Fun Summertime Outings!

Charlie and I had a very busy weekend!  While Wade was off riding in the MS150 she and I kept ourselves entertained!  Luckily we had great, but hot weather! 

We started out the weekend Friday morning at the zoo with the Muellers.  Charlie really seemed to enjoy it a lot this time around.  Although she still hates goats for some reason and wouldn't even let me attempt to bring her into the cow barn.  She screamed bloody murder!  But she LOVED the aquarium and all the monkeys.  And Greyson and her are just too cute together!

Turtles!

Saturday we packed up a picnic lunch and headed to Lake Calhoun beach to hang out in the gorgeous weather w/ the Mohs and Muellers (minus Travis who was riding w/ Wade).  It was perfect weather for the beach!  Charlie only got into the water twice and that was because I picked her up and made her try it out.  Each time she'd say "no, no, no" over and over and walk right back out of the water.  Oh well, maybe next time.  She still enjoyed herself digging in the sand and playing w/ sticks (what is it w/ sticks? Those and rocks are the worlds coolest things according to Charlie!).

Beach babe

Charlie & Greyson

After the beach Charlie was beat and so we headed home for a nap and then went to a nearby park once she woke up.  It was a busy and fun day!

What a ham!

Sunday we kept things around home.  It was SUPER hot and windy out and the wind did not cool you down.  It just made it feel like you were getting blasted by a heater.  So we went to Old Navy and had some lunch and then played out back waiting for Wade to get home from the ride.  We started out w/ bubbles which she loves but they didn't last long.  Charlie has been enthralled by this dirt patch we have in our back yard for quite some time now and once again she ventured towards it to play.  So I coated her in sunscreen and a hat and diaper and nothing else.  It was so hot and I knew she was going to get super dirty so why cause myself the extra laundry?  She dug right into the dirt and next thing you know she is COATED.  Wade came home and after laughing at her appearance we set up a sprinkler that she walked through a bit before finally bringing her in and cleaning her up for dinner.  She had a blast in that dirt.  Who'd have thought?  It's basically like a small sandbox so it seems Wade will have to look into building her one soon b/c we're eventually going to seed the dirt patch.

BUBBLES!!!!

WOW!!!  Cool!!!

My little dirt ball!

Her new favorite activity: diving over the side of the couch. We have to be ready to catch her!

Then we went to dinner at Roat Osha w/ Bob, Amy and Steve (some other friends who completed the 150 mile bike ride with Wade).  A great way to end the weekend: superb Thai food and tasty drinks.  No room for complaints here!

Anyone else do anything fun over the weekend?  Gotta love summer time!

Cheers~
Kel

Wordless Wednesday

They did it and they ROCK!!!

Brunk Dlog Time

Let me start this off by stating that I am drunk. 2 beers and 2 strong and tasty pomegranate mojitos and I am done in. I guess I'm a light weight. So right off the bat I apologize for any and all misspellings and incorrect grammar bc/ this post will be riddled w/ tit. That's right, I said tit instead of it. Get used to it.

Second off, thank you to everyone who stuck with me through me temporary blogging break. I know it wasn't that long, but generally us bloggee's have short attention spans. At least, I know I do. And I really TRIED to keep up to date on the blogs I read but it was damn near impossible. You guys rock my socks off and post so often (which is a good thing, don't get me wrong) and I just couldn't keep up. So I've lagged. I apologize. I sound just like I would if I had biked the 150 miles this weekend like my wonderful hubs = lagging behind. :)

That's right. The MS 150 was this weekend and I didn't ride it. I feel like a complete slacker. I've rode it the past 2 years and this year it was an unsure thing up until the last minute so I did the MS Walk in Des Moines instead (which I've written about and would link to if I weren't so lazy and half (read: totally) drunk) So I apologize if this doesn't make sense. You have NO idea how much I have backspaced on this post so far.

Anyway, I didn't ride it. I was the chauffeur. I carted Wade, Bob, Amy and Steve up to Proctor, drank my ass off with them, slept in until 9:30 the next morning, made an emergency pit stop at their lunch stop on the route to drop off a jersey for a biker who wrecked, and met them in Hinckley, where I proceeded to try to check into our room but they wouldn't let me b/c the room was in my husband's name and, well, you never just know, we could have divorced and I may have been trying to steal his room yet put it on my card still... You know, b/c a lot of people want to do that and hang w/ their exes and... Wait, that doesn't make a lot of sense does it? Nope it doesn't. Lame. So I wasted $30 on slots until I could get a hold of Wade on the route and he could add me to his registration and I could check in and shower. So completely ridiculous.

After that it was a good night but we lost $80 on blackjack in about 15 minutes. Worst. Table. Ever. They all took off early Sunday morning to finish up the 2nd half of the ride and I took my time, woke up around 9 and drove back home. Picked up Kobe and met them at the finish line. Aren't they a classy bunch!?!? (Be sure to zoom in on Kobe, he didn't bike, but he looks so cute doing a raspberry!) (Or maybe I'm just easily amused???) I'm so proud. I know they worked their asses off. Actually I know they worked their asses raw. Their asses will hurt for the next 2 weeks. It's brutal. And I'm not lying. It's so painful. So I was happy to be their chauffeur and would gladly take up this position at any time in the future.

So let's give them a hi-five and a cheers! They worked hard and raised a lot of money towards finding the cure for MS. And Fuck MS! It can totally suck it! :)

Ta ta my lovlies. Next time I'll try to be sober, more interesting and more coherent... :) Maybe.

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!

God help me...

I did it. I registered for the 2008 MS 150 bike ride.

Now please, God, be gentle with me and help me instead of giving me 25+mph head winds and 90+ degree heat like last year... Please...

And for those of you who want to support me and join the fight against MS here is my donations page (I'll be sending out a "fun" mass email later):
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Bike/MNMBikeEvents?pg=personal&fr_id=7100&fr_id=7100&px=4521285

For those of you who do not know, I rode this for the first time ever last year. It is actually over 150 miles, approximately from Duluth to Blaine. I wrote previously about it in an earlier post, so read that if you're interested in details. It was NOT a fun ride for me. But I guess determination and the want to feel like I was contributing to my friends battle won out in the end... Dang it.