For Mother’s Day, Anna had 1 request: “build a cold frame for my plants before you leave town.” Well since I was leaving town on Monday, that didn’t leave much time to get the project designed, built, and installed. A cold frame is like a small greenhouse. It is designed to be a transition area…
Ever since we moved in, we have been working to improve our horse riding arena. We have spent some unknown number of hours using pitchforks and just our hands picking up the rocks out of the arena. Last year, we added 50 tons of sand, but that didn’t really take care of getting rid of…
Today, Alex and Vicki spent the day with Great Goats 4H Club at Cedars of Lebanon Farm. They learned about getting ready for shows and how to show a goat. They also learned about showing chickens, sheep, and dogs. It was a very educational day and we got to meet a lot of other families…
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood… While I am not known for being a particularly sentimental person, “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost has always been my favorite poem. To me, it is (and has been) a mantra to live by: make a decision and move on; don’t fret over the decisions in…
I have completed my contribution to our Ragnar relay. My final 6.3 miles were run at a 8:33/mile pace. My hip was very tight and that was my limiting factor for speed. Overall, I am extremely pleased with my running. I ran 24.3 miles at an overall average of 8:00/mile!
I finished my second run. 9.3 miles at a 8:00/mile pace, in the dark. Again I was faster than anticipated. I killed 8 on that leg and finally got passed. Apparently there are only about 17 teams left ahead of us. Of course, theoretically, the faster teams actually started behind us so we should start…
I survived my first run of 9 miles. I ended up running a little faster than planned: average 7:32/mile for 9 miles. Hopefully I won’t regret that later. I did get 11 kills (overtaking another runner). Vote for our team by texting to 53535: Farout Icky Kitty 90 Van Icky Kitty 90 Nom Icky Kitty…
A couple of months ago, some running friends asked me to join their Ragnar Relay Team. From the Ragnar website: “Ragnar is the overnight running relay race that makes testing your limits a team sport. A team is made up of 6-12 individuals; each individual runs 3 legs. The legs of the race vary in…
1 pile of dirt + 3 kids = endless fun!
Literally. I stopped at Tractor Supply this afternoon to pick up about 1000lbs of feed. As I was parking, the brakes went soft and felt odd. I backed up and drove forward again, and heard a metal noise under the truck. I hopped out to to find brake pads laying under the right rear wheel….