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Phase One Complete!

Today began the great experiment of biking to work.

I managed to get here just fine…now, going home will be another story.

It’s a seven …

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Progress

So I’m getting there.

Carrie and I are having a race to see who can lose the most weight between now and our Michigan trip (so basically …

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Today’s trip

Carrie went on a ride with me today. Sadly, her bike is old and junky, so it was a lot harder for her to ride than for me, but we’re going to …

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Busy day

This was a long day.

It started this morning with my Volunteer Orientation at the Anti-Cruelty Society. That was totally interesting. Now that …

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Hank Aaron and Carrie’s grandpa

Carrie’s dad sent me this picture last week – it’s …

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Ribfest and the Hoyle Brothers

I have to be downtown until noon on Saturday for an ACS thing, but I’ll be hightailing it to Ribfest right after to catch the last half of the …

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AVOID Quicken Billpay

So back in December, I signed up for Quicken’s Billpay service, so that I could pay bills directly from Quicken on my Mac.

Well, it never quite …

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Puppy

No matter how bad a mood I am in, just LOOKING at my dog makes me cheer up.

He’s such a doofus.

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Happy birthday, sis

Happy birthday to my little sister, Debbie!

As of today, she is no longer a teenager. So I guess that means she has to stop saying “w00t” …

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And we’re off…

Just took a 90 minute ride. Rode from my house to the lakefront, and then took the path all the way down to just past the S curve. Estimated …

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w00t

So, thanks to , I plotted out a pretty straightforward ride to work.

It’s only about 7 miles, which should be pretty easy. I think I might have …

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Biking

Went for another ride today by myself. Ten miles, approx (I need to get an odometer for my bike, since guesstimating with the gmaps pedometer …