Monday, November 9, 2009

Yeesh... lights and running

Crumb - I forgot to post yesterday! I was writing it in my head while I was running and then got home and started reading my book club book - shown to the right (which I needed to finish for tonight's meeting) and I forgot. Aaahhh! Well, guess I will just have to do two posts today to make up for it. :) The book was good, a little confusing at times as it has 3 time lines, but good, for anyone who wanted to know - go to the library and borrow it out.
So last night I was going to write about how I was feeling better yesterday - went and traded in my old incandescent Christmas lights for a coupon for 50% off new LED lights. Sad thing was that my old incandescent lights were still in the boxes from when I bought them 4 years ago. We have not put up Christmas lights for 5 years, I think. I have big plans every year - grandiose ones to make our house look so Christmas-y and inviting and I never get it done. Usually it gets put off as it seems like it is way too early to put them up and there is no way that I am climbing onto the roof and I have to plan ahead that it needs to be on M's "honey-do" list and then the snow flies and I feel badly that it is too COLD to expect him to go out on the roof - he may slip. So this year, I think I will get them put up on my railing ASAP, because I can do that myself, no climbing required, and the next nice Saturday, M can put up the roof ones. I am considering doing strings of lights on stakes up the sidewalk, but am thinking this is just a tripping for R waiting to happen. So, when do you put out your Christmas lights?
I also went running last night - figured it had been awhile since my last run and I needed to get out there and do it again - tomorrow (Tuesday) is my running class and I need to get to it. I was surprised to learn that I ran (and walked) 3.8 km in 23 minutes. I think that is not bad for someone who was sick the two days before. I am looking to get myself to 5 km in 30 minutes as according to my friend A, that is what you should aim for. OK, that's what I will aim for. I know I can walk 4.4 km in 30 minutes, so running 5 shouldn't be far behind.
That's all for this post. TTYS! :)

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