8th Grade Science Lesson

Miss Mouse is training for the Atlanta 3-Day. She has a 5 mile training walk. She completes the walk in 58 minutes. Answer the following questions:

REMEMBER:

Show the formula you used

Show your work

Include units

1. What is Miss Mouse's time in hours?
2. How long did it take Miss Mouse to walk 1 mile? (Answer in minutes)
3. What is Miss Mouse's average speed? (Calculate using miles & hours)

Keepin' on Keepin' on

I didn't wake up as early as I wanted to this morning so I knew I was going to have to wait until early evening to walk. So come 5:30ish I began to re-vamp my I-pod, put a water bottle in the fridge to chill & get ready to go walk. Reese has learned when I'm about to walk & follows me around the house the whole time I'm getting dressed; it's cute yet annoying.

I headed out sometime after 6, with my water bottle tucked into my shorts & my I-pod in its handy little armband; no Reese this time, she would pass out by the end of 4 miles nonetheless 6. It was hot but not too bad -- with all the hills I have around me there is a good steady wind during most of my walks.

6 miles accomplished!
No major aches or pains.
Issues with my hands though -- they get really bloated while I'm walking.
Maybe I'm retaining water, I dunno, but they get puffy & a little tingly...any notions???
Plus, I'm gaining weight!! What is this?? I'm walking my ass off & gaining weight -- I know I'm not gaining that much muscle -- I hope this cycle doesn't continue 'cause it's pissing me off!!!!

Next Blog

I've become addicted to the "Next blog" button at the top of the page.

What's amazing to me though -- I've come across 2 blogs that are written by crazy, heavily medicated, paranoid schizophrenic individuals. Let me tell you -- this can be some intriguing shit. I'm so glad I'm not addicted to klonopin & valium & have rages about AA.

http://4thavenueblues.blogspot.com/ -- now sober paranoid schizophrenic from AL

http://expectamiracle-sunamizen.blogspot.com/ -- crazy klonopin-valium woman from VT

Walked 5 miles today with no major issues whatsoever!!!!

Summertime!!

Yesterday was my official first day of summer. I woke up around 10 & waited for my walking clothes to dry, then I headed off & did a 3 mile walk (I didn't get in my walk on Tuesday so I made up for it yesterday). Brad took off yesterday so we got to spend the day together. Laid around, ate Taco Casa for lunch (a great cheap mexican place, better than Taco Bell), then started to get ready for our night.

Brad & I made reservations at a new restaurant in town -- High Cotton -- we've been wanting to go but we always wait a couple months after a new restaurant opens so they can work out all the kinks. Overall, Brad & I were VERY pleased. We ordered a Four Vines Maverick Zinfandel & started the meal off with a cheese plate & the beef carpaccio -- both were amazing. The cheese plate had a brie, a midnight moon, a pecan-crusted chevre, & a hearty blue cheese with candied walnuts, fig jam, & apple to compliment. The carpaccio was delicate with the perfect addition of a horseradish sauce & arugula -- to die for!!

Where the overall meal was lacking the most was actually the entrees -- the flavor profiles didn't go together well. I had a bourbon-glazed pork with fried green tomatoes & jalapeno cheese grits. Brad had the duck with a carrot puree & bundled asparagus. The meals came out over-cooked so we sent them back; we typically aren't the "send-back" people but we had multiple reasons --

1. We were spending good money on the meal, you want it cooked right (especially pork & duck).
2. The primary owner of the restaurant was in from Charleston -- he needed to know how the kitchen was not up to par when it came to meat temps.
3. Brad & I are foodies & deserved it!!!

Ok, so they re-cooked our dinners - still not excellent but the amazing appetizers were counterbalancing the mediocre entrees. So we decided to make it even & go for a dessert. The chef's special was a coconut souffle -- now we all know how complex a souffle is to make so this would be the make or break. OH MY GOD -- it was so the deal maker!!! The souffle was pure egg white based & delicate with a butterscotch sauce -- so good!!!! It just melted in your mouth!!

Overall, we liked the restaurant -- we would definitely find ourselved returning to order a good bottle of wine & enjoy some wonderful apps & dessert; they just need to re-think their main courses.

Ok, so after High Cotton, we headed over the Bi-Lo Center to see Delirium by Cirque du Soleil. This was a live concert performance that incorporated the acrobatics & dance that everyone knows & loves from Cirque. The whole experience was stimulating -- music, dance, acrobats, wire-work, everything. It was so awesome!!!

Overall it was a wonderful evening -- a great start to my summer!!!