Ah...Summer in Raleigh...

The heat index is another ten higher...

Mmmm...Raleigh's Own

Myra's Zinnias

Myra grew Zinnias this year from a seed packet. They have grown HUGE and so colorful. She stayed home with me today and noticed a yellow and black bird on one, eating the seeds.

Fishing and Running

Went over to Kerry's folks for Shannon's birthday yesterday. Good time. Myra and Lucy caught the only fish. A HUGE bass for Myra and a HUGE sunfish for Lucy. Pretty neat.
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Did a NINE miler in the Vibrams today. Still dealing with the chaffing...but good!

Summer Fridays

How I love summer hours! I spent the day yesterday accomplishing all kinds of tasks. Changing the oil in the Kia (K&N filter, yeaa!). Cleaning up the house. Grocery shopping. Helping the neighbor. Going for a run along the Greenway in the cool. Nice day. Would love 4 10s all year long!

Let the Work Week Come...

Phew! Rarely do I say that...but what a busy week! Today I did a 7 miler in the HUMIDITY. Came home for about 30 minutes, then went on about a 4 mile bike ride with the girls and Kerry's folks along the Bedford Greenway. Humid again. Came home for a few hours, then off to a birthday party for Lucy. Wow. Busy day!! But lots of fun memories.

Another Myraism--'fuhgetaboutit'--she started saying that randomly, but within context...

Popsicles

Since it's that time of year...

You Are Successful

You are both practical and courageous. You are willing to act boldly when it really matters. You are creative and good with your hands. You are naturally an artist. You are totally logical. You don't let emotions sway you - you look at the facts. You've found it easy to succeed in the business world. There is a logic to making money that you understand.

The Popsicle Test

Blogthings: We Have a Quiz for Almost Everything

Another Myraism--Ssssssh!

Love this! Whenever Daddy gets secret candy for the girls, not to tell Mommy, I get the sssssh from Myra, although the finger goes on her nose! LOL!

Fun at Blue Jay Point

Met some old friends we hadn't seen (if you don't count the interwebs) at Blue Jay Point this morning. Lots of playground, hiking, wading fun. They were all soaked. Then we found the dog who not only swims out for tennis bowls, but digs for rocks! Fun!

Villians Beware!

Captain America, Thor 1, and Thor 2 are on the scene!

Silly Girls...

Yeah, my two awesome, awesome girls--Little Bear and Little Bug...

Fun at the Playground

Ahh...the 'Park By Us' also known as Cokesbury. So many fun times here. I remember when just Lucy came, before Myra, and she was afraid to try the slides. Both are now big enough for everything, even the pole! And of course Daddy got to give 'Super Dog' pushes on the swings.

The 4th in Greensboro

Ok, technically it was the 2nd, but it represents our annual trip out to Kerry's cousins and family. An informal family reunion. Lots of fun, and lots of cousins (2nd cousins?) for the girls to play with. And as usual, a bounce house. And as usual, we couldn't get Myra out of it!

New Falls River/Dump Greenway

Happy 4th of July! Today we decided on a bike ride on the new Greenway. This small terminus starts just down the hill from our usual Falls River Greenway and will eventually hook into the Mountains to Sea Trail along the Neuse. Lots of work still in the works though.
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Heading up the trail--a couple hills up and down along this stretch.
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The bridge at the bottom of the hill. These rustic looking bridges, pre-rusted, are all along the new Greenway. Really classy!http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
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This bridge is over a swamp that will go to the trail head. From it you can go into the North Raleigh Landfill Park or left, and eventually tie into the MTST and go to Johnston County or Falls Dam. That way is not yet open, as they are building another boardwalk bridge over swampland. I'll try to take the EVO out for a run this week for some pics.

http://mappery.com/map-of/Raleigh-greenway-map will show you the entire current and planned Raleigh Greenway system. My documented part represents parts of #31.

Stand or Fall

Via: Medical Billing And Coding

So...New Headphones...

Figured I did not want the mess of the Motorola S9-HDs, so I research a little. I finally found Rocketfish, which, interestingly enough, is Best Buy's brand. Ugg. So yeah, I had to go into Best Buy. But so far so good. No runs yet, but I can go a lot further from them and keep a signal. We will see!