Great view

Saturday night Casey and I could see fireworks all over the city from our balcony. We turned out the lights and stood outside with our arms around each other and watched the various displays. It was a great moment with my wonderful husband.

Until a moth landed on my shoulder and I ran inside.

Happy 4th of July!

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

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Up this week. Yikes. I really need to be more careful. I mean, I don't feel fatter, but during the next few weeks I really have to figure out how to keep diet and exercise in focus while managing my hectic schedule. I'm super busy at work, out of town next weekend and we close on the 14th so I should probably, um, pack or something. /whine



I only got in four workouts last week. I trained with Casey on Wednesday again and we did the power lifting stuff. It's a nice change especially since I'm feeling frazzled and burnt out. I ran into trainer Lindsay too, and I want to get two sessions with her sometime soon for a refresher. My runs got a little easier this week as the temps became more bearable.



Thursday night the boys and I attended Yankee Doodle Pops with Angel. I was less than impressed. The music was good but the fireworks display in Gowrie is better and the lack of crowd there can't be beat. The capitol crowd wouldn't bother me if there were more active parenting going on. Tons of kids were throwing balls around, not paying any attention to where they were going and thus stepping in our cupcakes. I also witnessed a toddler fall face first out of a collapsible chair in front of totally oblivious parents. I brought card games for our quiet (and non-cupcake-stepping-in) enjoyment and I noticed another family had matchbox cars. Would that more people followed suit. Oh, I nearly forgot the most egregious of the bad parenting we witnessed. Shame on the family with two teen aged girls who thought it was OK to take pictures of each other during the national anthem. I wanted to take their camera and toss it into the street. /curmudgeon

Updates

I realize I haven't been good about them lately. I've just been too busy. Anyway...

Here's a picture of my new nephew Fynn William who was born in April. He's a little redhaired cutie.

My sister Michelle got engaged to Christian in June. Congratulations to them!!!

I saw my mom and step-dad last weekend. It was great to see them and had been about a year.

Looks like I'm going to be a homeowner in two weeks.

1.8

Up this week, but I didn't get to post that the week before that I was down 5.6. Last week was a long, stressful one and for once I did the opposite of what I normally do - I barely ate at all and it showed up on the scale. I also let stress get the better of me and I only got in three workouts. This week I got in five, which is acceptable.

 

I love the heat we had this week with one exception. Running is hard when it's this hot and humid. Really hard. I feel almost like I'm starting over. I got Saturday's long run started before 7am, but it was still painful. I hope to acclimate soon. I'll feel like a sissy if I go back to the treadmill.

 

Bike ride

I took my bike out for a spin yesterday. For the first time since last year's RAGBRAI. I rode over to the in-laws for a quick visit and then along the bike path for an hour or so after that.

 

I'm really looking forward to being able to go for rides with Caelen in the future. I loved going for rides with my family when I was little.

 

For now though, I have to say that I'm just not a huge fan of bike riding. I tend to get bugs on me and my hands go numb. To top it off the bodybugg reports that I only burn between 4-5 calories per minute on my bike. (I burn 11-14 running.) It sort of doesn't seem worth it.

 

Indigestion

From two sources today.

First, Casey and I went to CABCO last night for dinner and I still feel stuffed. I'm wearing my fat jeans and really looking forward to tomorrow's 5K. No weigh in report; I couldn't bear it.

Second, from this.