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