The Ghoulie's: We Are Doing What We Are Loving December Challenge (Page 49)

skrtrnr - 2009-12-23 11:51 AM

right back at you, BIG GUY!

as for JANUARY, i dont give a flip what we do, lets stay together.

i say it should be pie eating

or how many bowls of icecream we can consume in one month.

a challenge like that. 

j/k...im sure we can come with a tri suitable challenge.

how bout the rest of you?

another month hanging in the VILLAGE OF GHOUL with all your uber fine brother and sister GHOULIES??

stacieb

skrtrnr - 2009-12-24 8:53 AM I WISH YOU
A HOPEFUL CHRISTMAS

I WISH YOU
A BRAVE NEW YEAR.


GHOULIES.  you by far are one my best/favorite Christmas gifts this year. (ya.  even better than the wetsuit) 

i appreciate our friendship and commaraderie on the thread.

you have spurred me on to go further then i ever dreamed i could....

and you've been there to support and encourage me in ways that are truely SPECTACULAR.

i am so very fortunate.

melon presses and sloppy kisses.
stacieb

givemashot - 2009-12-24 4:57 PMI am game for another month with the village. Hope all your travels are safe.Hope the yuckies stay away. Far away. Naps are a great weapon against them. Just don't wash the new phone...The wii remote wars have begun. enjoy it.Good luck at the cookie decorating contest. Gouhlies always win (even when we don't, LOL)!And most importantly...MWAH!!! Merry Christmas Eve!!!!(Ann...I'll wrap presents with you...if you're still wrapping around 10 pm mountain time...)

aspeelma - 2009-12-24 5:36 PM Thank you if I wouldn't have cheated I would still be wrapping them then. I called my brother this afternoon and he came over and did it. I got them boxed or whatever they needed and he wrapped them. He is better at it than I am, and much faster. Now it's just wait for the kids to fall asleep then put the gifts under the tree.

iowagander - 2009-12-26 10:00 AM Good morning Ghoulies! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. We had a very nice, quiet day here which is about all I could have asked for

The only thing missing was a decent sized tree since we missed all the good fake ones at last year's clearance sales and our cats are allergic to real ones. So, I fixed that this morning by getting up and out of the house by 6:00 to pick up a nice tree at Home Depot. I really like it, but it's just too bad it'll have to sit in it's box for the next 11 months. Oh well, at least I got it!

A nice little added bonus was the sunrise today - absolutely stunning altocumulus glowing pink and orange over the "mountains" to the east with purple stratocumulus scudding along several thousand feet below. (sorry for the technical terms - I used to be a weather-man by trade) another great thing was the contrast between the clouds and sky made it the sky look like the color of the Caribbean. I only wish that I had taken my camera with me.

I think the rest of the day will be pretty quiet here. I have a 5 miler today, which I hope goes better than my 5 miler from Thursday(need to work off the cookies and egg nog). I also need to do some battery shopping, but I'm in no big rush there. Have a nice weekend out there everyone...

skrtrnr - 2009-12-26 8:51 AM MAN.  DO I HAVE A CHRISTMAS HANGOVER.

AND I DIDNT EVEN DRINK.


hope yours was FRIGGING FANTABULOUS GHOULIES!!!!



everyone got what they were wishing for.

no returns for us.  which is GOOD thing.  id rather spend ALL eternity in HELL than spend time in a gift exchange line.

the kids have money to burn.  god bless aunts and uncles who dont know what the FRIG to buy my kids.

im hoping they'll pull their money together and get another Wii game or two.


as for me.  i slept through my alarm (intentionally) and didnt make it to two hour spin.  or the 1 hour after that or the 1 hour after that.

see told ya 2010 is my year to be NAUGHTY.    gettin off to a good start.

LOL.

im seriously 'wrecked', just so tired and sore (not sure WHAT i did in my workouts this week....)

so im gonna take it (somewhat) easy today.

go for a swim.  do some 'light' strength training....


and oh yeah...

i was thinking forward, to the new year....and beyond.


look what's on my radar FOR MARCH 2012. 

www.ironmanchina.com


im thinking and a hoping and a scheming and a planning.

70.3 on the SOUTH CHINA SEA.  has a very nice ring to it.  i can see it on a t-shirt now.

I MUST BE OUTTA MY FRIGGING MIND.  (course all you Ghoulies know that. wink)




HAPPY DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS GHOULIES.

and heres to dreaming BIG in 2010!!!
stacieb

aspeelma - 2009-12-26 12:22 PM

Are you serious??!!??!!

If I get big new job I'm still waiting to hear about maybe I'll do it with you. I've never been to China. I may do the full though, I may be able to Kona qualify in China. 

skrtrnr - 2009-12-26 1:53 PM

im completely serious ANN.  and when i set an intention, its set.

two things emerging here (well three, but im not free to share the third, just yet....)

ONE.  i believe that doin' an 1/2 IM will be as much a spiritual journey as anything else.  a VISIONQUEST if you will.  minus the hallucinogenics and sweat lodge. 

TWO.  i've always believed that i would go to China at some point in my journey, again for spiritual reasons.

VOILA.

THE TWO HAVE EMERGED in a way that im not sure i can/anyone can deny.

[i didnt even know theres was IM China until it popped up on my FB, right after, and i kid you know, right after my morning meditation....think someone/something is trying to get my attention.  call me whack.  but the signs are never lost on me]


the other thing in the mix.  i have a friend who lives on the mainland, and he has on more than one occassion invited me to come to visit.  he actually built a home that he uses to host visitors.  you should see the place.  uber zen!  it even made it into China's version of architectural digest.  schweet digs.

though i KNOW i WONT be able to stay there during the IM itself, im trying to get the lay of the land/geography down, and i sent a FB msg to my friend today, hopefully the govnt hasnt shut it down, im not sure if its even feasible since he's MUCH MORE inland than where the IM is being held.

but if theres any chance...i would LOVE to spend a few days in his neck of the woods...either before (probably before) or after....

were talking 2012.  so lots of time to prepare, plan and FREEEEAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKK OUT!

SOME EPIC ADVENTURE its gonna be, nodoubtaboutit.
stacieb

givemashot - 2009-12-27 12:09 AM Oh Stacie, you crack me up. In so many very good ways. The t-shirt will be fab.But remember, this thread is worthless without pictures. Just sayin'.

givemashot - 2009-12-27 12:26 AM Guess what I got for Christmas???? A garmin. Yay!! I got the forerunner 405. I had asked for the 305 after hearing some negative reviews of the 405. Any thoughts from the village? Should I keep the 405 or return it and get the 305 (not the 310)?

wgraves7582 - 2009-12-27 8:22 AM Oh I forgot to mention that my leg is acting up again so I off of running and have a sports doctor appointment when I get back from vacation.

I am good running 1-1.5 miles anything over that the leg acts up.

Maybe I should become a 1 mile specialist

deehtz - 2009-12-27 10:36 AM

Sorry to hear about the leg.  Hopefully the doc can get you set up with a program.  
Meanwhile have FUN in Florida!