goats and going to London

While errand running, we came upon this ...

a gaggle of working goats - doing their best to clear off the mountain side. Wonder how they got so many of them there?

We are going to London, baby. Booked the travel...staying away 17 days!!! So looking forward to it.

running

Ran the 400 m 4 times today ... times were:

1. 2:25
2. 2.32
3. 2.24
4. 2.20

A ways to go to 1.34 but better than earlier runs which were...

1. 2:55
2. 2:58
3. 3:08
4. 2:59

So anything's possible.

This Week

seem interminably long
that was redundant
which is probably making the week longer

gustavo rosa

another artist - I have seen his work,

but it is now on my google home page so I looked for more...

here it is..

Crossfit Challenge - J and I

So here is the 6 week challenge for J and I - due date is 6/1:

Both read one month per week of articles in the CrossFit Journal and listen to CrossFit Radio

Jason:
10 handstand pushups
30 pullups - chin above the bar - can't come off the bar
2000 meter row - 7:30
10 one legged squats

Me:
10 pullups
400 m run - time 1:34
10 ring dips
perfect overhead squats - video taped

google art

If you have google as your browser,

set it so you have different themes each day -

a small thing to make life fun.

current artist - Carrie Chau

Wish you were here, Jay

CFV and CFS combined for a charity event yesterday. It made the paper...

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_12127323

the WOD was:
"Fallen Four" Tribute WOD, done in teams of 2 to 4 people:

400m Heavy Bag Team Run (80#)
20 pull ups
20 push ups
20 sit ups
20 squats
400m Heavy Bag Team Run
20 burpees
20 box jumps
20 walking lunges
20 Push Press (75#m/55#w)
400m Heavy Bag Team Run
Then repeat the first two.

a bra by any other name

A quilting group made these to promote breast cancer awareness...

Boobs in Bloom

Nursing Bra

More to see at http://www.quiltersofsc.org/artfullbras/artfullbras.htm

lunch with the peeps

On Sunday, my bro, Joel, called to tell me he was getting married and moving to Tennessee. He had met someone online about a year ago, met her in person during that time, and took the leap. My sis, her huz, my niece, and another bro met them for lunch yesterday. Her name is Karen, is quite nice and seems to like him. She has two kids and lives next door to her parents in Tennessee.

He looked a bit weedy - prob from flying back to bring her here, trying to pack his apt as they were leaving that night to drive to Las Vegas to get married and then on to their final destination.

Somehow I feel Tennessee is a fit for him. The rest of us agreed afterwards that he will probably not be back.

Glad he found someone and I wish them all the happiness there is in life.

Dim Sum and City Lights

Yesterday we took a trip to SF. Thought we would take BART from Richmond, but no parking other than a shady looking lot across the street. Wonder what happens in a good economy. Parked in shady lot, got out of car and then realized it was $10 with all kinds of disclaimers re safety of possessions and self. Decided not so drove in.

Went to Chinatown to try Dim Sum. Gold Mountain on Broadway - based on say-so from neighbor/walking buddy par excellence. It was all that. Recommend baked bbq pork buns which we decided were neat sloppy joes (and, actually much better); fried (how can you go wrong) shrimp; broccoli, some other kind of shrimp in a wrapper not fried but still great. Stayed away from chicken feet, beef blood no matter how it was prepared, tripe, turtle head and some duck only because there was a picture on the wall of cooked duck with it's head still on...not sure why that is worse than headless but at the time it was. Maybe next time.

R said that, after he had said no to something on one of the carts, the cart pusher had the "I KNEW he wasn't gonna try this" look on her face.

Then walked down (or up - never knew how to differentiate) the street to City Lights booksellers. Neither one of us have ever been there and don't know why not. Bought 5 books between us and had to restrain myself at that. Bought and started reading On The Road by Jack Kerouac. Never read it, always wanted to, so now I am and glad.

AI Pix

Here is how I rank them after tonight's performance:

Adam Lambert
Matt Giraud
Allison Iraheta - I really like her but I am not sure that voters do
Anoop
Danny Gokey
Kris Allen
Lil Rounds
Scott MacIntyre

On vaca hey hey

Taking a week off - first one of the year and need it. Gonna hang around the house, get it in order, get finances in order, do a day trip or two with R, go to the city with the babies and their mamas, cross fit three times.

Jay - in answer to your two questions... quilt - wash very infrequently; time for Michael first time was 33.30 and this last time it was 31.20.

here is a pix I found and wish I had taken...

London Quilt

Here is a pix of the quilt I made for J and T while they were here. It is on an earlier post, but this one shows it on their actual London bed!!!

This past week....

major busy week at work... but pretty satisfying!!!

pretty busy fitness week as well...

Crossfitted 4 times - and the highlight was yesterday when I attacked Michael again and bested my time by 1 minute 20 seconds! To remind those interested...

Michael

3 rounds for time of

800 m run

50 back extensions

50 sit ups

It is one of the few WODs I can do in the prescribed way. So I am still on the board and proud of it!!!

checkitout

Here is my team crossfittin'

http://www.crossfitvallejo.com/

I took my work team to CrossFit for a team build. Li and Phil at CF gave us a private lesson and developed a WOD for us. It was great fun and everyone was a good sport about it although some kept up better than others. We went to lunch after and then we all called it a day.

I did get worried later in the day ... thinking that I may have wiped out my team in just two hours...so I called them all. I couldn't reach one in particular and got really worried as he was struggling a bit after the WOD. Anyway, he finally called me back - he had gone home and taken a nap!

They recovered and some are even interested in joining! Passin on the CF cheer.

to keep you seeing what is real

love this...

I have this rotating theme on my Google page - I would highly urge you to do this. Everytime I open it, I get something different. Today it was this one.

then and now

shoulder press...
then 44

now 53 (but coulda done more)

back squat

then 65

now 93

deadlift

then 115

now 163

like it or not

I like...

a clean car
sewing on Sunday morning
watching a good movie with my husband



I don't like...

BK commercials (so tasteless - in more ways than one - and racist)
not feeling well - not necessarily connected with the prior list item
those chas schwab cartoony people commercials

mano mano

It has been a long time since I posted...as Goldie has been quick to point out...not that she is hot and heavy with the postings either but I am accountable.

February - bit of a hectic month but not a hecka lot to show for it. I was crossfittin at a regular clip until I hit a week of travel. First week I missed since October so actually not bad at all. Back at it this past week - and last night did a grueling WOD of 5 rounds of up n back lunges while holding a 9 lb bar bell and 21 burpees. Did it in about 24 minutes which beat some of those that did it the same way. hurting tho. doesn't help that I am a bit under the weather.

I have a big week coming up... going to interviews that will get me into a program that could eventually get me into a different job (District Manager - better bonus - better pay - fewer stores -more direct leadership). That happens on Wednesday. Then Wed night I go to a dinner and Thurs to a meeting with a diversity group that I am on. At the dinner and meeting are some of the folks that will have interviewed me so if I bomb, that will be a bit uncomfortable. I am thinking it would be better not to bomb so as to avoid the uncomfortableness altogether.

will let you know.