Executive Decision

A decision was made by Ms. Olivia and Ms. Amy while I was out of the office this morning....NO RUNNING TONIGHT...... YAY! I was out in Walnut Creek for a doctors appointment and oh boy, I almost melted. It was only 95, HA, ONLY!!!, so I was curious if the girls would cancel or not. They did and I'm very happy. It's hot and the air quality is bad. We will once again meet for pedicures and dinner :o) My hubby has band practice so it works out :o)


Last night's buddy run went well. I took it easy and got 3.1 miles in. Tomorrow night I'll hit the track workout and on Saturday we'll be doing 12 miles again. Olivia and I chatted yesterday and we agreed that we needed to change our schedule a little. Our long runs were scheduled on days that we didn't have coached runs which meant that we'd be doing most of them on our own and that is never fun so we switched a few things around and now our shorter/long runs are on YOYO days and our long/long runs are on Coached Run Saturday's. This will work out much better for us.


Today I recieved a very nice gift and I have to share it because you no me, I'm the crazy doggie lady :o) I shop at Pyrenee's Pets in Danvilee for all my doggie goodies, they ladies that own the shop are super nice and I always enjoy going in there to shop and chit chat with them. I had noticed a few months back that they didn't really have a website set up so I offered to help them out, for free. I don't really do this for a living I more do it because I enjoy it and I like making things look pretty. I did Coach Al's website a few months ago also. Anyway, the website is still in the works but it's coming along nicely and the owner is really happy to have something set up now. THANK YOU TINA, I love my new charm :o)




I LOVE IT :o) It's silver and it's a cute little paw. I'll have to rotate with the current necklance I'm wearing.

Heat Wave #2

Nothing exciting to report today. Last night was a rest night for us so that's exactly what we did.

We are are suppose to be having our second heat wave of the summer. It's gonna get into the 100's for the next three days...YIKES! It's already 75 degrees in Danville and it's only 9am :o( This week I am hoping to get in a full week of training especially since I've gotta run 18 miles on Saturday. I really want to feel good. I have to be honest though if it's in the 100's tomorrow, I'm not running :o( I know my body and I just don't do well in that kind of heat. I know Coach would total call me a wimp :o( and I will agree that I am.

Table for 9, Please

Friday?Friday? What did I do on Friday? Oh yeah, nothing. We stayed home and cleaned our house for a dinner party we were hosting on Saturday. We also had to be up early for the run so we tried to be done cleaning by 9ish so we could relax.

Saturday we were up early once again to meet the team at the Berkeley Marina for a run. I was suppose to do 12 miles but only got in 5.5 :o( Because of time I wasn't going to be able to do 12 but I figured I'd get in half of the mileage, I felt icky and my belly was starting to hurt from the GU and GU2O so I decided to cut the run short. Urrrgghhh, I'm really getting frustrated with this issue. Gotta figure out a new solution :o(

Rocky and I had breakfast after the run at our usual spot, The Coffee Mill, YUMMY! Then it was back home to get ready for our dinner party. We invited over the band and their wives and in total there were 9 of us. On the menu:

Drinks

Pomegranate Martini's for the ladies

and beer for the boys

Appetizers
Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Thingies
Mozzarella, Tomatoe, Basil Bread Bites
Grilled Oysters with Pico de Gallo

Dinner
Spicy Shrimp
Couscous w/Feta Cheese, green onions, garbanzo beans and cherry tomatoes (thanks for the idea Ms. Amy) :o)
Green Beans w/Butter & Almonds

Entertainment
UFC Championship Fighting....YUCK! Rocky ordered Pay Per View and the boys watched the fight while the girls chit chatted away.

As you can see I had a nice spread planned out for the evening and if you know me you know that I am super OCD and everything had to be perfect. I like everyone to be comfortable and well fed. Making sure that everything comes out of the oven on a timely matter and coordinating that the side dishes are done at the same time and making sure things don't get cold is sometimes a challenge for me. I still have a hard time coordinating all foods to be done at the same time. Anyway, I spent the ENTIRE afternoon in my kitchen getting things ready. We have wood floors and I was barefoot in the kitchen (NOT preggy though....LOL) and it wasn't til everyone had left and I had sat on the couch that I realized how SORE I was. My entire body hurt. My back, my calves, shoot even my butt cheeks hurt from standing in the kitchen all afternoon/night with no shoes on :o( poopy!

The dinner turned out super yummy, everyone enjoyed all the food and we barely had any leftovers. It was a nice evening with everyone.

Sunday, I met Karen for brunch at the Coffee Mill while Rocky was at Kali. After brunch I had some errands to run but I was pooped and still sore so I put my pajammies back on and plopped on the couch for the rest of the day with my hubby and our doggies.

WOOHOO It's Friday!

It was been a LONG busy week, very glad it's over. Tomorrow another 12 mile run at the Berkeley Marina. Saturday evening dinner at our house with the MotherHumbuckers and their lovely wives and Sunday brunch with Karen and the rest of the day should be fairly mellow.

Fundraising is going great, as of yesterday I have $579.00. I still have quite a ways to go until I reach my $3000 goal but I'm certain that I'll get there. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to have a fundraiser, if I do I think it'll revolve around knitting :o) stay tuned.


If you are interested in donating please visit my fundraising website here.


THANK YOU...KAREN, PETRA, MARK, TOM, AARON, OLIVIA, CHARLIE & BRUCE...for your generous donations


Rocky is also fundraising this season, he'll be doing the Nike Half Marathon. He has teamed up with another TNT participant, Hugo, who's also got a band, Pine & Battery and along with the MotherHumbuckers they'll be having a "ROCKING FOR A CURE" fundraiser at Joe's in Lafayette. Should be a fun evening although I'm very bummed because I won't be here :o( I will be in LA for a conference :o( poopy!


If you are open that evening check them out :O) and support their fundraising efforts.

Last night was my knitting night with the girls although no knitting got done. We chit chatted and chit chatted away until almost 9pm when it was time to go home. We had a fun evening at Ms. Amy's house, THANK YOU AMY.

Parrot Stroll

Remeber the dog stroller picture I had on my post from last week? Well on Sunday when Jeanette and I were out for our run on the Ironhorse trail a lady and her husband were out for a Sunday walk with a stroller that looked a little more like these:

The first thing I thought of course was that there must be a doggie in there going for a Sunday stroll with it's mommy and daddy.

Ummm, WRONG, the couple had a PARROT in the stroller. WHAT???? Who takes their parrot out for a walk? Okay, I guess those people do.

See, I'm still pretty sane :o)

It's the thought that counts

Monday's I usually have the night off from running so last night I met up with my best friend Debbie for dinner. I don't see her very often, she lives in Livermore, works in San Jose and her weekend schedule is just as busy if not busier than mine are. Yesterday she had a meeting in Martinez so we decided to meet up after work since she'd be driving by San Ramon to head home. After about 30 minutes of searching for a Japanese Restaurant, that was open, we ended up at a place off Bollinger and Alcosta. It was okay but not all that great. I think I like my two places in Walnut Creek or our Oakland Sushi Boat House better. I'll have to ask Ms. Amy if she's ever been there. We still had a nice evening though hanging out and chatting.

I had seen Debbie on my birthday but we both had forgotten to bring each other's birthday gifts to exchange so we did it last night. She not only gave me my birthday present but she also had a wedding/house warming gift for Rocky and I. It was a nice throw to put on our couch it matches perfectly with our colors and she hasn't even been to our house :o) Good job Debbie!

When I was opening it I noticed that the box had our names on it and I asked if she had gotten it engraved. She said she had. She's said "Oh I think I even got everything right"....haa, haa. Nope not quite. She couldn't find our wedding announcement in her pile of mail at home and she couldn't find in her email any of the stuff we emailed her when we got married. So she guessed. She thought we flew into Maui on Friday and got married on Saturday, April 28. We actually flew into Maui on Saturday and got married on Sunday, April 29. Hee, hee, so our blankie says

Rocky & Claudia

April 28, 2007

Oh well, she tried :o) that's the day we got engaged so the date does mean something to us :o)