Packing Day

Waiting at the vet this morning to have my dogs boarded for a couple of days while the movers get it on - girl behind counter says Finley?!! We've had three dogs named Finley in the past couple of days. She says that's strange since it's an unusual name. I think Dory is jealous.

Packers are happy that our garage is not a blastimus of utter disaster.

All the packing tape being used in the house has a weird burning smell to it.

Smelling the smoke from the packers smoke breaks outside. It smells good and reminds me of last year.

I sit in my car with the windows down, sweating, hot wind coming through the window eating a slice of pizza from the convenience store. Mmmmmm peeeeettttssahhhh.

6 hrs later the packers are done packing, off to do another job they say.

A good bit of cleaning follows.

The family goes to see Kung Fu Panda 2. I am pleased with the Po squared!!

I find myself in Joann's Fabrics sternly telling my child that the water fountain is not a place to wash her head.

The caloric evils of Olive Garden have descended upon my digestive system. The tour of Italy is consumed quickly.

I despise my ipad. It locks up way too much when sending email. It's hit or miss with flash, and typing on it reminds me of using windows.

To think I almost could have been driving to Alaska next week. Whoah!

Seven Five

Packing Packing Packing. Still got more to do. Only a couple more days and my primary computer will be gone for a lonnnng time. Sniff!

Rode around the desert on my bike today for just a little bit. Might be the last time. Sad to see how trashy people are in the desert. Just loads of fireworks, especially the big box ones just laying around all over the place, along with beer bottles, and some new tossed out tvs. Humans are trashy.

The fireworks activity was much more than last year when we arrived. Several close neighbors had lots of big fireworks booming all around. All the neighborhoods here are fenced with not fence but brick walls. Walking around outside, hearing all the reverb was kinda crazy. It's not the fireshow that Omaha was though.

Happy 4th

I finally got around to visiting Great Links Grille last week. This is the Chicago dog with the peppers and a New York dog with the kraut. Each dog is 7.5 inches long and is 1/6 of a pound. I did not expect the tater tots to be so much either, I downed ALL of that though and still had room for ice cream after. It was so good!!! I swear I was on some sorta hot dog high afterwards. I don't think I've eaten a hot dog in roughly a year. I may have to go back before we leave because the hamburgers here looked equally scrumjuicimus!

Hope everyone is having/had a good 4th of July though. Time to take a break, enjoy some family, and be grateful for the ole US of A.

I'll probably post a recap of my trek up the mountain, including the weird ordeals of pain and discomfort I had in the following days. Today I feel fine however and will hopefully get out on the bike for a bit. It's time to get the house in order though, so that's top priority.

Mission Accomplished!!

I made it to the top of Mt. Charleston!

The Cracked Egg

Had breakfast the other morning with Liz at The Cracked Egg. It's a local place that gets some good press. It was decent. Liz's raspberry stuffed french toast was much more interesting than my polish sausage and eggs.

Rather than toast, you can choose Coffee Cake. Fairly tasty.








Some decor -

Enough Coffee?

So you think I got enough or what? And for the record, I rarely drink Powerade!

Headbutting Birds

Just about the end of the month. Leaving the Veegus is coming sooner than later for sure.

I am all into Wimbledon this year. It's been some great tennis with lots of surprises on the women's side. Both sides are very tight, and I have no gut feelings about who will win. I think it'd be a kick in the royal pants however, if Lisicki and Murray could pull it off.

Another season of True Blood is on. It's only the first episode, and while I know it can't just be the same stuff over and over, some of the new material is kinda silly to me. Tara finding herself in cage fighting though? That's pretty cool.

So last week I only ran twice; a 7 mile run and an 8 mile run. But they were really hard on my legs. All that downhill stuff especially on the south loop just kills my quads. I broke out ice and nsaid this weekend with plenty of foam roller. It worked well though as I've run the last two days without issue. That was just roughly half way though. I may have to walk much more coming down to reduce the possibility of injury. Also maybe not wear such bright clothing because the humming birds were hunting me. One actually bumped into my forehead!

The other issue is snow. There's still plenty of it. In fact, my Friday outing was stopped because I could not find the trail. I was so close to the changing point (Griffith Peak) to where the next 4 miles are not so steep. I talked with other hikers who could not find the trail either. I was glad I turned around when I did because trying to come back down in 'no trail' land, I slipped several times in the mud - my hands coming down like spikes in the snow or dirt to keep from sliding down the hill. Those trekking poles would've came in handy then had I brought them.

How fast will the snow melt? How long will it take me? There is a fair chance that I might not make it to the top of Mt. Charleston before I leave. Honestly, after I came down last Friday, my hunger for it was kinda lukewarm. But it still tasks me!