finished!

today was dam to dam. ..the best race ever. 12.4 miles. mostly downhill. good eats and drinks and music after. lovin' it!

it's very dangerous

when jilly came to visit, we bought a mini-grill. assembly was required. in fact, it took two grills' parts and two girls, to put it together and get it lit! it was very dangerous! we love danger!

the birthday

last night at 10:30, we decided we had better get jilly, birthday girl, a cake. she wanted marble. we went to hyvee and got her a 1/8 marble sheet cake with cute little red flowers (or she could've picked an ugly green fake-plasticy flower or clifford, so she picked wisely). we put 24 candles on it and she made a wish! she was happy! and we were full because we ate desserts all day and then we had cake right before bed. we are a little fatter today, but we are still happy! very happy! now we are going for a 10-mile run (jayme) and bike (jill) and then to swim class for 45 min. afterwards, we will probably have another piece of cake (or two).

roses and thorns

a thorn to victoria's secret for getting all excited for their "10/$25" unders sale, and then offering the crappy choices of white, off-white, and nude. err!

a rose to drake university extension office employee chuck something-or-other for calling me back immediately and being so helpful and friendly.

a rose to plaza pub for the best pizza ever.

a thorn to the annoying teenagers in target who told me, "you can't bring a bike in the mall"

a rose to me for saying, "yes i can bring my bike in the mall" and walking away. ha!

why?

it's 4:37am on thursday. why am i awake right now? why? i'm still yawning and sleepy. i want to sleep for like two more hours! i am a morning person but this is nuts.

oh, mini-wheats, i love you

i love mini-wheats...they are sooo yummy. not the real mini-wheats, but the generic kind in a bag called frosted mini spooners! they have extra thick frosting and they are bite size and perfect. i remember the regular old mini wheats which were good but difficult because my mom had to break them apart for me until i grew up and could stab them into swallow-able pieces with my spoon but by that time all the frosting fell off. frosted mini spooners in a bag, however, never lose their frosting because they are so frosting-a-licious. read this...

http://mark.beihoffer.com/giant-mini-spooner

back together better!

my clothes are in the school drier

today i came into work and it was lightly sprinkling, and i was so glad i made it in before the downpour! but then i realized that my keys to my room were in the car, so i had to run out in hail and pelting rain and thunder and lightning to retrieve them. i was soaked to the bone. luckily, i had another set of clothes here at school! my original outfit is drying in the nurse's office drier...i feel like a kid who spilled or had an accident...just waiting for my clothes to get done!

yawn!

today is another gray, gloomy day. i've been getting plenty of quality sleep as far as i can tell, but i'm just tired. yawning..and my eyes want to close. c'mon summer vacation!

my bike just took a shower

i got my bike dirty...really dirty.

then i gave him a shower and now he's all clean. but my shower is a mud pit.

also check out the chocolate dipped bike shoes. ha!

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baseball day!

today was baseball day at morris elementary! check out these little sluggers!