Posted by barb on Jun 25, 2005 in
Pictures Andrew and I flew Dad in to help us put up some shelves in my office closet and our guest room closet. We have a lot of stuff, and our house doesn’t have much storage (the apartment I lived in before we moved here had two walk-in closets, and I had filled them…the house has no walk-in closets).
It only took a few hours of work, and I now have the Closetmaid system in both closets. In fact, after watching Dad put them up (and constantly bugging him with questions about what he was doing), I think I’d be comfortable putting this system up in our bedroom closets…should we decide that we want something different.
Yay! I have shelves!!!
Here are a couple of pictures:
Tags: family
Posted by barb on Jun 23, 2005 in
Cute Pets,
Pictures 
Tags: pets
Posted by barb on Jun 20, 2005 in
Biking,
Pictures Andrew and I managed to get out on the bikes both Saturday and Sunday this weekend. It was a perfect weekend for it, too. Last weekend, when we did the PPTC ride, it was near 90 degrees and HUMID. This weekend, it was in the lower 80s with low humidity. Yay for great biking weather.
On Saturday we took the bikes up to the Vienna Community Center, and hopped on the W & OD trail heading south/east. This brought us to one of our favorite destinations: Hole in the Wall Books in Falls Church.
Total (round-trip) miles: 12.24 miles.
On Sunday we drove up to where the W & OD trail intersects Hunter Mill Road. We took the path north/east this time, and went into Herndon. This is the furthest that either of us has been on the path (except, of course, for our honeymoon, when we started at the other end of the W & OD in Purcellville).
Total miles: 15.58 miles.
Total weekend miles: 27.82 miles. Yay us!!
Tags: bike
Posted by barb on Jun 13, 2005 in
Pictures There are four baby bunnies in our neighbor’s front yard:
Tags: comfort
Posted by barb on Jun 12, 2005 in
Cute Pets,
Pictures Ares in the tunnel:
Tags: pets
Posted by barb on Jun 12, 2005 in
Biking,
Pictures I made my first ride with the Potomac Pedalers this morning. It was a ride along the Fairfax County’s paved path along Ox Road (aka 123) from the Fairview Elementary School to the Lorton Valley shopping center.
Here we all are at the shopping center:
A few thoughts on this ride and riding in groups:
- I found it fun riding with the group because it felt safer — cars seemed to respect us as a group more than they do in ones or twos.
- It was a bit nerve-wracking riding with a group, though, because I was constantly worrying about watching the signals from the rider in front of me, wondering if I’m close enough/too close to the bike in front of me, wondering if the bike behind me is close enough/too close, worrying that I’m slowing people down.
- This ride was supposed to be 13 miles (at least that’s what the schedule said), and a “D” level ride, which should keep a pace of no more than 12 mph on flat terrain. However, it ended up being 15 miles and the pace was more like 13-15 mph. I was fine on the way out, but it was generally downhill. However, on the way back, I just couldn’t keep the pace up, so I grabbed Andrew and we had the “sweeper” go on without us.
- After Andrew and I broke off at our own pace, we were able to stop, go a bit slower for a while, and catch our breath. In fact, we stayed about the same distance behind the group once I caught my breath. We were also able to enjoy our surroundings a bit more — I even spotted a deer off the trail that we likely wouldn’t have seen if we had been busy worrying about the other riders.
Overall I’m not sure how I felt about the ride. I did enjoy being part of a group; however, I was very frustrated that I couldn’t keep up the pace on the second leg of the ride. However, when I found out that “D” rides were supposed to be kept at a bit slower pace, I’m more upset at the leader. I realize that the other riders had no trouble, but if the ride is advertised as a “D”, I expect a “D”. We’re thinking about another ride in two weeks, but, frankly, I’m just not sure…
Tags: bike, suckitude
Posted by barb on Apr 9, 2005 in
Pictures My best friend, Sweetie, turned 30 last Thursday, so I flew in to MN for a big bash. I won’t go into the gory details, but we started the day with lunch at Cossetta’s, one of Sweetie’s favorite restaurants, and then embarked on a journey chronicling our favorite memories with her.
After our journey, we met up with a bunch of Sweetie’s other friends at Keiran’s Irish Pub, where we got her a bit drunk.
I have an album of my pictures from the day up in my photo album.
Tags: birthday, friends, trip report
Posted by barb on Apr 8, 2005 in
Pictures Flew home today for Sweetie’s party tomorrow, and I was able to see my two nieces this evening. Yay! Sadly, I missed Brock on this visit, but I’m hoping to see him when I’m back in May/June.
Kira and Sofia:
Tags: family, trip report
Posted by barb on Apr 7, 2005 in
Crafty Me,
Pictures I finally finished my niece’s birth announcement cross-stitch. Yay! I’ll be delivering it to Dave and Jen this weekend when I’m in the Cities for Sweetie’s birthday party.
Tags: crafts
Posted by barb on Apr 3, 2005 in
Around DC,
Pictures Despite the threat of rain, Andrew and I went out to see the Mickey Mouse statues that are in town through April 30. Unlike the panda statues, the Mickeys are all collected in one location — the Reagan Center in downtown DC. Apparently this is the only place, besides Disney World, where all of the Mickeys will be displayed together — the other cities on the tour only get a selection of the Mickey statues.
I’ve posted an album of all the Mickeys, and here are a few of my favorites:
| Lots ‘o Mickeys |
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| Circle Vision |
TRON Mickey |
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| Space Mickey |
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Tags: life in the city