think it matters, because all that will be done will be done. Everyone seems better now too... in a weird way. I don't understand that at all.
Now you all know I knew something was going to happen this fall. I mean shit I've known it for a while. Now I thought it was going to be this one thing. To be honest, I am glad that one thing didn't happen, because I get to train, and live life, and run marathons, and races, and get this shit organized. I know you have no idea what I am talking about, but putting it down anyway. Coupled with that do you remember me helping move Jackie?? Remember I said all sadness has to be accounted for. There is no way in hell Jackie would be strong enough to deal with her shit. She is just waiting to die, and has been for a while, even when things were reversible. I sometimes take that shit from people. Not because I am strong really, but the help I have is. Did you think of that at all?? I wondered about that.
Crazy Crazy I know, but I know it is the truth.
I don't know what is next to be honest, just living day to day. Happy to be back training, oh and gonna ride my bike to work again, because the snow hasn't dropped yet. I stopped riding, because wasn't really training for anything.
The one thing I can say about the crazy stuff I write is when I am at work I am still the same. These are thoughts etc... I am still the same person at work. I joke around, have fun, and still get my work done. At least the shit I think is important. Our company has some real weirdos who come up with some really stupid ass shit. They outsmart themselves on a daily basis. Stupid Fuckers!!! :)
That is it for today!!! :)
Thanks for reading!!! :)
Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!! :)
xo's!!! :)
Love You All!!! :)
p.s. I don't think the Bears are all that great, but 8-3 is 8-3. We have a tough schedule down the stretch, but maybe Martz and the offense is starting to click. Defense will always be pretty good. Hester, and Knox are Hester and Knox. Special teams is always dangerous.
Now for really really cya cya cya
p.p.s I used alcohol and a q-tip to clean the contacts on the thermostat. Thermostat works like a charm. When I changed the batteries it still said lo-battery. Woo Hoo!! It is a programmable one, so I turn the temps down when Lisa and I are gone, and when we sleep. :)
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Productive Day Followed With Beer!!! :)
Well I had a productive day yesterday. Be warned here, I think I may have a lot on my mind, so this could be long. You have been warned. :)
First off I was tired Friday, so after work, I did some stuff around the house. I was pretty productive for a Friday night. Lisa and I have been eating lunch on Fridays so I haven't been too too productive on Fridays. This Friday was different so I got a ton of stuff done around the house, and was in bed by 7:30. I wanted to read my book, but couldn't keep my eyes open.
So anyway falling asleep so early = wake up early Saturday. So I do my blog thing... which I love doing. This is totally totally one of my favorite things to do. Can you tell? :) lol. I then start some laundry, and start my morning workout. My morning workout consisted of 5 sets of 10 push ups. Kinda starting from scratch, so not a lot, and I am sore. Give me a couple of weeks, and I won't be sore, and I'll get my reps up. I could have done more, but you know me, I don't like to always bust it. Keeps everything fresh... maybe?? I dunno, but I like things to be challenging, but not always. Some days you just won't have the energy, and you still want your normal workout to be able to get done. That is my way of thinking anyway. You can always always add harder stuff on good days or whatever. I stay flexible with what I want to do, and what I end up doing. Oh dear this is going to be a long long long entry. :)
I also got back to doing pull ups. I ended up doing 4 sets of 5 , and 1 set of 4 of those. That last set, the 5th was not going to happen. :) I think you know what I mean there. :) Then I got my run on. Now I was planning on doing an 8 mile loop. I cut that short, because well, I am out of shape. I had that lung burning out of shape feeling. Nothing major, but I will need a week or so to get back into longer running shape. Legs feel good today though, so I will get another run in today. Probably a 4 miler. Yesterday I ended up going 5.45 miles @ 9:35 pace. Harder than I imagined. All in all though it feels good to be back at it. I have a desire to do more and more again. I think that bodes well for a good winter of training. Oh, and pretty much decided to sign up for the Bayshore Marathon. No initial goals. I'd like to break 4 hours again. Can I get down to 3:30-3:40?? Who knows? I will train and do my best, how's that?? :)
So goals this upcoming year are Spring and Fall Marathon. For a person with my limited skills that is an accomplishment in itself. I would like to run the Riverbank 25 K for the 6th year in a row. I want to find a half marathon to actually race all out. See what I can do at that distance. Remember I only marathon paced those suckers before, and that is what my p.r. is. Also improve upon my 5K time. Other than that we'll see. I am excited to have another year of running to do though. You have no idea. Well, you who race know. :) You got the bug worse than me. :)
That is that. Oh yesterday I cleaned the kitchen, did more laundry, changed the oil in the vehicles... what else?? Organized some stuff, paid some bills, took a little nap. By 3:00 I was beat. Of course I was up for 12 hours at that point going pretty much non-stop less my nap. So if you wake up at 7:00 am, that equates to 7:00 pm.
So I decided to go to New Holland and fill my growler. I usually have a couple of beers, and fill it up. It was fun. I saw the girl I have a crush on. She has straight blond hair. She reminds me of Gina. I sat next to her husband. I didn't know it was her husband, til after her shift. I should get to know her name, because we are always like "oh hi" :) I also saw the bartender I had a crush on last summer. :) She recognized me too. Maybe because I complimented her on Halloween. I told her she looked great. :) I am such a slut. :) lol.
There was some dude there talking my ear off. I don't mind a good conversation, but he was talking about beer. That was it beer and microbrews, and pubs that sell microbrews. Are you kidding?? SHEESH!! I buried my head in my phone to shut him up. He got the hint. :) I mean who can talk about beer for 30 minutes straight?? Beer is to talk about interesting things. Races, politics, philosophy, life, hopes, fears, dreams, everything... just not beer. :) lol
So that is that. Today like I said I am going to get a run, grocery shopping, and some more stuff around the house. Get my trainer hooked up too. :)
I have more, but guess I'll stop at that.
So guess that is it for today!!! :)
Thanks for reading!!! :)
Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!! :)
xo's!!! :)
Love You All!!! :)
p.s. the Chicago Bulls are pretty dang good this year. Watch out for them!! :)
now for really really cya cya cya!!! :)
p.p.s. My mom is on a trip to the South freaking Pole!! Bundle up. :)
First off I was tired Friday, so after work, I did some stuff around the house. I was pretty productive for a Friday night. Lisa and I have been eating lunch on Fridays so I haven't been too too productive on Fridays. This Friday was different so I got a ton of stuff done around the house, and was in bed by 7:30. I wanted to read my book, but couldn't keep my eyes open.
So anyway falling asleep so early = wake up early Saturday. So I do my blog thing... which I love doing. This is totally totally one of my favorite things to do. Can you tell? :) lol. I then start some laundry, and start my morning workout. My morning workout consisted of 5 sets of 10 push ups. Kinda starting from scratch, so not a lot, and I am sore. Give me a couple of weeks, and I won't be sore, and I'll get my reps up. I could have done more, but you know me, I don't like to always bust it. Keeps everything fresh... maybe?? I dunno, but I like things to be challenging, but not always. Some days you just won't have the energy, and you still want your normal workout to be able to get done. That is my way of thinking anyway. You can always always add harder stuff on good days or whatever. I stay flexible with what I want to do, and what I end up doing. Oh dear this is going to be a long long long entry. :)
I also got back to doing pull ups. I ended up doing 4 sets of 5 , and 1 set of 4 of those. That last set, the 5th was not going to happen. :) I think you know what I mean there. :) Then I got my run on. Now I was planning on doing an 8 mile loop. I cut that short, because well, I am out of shape. I had that lung burning out of shape feeling. Nothing major, but I will need a week or so to get back into longer running shape. Legs feel good today though, so I will get another run in today. Probably a 4 miler. Yesterday I ended up going 5.45 miles @ 9:35 pace. Harder than I imagined. All in all though it feels good to be back at it. I have a desire to do more and more again. I think that bodes well for a good winter of training. Oh, and pretty much decided to sign up for the Bayshore Marathon. No initial goals. I'd like to break 4 hours again. Can I get down to 3:30-3:40?? Who knows? I will train and do my best, how's that?? :)
So goals this upcoming year are Spring and Fall Marathon. For a person with my limited skills that is an accomplishment in itself. I would like to run the Riverbank 25 K for the 6th year in a row. I want to find a half marathon to actually race all out. See what I can do at that distance. Remember I only marathon paced those suckers before, and that is what my p.r. is. Also improve upon my 5K time. Other than that we'll see. I am excited to have another year of running to do though. You have no idea. Well, you who race know. :) You got the bug worse than me. :)
That is that. Oh yesterday I cleaned the kitchen, did more laundry, changed the oil in the vehicles... what else?? Organized some stuff, paid some bills, took a little nap. By 3:00 I was beat. Of course I was up for 12 hours at that point going pretty much non-stop less my nap. So if you wake up at 7:00 am, that equates to 7:00 pm.
So I decided to go to New Holland and fill my growler. I usually have a couple of beers, and fill it up. It was fun. I saw the girl I have a crush on. She has straight blond hair. She reminds me of Gina. I sat next to her husband. I didn't know it was her husband, til after her shift. I should get to know her name, because we are always like "oh hi" :) I also saw the bartender I had a crush on last summer. :) She recognized me too. Maybe because I complimented her on Halloween. I told her she looked great. :) I am such a slut. :) lol.
There was some dude there talking my ear off. I don't mind a good conversation, but he was talking about beer. That was it beer and microbrews, and pubs that sell microbrews. Are you kidding?? SHEESH!! I buried my head in my phone to shut him up. He got the hint. :) I mean who can talk about beer for 30 minutes straight?? Beer is to talk about interesting things. Races, politics, philosophy, life, hopes, fears, dreams, everything... just not beer. :) lol
So that is that. Today like I said I am going to get a run, grocery shopping, and some more stuff around the house. Get my trainer hooked up too. :)
I have more, but guess I'll stop at that.
So guess that is it for today!!! :)
Thanks for reading!!! :)
Hope Everyone has a Great and Awesome Day!!! :)
xo's!!! :)
Love You All!!! :)
p.s. the Chicago Bulls are pretty dang good this year. Watch out for them!! :)
now for really really cya cya cya!!! :)
p.p.s. My mom is on a trip to the South freaking Pole!! Bundle up. :)
Saturday, November 27, 2010
A Look Back
I am walking in a new area now. I am confused, I have no idea what the heck I am doing, as in what does my life mean, or what is my purpose? So I look back to my start... at least my start with blogging. So I did this heimleblog thing for a while, and deleted it. Now that had to be sometime near my Marathon P.R. Before actually, because I did not blog about that race. It was only a p.s. to last Thanksgivings 5K p.r. I wanted to blog, but felt... God who knows. It was a hard time for me that is for sure. When I got back to blogging, and actually showed people I was scared to do it. Then there was the Journey that also got deleted. Although I got back up pretty quickly after that one, because I knew good was done. Almost right away.
Now I have no idea how the last couple weeks look. I quit blogging, I quit racing, I quit training, and I think I am going to suffer. Now I step back up, and I start blogging again... with the same blog name. :) Nothing deleted. :) (How crazy is that deleting to people who aren't me?? ) lol. I can get back to training. Maybe with a better winter planned than last year, because maybe I lost some hunger. Maybe I wanted it to always be fun, and never have it be hard. My training during heimleblog was the best. It was always fun, and last winter, and summer things were more like work. All but the running. Maybe because heimleblog cross training wasn't cross training, but actually actual training for tri's I was going to do, but never materialized.
Well if something gets taken away, and you get it back maybe you appreciate it more. I can train again. Maybe now that will give me a bit more hunger. A bit more desire to improve more. I have a lot of work, because I haven't run much, but I was injured anyway, and wasn't going to be running much. Maybe now I can spend more time doing the little things I used to do. Push ups, pull ups. biking. walking. Being a little more active. Helping out with the house more, and stuff like that. Getting this life organized. I used to be organized btw, but there are only so many hours in the day, and there is always so much on my mind. It made it hard, but now everything seems new and exciting, and worth working toward. Training, a better more organized home life. Lisa and me working together with the household stuff. Us both taking an active interest.
Well, I am just thinking aloud so to speak. I picked up another book from the library. It is from Haruki Murakami. "Sputnik Sweetheart" I only read one of his books. It was good. If you want to search through fiction to find the truth, he seems to be a good author to do that. :)
That is it for today!!! :)
Thanks for reading!!! :)
Hope everyone has a great and awesome day!!! :)
xo's!!! :)
Love You All!!! :)
p.s. Going running today, but first some push ups and pull ups. Not many though... it has been a while. :)
Now for really really cya cya cya!!! :)
p.p.s I went to bed at 7:30 last night. That is why I am up so early today. :)
Now I have no idea how the last couple weeks look. I quit blogging, I quit racing, I quit training, and I think I am going to suffer. Now I step back up, and I start blogging again... with the same blog name. :) Nothing deleted. :) (How crazy is that deleting to people who aren't me?? ) lol. I can get back to training. Maybe with a better winter planned than last year, because maybe I lost some hunger. Maybe I wanted it to always be fun, and never have it be hard. My training during heimleblog was the best. It was always fun, and last winter, and summer things were more like work. All but the running. Maybe because heimleblog cross training wasn't cross training, but actually actual training for tri's I was going to do, but never materialized.
Well if something gets taken away, and you get it back maybe you appreciate it more. I can train again. Maybe now that will give me a bit more hunger. A bit more desire to improve more. I have a lot of work, because I haven't run much, but I was injured anyway, and wasn't going to be running much. Maybe now I can spend more time doing the little things I used to do. Push ups, pull ups. biking. walking. Being a little more active. Helping out with the house more, and stuff like that. Getting this life organized. I used to be organized btw, but there are only so many hours in the day, and there is always so much on my mind. It made it hard, but now everything seems new and exciting, and worth working toward. Training, a better more organized home life. Lisa and me working together with the household stuff. Us both taking an active interest.
Well, I am just thinking aloud so to speak. I picked up another book from the library. It is from Haruki Murakami. "Sputnik Sweetheart" I only read one of his books. It was good. If you want to search through fiction to find the truth, he seems to be a good author to do that. :)
That is it for today!!! :)
Thanks for reading!!! :)
Hope everyone has a great and awesome day!!! :)
xo's!!! :)
Love You All!!! :)
p.s. Going running today, but first some push ups and pull ups. Not many though... it has been a while. :)
Now for really really cya cya cya!!! :)
p.p.s I went to bed at 7:30 last night. That is why I am up so early today. :)
Friday, November 26, 2010
Back To The Old Drawing Board!!
Well, I had everything figured out. I knew something had to be done since 1992. I thought it was done. I look at my life for clues. What does it mean to me. My life means more to me than getting a paycheck, and working. I really thought something was going to happen. Guess what?? Something did, but not what I thought.
So what does that mean for me? It means I need to keep on living life. I lived this whole summer like my life was going to be over in a way. Well, I am still here just as I started. So now what?
Well, here is what. I have no idea what my future holds, and I have no idea what your life means to you. I am as lost as can be. I have absolutely no idea what the heck I am doing. So what do I do? I do the only thing I can do. I live life. For me that means back training. That means trying to make sense of Lisa and my life. This journey, I thought was over still goes on.
I'll tell you a little bit about my race. The little boy was there alone. Anyone who runs races would be thrilled to win a race. I was sad, and I was alone. So this show goes on. That means I start training again. As far as I know that means Riverbank 25K, Bayshore Marathon?? perhaps.... Fall Marathon. Running Group, track. Hills, snow, outside running, and maybe even push ups again, and that blasted trainer. That also means me doing my job at work. I may have to kick some ass. :)
That means my life goes on. I thought I was this butterfly that was going to die, but this butterfly has a longer life than most. Why??? Because with God all is possible, so this butterfly gets to live on. I guess I will wear this colorful jacket for a bit more, and for some more races.
So through all the bad I do, which I do plenty. I can be a dick, good can still come out of it. At least I get to train again... starting tomorrow. :) I am freaking tired right now.
If anyone worried about me I am sorry. I am honest and open with my thoughts on here. If I am blue, or happy I let it out. I try not to say scary stuff, but life sometimes is scary.
So I guess this crazy ass blog that this crazy ass person writes, lives on. I got some blogging to do, usually early mornings, and I got me some training to do. I gots me some races to run, and a sub: 22:00 5K to get next spring.
I really thought I ran my last race. Nope!! I am happy about that.
One thing I did learn about myself is if I think my life as I know it is ending. I pretty much do the same crap. :) Basically be a moron. :)
That is it for today!!! :)
Thanks for reading!!! :)
Hope Everyone has and is having a great and awesome day!!! :)
xo's!!! :)
Love You All!!! :)
p.s. I hope none of you are mad at me, cause I seriously seriously only tell what I feel here, and what I think. No matter how looney!! :)
now for really really cya cya cya!!! :)
So what does that mean for me? It means I need to keep on living life. I lived this whole summer like my life was going to be over in a way. Well, I am still here just as I started. So now what?
Well, here is what. I have no idea what my future holds, and I have no idea what your life means to you. I am as lost as can be. I have absolutely no idea what the heck I am doing. So what do I do? I do the only thing I can do. I live life. For me that means back training. That means trying to make sense of Lisa and my life. This journey, I thought was over still goes on.
I'll tell you a little bit about my race. The little boy was there alone. Anyone who runs races would be thrilled to win a race. I was sad, and I was alone. So this show goes on. That means I start training again. As far as I know that means Riverbank 25K, Bayshore Marathon?? perhaps.... Fall Marathon. Running Group, track. Hills, snow, outside running, and maybe even push ups again, and that blasted trainer. That also means me doing my job at work. I may have to kick some ass. :)
That means my life goes on. I thought I was this butterfly that was going to die, but this butterfly has a longer life than most. Why??? Because with God all is possible, so this butterfly gets to live on. I guess I will wear this colorful jacket for a bit more, and for some more races.
So through all the bad I do, which I do plenty. I can be a dick, good can still come out of it. At least I get to train again... starting tomorrow. :) I am freaking tired right now.
If anyone worried about me I am sorry. I am honest and open with my thoughts on here. If I am blue, or happy I let it out. I try not to say scary stuff, but life sometimes is scary.
So I guess this crazy ass blog that this crazy ass person writes, lives on. I got some blogging to do, usually early mornings, and I got me some training to do. I gots me some races to run, and a sub: 22:00 5K to get next spring.
I really thought I ran my last race. Nope!! I am happy about that.
One thing I did learn about myself is if I think my life as I know it is ending. I pretty much do the same crap. :) Basically be a moron. :)
That is it for today!!! :)
Thanks for reading!!! :)
Hope Everyone has and is having a great and awesome day!!! :)
xo's!!! :)
Love You All!!! :)
p.s. I hope none of you are mad at me, cause I seriously seriously only tell what I feel here, and what I think. No matter how looney!! :)
now for really really cya cya cya!!! :)
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Last Night I Won A Race
It was not one I run. My leap of faith was me being led, and sticking out my chest at the finish line. Yes it was a vision, and I see a little boy in a place no one can go.
I did get a little input at work from Cory S. and Jeff S. So I know you know what I am talking about. To put your heart at ease I will tell you a couple things. Perhaps a list!! :)
That is it for today!!
Thanks for reading!! :)
Hope Everyone is enjoying their Thanksgiving!! :)
Having an awesome one if you will. :)
I don't even remember what I always wrote it has been so long since I have blogged. :) lol
Love You All!! :)
p.s. Everything has been done for a reason. so no worries!! :)
Now for really really cya cya cya!!! :)
I did get a little input at work from Cory S. and Jeff S. So I know you know what I am talking about. To put your heart at ease I will tell you a couple things. Perhaps a list!! :)
- It will start at work tomorrow.
- Everyone will see.
- I will be bed-ridden.
- I know not the time.
- I don't know how bad.
- I know pretty bad.
- I am not afraid.
- Thank you bloggers.
- It will go well for all you on my right hand side. "all"
- Many others too.
- I will be bestowed with an honor.
- The one who ran my race will bestow me with the honor, but all honor goes to him.
- He was the one who overcame.
- It will be a good night for me.
That is it for today!!
Thanks for reading!! :)
Hope Everyone is enjoying their Thanksgiving!! :)
Having an awesome one if you will. :)
I don't even remember what I always wrote it has been so long since I have blogged. :) lol
Love You All!! :)
p.s. Everything has been done for a reason. so no worries!! :)
Now for really really cya cya cya!!! :)
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