Home Ownership

Hey, home ownership is not all the fun of mortgages and property taxes.

I can tell you this about my first attempt at regrouting my bathroom. It's requiring a second attempt at regrouting my bathroom.

Ah well.

Did I Ever Tell You You're My Hero?

Dear Heavens this is an ambitious goal.

Nick Hollon, a high school senior, is going to run 3,000 miles in 10 months to raise money to cure blood cancers. Like many of us who raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, blood cancer his touched his life.

Three thousand miles in 10 months is a great goal, but he decided to make it even tougher. Next Saturday, he's running 100 miles. In. One. Day. I can do 26.2 in one day and it's tough. He's doing nearly 4 marathons in less than 24 hours.

Visit his website www.3000forthecure.org to hear more about his run. I'm planning to join him on the track and run a few miles to keep him company if he needs some support.

MTFBWY

{crosses fingers}

Following every superstition to increase my luck, I submitted my entry into the New York City Marathon today. Hopefully, I'll get picked for a lottery spot to participate.

Avenue of the Giants Half Marathon

I did not want this "race" to end; I wanted to walk another few hours in the Redwoods. The course wasn't crowded with runners; there was a lot of time to simply enjoy the woods.



I hope to come back and do this race again.

Heaven Looks Like This

After a hectic early morning of travel, I arrived in Humboldt, California for tomorrow's half marathon. We're staying at the cutest B&B, the Gingerbread Mansion. It's lovely here and smack in middle of the beautiful California redwoods. The redwoods are every bit as awesome as you might have heard.

The area has a very small town feel which I love. Well, except for the fact that medical (and recreational) marijuana is Humboldt's big industry due to the extremely high THC content in the local crop. In other words, Humboldt weed is the good stuff.

Still it's a conservative small town. I knew what I was getting as soon as I landed at the local airport and bait shop. Okay, it's not the bait shop, but it's a pretty darn small airport. In the ladies room there is the following sign:




Please notice the wording - not just California law but Common decency demands that you wash your hands. When is the last time you saw a sign that appealed to your common decency. In a small town, that's where you get signs like that.

Anyway, it's lovely here. A small, Victorian town snuggled in the majestic forest of redwoods.