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Saturday, April 30, 2011
It's 10:20 and it's lunchtime
Been incredible and inspiring and chilly! Here comes the sun though!
Friday, April 29, 2011
We're Running Out of Time!
I thought finding Jack Bauer shouting "Dammit Chloe! We're running out of time" on YouTube would be an easy intro. It's not. That would have been awesome. Oh well. I found this t-shirt to tide you over.
We are running out of time to complete our last minute to do's. Outfits should be finalized. Hats bought or tried on to access their compatibility with sunglasses. You've seen folks with glasses too big for the brim of their hat, right? Well that can't be us! Too bad we didn't google "sunglasses and hat" earlier. Could have scored a sweet combo:
Need more socks. Cousin needs a new top. Maybe a power bar or something. Breakfast (granola bar with almond butter and a banana) should be out and ready to grab. But we've run out of time! Fliss, Dan and Saroo are all on their way up now. There's no turning back!
On the positive side, we have dinner reservations and plans to "carb-up" at an Italian restaurant with close friends and family tonight. We each have 2 pairs of socks, so we'll get through it. We have sunscreen for our bodies and our money-makers (faces) and the weather is awesome today and that trend should continue through the weekend!
Another preparation we've started is reading on topics to educate one another. Cousin started reading "The Tipping Point" and I have been on wikipedia. Some topics that I have brushed up on: Deaths at Disney World (fascinating), ghosts in movies (scary), upcoming movies (Red Dawn remake - where is it?) and the whole Prince of Wales thing. We should be pulling out these knowledge nuggets around mile 10 or so I hope.
The BIGGEST preparation we've completed is our fundraising! We've raised $5375 in pretty much 4 months! And SOME people (T) have yet to donate. So as far as preparations go, I think we're in pretty good shape.
Thanks as always to all our supporters. We will recount your names and walk proudly knowing you are behind us all the way.
Look for blog updates along the route! Probably very short ones, but we'll try to keep you up to date. Send up good thoughts tomorrow and Sunday!
*****THIS JUST IN*****
My fortune cookie at lunch said "The weather is wonderful." No joke.
We are running out of time to complete our last minute to do's. Outfits should be finalized. Hats bought or tried on to access their compatibility with sunglasses. You've seen folks with glasses too big for the brim of their hat, right? Well that can't be us! Too bad we didn't google "sunglasses and hat" earlier. Could have scored a sweet combo:
Need more socks. Cousin needs a new top. Maybe a power bar or something. Breakfast (granola bar with almond butter and a banana) should be out and ready to grab. But we've run out of time! Fliss, Dan and Saroo are all on their way up now. There's no turning back!
On the positive side, we have dinner reservations and plans to "carb-up" at an Italian restaurant with close friends and family tonight. We each have 2 pairs of socks, so we'll get through it. We have sunscreen for our bodies and our money-makers (faces) and the weather is awesome today and that trend should continue through the weekend!
Another preparation we've started is reading on topics to educate one another. Cousin started reading "The Tipping Point" and I have been on wikipedia. Some topics that I have brushed up on: Deaths at Disney World (fascinating), ghosts in movies (scary), upcoming movies (Red Dawn remake - where is it?) and the whole Prince of Wales thing. We should be pulling out these knowledge nuggets around mile 10 or so I hope.
The BIGGEST preparation we've completed is our fundraising! We've raised $5375 in pretty much 4 months! And SOME people (T) have yet to donate. So as far as preparations go, I think we're in pretty good shape.
Thanks as always to all our supporters. We will recount your names and walk proudly knowing you are behind us all the way.
Look for blog updates along the route! Probably very short ones, but we'll try to keep you up to date. Send up good thoughts tomorrow and Sunday!
*****THIS JUST IN*****
My fortune cookie at lunch said "The weather is wonderful." No joke.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Another Day another Weather Report
Very similar to yesterday's! Let's keep our fingers crossed. "Abundant sunshine" sounds good to me!
Dinner reservations are set for the weekend. Dan and Fliss and Sarah are coming up to cheer us on. Extra socks are being bought. Final attire details are being hammered out. Can't wait to show the final decisions! Will you be up at 6:30 Saturday morning to see the blog post?!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Preparations are Underway!
I bring you the weather forecast for the weekend: Simply gorgeous!
The Debbie Downer hidden inside me says "The weathermen are always wrong." I hope they aren't, but I have my reservations. We'll keep you posted as the week progresses.
To make sure our 39 miles aren't 39 miles of silence, Cousin and I are keeping this week conversations to vague niceties: "The weather is nice." "My weekend was good." "I went shopping." This way, we'll have lots to fill each other in on!
We have a walk planned tonight, so look out for new postings!
To make sure our 39 miles aren't 39 miles of silence, Cousin and I are keeping this week conversations to vague niceties: "The weather is nice." "My weekend was good." "I went shopping." This way, we'll have lots to fill each other in on!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Our Attempts at "Social Sports"
Picture it. Washington, January 2010. A group of friends joined a Skee-Ball league (team name "Riskee Business" - clever eh?) at a local watering hole to help fight the wintertime blues. Long story short, we rocked the league, won high score prizes and acclaim left and right, but the season took a tragic end at the Championship game that is still way too painful to discuss. Verdict: No more skee ball league.
Fast forward to April 19, 2011. You can see a few pictures from our latest walk together. (I, Beth had to leave town Wednesday for the Promised Land - Moultrie - so had no time to walk. Cousin walked 8 miles Saturday! Waiting on her to blog her experiences. Just blog it out, Cuz.) What was probably the best part of the walk is our t-shirts. Cousin is wearing her Skee-Ball Fanatic t-shirt and I am wearing my DC Skee League shirt. So we are showing our awesomeness all around the city. Not lame at all.
Picture it, Spring 2010. A "friend" whom we refer to as "Terr*rist" invites the whole gang to a kick ball league, promising patriotism (the games are on the lawn of the Washington Monument), great weather (Spring in DC is usually glorious), beer (games are followed by flip cup matches at a nearby watering hole against your kick ball opponent) and the spoils of victory (not sure what our final record was but I think it was about as good as Ole Miss's football team on any given year). I only went a few times - I got caught in the rain, the crowd was too rowdy at flip cup, I am terrible at not only infield but outfield for kickball. Not my cup of tea. Cousin attended many, many more games, with just as little luck for the extracurricular portion, but much more luck with the socializing and cup flipping. Verdict: Politely decline Terr*rist's invitaiton to the Spring 2011 league.
Again, we fast forward to April 19, 2011. We had just begun our walk and found a delightful park in South East about 8 blocks from home. It was an oasis in a city of concrete and bustle. Then we noticed the matching t's. There were clumps of red, blue, pink and green all around. "We've seen this before!" we thought, remembering the lackluster season of kickball from yesteryear. But something was different. Instead of the loud, sweaty, ratty Umbro short-wearing scrubs we were accustomed to seeing at kickball, these people were speaking in normal tones, wearing khaki pants with their t's, sipping from red solo cups, enjoying the weather and civilized camaraderie. What is this place?! As we neared the crowd, we saw it was a DC Bocce League. Could this be our next attempt at social sports? Who knows! We have missed the Spring Sign up, but I think Summer is very possible. I'll secure the domain "BTbocceindc.blogspot.com' just in case.
The rest of the walk was a little of this, a little of that. We saw Henry, the proprietor of one of our favorite Mexican Restaurants and his sons Eddie, Little Henry and Secret. They were going to play at the playground. We caught up with Eddie and asked how school was. He's our favorite 9 year old by far. Henry and Secret were already at the playground, so we let Eddie run along, but promised to see him soon. We had more miles to walk, and the day was drawing to a close. Much like this long, self-indulgent blog post.
Fast forward to April 19, 2011. You can see a few pictures from our latest walk together. (I, Beth had to leave town Wednesday for the Promised Land - Moultrie - so had no time to walk. Cousin walked 8 miles Saturday! Waiting on her to blog her experiences. Just blog it out, Cuz.) What was probably the best part of the walk is our t-shirts. Cousin is wearing her Skee-Ball Fanatic t-shirt and I am wearing my DC Skee League shirt. So we are showing our awesomeness all around the city. Not lame at all.
Picture it, Spring 2010. A "friend" whom we refer to as "Terr*rist" invites the whole gang to a kick ball league, promising patriotism (the games are on the lawn of the Washington Monument), great weather (Spring in DC is usually glorious), beer (games are followed by flip cup matches at a nearby watering hole against your kick ball opponent) and the spoils of victory (not sure what our final record was but I think it was about as good as Ole Miss's football team on any given year). I only went a few times - I got caught in the rain, the crowd was too rowdy at flip cup, I am terrible at not only infield but outfield for kickball. Not my cup of tea. Cousin attended many, many more games, with just as little luck for the extracurricular portion, but much more luck with the socializing and cup flipping. Verdict: Politely decline Terr*rist's invitaiton to the Spring 2011 league.
Again, we fast forward to April 19, 2011. We had just begun our walk and found a delightful park in South East about 8 blocks from home. It was an oasis in a city of concrete and bustle. Then we noticed the matching t's. There were clumps of red, blue, pink and green all around. "We've seen this before!" we thought, remembering the lackluster season of kickball from yesteryear. But something was different. Instead of the loud, sweaty, ratty Umbro short-wearing scrubs we were accustomed to seeing at kickball, these people were speaking in normal tones, wearing khaki pants with their t's, sipping from red solo cups, enjoying the weather and civilized camaraderie. What is this place?! As we neared the crowd, we saw it was a DC Bocce League. Could this be our next attempt at social sports? Who knows! We have missed the Spring Sign up, but I think Summer is very possible. I'll secure the domain "BTbocceindc.blogspot.com' just in case.
The rest of the walk was a little of this, a little of that. We saw Henry, the proprietor of one of our favorite Mexican Restaurants and his sons Eddie, Little Henry and Secret. They were going to play at the playground. We caught up with Eddie and asked how school was. He's our favorite 9 year old by far. Henry and Secret were already at the playground, so we let Eddie run along, but promised to see him soon. We had more miles to walk, and the day was drawing to a close. Much like this long, self-indulgent blog post.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Our "Government Shutdown Tour of DC"
According to the Avon training schedule, we should walk 20 miles on Saturday. If you will recall, our personal best walk was 6 miles, so we knew it was business time. We had great weather (Finally! Mother Nature is being a you know what to us in DC now. High today is 49 and rain. Seriously?!) We uploaded pictures as we walked, but I wanted to add a little commentary, even though a lot is self explanatory.
We started with no plans, just "walk until it's dark." By the time we got home from work, changed clothes, filled up our water bottles, adjusted our cool fanny pack water bottle holders, it was almost 7. Speaking of fanny packs, does anyone know how to properly wear them? On our back seems right, but they seemed too high or too bulky. I asked Cousin "Does this look bad." Her response, "It's a fanny pack!" Point taken. So we headed out amongst the tourists and their uncool fanny packs, ready to conquer the streets and monuments of DC.
We visited a total of 7 monuments - one for each mile we completed! The Washington, Jefferson, FDR, Lincoln, Korean, Vietnam and WWII. We didn't take a picture at FDR, but we went there. Promise! And we saw the cherry blossoms! After 6 years, they get a big check mark in my book. Those pictures are in previous entries.
We had a lot of time to catch up, a couple of highlights:
On the way back, we had a hunger, and the only thing that could cure it was Chick-fil-a. 2 miles later, we loaded up the car with Amanda and Caroline and went to VIRGINIA for a great reward. Cousin - 6 packs and banana pudding shake. Me - original sandwich and yogurt parfait. Yum. Forgot to document that part. We were in food euphoria.
Further down the road, while waiting on a traffic light, Cousin did some stretches. A Tahoe that looked to be a part of a fleet from a car service honked, slowed down a bit and stared. I laughed, Cousin blew it off with a "What is this? Panama City?!"
We finished 7.23 miles in 2 hours 8 minutes. Lance Armstrong was our celebrity congratulator today. He's proud of us. I can't wait to see who congratulates us after 26 miles. Don't worry, there will be blogging. All in all, we decided we weren't fatigued and endurance wasn't a problem, we think the biggest obstacle will be our joints, ankles and toes holding up to the walk. But knowing we have the support of our faithful readers/stalkers will help keep us going! Shameless plug: It's not too late to donate! Cousin needs just a bit to make her goal - there's not time like the present - seize the day - yadda yadda. Nonetheless, we are in it to end it!
We started with no plans, just "walk until it's dark." By the time we got home from work, changed clothes, filled up our water bottles, adjusted our cool fanny pack water bottle holders, it was almost 7. Speaking of fanny packs, does anyone know how to properly wear them? On our back seems right, but they seemed too high or too bulky. I asked Cousin "Does this look bad." Her response, "It's a fanny pack!" Point taken. So we headed out amongst the tourists and their uncool fanny packs, ready to conquer the streets and monuments of DC.
We visited a total of 7 monuments - one for each mile we completed! The Washington, Jefferson, FDR, Lincoln, Korean, Vietnam and WWII. We didn't take a picture at FDR, but we went there. Promise! And we saw the cherry blossoms! After 6 years, they get a big check mark in my book. Those pictures are in previous entries.
We had a lot of time to catch up, a couple of highlights:
On the way back, we had a hunger, and the only thing that could cure it was Chick-fil-a. 2 miles later, we loaded up the car with Amanda and Caroline and went to VIRGINIA for a great reward. Cousin - 6 packs and banana pudding shake. Me - original sandwich and yogurt parfait. Yum. Forgot to document that part. We were in food euphoria.
Further down the road, while waiting on a traffic light, Cousin did some stretches. A Tahoe that looked to be a part of a fleet from a car service honked, slowed down a bit and stared. I laughed, Cousin blew it off with a "What is this? Panama City?!"
We finished 7.23 miles in 2 hours 8 minutes. Lance Armstrong was our celebrity congratulator today. He's proud of us. I can't wait to see who congratulates us after 26 miles. Don't worry, there will be blogging. All in all, we decided we weren't fatigued and endurance wasn't a problem, we think the biggest obstacle will be our joints, ankles and toes holding up to the walk. But knowing we have the support of our faithful readers/stalkers will help keep us going! Shameless plug: It's not too late to donate! Cousin needs just a bit to make her goal - there's not time like the present - seize the day - yadda yadda. Nonetheless, we are in it to end it!
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