First ride in a long time with comfortable temps!
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
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You know, all I really want out of all this exercise is to actually look like I'm athletic. So far, no such luck.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Saturday, July 31, 2010
What, me, a hoarder?
I am a hoarder.
When I announced this to my husband one night, his eyebrows immediately shot up, followed by a quick denial. After all, I am the one with this sign hanging in my kitchen:
It is true that I tend to drive him crazy by getting rid of things... but I'm not a hoarder of things, exactly... I'm a hoarder of information. I hate to have to say "I don't know." I simply can't get rid of data.
Do you know how many piles of paper that I have, saying that I need to "someday" digitize the information? I haven't needed any of the info in those piles in years, but I hold some great desire to somehow hold on to every piece of data regarding our family. Someone might need to know how many times Sarah went to speech therapy in 1999, right? Sigh.
My therapist is helping me get some perspective on all of this, and see how much of a burden I'm putting on myself by trying to keep track of everything. This is not an easy battle, but hopefully, one I can win.
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Longest ride this year... feeling pretty confident about the St. Paul Classic in September, especially if I could ride my road bike. I will, however, ride my mountain bike. It's appropriate handicapping for riding with my husband, who doesn't own a road bike.
Next time I want to go farther, so I can say that I rode to Wisconsin. Wouldn't that sound cool??
Monday, July 26, 2010
Great essay on "stuff"
Read a great essay on "stuff" today, and wanted to share the link: Here's just a little snippet.
Amen!! Of course, when it comes to talking about "stuff", the classic George Carlin sketch is still my favorite.
A historical change has taken place, and I've now realized it. Stuff used to be valuable, and now it's not.
In industrialized countries the same thing happened with food in the middle of the twentieth century. As food got cheaper (or we got richer; they're indistinguishable), eating too much started to be a bigger danger than eating too little. We've now reached that point with stuff. For most people, rich or poor, stuff has become a burden.
Amen!! Of course, when it comes to talking about "stuff", the classic George Carlin sketch is still my favorite.
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