I've been meaning to post...

Oh, I'm lacking. I still intend to post the pictures and recipe from the cream eggs we made back during Easter...

Things that have been going on:

• I ran the 5K River Bank Run with Chris (and yes, I actually RAN the whole way!)

• I ride my bike to work almost every day now (and I usually have to, because my Jetta is broken)

• Chris and I planted red geraniums at my grandma's house

• I planted a garden

• Bunnies ate about 11 plants last night (broccoli was demolished, and also some pepper plants)

• Chris and I put a fence up around our garden

• Since the beginning of the year I've traveled 335 miles either by bike, walking or running (mostly biking to and from work and running errands)

• I finally finished reading "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle"

• I've completed several crochet projects (pictures coming soon, I swear!)

I think that's a pretty good list of some of the things that have been going on. Maybe I'll find some time this weekend for a real post.

Xtracycle Video

I got this updated video on Facebook. I like the Xtracycle lifestyle. Someday I hope to do more than just commute with it.

Magical Slideshow - Xtracycle from Xtracycle on Vimeo.

Mandolins

I'm behind in my updates.

Not that there's much to update with.

Chris and I made some pretty good homemade cream eggs over Easter. I'll have to post pictures and recipes, but I's not at my computer right now... Eventually.

So I've been scoping out mandolins. Chris and I visited a local store and they had one for $200. I'll have to do some saving to get it. And check out other brands and prices. If you have a mandolin you're getting rid of... let me know.

I've been reinspired to work on my musical talent. Haven't really played much of anything in years. Did guitar a little in college, but the fingerings were hard for my small hands to reach. The mandolin seems very doable. And it's such a fun sounding instrument!

I should really pick up playing the piano again too... I'll have to dig around and find my music books and retrain myself.

Chris and I have been training for the River Bank Run. We have not stuck to our schedule very well... We were supposed to be doing a two-mile run yesterday, but the weather deterred us. I'm going to struggle in a few weeks when we actually have the event.

I've biked to work a couple of times in the nice weather. I convinced Chris to go on a ride with me instead of going for our run one night and we did about 15 miles. It was fun and the weather was perfect.

Come bike with us sometime!

PS - Here's a good place to check out a wide variety of mandolin music: Mandolin Cafe

BIking and Pizza

Chris and I took the xtracycle out for the first official errand. Yes, I've taken it to work a few times, but nothing where I've had to "haul" anything.

So today, we missed church, so for whatever reason we transformed it into a date night. We ordered pizza at a local place about 2 miles away, hopped on our bikes and picked it up. We ate some pizza there, then ran into Blockbuster, strapped the pizzas to the bike and headed home.

The boxes didn't budge from the bike, but the pizzas rattled around quite a bit inside... Good thing we ate some before it got jostled!

Unfortunately, I didn't take my camera along, so no photos of this trip.

Now we shall spend the evening watching Twilight, which everyone has been raving about.

Blah.

I've been intending to post for awhile now and have not.

And now that I'm posting, I have nothing to say other than I've been sick for the past 5 days... I hope I can make it back to work tomorrow. My biggest concern is spreading germs to my colleagues. But I think I may finally be on the upswing of this...