Phew!

Okay, I can handle this. After being so infuriated with the whole blog template issues, I finally figured it out. I think this is much better. Nothing to write home about, but at least it doesn't look like I puked pink up all over the page. Sorry for those of you who had to witness such a horrid template issue. I'm back in the swing of things now and I think this new background is quite pleasing to the eyes. No more bleeding. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Damn computer crap

So I thought I was fairly computer saavy. That was until I decided I wanted my profile to be unique and not one of the 15 different layouts that Blogger lets you choose from. I Google searched "blog templates" and found tons of different sites w/ tons of cool templates to choose from. I found one I liked and pasted the HTML code into my template area thinking it would be that easy, and it was! Until I noticed it had erased all my favorite links. So then I end up spending the next hour trying to find my favorite links so that I can add them in, only I know NOTHING about HTML coding so I have absolutely no idea where to put the codes in for it to work on my new profile. Damn it. So I revert back to my old profile's template only to discover that my links are now missing from it as well and now the tab I used to have to enter them onto my site (easily and painlessly) is GONE! WTF?!?! Where did it go? Why isn't it there anymore???? So... that leads me up to this new and exciting (actually new and very boring and very pink) template. I found the area to enter my links into the HTML code on it and copied and pasted each one of them back. This has taken up over an hour of my time. All to end up with a blog page I dislike even more than the one I had before. Damn fuckin computers.

If anyone knows ANYTHING about HTML that can help me out with it, please let me know! It's very ugly and is making my eyes bleed. :)

Say wha???

People magazine has released it's Most Eligible Bachelors list and guess who is on it!?!? That is right, Bret Michaels. Guess it has to do w/ his rocker hair! :) We'll be seeing him in person in exactly 1 month at Jackpot Junction. Can't wait. Kara is hoping to get backstage and I'm going to do all that I can to make sure she gets there. Hopefully the weather then is as perfect as it is here now in MN. Awesome. So glad it is almost the weekend!

On another note, I went to see Sex and the City last week w/ some of my girlfriends and I will verify for you all... It is a very good movie. Although it is long (2 1/2 hours). But it is very entertaining. You have sex, poop, big closets w/ awesome clothing and SHOES, girlfriends, depression, elation, and a nice side view of a dick all crammed in. Good stuff guaranteed. :)

Victory is Mine!

2008 Team Donaldson

I made it. The 150 miles are done, finished, finito, complete! Thank goodness! The weather was about as near to perfect as it could be to bike 150 miles in. Saturday had a slight head wind, but nothing compared to last year and Sunday was overcast w/ a mist of sprinkles for about 10 minutes but other than that we stayed dry! I'm so grateful... Thank you God! It was so much easier to complete than last year. I ended up raising $1,260 and Wade is at $420. Donaldson's team is up to around $80,500 last time I checked, but they are still counting checks that came in and actually accept donations through the end of the month. So hopefully we'll meet our team goal. We'll see. Regardless it was a successful ride and we raised a lot of money for a good cause: to find the cure for MS.

Now it is recuperation time. My rear has to be rested and my muscles need massaged. Wonder if I can talk Wade into giving me one if I give him one in return... It would feel SO nice. :) I'll try to get a pic of Wade and I at the finish and post it on here. I'm sure I look VERY relieved to be done. :)

Thank you all who donated to us! It means SO much to us to have your support! No more riding for me for the time being!

Peace, love and a world free of MS!

Sore Bum

Rode 22 miles last night in preparation for this weekend's 150 mile long ride. My ass hurts. Do you think I'm gonna make it? I'm having some doubts... Especially if it rains!

Eating, Drinking, Racing, Riding (Dang, we’re busy)

The b-day party at the Cab was a blast. We closed the place down (did anyone doubt?) and ran out of free beer around midnight we are guessing. What a good time. It was great to get to see everyone who made it out. I really miss everyone since I've moved. Thanks for coming! Linds, Kara, Sarah & Me

Me & D... Shocker!

Love my Valley girls!

And it was great to get to finally see Lindsay and Mariya (her little baby girl) the following afternoon for some “hangover” pizza. She is absolutely adorable and full of smiles! I miss you Linds, thanks for stopping by to see us!

Seriously, how cute is she??

We got to go out and enjoy some great sushi for my b-day dinner with Brad & Erika last Tuesday. And we even got to sit in a “boat” table. Thanks so much you guys! I’ve officially entered my final year of my 20’s. Of course I will say the same thing next year. I’ll NEVER be 30! Haha! Well, emotionally anyway… :)

In the birthday boat table!

Our caterpillar roll (so cute!)

This last weekend consisted of 3 races for Wade to enjoy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin (aka: Podunk, WI). He had a blast. It was a long weekend but luckily we had great weather and I came home with a nice tan (well, it will turn into a nice tan in a day or 2). I’ve never wanted a shower quite as badly as I did when we got home Sunday night. Being covered in fine dirt being kicked into the air by hundreds of motorcycles is only fun for so long. (Although it did kind of look like a tan before I got a real one) :) Haha… Anyway, Wade had a good time racing and is gearing up for some upcoming races this month. Too bad w/ gas being $4/gal I told him to keep the racing closer to home. We can’t afford for him to be driving down to IL every weekend which is what he would like to do. But seriously, $4/gal!?!?! That is ridiculousness!

In between all this we’ve been trying to work on our house. Pretty unsuccessfully though. However we did get a little landscaping done. Wade dug me 3 holes and I planted stuff in them. Pretty nice. :) But after this weekend our grass was so long that when I went home for lunch we had 3 little rabbits nesting in our yard and Kobe didn’t notice a single one of them! Then Wade tried to mow and the mower broke down 1 strip into the cutting! Luckily he got it working, but this just shows you how bad our yard actually was... Is this long enough for you??? I'm sure our neighbors were hating us! :)

Our house with the new landscaping out front

A close up of my new additions
I just had to put this one in... Kobe is so precious and I didn't even put him there, he got in the pic all by himself. You can see our new ceiling fan that Wade put up for our guests.

This coming weekend is the MS150 bike ride. I’ve been dreading it and it is finally upon us. I am praying to God that it isn’t as bad as last year. And I’ve already started checking the weather hourly for updates. It looks like it will be nice temperature wise (around 77) but cloudy with a 40% chance of rain. Please, please, please…. Don’t rain on me!!! Biking in the rain sounds dangerous and I am accident prone. Heck, I fell once last year and it was bright and sunny out! If it rains on me I may just have to take up residence in the “sag wagon”… Anyway, I’ve gotten some great responses with my fund raising efforts and have easily cleared the $1,000 mark. This means I can eat all the oreos I want at the rest stops! Yay! Here is a link to my page if you want to check out my progress or if you want to donate… Either way. :)
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Bike/MNMBikeEvents?pg=personal&fr_id=7100&fr_id=7100&px=4521285
And THANK YOU so, so much to those who have contributed to me already. It means a lot to me and to those fighting MS. So far Team Donaldson has over 175 riders and raised over $55,000.00. How awesome is that? I will also give pre-ride props and a huge thank you to my wonderful and supporting hubby. Wade, I couldn’t do this ride without you helping me and blocking the wind for “your wifey”. I luv you!

Ride on!