Bodhi Watching Birds

Monsoon Season

A few photos of cute Bodhi playing in the rain pouring off the roof ~

Today I am ~ making/returning phone calls ~ catching up on email ~ doing laundry ~ reading a grad student comps paper ~ picking up the dogs from the kennel ~ cleaning up the patio and yard ~

September

September is my favorite month!

Time to start training for Imogene 2009 - 9/12/09 !

Below are a couple of photos that show why Bodhi does not yet get to have a mattress in his crate when I leave the house ~

You can click on each photo to enlarge it and see better the funny naughty Bodhi.

SPI photos

The hat is for sun protection and hair control ~


The hats are because we are being pirates ~

Happy Birthday to Rigbig!

Fri Sat Sun

Above is gratuitous cute photo ~

Work

Fri read chapters 2 and 3 in Algebra II for Dummies

Sat read chapter 4 in Algebra II for Dummies

Sun finished reviewing manuscript (sent another one off last Sun)

Dogs

Fri worked with both on - down - sit - stand - and both got a bath

Sat practiced walking Bodhi on leash nicely next to Jake

Sun practiced a short wolfpack jog on the flood control dam

Sun practiced playing nicely with Dakota and Jake

Exercise

Fri Burned 100 calories on each of bike stairs treadmill at gym

Fri Leg Press 50 @ 100

Sat nothing

Sun wolfpack jog on flood control dam

House

Fri a guy was here all day doing stuff

Sat talked to guy at Home Depot about countertops

Sun got measured for countertops and decided on colors

Social

Fri went to a SWEC party

Sat went on a walk with Cheryl and Jake (with Bodhi)

Sun had lunch with Dom

Sun had dinner with Kim and Cheryl and Dakota and Jake

Yesterday et al.

Thursday 21 August = yesterday
1st day of classes = 1st day of sabbatical
a good day to start keeping up with things again

Work - read chapter 1 of Algebra II for Dummies

Dogs - worked with both on
heel - sit - come - sit stay - walking on the right - no bite

Exercise - up and down A Mountain once with wrist weights

House - spent copious time
researching appliances on internet
talking to Lowes woman about appliances
talking to Home Depot man about countertops and sinks

Important dates from the past month or so ~

July 28 - workmen started tearing apart the house - 4 weeks!

August 2 - Maddie adoption day (2004)

* August 13-19 - South Padre Island #7 with Ed & Marco

1 summer 03
2 summer 05
3 thanksgiving 05
4 summer 06
5 summer 07
6 thanksgiving 07
7 summer 08
8 thanksgiving 08 - fingers crossed

* Friday 15 August - did my first jibe
acutally I did 6 of them - 3 each direction

This is the one I can do now ~ light wind jibe ~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXnp6-6l-54&feature=related

This is the one I want to learn next ~ carving jibe ~

http://www.ehow.com/how_8992_carve-jibe-windsurf.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkNJhwqpRBk&feature=related

And here is a cool windsurfing (aka sailboarding) site ~

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~wprinz/windsurfing/windindex.html

August 19 - parental anniversary (42 years)

& TODAY ~

August 22 - Happy Birthday to Kathy & Susan (my age)

Hello Dolly

Today we are getting the rain from the hurricane - and I am going to start blogging about my daily ! exercise and Imogene training.

This morning I took the dogs on a 3-mile walk in the rain on the flood control dam.

This afternoon I hiked the Baylor Canyon/Pass trail. I had intended to go the entire 3.5-ish miles to the peak but turned around at just over 2 miles because part of the trail was under water and I was not willing to get my trail running shoes totally wet and muddy.

So a total of about 7 miles for me today - 3 flat - 2 up - 2 down.