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Hi everyone - so what do our 'Merican manatees have planned for the holiday week? Anything exciting??

I am not doing great on consistency. I totally bailed on getting my third run in ... i need to shake it up a bit or just recruit my running buddy so i get out. I won't get to swim tonight because my DH is going to the Leafs' game with work so maybe i'll hit up our cold garage for some treadmail time. Any tips on making working out in the cold garage easier to start? I have no problem running outside in the cold but in the garage and seeing the temperature gauge at like 4C. Brrrr 

We did have a super fun time at the kids' christmas party hosted by DH's company and Felicity LOVED it! And we bought new appliances for our future kitchen as part of the reno. I'd really love to have them now but alas they wouldn't fit or work. So they'll stay on order with the company until next year.

Last year was the first for a local Turkey Trot (see my avi pic). This year will not be nearly as cold  TW and DD2 are doing it as well, then it is off to FIL's house on the other coast for dinner. This is the first time in about 15 years that we aren't doing dinner at our house. We'll return back to the Best Coast that evening, since I need to work on Friday.  It is one of my favorite work days, because NO ONE is in the office that day and I can get a bunch of cool stuff done.

I'm with Ann-Marie on the cold garage issue, sorry.

Short version:  turkey trot, eat food, eat more food (maybe swim first).

My aunt and uncle are flying in from France.  They are staying with my parents (Aunt Pat is my mom's sister).  Kevin and I are going to my parents place across town for Thanksgiving afternoon.  In the new and different category, my somewhat estranged (or maybe just strange?) brother will be attending.  My mom's good friend is having gall bladder surgery tomorrow.  It's supposed to be arthroscopic and I think even outpatient but her surgeon said something like, "if the stones are in a place that we can't get to them, we'll cut you open and get them while you are under."  Anyway, Marva and her husband may or may not drop by.  My mom had planned for six (my and dad, aunt and uncle, me and Kevin) and now it has grown to 7-9 and she's getting freaked out.

My aunt and uncle have lived in France since 1980s.  They originally moved to Paris when the NY Times transferred my uncle to the International Herald Tribune.  Since my aunt was a food writer for the Times, it was not a tough decision for them!  They have a place in Paris and also a place in Provence.  They were in Paris the week of the recent terrorism but had planned to go to Provence that Saturday morning (the morning after the attacks).  I was glad that they stuck with their plans and left Paris.  My aunt gets into Raleigh today.  My uncle is actually in Lebanon, PA until Wednesday. 

On Friday, my aunt is doing a presentation at a local food specialty store. My mom and I are going to that.  My dad, uncle and Kevin are going to do a guys lunch thing.  I have no idea what my brother Dan plans to do.

Before all that, I am running in a turkey trot.

Wait. So your aunt is Patricia Wells?? With all the cookbooks, who contributes to Runners World magazine for recipes and such? Who's like an authority on French cooking?? oh, okay, just a little starstruck - i was looking at one of her cookbooks in the library the other day. 

That is pretty darn cool

It is a lot going on - sorry to get on your aunt - i hope your mom can manage or you can enjoy enough wine to enjoy it  

I forgot about your Floridians and warm-weather all year people.  

That will be fun to have much of the family do the turkey trot!

I forgot your Aunt was over there. I'm glad she is OK.

My gall bladder op was a non-event. Arthroscopic and very little pain. I hope mom's friend has the same experience. I also hope mom drafts her sister to help with the cooking 

I forgot about your Floridians and warm-weather all year people.  

That will be fun to have much of the family do the turkey trot!

At least we know where to go if we need to thaw out this winter.  (Hands and Chris, you're ready for us, right?)

Short version:  turkey trot, eat food, eat more food (maybe swim first).

My aunt and uncle are flying in from France.  They are staying with my parents (Aunt Pat is my mom's sister).  Kevin and I are going to my parents place across town for Thanksgiving afternoon.  In the new and different category, my somewhat estranged (or maybe just strange?) brother will be attending.  My mom's good friend is having gall bladder surgery tomorrow.  It's supposed to be arthroscopic and I think even outpatient but her surgeon said something like, "if the stones are in a place that we can't get to them, we'll cut you open and get them while you are under."  Anyway, Marva and her husband may or may not drop by.  My mom had planned for six (my and dad, aunt and uncle, me and Kevin) and now it has grown to 7-9 and she's getting freaked out.

My aunt and uncle have lived in France since 1980s.  They originally moved to Paris when the NY Times transferred my uncle to the International Herald Tribune.  Since my aunt was a food writer for the Times, it was not a tough decision for them!  They have a place in Paris and also a place in Provence.  They were in Paris the week of the recent terrorism but had planned to go to Provence that Saturday morning (the morning after the attacks).  I was glad that they stuck with their plans and left Paris.  My aunt gets into Raleigh today.  My uncle is actually in Lebanon, PA until Wednesday. 

On Friday, my aunt is doing a presentation at a local food specialty store. My mom and I are going to that.  My dad, uncle and Kevin are going to do a guys lunch thing.  I have no idea what my brother Dan plans to do.

Before all that, I am running in a turkey trot.

Can't wait for Thanksgiving.  It is my favorite meal of the year.  I have so much to be thankful for and it is a special time to be with family.  There is a local 5k turkey trot that I'll get up and do.  I have not done any speed work in weeks with my focus having been on marathon build.  I know I am stronger but also slower.  Given I have not run anything close to 5k pace other than some strides I'll just take it as a tempo training run.  Last thing I want to do is strain something.  It'll be clear and cold.  Now I just need to get through the next couple days of work.  Very busy.

Sure.

Hands will be happy to have you!!!!

So will Stacey!

hahaha, sure come thaw out in Orlando - although I hear Chris's coast is the best place to be  

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This all dropped overnight.

So pretty! And heavy. Who's coming over to shovel?

Snowblower. Though there was the incident with the newspaper. 

Ouch, soggy newspaper chunks getting sprayed about?

It actually held together quite well. Took some doing to get it out. On the plus side, my parents were able to see the power of Google in action. If you have a problem chances are so has someone else. And these days that means that means putting it online.

hahaha! I had to test out the power of Google. "Newspaper stuck in..." snowblower was the first hit! Craftsman snowblower was the second. Was yours a Craftsman?

who still gets the newspaper? :p

Burn!  

More like freezer burn - ha!

Only since my FIL isn't here. 

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This all dropped overnight.

So pretty! And heavy. Who's coming over to shovel?

Snowblower. Though there was the incident with the newspaper. 

Ouch, soggy newspaper chunks getting sprayed about?

It actually held together quite well. Took some doing to get it out. On the plus side, my parents were able to see the power of Google in action. If you have a problem chances are so has someone else. And these days that means that means putting it online.

hahaha! I had to test out the power of Google. "Newspaper stuck in..." snowblower was the first hit! Craftsman snowblower was the second. Was yours a Craftsman?

Well, my FIL is there (in Englewood)!

We have a super low key Thanksgiving planned. It'll be just the three of us so I'll still cook but nothing big planned. I'm thinking I'll make cinnamon rolls or something for DH to take to work for the poor folks at the airport who have to deal with Thanksgiving travelers.

As for the garage... can you set up a computer or television to watch? Orrrr I've seen several suggestions lately on running sites about fun dm workouts.

Since I haven't run in two weeks I had the time and energy to clean house this weekend!

The Regional Championship was great!! I finished about MOP which among the stiff competition and my complete lack of any speed training is MUCH better than expected!

XC is now over and I feel like I have laid an excellent foundation to build into get this....marathon training! I have decided to run one in spring for sure! Yay!

oxymoronic

Ben, holy buckets, that's a lot of snow.  Sorry to hear about the paper!

Stacey, the wildfires there always amaze me.  The ones here tend to be mostly in the mountains and don't usually result in deaths.  How sad that the one in your area killed 4.

Erin, sounds like things are busy but fun.  Better than busy and onerous by a long shot.  Poor Mak, though.  Have you taught her how to fix a flat yet?

Jen, the only thing I can think of to make a cold garage more palatable is to put a heater out there for a little while before you start.  That way it's not so dreadful to think about starting.  You can turn off the heater before you start since you'll warm up pretty quickly unless turning it off causes the garage to cool down too much.

My parents are coming to our house for T-day.  Dad hasn't been here in years because of his issues with DH.  Now that he's accepted him, he's welcome to come back.  Last year was the first time DH had been welcomed at their house in the 16 years we'd been together so this is a big step.  Dad is bringing his usual pumpkin pie and another pumpkin pie that's a bit of an experiment.  It'll have lemon and orange zest and meringue on top.  Since his other signature pie is lemon meringue, it'll be fun to have a combo.  DH will have to keep one of the dogs on a waist leash because he gets a little freaked out by strangers and tends to jump and snap.  He'll settle down but there's no point in taking chances.  We've done that before and it works pretty well.

Our weather will be in the 60's today and tomorrow, then turning cold for the rest of the week. My recovery week is perfectly timed! Today's my "rest" day so I'll take advantage of the nice weather to rake up the leaf drifts in the back yard.  If the doctor ok's it, I'm going to try going back to work for a little while on Wednesday.  Not sure how that'll go but it'll be good to see how I manage.

The tri team I've joined is super active on FB and I've already gotten a bunch of friend requests from folks.  It almost feels like a CO branch of the Manatees, at least so far.  Note "almost" - you all are awesome and there's no way any other group could compare!!

Kevin said that he likes Thanksgiving more than Christmas.  He said that for him, Thanksgiving is all about family without other pressures.