Besides wedding planning, running, and doing boot camp (did I mention that I lost 5 lbs in May!!) I have been reading.
My recommendations -
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Free ebook for my Kindle #15 from Project Gutenberg) by Arthur Conan Doyle - good book.
Independence Day by Richard Ford - 1996 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction - okay book
Bookends - Jane Green - great summer pool/beach reading.
The 8th Confession - James Patterson - Part of the Women's Murder Club, not as great as the Alex Cross books, but an easy fun read.
The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields - 1995 Pulitzer Prize in Fictions - excellent book!! Loved it.
Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks - 2 girlfriends recommended these books - easy reads - make sure to have lots of kleenex with you!
My summer reading is going to include The Rabbit books (#2, 3, and 4 - Rabbit Redux, Rabbit is Rich, and Rabbit at Rest - #3 and 4 are Pulitzer Prize winners - did I mention that I am reading all the PP fiction books - slow but steady progress. I thought I would read #1 and 2 before reading 3 and 4 to know the characters. #1 was depressing and I didn't like it. #2 is very sexually and graphic and so far not great) and a few books about Frank Llyod Wright - a very interesting person.
If you need any book recommendations, I am your girl.
Have fun summer reading!
-ELT
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Tri Columbia Blossoms of Hope 1/2 Marathon Relay
Mile splits (some missing - mile markers were hard to see):
Today, I completed my 3rd 1/2 marathon. Actually, it was a relay, 6.55miles each. Is was my relay partner's first race, so I ran the first half and then ran with her on the second half as moral support. The course was very hilly and my knees did not like it. The second half hurt, but I had fun!
Splits -
1 - 8:35
2 - 8:11
3 - 8:24
4 - 8:50
5 - missed marker
6 - 16:45
6.55 - 5:11 (relay switch point - 56min) - the last 1/2 mile was uphill :(
7 - missed marker
8 - overall time - 1:01.16
9 - 9:41
10 - 10:37 - 1hr 30 min (knees hurt, switched to 3min run/1min walk)
11 - 10:50
12 - 10:43
13.1 - 10:58, 2hr 3 min
Enjoy!
-ELT
Today, I completed my 3rd 1/2 marathon. Actually, it was a relay, 6.55miles each. Is was my relay partner's first race, so I ran the first half and then ran with her on the second half as moral support. The course was very hilly and my knees did not like it. The second half hurt, but I had fun!
Splits -
1 - 8:35
2 - 8:11
3 - 8:24
4 - 8:50
5 - missed marker
6 - 16:45
6.55 - 5:11 (relay switch point - 56min) - the last 1/2 mile was uphill :(
7 - missed marker
8 - overall time - 1:01.16
9 - 9:41
10 - 10:37 - 1hr 30 min (knees hurt, switched to 3min run/1min walk)
11 - 10:50
12 - 10:43
13.1 - 10:58, 2hr 3 min
Enjoy!
-ELT
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Book Review - Winter 2010
Books read Jan - March 2010.
Mary Todd Lincoln by Jean Baker - biography of Mary Todd Lincoln, a very interesting misunderstood person. Great book!
Knit Two by Kate Jacobs - second in the Walker and Daughter Knitting store series. Great easy reading.
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built: #10 - Alexander McCall Smith - great book in a light hearted series.
The Forgotten Garden and The Shifting Fog - Kate Morton - I listened to these books on audible and I love them. The reader was wonderful, I could listen all day. Highly recommended!!
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger - I know I am behind the times just reading this book now (I haven't seen the movie either.) It was a great book and I love how the author developed the story. A friend mentioned that she thought the book was too sexual. It does have many sexual scenes, but I feel they are integral to the story. Highly recommended!!
I, Alex Cross by James Patterson - I read this book on my kindle during the snow of February 2010! Classic Alex Cross book = Great!
Mercy by Jodi Picoult - another thought provoking book about the relationship between a husband and wife. Beautiful writing.
Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult - one of her newest books dealing with a family with an ill child, similiar theme as My Sisiter's Keeper. It was a great book, but I could do without the last few pages. The story was finished, they weren't necessary.
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks - my first Sparks book, it was an easy great weekend reading book. Great beach reading.
Enjoy!
ELT
Mary Todd Lincoln by Jean Baker - biography of Mary Todd Lincoln, a very interesting misunderstood person. Great book!
Knit Two by Kate Jacobs - second in the Walker and Daughter Knitting store series. Great easy reading.
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built: #10 - Alexander McCall Smith - great book in a light hearted series.
The Forgotten Garden and The Shifting Fog - Kate Morton - I listened to these books on audible and I love them. The reader was wonderful, I could listen all day. Highly recommended!!
The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger - I know I am behind the times just reading this book now (I haven't seen the movie either.) It was a great book and I love how the author developed the story. A friend mentioned that she thought the book was too sexual. It does have many sexual scenes, but I feel they are integral to the story. Highly recommended!!
I, Alex Cross by James Patterson - I read this book on my kindle during the snow of February 2010! Classic Alex Cross book = Great!
Mercy by Jodi Picoult - another thought provoking book about the relationship between a husband and wife. Beautiful writing.
Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult - one of her newest books dealing with a family with an ill child, similiar theme as My Sisiter's Keeper. It was a great book, but I could do without the last few pages. The story was finished, they weren't necessary.
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks - my first Sparks book, it was an easy great weekend reading book. Great beach reading.
Enjoy!
ELT
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
April Food Day!
The issue of hunger in America is still as desperate as ever. People you know - your neighbours, your relatives and your friends – are visiting food banks to help make ends meet. People who never in a million years thought they’d have to get food are visiting food banks. And the food banks are more stretched than they’ve ever been.Donate to Feeding America - April Food Day
Thank-you for your support for this project.
ELT
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Happy Birthday
March = birthdays!
Today (3-23) is GAH's birthday!! He got some coffee equipment and beans from Baby's coffee and from what I hear it is fantastic! Highly recommended.
Saturday is my Dad's birthday. Happy Birthday Dad! My mom is paying the buy-in for a Poker tournament. Win Big!!
Gussy and Germy also have their unoffical birthdays on Saturday. Gussy will be 9 (old lady cat) and I am growing her some new cat grass! Germy will be 6 and I am sure my mom will give him extra tuna!
Happy Birthday!Happy Birthday!Happy Birthday!Happy Birthday!
-ELT
Sunday, March 21, 2010
DC National Half Marathon
Yesterday, I finished my second 1/2 marathon.
It was a great morning, a little cold at the start (~45F) and a sunny finish.
With all the snow in MD this winter, I have been running on the treadmill, doing faster paces and I started boot camp (Love it!! www.thebootcampgirl.com ), different training than my first 1/2.
Since January, I have lost ~10lbs going to boot camp and running on my own.
My goals for this race were to run as long/far as possible before switching to 3min run/1min walk and beat my Baltimore time (2hr 16min).
The reward - Chick-a-fil!!!
I made my goals and smashed my time. 13.1miles in 1hr 56min!! 8:51/mile! All running, no walking.
I am pretty impressed with myself.
At the 10mile mark, my time was ~1hr 30min, so I updated my goal to try and finish under 2 hrs.
I guess I am an official runner now :)
Mile splits (some missing - mile markers were hard to see):
1 - na
2 - 18:32
3 - 8:59
4 - 8:45
5 - 9:06
6.2 - 11:02 (10k = 56min 26sec)
7 - na
8 - 15:59
9 - 8:47
10 - 8:36 - 1hr 29 min
11 - 8:31
12 - 8:33
13.1 - 9:04, 1hr 56 min
-Enjoy!
It was a great morning, a little cold at the start (~45F) and a sunny finish.
With all the snow in MD this winter, I have been running on the treadmill, doing faster paces and I started boot camp (Love it!! www.thebootcampgirl.com ), different training than my first 1/2.
Since January, I have lost ~10lbs going to boot camp and running on my own.
My goals for this race were to run as long/far as possible before switching to 3min run/1min walk and beat my Baltimore time (2hr 16min).
The reward - Chick-a-fil!!!
I made my goals and smashed my time. 13.1miles in 1hr 56min!! 8:51/mile! All running, no walking.
I am pretty impressed with myself.
At the 10mile mark, my time was ~1hr 30min, so I updated my goal to try and finish under 2 hrs.
I guess I am an official runner now :)
Mile splits (some missing - mile markers were hard to see):
1 - na
2 - 18:32
3 - 8:59
4 - 8:45
5 - 9:06
6.2 - 11:02 (10k = 56min 26sec)
7 - na
8 - 15:59
9 - 8:47
10 - 8:36 - 1hr 29 min
11 - 8:31
12 - 8:33
13.1 - 9:04, 1hr 56 min
-Enjoy!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Snow
The snow totals for the 2009 - 2010 are depressing. So much so, that I haven't wanted to blog about them.The first storm which hit before Christmas, caused my flight to Atlanta for a long weekend to be cancelled and delayed my arrival in NM. Arggg!!
Fortunately, all my co-workers said that the average snow fall is ~18", so the December storm was supposed to be all the snow we got. Needless to say they were wrong!!
The DC/Baltimore area was hit with two more 18"+ storms in the same week!!! The snow piles are so, high we will be lucky if it melts by April.
Check out this blog - written by a lady in Baltimore - Love her blog and she did a fantastic job covering the snow.
http://pigtown-design.blogspot.com/2010/02/snow-updates.html
I will leave you with some pictures I took....
The owner of this car, still hasn't dug it out! It has been almost 2 weeks!!
And to add to the cabin fever brought on by the snow, on another trip to Atlanta to do wedding stuff with my mom, it snowed! 3 to 4"!! Which isn't much by DC/Baltimore standards, but put the greater Atlanta area into panic mode. I wanted a sign on the rental car - "From Maryland, I know how to drive in the snow. Get out of my way!!" The Atlanta snow did cause a few of our appointments to be cancelled, which almost put me over the edge. Fortunately, everything worked out, we did get some of the most important things done, and I got a beautiful necklace for Valentine's Day!
We are going snowboarding next weekend, which I should be excited about!?! More snow ;)With all the snow here, I would rather be at the beach next weekend. Spring, where are you...
-Enjoy!
ELT
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