Game On
July 29th, 2010Yet another fun video by the cast of the Guild:
March of Dimes’ March for Babies
July 25th, 2010Thanks to my friend Emily, who took the time to organize a local team, I am participating in the March of Dimes’ March for Babies this year. The event is a 6 mile walk on September 18th to raise money for babies. Specifically, to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.
Since my husband was a preemie, and I have a lot of friends who have had to deal with sick or early babies, this is something that I feel connected to and I am excited to raise money for. Soooo, I am aiming high and hoping to raise $1,000 by the time of the walk.
This is where I am hoping for your help. Please make a donate to support baby health. You can make a donation online at my personal site or by cash or check. Every cent is a step in the right direction!
Hauling groceries on my new bike
June 27th, 2010
With my new bike, I feel more capable of carrying things around town, and I decided to test it out last Thursday. After work I brought home a box of cereal, Popsicles, a can of crushed tomatoes, and a bag of frozen french fries, on top of my normal purse and lunch bag. I don’t yet have panniers, so I had to stuff it all in my backpack. Despite nearly not being able to zip my backpack closed, I didn’t have any trouble.
I didn’t even notice the added weight. This just would not have been possible with my purple bike. The basket upfront wouldn’t have had room for all those items, and if I had somehow fit it all in the added weight would have made steering difficult. Just a another reason why, I LOVE MY NEW BIKE!
Now just to get some cute accessories!
I am putting this down as my “Carry a load on your bike — groceries, etc.” for Part II of the LGRAB Summer Games
I am also reading a fabulous book right now as part of “Read a book about cycling” for Part II of the LGRAB Summer Games. I am reading “Along for the Ride” and I love it. It is a great combination of a coming of age tale, romance, and bikes. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good readfor any reason and double recommend it for anyone into biking.
A Different Type of Garden Part 3: The finished product
June 9th, 2010We have finally finished our landscaping and herb garden in front of our house. After two long months, 39 bags of rocks, two bags of mulch, 100s of squirmy worms, and way more plants than I thought I would need to fill the space, it is finished!
LGRAB Summer Games – Social Cycling
June 6th, 2010
Matt and I both are participating in the Let’s Go Ride a Bike Summer Games and today we completed two of the items for the Social Cycling Category.
The options were:
* Go on a group ride
* Leave a nice note on a bike, or say hi to a cyclist at a red light
* Schedule a bike date with a friend or partner — dress up!
* Recruit a non-biking friend for a ride
* Ride with your family
We chose to do a Ride with your family and also ended up doing an impromptu group ride.
For the Ride with your family, Matt (my husband) and I biked to church. It is pretty common for us to do so, but it was the first time I got to bike to church on my new bike. I am still loving not having to try so hard to keep up with Matt.
Here we are in our church clothes after returning home.
Our Group Ride turned out to be impromptu. We were heading to buy some gas cards for a friend moving out of state after church, and one of our other biking friends biked with his. We were quite a bunch. I rode my recumbent, my husband rode his converted mountain bike/commuter bike, and our friend, Kurt, rode a home-built long-tail cargo bike. It was a lot of fun and made biking up the hills seem less difficult.
Matt took pictures and video while biking behind us.
I am really enjoying participating and can’t wait to take on some of the items in the next category.
New Bike Photos
May 26th, 2010As promised, here are a couple of photos of my new bike from this morning before I left for work.
Let’s Go Ride a Bike
May 26th, 2010Along with my new bike, I have also found a new biking blog to read: Let’s Go Ride a Bike. It is written by two women, Trish and Dottie, who bike commute in their respective cities, Nashville and Chicago. It is quite interesting, and I find it very inspiring. Both women bike commute in stylish, non-spandex clothing and have cute bike accessories and bags, which is the type of bike commuting I am interested in. Continue reading this post…
New Bike!
May 25th, 2010I recently got a new bicycle, and I am very excited about it. It is a Sun EZ Sport recumbent that I purchased from a friend. I borrowed the bike a few summers back, while she was pregnant and not riding much, and fell in love with it, but alas I had to return the bike to its rightful owner at the end of the summer. Continue reading this post…
Yet another iPad parody
May 2nd, 2010Here is yet another iPad parody. This time in the form of a song. It is a little long but a must view… especially for all you Michael Jackson fans out there.
A Different Type of Garden Part 2: The Plan
May 2nd, 2010As I mentioned in a previous blog post, Matt and I have decided to take on redoing the landscaping in front of our house. We are creating a space for both a flower garden and an herb garden and are taking on the flower garden first. In order to ensure we made the best use of space and selected the correct types of plants we have done a lot of research online. Through our research we learned that the “best” way to ensure you have a flower garden you are happy with is to draw out the design. So we did just that. Because I am hopeless when it comes to drawing, Matt sketched out the basic shape of our space, and I filled in blobs that were in the approximate shape of plants we want. You can see our sketch below.
