GHOULIES moving towards the islands. (Page 14)

Morning Ghouls.

I am off to the bike fitting. I am not looking forward to the process, but I know the result will be worth it.

It can't be worse than being filmed from underwater while I swam.

Have great days.

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.

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.

Good Morning Ghoulies! 

I am back to a more "normal" routine now.  Company is gone, vacation is over.  Back to work and hopefully back to working out!

Girl Passing on Left - 2012-08-13 1:25 PM

ironannekidd - 2012-08-11 1:16 PM

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.

durn girl will you come shop with me the next time I buy a car!?? good bargaining skills! you go girl!!! and so where do you climb? and do you do it much??? I thought I would love to do that...but just recently I realized I have a fear of heights!?! I love to fly down a hill on a bike but put me on the side of mtn with a drop and I get all panicky!?! is this a sign of getting old...or did I just not notice it from before!????

So far I have only climbed in NC. My husband is going to hook me up with the guy who works at the college who takes the students on trips. I also just found out one of the guys at work teaches climbing on the wall at the Y, and he goes out climbing with friends. He would like to learn to kayak, he was asking me about the class I help with, so we are going to swap services.

Morning Ghouls.

I am off to the bike fitting. I am not looking forward to the process, but I know the result will be worth it.

It can't be worse than being filmed from underwater while I swam.

Have great days.

That's just wrong!

Our Saturday this weekend was a bit tramatic.  Our son came back home from a quick trip.  Pulled into the driveway, parked his car.  Got out and then went to get stuff out of his trunk.  He sees the four dogs next door head his way and before he knows it he got bit on the thigh.  The dog broke skin right through his pants. The neighbor did come over to apologize as we were trying to get our son off to Urgent Care.  He had to call into work to let them know he was not coming in.  I read the neighbor the riot act.  I like dogs and love animals in general, but you don't let four big dogs run around loose.  Our neighborhood has lots of little kids running around all the time, and all I could think of was my 3 & 4 year old grandkids playing outside just a week ago.  I did call animal control to report the bite.  The dog is supposed to be in quarintine at a vet's right now for the next 10 days.  Meanwhile, my son is taking antibiotics and keeping the bite clean.

Did not make for a good Saturday.