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No posts here for a while. Guess I should do something about that. Today was productive. I had the day off from work which means its time to tackle all the tasks that have built up over the last month since I had a thursday off to myself. I started off with grand plans of acomplishing everything and needless to say didnt quite make it that far. However I still got a reasonable amount done. Ive done a few loads of laundry, a load of dishes, made leek n potato soup with saussage and cheese (enough to last a week), made a from scratch peach pie, and payed bills. I think that should count as good enough. But i still plan on hitting the gym and then jeff and i have a dance lesson tonight. So a busy day but with all that done, i feel less stressed so am happy. The dogs have decided its too hot out to stay outside so they are collapsed on the tile floor. Even ruger gave up on following me around the house today and just decided to stay sedentary. He did manage to position himself to be able to take advantage of the piece of cheese i dropped tho. Smart dog. So the soup is cooking in the hot pot, the pie is in the oven, the dishwasher and clothes washer are running in the background and im sitting her playing on the computer. Jeff and were talking to some of his family last night and they were discussing which tv shows they liked. We said we didnt really watch tv except the occasional movie and they decided we were wierd. It occured to me later that I dont really have time to watch tv. I guess most of the hours i would spend in front of the tv are used on the computer or reading a book, but overall I just feel too busy with other stuff to want to turn on the tv. I tend to buy the series I like on dvd and watch and re-watch em, but I also re-read books. Wierd? probably. But i seem to have converted Jeff to my wierdness. Go me.

running

So I went running tonight. Had a rough day at work and needed to do something that didnt involve sitting on my ass and feeling sorry for myself. So i took my sorry self to the gym. I managed to run for 30 minutes without walking. This may not sound like much to some of you- but for me its a major acomplishment. I think ive only done that one other time since my high school/early college days when I was actually in shape. It wasn't even as painful as I usually associate with running. I could breath and my legs didnt feel like they were gonna fall off.. and once i cooled down afterwards I felt great. Wierd... to go running and not feel like im gonna puke up a lung. Kinda cool. Maybe theres something to this running shit after all.
not much else going on in other news. Work progresses on the sailboat. The critters are still all alive and kicking and Jeff and I are doing well. At the moment Jeff is redecorating the living room again... (this means mostly just moving furniture into new and interesting locations) Hes having fun... im not gonna stop him.

crackberry

so i have officially joined the crackberry nation. Jeff got a new phone from work so I inherited his old (two months old) blackberry. Its friggin addictive. And to top it all off.. he chose a rockin color (dark red). So thats my new toy/addiction. But.. before you giggle too much... my mother actually had one long before i did.. so its not like im jumping on this bandwagon too soon or anything

home again home again

So Jeff and I just got back from a trip up to Rockport/Gloucester (gloster or glostah if youre a local). Its his old stomping grounds and where he grew up. Its slightly north-ish of boston on an island that is still mostly ruled by the fishing industry.. it seems to be divided between fishing, artists and tourists. After 5 days there the overwhelming word i come up with to describe it is cute. Old victorian/colonial houses in various stages of repair and all decked out comprrise the vast majority of the landscape. And oh yeah... they have hills there. This is not, I realize, major news to most of you. But for those of us that live in Florida.. a hill is something to write home about. They have lots of them... very up and down.. lots of geography. Kinda cool. I took lots of pictures which will be uploaded soon (yeah yeah i know you've heard it before but i mean it this time). Nothing like a vacation to re-ignite the interest in photography. I still need to post the Key West pics as well. While we were up there we went thru Jeff's storage locker. I think mostly because people warned me up one side and down the other.. i wasnt too blown away at the amount of clothes Jeff has... now the numer of shoes and belts is another matter all together. Lets just say i have a long way to go on my shoe collection before he can say a word. (and i just cant see myself ever needing that many belts.) So other than the weather (very fall like and rainy) I really really liked the Gloucester area... now i just need to hit the lottery so we can snow bird it. In other news we had a bad scare with Ruger when we got back to town. He seems to have pulled through it so we're keeping our fingers crossed for a little more time. We are 3.5 years out on a diagnosis that was supposed to limit to him to a few months.. so at this point every day is a bonus.

up north

Jeff and I arrived safe and sound in Gloucester/Rockport. All is good... yeah for vacation. Now if we could just find some sunshine... we tried to bring it with us... i promise.

its officially summer

Even I will admit its now stupid hot down here in Florida. However if you sit in the shade and theres a decent breeze going its really not too bad. Just dont stand out in the sun for more than 30 seconds or so or you begin melting... literally.. I think im now about 3 inches shorter than I was a week ago.
In other news the dance lessons are going really well. Our dance studio has a dance every friday night and last night was our first one. It was a lot of fun. I made it about 3 steps inside the door before I was asked to dance.. Jeff didnt even get to set our stuff down before I was whisked away. He also got snapped up in about 30 seconds. We danced the rhumba, swing, foxtrot, cha cha, and tango and maybe some others.. i dont remember them all. Oh yeah.. the waltz too. It was fun dancing with all sorts of people but finally being able to dance with Jeff without feeling like we stepping all over each other was wonderful. We still have a long ways to go.. but as one of the instructors put it last night.. these skills will last a lifetime.. once we learn to dance together.. its not like its there is an expiration date on these skills.
Jeff and I just went to the gym to get some exercise.. the dancing is fun but we're not good enough to really get our heart rates up much yet to call it exercise. Ive been running at the gym lately and am finally getting to the point where I dont feel like im gonna die the whole time. its almost (gasp) fun. almost.

busy days

So things continue to go well down here in Florida. The dance lessons are still loads of fun. We have decided that the Tango is wicked fun and we also like the cha cha and some of the other latin dances. I highly recomend dance lessons if you've ever been thinking about it and couldnt make up your mind. Other than that we are still (and will be for a long time) working on the sailboat. We are trying to get the electrical system up and running, right now that involves hauling the batteries off the boat and charging them up... then taking them back to the boat and hooking things up and seeing what works. Wish us luck. This will most likely eventually involve a trip up the mast to work on the light at the very top.. fun fun for those of us that are scared of heights.
Jeff and I are off to boston at the end of next week. Ive never really been before and am looking forward to the trip. I have a feeling its gonna be on the hectic side, but most likely fun too. Otherwise not much new down here..