Hi all,
Well today is the day they started putting in the new flooring. We are having ceramic tile put in the kitchen, hardwood floors in the FR, LR and hallway, carpeting in all the bedrooms and then new vinyl in the bathrooms. Poor Maggie doesn't know what is going on. She preferred to hang out in the back bedroom so I leashed her up there. Hopefully it will all look nice. We had a heck of a time trying to decide on everything.
We have two birthdays to celebrate, Maeve and Noreen's so we will have everyone over on Sept. 13 for dinner. Maeve will bring her new beau James and his 17 month old son Liam.
Nothing much else is new with us. Getting new flooring is enough for us right now. I plan on running in a 10-miler on Sunday Sept. 7. I just realized book club is the night before so it will be a packed weekend.
Cheers, Clyde
Monday, August 25, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
S Yeah! A Yeah!
Hi all,
Well S (Andy's Dad) did have to enter the hospital last Monday for GI problems but all is well now. He had all kinds of tests to figure out what was wrong. They never did figure out what went wrong and said sometime these things just happen. He went home Friday. He is feeling fine but because he was bedridden for so long now he has weakness and pain in his legs from lack of use. He has to relearn how to walk again.
A had a great triathlon on Saturday. It was the Tri for Fun at Rancho Seco Park. He got 5th place in his age group! He came in 33 place out of 300 plus participants. Because they gave out awards 5 deep he received a plaque and had a formal podium finish picture. We will have to frame that.
Nothing else really new. I went for a 6 mile run yesterday and held a 10:30 pace. I ran 4 miles this morning and held a 10:27 pace. I am sore but that is to be expected since I have not been running.
We just got our next book club assignment. We are to read Pretty Birds by Scott Simon. It was my first pick so I am happy with it.
Have a good day,
Clyde
Well S (Andy's Dad) did have to enter the hospital last Monday for GI problems but all is well now. He had all kinds of tests to figure out what was wrong. They never did figure out what went wrong and said sometime these things just happen. He went home Friday. He is feeling fine but because he was bedridden for so long now he has weakness and pain in his legs from lack of use. He has to relearn how to walk again.
A had a great triathlon on Saturday. It was the Tri for Fun at Rancho Seco Park. He got 5th place in his age group! He came in 33 place out of 300 plus participants. Because they gave out awards 5 deep he received a plaque and had a formal podium finish picture. We will have to frame that.
Nothing else really new. I went for a 6 mile run yesterday and held a 10:30 pace. I ran 4 miles this morning and held a 10:27 pace. I am sore but that is to be expected since I have not been running.
We just got our next book club assignment. We are to read Pretty Birds by Scott Simon. It was my first pick so I am happy with it.
Have a good day,
Clyde
Friday, August 1, 2008
August Already!
Hi all,
Summer is winding down...it is now August. My training program for the Cowtown Half Marathon and maybe, California International Marathon starts on Monday! Ouch! I haven't done anything in 2 weeks so it will be painful. I got an e-mail message about a Buffalo Stampede 10-miler that is in September so Andy and I may do that one also. Andy does a sprint triathlon tommorrow in Rancho Seco Park. It will be his first triathlon of the season.
My latest interest/addiction is HGTV. It stands for Home and Garden TV but it is 99% about home stuff. My favorite shows on this channel is Home Hunters and Whats My Home Worth? On our Comcast Cable it is channel 914. It is so interesting to see different types of homes in different ares of the country and to see what the prices are. It is also interesting to see how the deigners/planners fix up the homes. Also interesting is seeing what people have done with parts of their homes and for what amount of money. Anyway I can turn this station on and watch anything that is showing which is totally unusual for me.
The latest good book I am reading is All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot. Practically everyone I know has read this book except for me. It is about a veterinarian in the Yorkshire area in the time period of 1937 and on. It is a funny book and full of heartwarming stories about all types of animals. There was a series on PBS many years ago about this book and was available to me through NetFlix so I got series 2 DVD. Series1 had a long waiting list. So far I have watched one episode (there are 3 episodes on this disc) and I found it pretty good but the book is better. The book captures the humor better but I like that it is a period piece.
We haven't gone up to Tahoe all summer long. Maybe we will go for a weekend in September.
Nothing else really new. Hope your summer is going well.
Clyde
Summer is winding down...it is now August. My training program for the Cowtown Half Marathon and maybe, California International Marathon starts on Monday! Ouch! I haven't done anything in 2 weeks so it will be painful. I got an e-mail message about a Buffalo Stampede 10-miler that is in September so Andy and I may do that one also. Andy does a sprint triathlon tommorrow in Rancho Seco Park. It will be his first triathlon of the season.
My latest interest/addiction is HGTV. It stands for Home and Garden TV but it is 99% about home stuff. My favorite shows on this channel is Home Hunters and Whats My Home Worth? On our Comcast Cable it is channel 914. It is so interesting to see different types of homes in different ares of the country and to see what the prices are. It is also interesting to see how the deigners/planners fix up the homes. Also interesting is seeing what people have done with parts of their homes and for what amount of money. Anyway I can turn this station on and watch anything that is showing which is totally unusual for me.
The latest good book I am reading is All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot. Practically everyone I know has read this book except for me. It is about a veterinarian in the Yorkshire area in the time period of 1937 and on. It is a funny book and full of heartwarming stories about all types of animals. There was a series on PBS many years ago about this book and was available to me through NetFlix so I got series 2 DVD. Series1 had a long waiting list. So far I have watched one episode (there are 3 episodes on this disc) and I found it pretty good but the book is better. The book captures the humor better but I like that it is a period piece.
We haven't gone up to Tahoe all summer long. Maybe we will go for a weekend in September.
Nothing else really new. Hope your summer is going well.
Clyde
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Long Time No Write
Hi all,
It has been a long time since I have posted anything. Not much is new I guess. Summer is flying by. I start school again Aug. 25. I plan to take piano in addition to Spanish 3. I have put in the paperwork to get a teaching permit for Placer County but I have yet to get a response that I have cleared all the screening.
We had our book club meeting this Saturday. We had read "Good Scent from a Strange Mountain" by Robert Olen Butler. It was a book of short stories all having to do with Vietnamese whether in Vietnam or in Louisiana. A was the host and she served wonderful Vietnamese Rolls that are made with rice paper and are not deep fried. They have vegetables inside and some she made some with shrimp. The best part was the sauce..it was hoisan with peanut butter. And it was warm. They were delicious. Then she served couscous (first time I have had that) and ratatouille (delicious). She served homemade peach pie with ice cream for dessert. Very good meal!
A may or may not be going to New Jersey to help his Dad out. His Dad has been having GI problems for abut 3 weeks now and has been reluctant to go see a doctor. A may have to visit him to get him to the doctor and through the inevitable tests that he would probably need done. Hopefully when we call him tonight he will say everything is better and that there is no need for A to go back East.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Clyde
It has been a long time since I have posted anything. Not much is new I guess. Summer is flying by. I start school again Aug. 25. I plan to take piano in addition to Spanish 3. I have put in the paperwork to get a teaching permit for Placer County but I have yet to get a response that I have cleared all the screening.
We had our book club meeting this Saturday. We had read "Good Scent from a Strange Mountain" by Robert Olen Butler. It was a book of short stories all having to do with Vietnamese whether in Vietnam or in Louisiana. A was the host and she served wonderful Vietnamese Rolls that are made with rice paper and are not deep fried. They have vegetables inside and some she made some with shrimp. The best part was the sauce..it was hoisan with peanut butter. And it was warm. They were delicious. Then she served couscous (first time I have had that) and ratatouille (delicious). She served homemade peach pie with ice cream for dessert. Very good meal!
A may or may not be going to New Jersey to help his Dad out. His Dad has been having GI problems for abut 3 weeks now and has been reluctant to go see a doctor. A may have to visit him to get him to the doctor and through the inevitable tests that he would probably need done. Hopefully when we call him tonight he will say everything is better and that there is no need for A to go back East.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Clyde
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Piano! Bears!
Hi all,
Andy and I helped stimulate the economy this weekend by buying a piano. It is a Currier console piano. It is used and in good condition. Out the door with delivery and tune-up it cost us $1700.00. I signed up for classes through Sierra College. It cost only $41.00 for once a week, three hours each session. So, I will be busy between Spanish and piano and maybe, substitute teaching and trying to keep up with running. I went to the Placer County Office of Education today and filled put the paperwork for substitute teaching. It cost $101.00 by the time you add all the fees up.
My sister M went up to Tahoe Saturday and discovered we had a bear break-in. They went straight to the kitchen. They opened up cupboards and the freezer and ate what they liked. They made a sticky mess when they ate Cool-Aid powder. They seemed to like powdery stuff. Poor M had to clean it all up. The door will need to be replaced. We also have some wall work that needs to be taken care of from a plumbing problem. We have also scheduled a firm to come in and do the deck which needs a lot of work. It never ends. Hopefully the bears won't come back.
Nothing else really new.
Take care,
Clyde
Andy and I helped stimulate the economy this weekend by buying a piano. It is a Currier console piano. It is used and in good condition. Out the door with delivery and tune-up it cost us $1700.00. I signed up for classes through Sierra College. It cost only $41.00 for once a week, three hours each session. So, I will be busy between Spanish and piano and maybe, substitute teaching and trying to keep up with running. I went to the Placer County Office of Education today and filled put the paperwork for substitute teaching. It cost $101.00 by the time you add all the fees up.
My sister M went up to Tahoe Saturday and discovered we had a bear break-in. They went straight to the kitchen. They opened up cupboards and the freezer and ate what they liked. They made a sticky mess when they ate Cool-Aid powder. They seemed to like powdery stuff. Poor M had to clean it all up. The door will need to be replaced. We also have some wall work that needs to be taken care of from a plumbing problem. We have also scheduled a firm to come in and do the deck which needs a lot of work. It never ends. Hopefully the bears won't come back.
Nothing else really new.
Take care,
Clyde
Monday, July 7, 2008
It's a Scorcher!
Hi all,
Just got back from my walk with Maggie. We left at 0800 and it was already 70 degrees. When we got back it was 78 degrees. The air quality is really poor today. On KCRA morning news they put up different colored dots to indicate the air quality. Yellow is good and red is the worst air quality. Apparently the air quality is worse than worst so they put up a purple dot. I will run on the treadmill indoors today. The temperature is supposed to get well above 100 today and all this week it is supposed to be hot with probable poor air quality.
Yesterday my sisters and I celebrated my sister J's 48th birthday by going out for Thai food and having decadent dessert at home.
A and I had run in the morning. We both went about an hour. We went bike riding on Saturday for about 2 hours. We biked up around the Whitney Oaks area.
Cannot think of anything else new. I may try swimming today. We'll see.
Clyde
Just got back from my walk with Maggie. We left at 0800 and it was already 70 degrees. When we got back it was 78 degrees. The air quality is really poor today. On KCRA morning news they put up different colored dots to indicate the air quality. Yellow is good and red is the worst air quality. Apparently the air quality is worse than worst so they put up a purple dot. I will run on the treadmill indoors today. The temperature is supposed to get well above 100 today and all this week it is supposed to be hot with probable poor air quality.
Yesterday my sisters and I celebrated my sister J's 48th birthday by going out for Thai food and having decadent dessert at home.
A and I had run in the morning. We both went about an hour. We went bike riding on Saturday for about 2 hours. We biked up around the Whitney Oaks area.
Cannot think of anything else new. I may try swimming today. We'll see.
Clyde
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Now It Is July Already!
Hi all,
Just received notification yesterday that I passed the CBEST exam. I heard from my brother D that he also passed. He has the same plans as I do to substitute teach. Now both of us have to figure out how to get an emergency teaching credential and sign up for substitute teaching. Both of us are not exactly pleased with our scores but at least we passed.
Yesterday and today I went on a new running route that hooks up to a bike trail I had not been on before. There is a hill at the end so I may use that for hill repeats in the future. I wore the Garmin and yesterday it said I went 4.35 miles and today it said I went 4.11 miles. Don't understand why there was a difference. My time was 47:40 yesterday and 47:00 today. That is about a 11 min pace.
Since July 4th is Friday and Friday is my usual biking with the ladies day , there will be no ladies who are riding Friday. A has the day off so we plan to ride together.
Nothing else new. A and I are enjoying watching the Olympic Trials on TV and cannot wait for the Olympics in August.
A and I are tentatively planning on running in the Cowtown Half Marathon on Oct. 5. This will be before we go back East to visit A's Dad and go to his high school reunion.
That's all for now.
Cheers, Clyde
Just received notification yesterday that I passed the CBEST exam. I heard from my brother D that he also passed. He has the same plans as I do to substitute teach. Now both of us have to figure out how to get an emergency teaching credential and sign up for substitute teaching. Both of us are not exactly pleased with our scores but at least we passed.
Yesterday and today I went on a new running route that hooks up to a bike trail I had not been on before. There is a hill at the end so I may use that for hill repeats in the future. I wore the Garmin and yesterday it said I went 4.35 miles and today it said I went 4.11 miles. Don't understand why there was a difference. My time was 47:40 yesterday and 47:00 today. That is about a 11 min pace.
Since July 4th is Friday and Friday is my usual biking with the ladies day , there will be no ladies who are riding Friday. A has the day off so we plan to ride together.
Nothing else new. A and I are enjoying watching the Olympic Trials on TV and cannot wait for the Olympics in August.
A and I are tentatively planning on running in the Cowtown Half Marathon on Oct. 5. This will be before we go back East to visit A's Dad and go to his high school reunion.
That's all for now.
Cheers, Clyde
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