I have a motorcycle. It’s not anything huge or spectacular; it is, in fact, a 1992 600cc Honda Shadow. It’s a great starter bike. I would love to move past the starter bike stage, but that involves money that I have earmarked for other things (food, mortgage, you know – frivolous stuff like that.) Therefore,…
Author: The Blatherer
Much Random. Such Blathering.
Up by my bootstraps
I’ve reached another point in my life where I’m not so happy with the way I look and feel. I’m not obese, but I am a good 15 pounds over my ideal weight. I have to get my butt into gear and start exercising and eating right again. The latter is made more difficult by…
For love of the vine
We have a friend who makes her own wine. Last night, she had her spring tasting which doubled as a moving sale (they are relocating to some waterfront property.) We got there first and we had a lot of time to add to her tasting notes and talk about her future wine making plans. The…
Garden is in!
It’s an annual tradition: we put in our vegetable garden over Memorial Day weekend. This year there was a twist: we planted annuals in one of the flowerbeds in the front. The annuals looked kind of sad yesterday; shock and heat took its toll. I watered them and they bounced back. Of course, we had…
Countdown to illness: 3, 2, 1…
The love of my life, Turbo, did not feel well when he came home from work yesterday. He felt very warm, so we took his temperature. 102º F. Yikes He then stated that one of his coworkers was sick on Monday. Based on the incubation timing, I’m guessing I will be sick on Sunday. Yay….
Channeling my inner Poe
Last night I decided on a squadron for X-Wing. I had originally wanted to stick with the original trilogy ships, but I eventually went the way of The Force Awakens. Namely the T-70 (2 of them) and Poe Dameron. I really don’t have any expectations of doing well against someone who has experience, but in play…
Changing Routines
The weather is getting warmer. For most people this is a positive. For me it isn’t so much for one simple reason: it makes running sheer hell. I started a new training plan this week that incorporates speed training once a week. The first speed training session is scheduled for today, which is very exciting…
Why can’t we all just get along?
I have utilized Map My Run for YEARS. I was so happy when functionality was added to allow me to sync my Garmin with MMR. I’d track, I’d sync my device with Garmin Connect, and then magically it would sync with Map My Run. Or it did, until this weekend. I ran yesterday. I was…
Running thoughts
Dead legs make for a very crappy run.
Definition of an activity
Does obsessing over my activity tracker count as an activity? Let me explain. I seem to spend an inordinate amount of time trying very hard to customize my new tracker. I’ve downloaded watch faces. I’ve downloaded applications. I’ve downloaded widgets. I’ve uninstalled some of the above to download and install a NEW watch face, this…
Random Blathering 