GHOULIES moving towards the islands. (Page 13)

Thanks for the info...I will look up the various types and see what interests me

at my first spin class I did not want attention so I didnt raise my hand when he asked if anyone was new....my bad! I almost spun off the bike when I tried to coast  LOL!!!! my daughter was next to me and about spewed water she was drinking all over the BIG BURLY guy in front of her! haha so I will not be so shy at future classes!  

Good morning Ghoulies!

Yes. Yes it is 4:59 in the morning. I have a lot to do at work today, so I wanted to get an early start. If I'm not back for awhile

HAVE A SLAM DUNK DAY!!!

Ok, I have a few minutes here.

I worked 10 hours last night, stopped and grabbed take-out on the way home for dinner. Got home, had 20 minutes to eat and change before I had to leave for my kayak class. Caleb was coming along to help with the class, and Donnie and Keri were going to go swimming. We saw it getting dark before we left the house, and there was a storm warning to the west of us, south of the lake. Got to the lake and a park ranger pulled up and said the class was going to be cancelled. He said a new storm just popped up, and there were tornado warnings with it.

A lady from the park office was there, she's always behind the desk during the saturday classes, and was looking forward to the evening class. She wanted to go out, we were there early, so she and Caleb went for a short kayak trip. She told me he talked the whole time.

I stood there with the ranger, and an intern and we talked for awhile, then as people came up for the class we had to let them know it was cancelled. We did end up staying for awhile talking about kayaks and kayaking with several people. The lady from the office told me they have maps of some moving water we might want to check out. She will be working tomorrow, and after Caleb and I get the new kayaks we will go see her for launch permits, and she's going to show us the maps.

Sending the juju!

Thanks Robin.

Did you get off your azz today and move, or did you sit on the couch and eat a bag of chips? The important thing is you were moving, it doesn't matter how far or how fast!

Here is the link to google maps.  South of Dallas, north of Austin.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Fort+Hood,+TX&hl=en&ll=31.128199,-97.77832&spn=6.843841,9.272461&sll=32.678125,-83.178297&sspn=6.729943,9.272461&oq=fort+hoo&hnear=Fort+Hood,+Bell,+Texas&t=m&z=7

Good morning Ghoulies. 

Ann - glad that Caleb has turned out to be such a great kayak enthuisast and is willing to help others.

Everyone - thanks for the good ju ju for my son.  we shall see what he decided before the weekend is out.

ironannekidd - 2012-08-10 8:33 AM I have been at work for 4.5 hours and NOTHING has gone right so far. I have to be out of here by 2:00 for a doctor appt, but I may end up coming back this evening.

Bummer.  Sending good juju your way so that everything gets straightened out and you won't have to come back.

Anyone have good plans for the weekend?

I am going to a play tonight.  Then the farmers market in the morning.  Have to make two batches of enchiladas, one of butternut squash, the other chicken.  I am treating my staff on Tuesday with Enchiladas, chips, salad and brownies for having worked so hard this summer. 

Caleb and I are going to buy 2 more kayaks tomorrow. I'll be at an outdoors store with all kinds of toys, I may come home with more than just kayaks.

If Keri doesn't have softball practice tonight she'll have it tomorrow sometime. Their coach works in the morning so he doesn't know what time yet. If it's too late in the day she won't be there. My husband's class reunion is tomorrow evening. It's at the park in town, the entire family is invited, the meat is provided and those attending are just asked to bring something to share. We will be in there tomorrow evening.

Sunday I'm hoping to kayak... and run... and probably pick stuff up and put it down.

mndymond - 2012-08-10 11:47 AM Morning. Have to go for an 8miler soon. Supposed to be a rest day but the weekend will be a bit chaotic with me traveling home and trying to get sorted out for leaving for wainwright on Mon afternoon. I don't want vacation to end

No one ever wants vacation to end.  Why am I not independently wealthy?

afternoon (even though it is still morning here) Ghoulies

happy friday ~

Ann sorry about the fires at work you are having to put out...hoping you do NOT have to go back to work. Have fun in you new kayaks ~ we are hoping to see LOTS of pictures of the boats and the scenery you and your family explore! have fun at the reunion. Do you know any of the peeps? did you go to the same school? 

Kendra ~ I thought it is near our cabin ~ but it is a few hours away ~ was going to great place to stay!! and yes, why are we not independently wealthy! I would love to just travel about and not worry about finances! haha

Robin...hows the okra pickling?

this is a crazy weekend for me. I will be working the San Jose Jazz Festival beginning this afternoon and not ending til SUnday! supposed to be REALLY hot here too! thank goodness I am not in charge of a stage this year...but instead will be heading up the volunteers so I think I get an airconditioned area...and I have been told it is wifi equipped so I may be using my laptop or ipad when things are quiet. I LOVE MY JOB!  

have a great weekend GHOULIES!

Yes, there will be 4 kayaks in my garage in less than 18 hours.

Jules - No, I didn't go to the same school, I may know a few people though just from knowing my husband. If not I'll have the kids to play with. There is a playground there, and a creek, and the softball field is right there we will take the softball stuff.

Good afternoon Ghoulies!

Jules - it's just a small shallow creek. Good for playing in just for fun, not good at all for floating down.

A week and a half ago I called the store I bought our first 2 kayaks at and asked if they could get a Mist 9.5 and a Marvel 10. The guy told me he had a Marvel 10 there, and he'd track down a Mist for me and get it shipped to the store. I told him I'd be down today to pick them up. 

Caleb rode along with me, it was a 1:20 of driving. The store wasn't open yet when we got there so we walked over to a Starbucks to get a bottle of water, we were both thirsty. It was connected to a B&N which was open, so we browsed a few minutes and Caleb picked out 2 books that we bought.

We went over then to the Outfitters to get the kayaks. We walked around for a few minutes looking at everything then I asked the cashier about the kayaks, they were supposed to be put aside for me, they weren't. She got a guy to come help us and he told me he had good news and bad news. Good news - he had both kayaks. Bad news - the Marvel didn't have a seat with it. The seat is removable, and somewhere it got lost. He told me he'd take $50 off the price if I still wanted it. I told him I couldn't replace the seat for $50. There was a Perception Prodigy 10.0 there, and it was less than the Marvel. He told me if I went with the Prodigy he'd knock a few dollars off for my trouble. I told him if he knocked $50 off I'd buy a pair of rock climbing shoes, too. He took the $50 off. I picked up a few small things, along with the climbing shoes, I also got a chalk bag and some chalk. I still walked out of there with all of that spending less than what I had originally planned. The Prodigy is comfortable to sit in in the yard. I'm going to take it out and put it in some water tomorrow.

Great shopping! Guess that rock climbing clinic gave you the bug! Have fun today on the water.

Safe travels back to reality. Hope the re-entry from vacation time is easy on you. Nice work on the swim. Your Preceptor sounds cool for letting you do the Oly! (Can you do one for me while you are at it?)

I finally got my long SLOW run in. I need to get some miles going here if I am going to finish the MCM.  This weekends canning event was tomatoes. 14 quarts done. (The pickled okra is done, Jules. I am hoping it is as good as it looks. FWIW, unless you are in the dry part of the valley you are in, Okra won't do well. It likes it hot, hot, hot).

Off to shower, laundry and get ready for the music up at Chimney Rock Park this evening. I am excited, tomorrow is my bike fitting.

Have fun Ghoulies.