Day After Thanksgiving

A very lazy day. Slept in past 7. Got up and made a few journal entries. Ate breakfast (once again enjoying my cinnamon rolls). Cold and overcast outside with a very faint dusting of feather weight snow. Journeyed down to Abode on the northeast corner of 5th and Scott St. in Covington to look for bar stools to go with the new "breakfast bar" in the remodeled kitchen. Ended up we found just what we wanted, ordered, bought and paid for them on the spot. Came home. Ate lunch. Hung out at the house for the rest of the day.

Looking forward to seeing Aiden tomorrow afternoon. He spent Thanksgiving in Dallas with Matt's family. We missed him.

Cemetery Sunday

What a beautiful morning. Cool. Partly cloudy. Linda walked I ran. The trails in the cemetery were in fantastic shape. Check out the pictures.

Saturday Afternoon Run

What a beautiful afternoon. Sun shining, blue skies sketched with wispy clouds, a persistent light breeze and temperature in the 50's; it just doesn't get any better. Ran about 8 miles out the front door and down Banklick and back. About 90 minutes or so for the run.

Aiden flew to Dallas with Ciara and Matt this afternoon. Ciara just called to tell us they arrived. She said Aiden was "an angel."

We'll be going to Max and Erma's tonight for "burgers and beer."

Monday With Aiden

A very nice day. Started with a run out the front door of 91/2 miles (according to the IPOD+ device that I'm finally using from last Christmas). It's kind of nice to have some "independent" confirmation of my distances/times. Now however I'm really sore. I don't think it was the distance but my new shoes coupled with the run in EI yesterday morning.

The weather is unseasonably warm this afternoon. This morning was cool in the 50's and generally overcast with a stiff breeze. Now the sun's out most of the time but the strong breeze remains. I think the temperature is in the mid 60s. Jacket weather.

I came home from my run and made a chicken stew with a chicken I cooked in the crockpot on Friday but didn't eat. It's really a soup more than a stew but it's got lots of grains and veggies in it.

I picked up Aiden at about 11:00 or so and we stopped at Remkes for salad. I realize now, however, that we forgot some fixin's so we'll probably have to go back. After lunch we played outside and I was able to get some good pictures of the "little devil."

As I type this he's napping and hopefully will continue to sleep for a while longer.

BTW the fall colors while somewhat muted are really quite nice. Just take a look at my pin oak in the background.

First Hard Freeze

Ran the neighborhood, approximately 4 miles on Saturday morning: 35 minutes. Sunday's run was in the late afternoon down Banklick for about 6 miles or so and 55 minutes.

Sunday we re-organized the kitchen. The demo is finished. Now we're waiting on the drywall finishing and new countertops and sink. The floor will have to wait until after the first of the year.

Ciara, Matt and Aiden were over last night for Family Sunday Dinner. We're looking forward to a Family Sunday with everyone; maybe Christmas.

Cold and clear this morning with a heavy coating of frost over everything. The sun's now up and warming things up. I can steam coming up off the jungle gym in the neighbor's yard. Today's Monday with Aiden and we'll be off to Roncker's Running Spot for new running shoes then we'll drop down to Lunken to check out the airplanes. We also need to run by the grocery and we might stop off to see Grandma at work.

Check out our little "giraffe."

Saturday's Long Run at MAF

Three Hours and Fifty Seven Minutes: 17 miles or so.

Met Jeff at MAF and was joined by Joe, Bonnie and Suzelle also. Joe and Bonnie did 1 loop, Suzelle 2 loops, I completed 3 and Jeff finished up with 4. It was hot. It was humid. The last loop was tough. My joints were aching; especially those in my feet. I was really trashed after the run and pretty dehydrated but recovered pretty well and feel relatively good today.

MAF on the 1st Day of October

Ran trails this morning with Jeff. A wonderful fall morning. The trails were in excellent shape. The rain we got last week had tamped down the dust making the trails nice and firm but not muddy. Temps were in the low 60s with a nice breeze. We ran for an hour and a half and a nice pace. Looking forward to Saturday when we'll attempt a long run.

Picked Aiden up after the morning run and we went to Wal-mart for groceries. I bought a roasting chicken which sounded like a nice change of pace. I'm going to roast some carrots and probably bake some sweet potatoes to go alongside. Aiden's now napping. He was so tired at the store. I had to give him my cell phone to keep him awake and occupied on the drive home. I don't think he called anybody but I did hear something talking to him at one point.