Training Log Archive: Yukon KingIn the 31 days ending Mar 31, 2008:
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Monday Mar 31, 2008 #
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started on Walden after War & Peace exhaustion, already can tell Thoreau is a wild-eyed idealistic sophomoric lunatic, but inspirational. is reminding me of my dabblings in ideas of Extreme Early Retirement ...hmmmm...
walking 24:00 [1] 1.2 km (20:00 / km)
over to Taylor Park w "Mog" if I understood his eastern european owner correctly. Mog & G ran around in the street hockey enclosure, then G & I sat in (rather chilly) sun to read & observe the goings-on. Home for tea & kibbles, & a shot at artichoke & white bean dip, pork & peppers, jerusalem artichokes expt (salt, pepper, olive oil, roastiness)... salad? brussels sprouts? we'll see how many vegies I can haul out & hack up during Disc Drive. I do have 3 hours!
walking 6:00 [1] 0.3 km (20:00 / km)
part of evening walk w boy & dog - however, when I peeled off to return home, apparently this melted doggy's head, she lost The Girl!!!! & had to quickly backtrack. Won't be doing that disruptive variation again....
Sunday Mar 30, 2008 #
core/upper - horsing about 10:00 [1]
pillow-fighting, sheet-fighting, & dog-bed-fighting w the dog after her day riding in the Jeep, on ferries, etc. she liked it, well, we both did.
walking 20:00 [1] 1.0 km (20:00 / km)
wild estimate, dog-walking at Swartz Bay terminal after dropping off parents while D re-configured the Jeep. Then Cobble Hill walk (hail, sunshine, pecan cookies) after unerringly like a salmon in its native waters (went to boarding school at Shawnigan Lake 32 years ago) directing us sans map ("I don't need no Steenking Map!") to Quarry Nature Park where there was NO O-meet. oops. That's what happens when yer offline for a while. Or just don't bother checking.
Saturday Mar 29, 2008 #
walking 30:00 [1] 1.5 km (20:00 / km)
wild estimate - walked around...Hurth Hill just after the ferry ride to the Island, pretty & springlike but cold! Then a super-freezing walk w BA to teach her how to dog-walk w G-dog - "stay", "hike", leave it"....
had tea w parents then out for greek food & a belly dancer (oooh!!! fun!), very pretty but too young & too thin, give her a few years.
Earth Day Hour did not go well, we consumed power during the hour, I really wanted a shower to warm up my joints after exhausting day & I kept the lights on in the hotel bathroom while I did it, & I didnt tell D to turn off fascinatingly exotic delight of the television either. So, as substitute, have decided to research & find a third bean recipe "suite" that we Really Like, other than bean dip suite & the chili suite. And, I am gonna cook up kidney, black, navy, & garbanzos in big power-saving crock-pot batches, freeze them on cookie-sheets, dump them into big freezer bags, & decant them as needed. More accessible, then I'll use them more, even just to sneak them into dishes more often. There. Happy Earth Day! (play to your strengths, yes?)
had tea w parents then out for greek food & a belly dancer (oooh!!! fun!), very pretty but too young & too thin, give her a few years.
Earth Day Hour did not go well, we consumed power during the hour, I really wanted a shower to warm up my joints after exhausting day & I kept the lights on in the hotel bathroom while I did it, & I didnt tell D to turn off fascinatingly exotic delight of the television either. So, as substitute, have decided to research & find a third bean recipe "suite" that we Really Like, other than bean dip suite & the chili suite. And, I am gonna cook up kidney, black, navy, & garbanzos in big power-saving crock-pot batches, freeze them on cookie-sheets, dump them into big freezer bags, & decant them as needed. More accessible, then I'll use them more, even just to sneak them into dishes more often. There. Happy Earth Day! (play to your strengths, yes?)
Friday Mar 28, 2008 #
walking 20:00 [1] 1.0 km (20:00 / km)
train downtown for banking, snowing hard !!!? sticking on the grass & trees, looks like a Xmas card! what a surprise...
finished (well, I didnt, I can't face the last 40 pp) War & Peace & it sucked. Plot development lacking ("then what? what!!!?" - ya never find out) as well as character motivation ("What?! why did she do that!!? why?!" - ya never find out) - cant figure out if this is due to translation, not getting 19th century/russion sensibilities, or just sheer crappy writing. Also annoyed by literally hundreds of pp on how all those historians are stupid history/battles/revolutions etc don't happen for those stupid reasons, but he never seems to get around to submitting a lucid explan of his own which is cheating (MAYBE its in those last 40 pp, but I'm betting not.) I think he may be yearning for social psychology or some such which hadnt been invented yet. Wombat.
so... hastily, arabian nights lamb for dinner to use the dregs of the golden raisins before I eat them all. Bought some couscous too, to dress up all fancy & pretty. Cucumber, zucchini, grapes...
finished (well, I didnt, I can't face the last 40 pp) War & Peace & it sucked. Plot development lacking ("then what? what!!!?" - ya never find out) as well as character motivation ("What?! why did she do that!!? why?!" - ya never find out) - cant figure out if this is due to translation, not getting 19th century/russion sensibilities, or just sheer crappy writing. Also annoyed by literally hundreds of pp on how all those historians are stupid history/battles/revolutions etc don't happen for those stupid reasons, but he never seems to get around to submitting a lucid explan of his own which is cheating (MAYBE its in those last 40 pp, but I'm betting not.) I think he may be yearning for social psychology or some such which hadnt been invented yet. Wombat.
so... hastily, arabian nights lamb for dinner to use the dregs of the golden raisins before I eat them all. Bought some couscous too, to dress up all fancy & pretty. Cucumber, zucchini, grapes...
walking 32:00 [1] 1.6 km (20:00 / km)
nice brisk walk after the snow melted - across the top of Taylor Park, back to the corner grocery, & down the creek. Met Bao.
core/upper - horsing about 12:00 [1]
tired the dog out late afternoon.
Yellow Dog Yoga 15:00 [1]
since i was on the floor anyhow, did some of the most rudimentary RoM's & breathing, really tired, kinda hard week. But, it's over, & we are going to Victoria tomorrow!
Thursday Mar 27, 2008 #
walking 28:00 [1] 1.4 km (20:00 / km)
sunny, bright, cold. met jake, duchess, sabre (the fattest little matching tubs-on-legs mini-pinschers I ever saw in my life)...
spent a fair amount of time annoying each other trying to decide on appropriate Precious Princess Poo Places. How did D & I create this monster? Oddly, she poops just fine in flat, arid, featureless semi-deserts etc where there is NO bracken, no ivy, & no slopes to painstakingly evaluate for a sufficiently high Poo-Perfection quotient.
twitching over (novel to me) underbelly of home-ownership involving dryers, dishwashers, & misbehaving kitchen tiles, but I am strong, I can do this!! Thai thing for dinner, basil & chili paste, pork, tofu, veggies.
spent a fair amount of time annoying each other trying to decide on appropriate Precious Princess Poo Places. How did D & I create this monster? Oddly, she poops just fine in flat, arid, featureless semi-deserts etc where there is NO bracken, no ivy, & no slopes to painstakingly evaluate for a sufficiently high Poo-Perfection quotient.
twitching over (novel to me) underbelly of home-ownership involving dryers, dishwashers, & misbehaving kitchen tiles, but I am strong, I can do this!! Thai thing for dinner, basil & chili paste, pork, tofu, veggies.
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OK, apparently when dealing w tiles one does NOT call a "tile" company. They only SELL tiles. "Luckily", one of the receptionists at one of these companies took pity on me & gave me "Tony"s number. Apparently you call "Tony", or "Jack", or "Paul"..... gah. Gonna have to work on this a bit more, I'm thinkin'... (I have NOT called "Tony")
Wednesday Mar 26, 2008 #
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huh...looked at last weekend's achey loss of energy & the one thing that stands out is both events were preceded by... dimsum?! I am going to have to repeat that expt....grrr, I am NOT cutting out dimsum!
Off for AM walk, pale green & pink sky, then rest of morning is a bit tiresome, getting prescriptions refilled & referral, nnngghh...
Off for AM walk, pale green & pink sky, then rest of morning is a bit tiresome, getting prescriptions refilled & referral, nnngghh...
walking 1:08:00 [1] 3.4 km (20:00 / km)
oof... nice walk this AM to "the other park" across the ravine, then just-too-much walking to DR, & around & about at Metrotown to P/U scrips & all the rest of it, but did get to T&T to buy two bottles of toban jian which did need to get done - will spend rest of afternoon basically on ice, I think. Did get a Canadian Maple Donut while waiting for pharmacy, made it all worthwhile...
walking 8:00 [1] 0.4 km (20:00 / km)
evening walk as well while D studied; met Nina & Rocket the ducktollers, G pee'd her pants, met G's mom, then met Tessa, then Tessa's mom started cussing us out so we skedaddled off, then did a (fake) poo-scamper, then met Ariana & Chevy the pitbulls towing their mom around. Fabulous.
Tuesday Mar 25, 2008 #
walking 30:00 [1] 1.5 km (20:00 / km)
AM walk, really cold, needed my two coats & hat that I cunningly donned, but shoulda brought gloves as well! met Pongo & Yolick, played in the dog-park a bit. Rather tired, we went to bed late last night. Gotta get x-ray today. Salmon tonight, miso-something marinade, I think. Green beans.
walking 28:00 [1] 1.4 km (20:00 / km)
train stn, xray, & back; evening walk, G freaked herself out watching an old dog take a poop, she decided for some reason he was a Bad Dog (he wasnt), & acted terrified of him. I never saw anything like it, she loves all dogs...
Monday Mar 24, 2008 #
walking 28:00 [1] 1.4 km (20:00 / km)
afternoon dog-walk down the creek in the woods & back up still as much in the woods as possible - tons of pretty bright yellow skunk cabbage way down there in the mucky bottoms. Family dinner at Alfie's. G avoided potato overdose this time so I didn't have run out w her next am at 6am. yay!
Sunday Mar 23, 2008 #
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Dang ! we got married on an O-map too!! right in the middle of it on the wee bridge... this is getting weird.
http://www.orienteeringbc.ca/gvoc/maps/files/Campb...
http://www.orienteeringbc.ca/gvoc/maps/files/Campb...
walking 34:00 [1] 1.7 km (20:00 / km)
walked around Granville Island w G while the False Creek sprint was happening - saw six or seven controls, met two pathetically deformed basset hounds...g was very, Very stimulated by the environment, lotsa boardwalks, new smells, lotsa people, I think it was good for her since we typically spend more time in less urban places... then she had a quiet hour in the back of the jeep while we ate dimsum, looked at topo maps, Piaggio Mp3's for D's commute (?!)...did another funky collapse when we got home, extremely achey & exhausted, gotta look up last weekend...met Salal's mom & opened biking info exchange re possible Kettle Valley excursion for D.
Saturday Mar 22, 2008 #
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great sleep as usual. mmmm... so, sunshine, dogwalk, laundry & bread happened yesterday, but not yoga. So, yoga will happen today. plus some sunshine which has not been on the forecast at all. Gonna do up some mahi mahi in a Lousiana pan-fried catfish style, as per Emeril LaGasse.
Yellow Dog Yoga 30:00 [1]
YDY in the morning. leg joints started out pretty painful, but they got better.
walking 24:00 [1] 1.2 km (20:00 / km)
Checked to see if new Liberty Jeep was downstairs & it wasn't. Dropped off garbage, dropped off spare plastic bags, interviewed Tessa re recent operation & subsequent dopey collar, heard more Coyote Reports. Escaped into woods. Dug large hole, looked at wild cherry blossom in woods. Looked at groc. store door for Sunday hours (they are having an Easter Egg Hunt). Tried to eat smashed eggs off sidewalk. Took a trip down memory lane, ie visited Poo Hill, saw a wren. Snuck thru formal garden where we are not supposed to be. Home again after 1.25 hours. Tea. Kibbles. Morrocan carrot salad.
Friday Mar 21, 2008 #
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weight:62.6kg
having babbled about outliers, I thought I'd better weigh myself...but what was my starting point?! I'll have to look back...
OK, March 8, March 8...63.4 kg Mar 9. OK...
have decided post-lent menu-planning will involve a week of magazine-clipping recipes (highlight: pork loin slow-cooked in root-beer for pulled pork sandwiches, BBQ sauce TBA) & then a week of GoodtimeGirl recipes (highlight: a caprese salad that is Roasted, hmmmm) & a posh 5-course (modified/simplified!!) Holland America online menu to celebrate my dad-in-law buying us a one of those ship-came-thru-Panama-Canal-early-so-it--needs-to-waste-a-few-days-while-it-warms-up-enuf-in-Alaska mini-cruises, Vancouver-Victoria-Seattle, what a blast.
Tonight, salmon cakes & pissaladiere (I love saying that) from GoodtimeGirl. Today, sunshine, laundry, bread-making, gardening, dog-walking, & perhaps some yoga.
OK, March 8, March 8...63.4 kg Mar 9. OK...
have decided post-lent menu-planning will involve a week of magazine-clipping recipes (highlight: pork loin slow-cooked in root-beer for pulled pork sandwiches, BBQ sauce TBA) & then a week of GoodtimeGirl recipes (highlight: a caprese salad that is Roasted, hmmmm) & a posh 5-course (modified/simplified!!) Holland America online menu to celebrate my dad-in-law buying us a one of those ship-came-thru-Panama-Canal-early-so-it--needs-to-waste-a-few-days-while-it-warms-up-enuf-in-Alaska mini-cruises, Vancouver-Victoria-Seattle, what a blast.
Tonight, salmon cakes & pissaladiere (I love saying that) from GoodtimeGirl. Today, sunshine, laundry, bread-making, gardening, dog-walking, & perhaps some yoga.
walking 36:00 [1] 1.8 km (20:00 / km)
grandiose sunshiney walk down the hill & then back thru Taylor park, stopping to have an apple & a dog biscuit. Met one dog, saw a kildeer.
Thursday Mar 20, 2008 #
walking 32:00 [1] 1.6 km (20:00 / km)
up to Choices to check on dog-attack (there was no dog-attack) & then down the creek by various more-or-less woodland meanders, visited w municipal workers (G's favorite thing) & back up. Cold & spitty, hail?
Yellow Dog Yoga 10:00 [1]
went down to swim, felt a bit out of sorts so stretched & kicked etc in hot-tub for a bit longer.
swimming 19:00 [1]
but then I felt good once I got in the pool so I swam quite a bit, resting floating & looking at the clouds & blue sky...practiced my other side-stroke so I would be more balanced.
walking 24:00 [1] 1.2 km (20:00 / km)
unusual route over around Cortina and back, leisurely, a bit chilly, met a nice family & a white dog. Thought about blackberry picking in August, and which kids I can invite. Maybe ask over Bram & Natalie for swimming next week...
Wednesday Mar 19, 2008 #
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dog-wrestling & general dog-whumping is on-going but in small, unloggable fragments, or in tag-team efforts as D & I gang up on G. I also had a good haul at the recycler a few days ago so we have been doing unwrap-the-box treats instead, ie where she spends 20 minutes tearing thru a series of nested boxes & retrieving the various dog-snax hidden in the layers, thereby also creating her patented "Livingroom of Trash" look, eat yer heart out martha.
walking 34:00 [1] 1.7 km (20:00 / km)
same route w extra bits added for variety - met Shelly, Pongo, & Aurora. Gonna rest a bit today as yesterday was quite tired in the evening. Also, gotta try to improve feet as they hurt quite a bit albeit in an ignorable/walk-out-able way (walk-out-able - its a word)- ignoring is definitely a valid solution, but I feel I should try to help enbrel along in actually reducing overall inflammation instead of just instantly co-opting any extra physiological "room" afforded by the treatment. Hips sore from stretching so will focus on just gait & posture. Work on neck RoM too so swimming is easier. Gonna try punjabi fish curry w the mahimahi...
walking 8:00 [1] 0.4 km (20:00 / km)
evening walk, played w Casper The Smallest Yorkie, who as it turns out likes girls who are blonde & a whole lot taller than he is...
core/upper - horsing about 10:00 [1]
there was dog-sandwich time after all...w dog-grunts & flailing fangs, yet.
Tuesday Mar 18, 2008 #
walking 32:00 [1] 1.6 km (20:00 / km)
same route as yesterday w a bit extra for wandering around to meet other dogs, to wit, Nicky, Ariana (twice), Happy, Cassie, & Sophie. Also saw The Coyote (Bane of The Neighborhood) twice, G completely mesmerized both times, more interesting than dogs!! but does not want to visit. just look.
Saw a flicker, robin wars, more new flowers, & heard a chickadee three-note mating song, different from its alert-call, the typical "chik-a-dee-dee-dee". Misty sunshine very nice.
Vegan chili w fun toppings & rest of bubble-bread, toasted w oregano butter.
Saw a flicker, robin wars, more new flowers, & heard a chickadee three-note mating song, different from its alert-call, the typical "chik-a-dee-dee-dee". Misty sunshine very nice.
Vegan chili w fun toppings & rest of bubble-bread, toasted w oregano butter.
walking 26:00 [1] 1.3 km (20:00 / km)
afternoon walk, super sunny but still crisp, down to Ledgestone thru the woods & back up the road, read W&P, played w Cassie on the parkway before returning home for tea. No coyotes.
Monday Mar 17, 2008 #
walking 56:00 [1] 2.8 km (20:00 / km)
AM dog-walk, dug a big hole thereby thoroughly disrupting the lives of a bunch of voles living beside Taylor Park, cold & pervasive mist countered by (in my case) cunning layers & cute Paddington Bear hat. Met Pongo, Wilbur & Rocky. G-dog, possessing much less fur than before, was glad to go home & try to crawl into fireplace after an hour of this. Also train DT to bank, bought gorgonzola, artichoke hearts, & 4 fab books on special, Walden, Gr. Expectations, & Mansfield Park. and two cadbury eggs both of which I shall eat.
slept well, nasty symptoms from yesterday gone.
slept well, nasty symptoms from yesterday gone.
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D pointed out this evening that we LIVE on an O-map courtesy of pi!
http://www.orienteeringbc.ca/gvoc/maps/files/Byrne...
so home base is the grey square just south of the formal garden (fountains) & the hexagonal train station, Taylor Park is further south w deep yellow & path-circle, stairmaster heads off SW from home base, from cul-de-sac to cul-de-sac, & then there are all the creek trails, & "the other park" on the other side of the ravine. Fun, huh?!
http://www.orienteeringbc.ca/gvoc/maps/files/Byrne...
so home base is the grey square just south of the formal garden (fountains) & the hexagonal train station, Taylor Park is further south w deep yellow & path-circle, stairmaster heads off SW from home base, from cul-de-sac to cul-de-sac, & then there are all the creek trails, & "the other park" on the other side of the ravine. Fun, huh?!
Sunday Mar 16, 2008 #
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slept:7.5 weight:62.6kg
sunny, dim sum today w Alfie...
Yellow Dog Yoga 20:00 [1]
AM before dimsum, stretch & strength, breathing, trying to work my hips back open to reduce stork-walk.
walking 32:00 [1] 1.6 km (20:00 / km)
same route as yesterday but w the "extra" down in the woods rather than in the sun, cuz there was no sun, only surprising cold & a light chilly breeze. So woods it was, dug another huge hole, played w great globs of sheddy fur from yesterday (VERY exciting to encounter one's own fur in the woods apparently!). Then I completely conked out when we got home - very achey, no energy, & chills. Hot bath, doze, & Chinese delivery revived me somewhat. hope it does not develop further.
Saturday Mar 15, 2008 #
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good sleep again!! made up some almost-vegan baked beans (dropped in a Tb of butter to see if that gives a better mouthfeel, vegan seems kinda...nekkid, or thin) so to jazz that up, I'm gonna try a savoury monkeybread or bubblebread - carmelized onions & corn, plus some red & green peppers, a bit of cornmeal added to the normal bread mix, and then done up in the little pull-apart balls (rolled in butter or olive oil, bwahahahaaa!) & baked altogether in a bundt pan, or maybe just a normal round cake tin. s/b fun. gardening too!
walking 32:00 [1] 1.6 km (20:00 / km)
took it easy today, sat in sunshine, played w whistler & bilbo, ditched ALOTTA fur in the woods (shedding), dug a big hole under a log, new route, a bit further down the creek trails & then back up by Green. Airplanes w banners circling the Nargat Singh (?) festival made the whole neighborhood festive all day - I think I heard some music drifting over too!
walking 14:00 [1] 0.7 km (20:00 / km)
evening walk as well. pretty half moon, clouds actually scudding. Lotsa people burping out there...what the...??! real big uninhibited burbly-burps, I never had even one person (that I didnt know) burp at me like that. Like a pop-drinking contest. oh well.
Friday Mar 14, 2008 #
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slept right thru the night! since when has that happened...not, I believe, in recorded history. Off to...walk the dog!
walking 40:00 [1] 2.0 km (20:00 / km)
over to the other side of the ravine - saw more dogs I don't know, plus Tischa who was being Super-Bad offleash (we used Gypsy-the-Hussy to lure him in & I grabbed him, heheheh, cherchez la femme can so get you in trouble, he was definitely headed for some quality time a la bread-water-handcuffs-and-not-much-else, judging from his dad's face...), dug a big hole, saw a varied thrush, skunk cabbage in bloom, lotsa misty green foliage in the woods now.
Roasted salmon w dill & lemon & olive oil, brown rice, fruit salad, huge stir-fry...
Roasted salmon w dill & lemon & olive oil, brown rice, fruit salad, huge stir-fry...
swimming 19:00 [1]
pool at night - bright shining turquoise, wow!
felt good, had to be real careful not to overdo, esp. L sidestroke which is my strongest stroke.
felt good, had to be real careful not to overdo, esp. L sidestroke which is my strongest stroke.
Yellow Dog Yoga 10:00 [1]
in hot-tub before going into the pool.
Thursday Mar 13, 2008 #
walking 1:10:00 [1] 3.5 km (20:00 / km)
morning walk, lil early afternoon walk just for fun, off to dentist, downtown, crepes on Robson, some info session at UBC, Dairy Queen, train home...lotta walking, mostly well spread out, but feet ache a little more than usual tonight.
Wednesday Mar 12, 2008 #
walking 34:00 [1] 1.7 km (20:00 / km)
getting a good walk pattern down. AOWN: Saw an owl in the woods! cherries, forsythia blooming, magnolia, huckleberry & salmonberry are either budding (M) or leafing (H, S)... misty blue sky & creamy pink clouds, it was gorgeous...played w Happy, Ariana, & Marco. Those labradoodles (Marco) seem so strong & willful it's scary, really takes strong willed & physically strong person to handle them. And they're being "marketed" simply as a hypo-allergenic solution to people who want dogs but are allergic... there should be a warning label. Beautiful and charming and good-humored dogs, but so strong, smart, & energetic. Poodles are REALLY much too smart & willful & it shows up in a lotta labradoodles coupled with some really powerful musculature & boundless energy from the labs, but without their carefully bred-in mellowness & obedience. Yikes...
C • owls 2
walking 36:00 [1] 1.8 km (20:00 / km)
scouting for Keith & Oscar, walking Keith & Oscar partway back to their place. Had lunch & chatted, sunshine, played ball, it was fun!
core/upper - horsing about 10:00 [1]
horsing around w Oscar, & that IS actually a pretty good workout as he is a BIG dog. But he sure loves playing with me & (mostly) holds his bite really good. He's so cute.
Tuesday Mar 11, 2008 #
walking 34:00 [1] 1.7 km (20:00 / km)
discussion on-going as to PPP...got it done tho, met Happy, Wilbur, & Chevy, & played w a stolen Manky Ball almost all the way home from the dog park.
I have slightly elderly tofu, & some slightly elderly noodle dough in fridge, so I'm gonna make some spicey vietnamese noodles for dinner & say it was on purpose. Plus tons of vegies & some vegetarian pot-stickers. And a tropical fruit salad...
I have slightly elderly tofu, & some slightly elderly noodle dough in fridge, so I'm gonna make some spicey vietnamese noodles for dinner & say it was on purpose. Plus tons of vegies & some vegetarian pot-stickers. And a tropical fruit salad...
walking 10:00 [1] 0.5 km (20:00 / km)
early afternoon walk just cuz the Princess wanted to...I have a feeling that my morning walks are not as wearing on her as D's are. So she has more energy later in the day.
core/upper - horsing about 10:00 [1]
using G's spare energy...
walking 14:00 [1] 0.7 km (20:00 / km)
evening walk as D works. sickle moon, brisk & bright. Played w Casper.
Monday Mar 10, 2008 #
walking 30:00 [1] 1.5 km (20:00 / km)
did the morning walk w G - D is off on class starting at 6:30 (!?) every day for 3 weeks or so. nice sturdy rain bordering on monsoon at times, met 5 dogs I had never met before. Had some trouble w new walker not understanding Proper Poo Places - had to scamper around the neighborhood painstakingly inspecting various sub-optimal locations before everything worked out as the saying goes. Dog very happy to get home & get towel-rub & some quality time w Mr Fireplace.
core/upper - horsing about 10:00 [1]
smarty-pants little yellow dog hopped up on the bed & demanded to be pummelled w pillows - rolly-eyed fanginess ensued, plus kicking, snorting, & wiggling followed by dog-walloping & dog-dragging in the livingroom w the patented Dog-Walloping-&-Dragging-Towel. Followed by a dog-nap.
walking 22:00 [1] 1.1 km (20:00 / km)
train stn & downtown to St Paul's, blood-tests, dinner at Japanese hole-in-the-wall afterwards.
Sunday Mar 9, 2008 #
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weight:63.4kg
speaking of dreams, nasty lab-anxiety dream, working w strontium (huh?) huge procedural problems contamination, exposure, waste storage... woke up hot (was that my body's hahah pun, I heard sometimes dreams can be like that) & anxious after disappointingly short sleep, now soothing w AP, some nice Iditarod tracking, & watched the iBook process the 2am-to-3am timechange. gah...
gardening yesterday went well, bonsai'ed the rosemary w D's help, potted cr of thorns, reviewing geranium tower, top-dressed bamboo & bulbs, bathed coffee, pruned oregano pots, potted a few plectranthus v. cuttings...
gardening yesterday went well, bonsai'ed the rosemary w D's help, potted cr of thorns, reviewing geranium tower, top-dressed bamboo & bulbs, bathed coffee, pruned oregano pots, potted a few plectranthus v. cuttings...
walking 28:00 [1] 1.4 km (20:00 / km)
market crossing, & a small dog walk cuz G got a huge walk in the morning.
Yellow Dog Yoga 20:00 [1]
dunno why, just did it...
having to ice R foot a bit after yesterday, but I thought it would just be falling off...
having to ice R foot a bit after yesterday, but I thought it would just be falling off...
Saturday Mar 8, 2008 #
Yellow Dog Yoga 5:00 [1]
stretchy stuff in hot-tub before swimming - stuck my poor lil feet & wrists into the jets to give them a nice massagey pummelling, felt great.
swimming 15:00 [1]
carefully upping my time in the pool. Side- (both), breast-, & back-strokes, only legs, only arms, only L arm (protect R shoulder - did good on that I think), & a bunch of just general fooling around, kicking, diving, rolling, floating...only one in the pool, yeah!
gonna try my invention of curried sweet potato ravioli, sauce 'em w a cut-up fresh tomato & scallion bits, w some fresh oregano bashed into olive oil...next to a big dish of zucchini & green beans w garlic & olive oil & crushed peppercorns. S/B good. ya gotta love lent, gentle on the earth!
gonna try my invention of curried sweet potato ravioli, sauce 'em w a cut-up fresh tomato & scallion bits, w some fresh oregano bashed into olive oil...next to a big dish of zucchini & green beans w garlic & olive oil & crushed peppercorns. S/B good. ya gotta love lent, gentle on the earth!
walking 1:10:00 [1] 3.5 km (20:00 / km)
oops. that was perhaps too long. But, it was fun. Elevate, ice... it was sunny, & Su-Jane & Shelly & Gypsy & me just kept on walkin & chattin... we shall see.
Friday Mar 7, 2008 #
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slept 7 hours in a row, unprecedented, wonder if that is what is giving me such good energy? G on other hand had THREE HUGE play sessions yesterday, so is a bit lo-key today...
I'm thinkin' some more tofu here, try that hoisin & peppers thing again, yum! mango kiwi salad, some broc in oyster sauce...
Alfie gets back from Spain tonight!
BENCHMARK - not sure what to think/do on this - I noticed over last week or so, feet definitely in arthritis-pain zone, not so much the putative fracture type pain ie mostly in R foot & essentially unendurable w exercise; now they both hurt quite badly after rest & it mostly walks out (ie this is normal pain), and I can ignore it like usual. Which I do. Is this for sure the right thing? Maybe add some ice in there...
I'm thinkin' some more tofu here, try that hoisin & peppers thing again, yum! mango kiwi salad, some broc in oyster sauce...
Alfie gets back from Spain tonight!
BENCHMARK - not sure what to think/do on this - I noticed over last week or so, feet definitely in arthritis-pain zone, not so much the putative fracture type pain ie mostly in R foot & essentially unendurable w exercise; now they both hurt quite badly after rest & it mostly walks out (ie this is normal pain), and I can ignore it like usual. Which I do. Is this for sure the right thing? Maybe add some ice in there...
walking 36:00 [1] 1.8 km (20:00 / km)
over to the other side of the creek, met Tessa in the woods, met Chilco & played off-leash a bit. R shoulder needs ice, I'm thinking. G tired. Nice pearly overcast, fresh cool weather.
core/upper - horsing about 10:00 [1]
wrapping-up-the-dog-&-whumping-it, killing Mr. Lobster, a little ball stuff, then a sudden nap interspersed with YDY on my part.
Yellow Dog Yoga 20:00 [1]
tried yoga after walk, w lots of inversion, to reduce inflammation in feet. Noticed I can do (feeble) leg lifts which before only hurt hip joints too much, now they hurt tummy, which is more what they are supposed to do.
hmmmm, BENCHMARK?
hmmmm, BENCHMARK?
Thursday Mar 6, 2008 #
walking 36:00 [1] 1.8 km (20:00 / km)
down stairmaster & around Green & Ledgestone, met Bilbo, played w Kelli & Cassie, carried around a gross black banana peel (rolled in it to say goodbye to it). G is doing good on her commands - really makes a difference to have most of it by verbal - even an 18 lb dog can be a hassle if she pulled all the time...took it easy, am keeping some in reserve for evening walk so D can do his training - I feel proud to be able to help him that way.
walking 8:00 [1] 0.4 km (20:00 / km)
evening walk, met Leo & Tischa, saw D run by twice, & then had mondo play session in lobby w boyfriend Coalie, both of them dragging by the end, hahaha !
Wednesday Mar 5, 2008 #
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Gypsy's dog-friends (who I know the names of).
Dallice, Tiffy, Jack, Yolick, Shelly, Kelli, Tisha, Tischa, Oscar, Freckles, Bao, Leo, Bilbo, Chevy, Cassie, Rocky, Tessa, Coalie, Coby, Happy, Joey da Chin, Nicky, Lady, Wilbur, Whistler, Izzy, Hendrix, Eightball, Buddy...
Dim sum in New West w Belinda today. Sunny!! smoked salmon & peas on pasta, big fruit salad, maybe a french bean dip if I have time. iditarod, iditarod, iditarod!!! aaaah!!!
Dallice, Tiffy, Jack, Yolick, Shelly, Kelli, Tisha, Tischa, Oscar, Freckles, Bao, Leo, Bilbo, Chevy, Cassie, Rocky, Tessa, Coalie, Coby, Happy, Joey da Chin, Nicky, Lady, Wilbur, Whistler, Izzy, Hendrix, Eightball, Buddy...
Dim sum in New West w Belinda today. Sunny!! smoked salmon & peas on pasta, big fruit salad, maybe a french bean dip if I have time. iditarod, iditarod, iditarod!!! aaaah!!!
walking 50:00 [1] 2.5 km (20:00 / km)
train stn, downtown to bank, then New West - dimsum was an eye-opener! then a nice ramble in the sun over to the park, met Joey, Tischa, & Nicki. Found a disgusting ball & brought it home to add to the (extensive) Collection of Disgusting Balls.
Yellow Dog Yoga 15:00 [1]
good stuff, mostly floor. oh yeah, Sophie, Sugar, Blue, Otis, Charlie, Nina, Rocket, Romeo....
core/upper - horsing about 15:00 [1]
Mr. Lobster took a serious Whoopin'....poor Mr. Lobster. & a 'zausted doggie layin' in a puddle of sunshine. Let's chop some green beans!
walking 6:00 [1] 0.3 km (20:00 / km)
aaah! forgot to buy milk on the way home! gonna ice after this...
Tuesday Mar 4, 2008 #
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slept well again! gonna make pita today to go w/ impulse-purchased commercial falafels (I am terrified of deep-frying - "lets deep-frah us a turkey" just sounds like a silly recipe for a housefire to me...), some cucumber-&-feta tzatziki (yes, I just invented that, in my little busy mind) & I dunno what else. maybe a big stir-fry...still euphorically energetic, gonna curb that cuz rather active yesterday (altho feet dont seem bad)
walking 34:00 [1] 1.7 km (20:00 / km)
http://iditarodblogs.com/news/2008/03/02/bright-su...
day two...
anyhow, down here in BC, it's also sunny & G & me went up the creek, & then down the creek, & then up the creek again. did a bit of judicious off-road which was ridiculously exciting, met 5 dogs.
day two...
anyhow, down here in BC, it's also sunny & G & me went up the creek, & then down the creek, & then up the creek again. did a bit of judicious off-road which was ridiculously exciting, met 5 dogs.
Monday Mar 3, 2008 #
walking 50:00 [1] 2.5 km (20:00 / km)
more walking than I intended - got our nexus passes at the airport today, walked over to Barn's place from 22nd St stn, then did Mandeville for lunch & 64 L of potting soil plus rooting compound, fertilizer, & three gorgeous african violets, then some groceries (paid for the second yogurt I accidentally stole two weeks ago when I was messing up the self-check-out procedure, duh!!), then G-dog for a walk after the rain. THEN we had to go to The Special Poo-Woods at the OTHER end of the street, & that's where the walking got a bit outa control. oh well, got tea...alu gobi (sp?), raita, & simple almond pilaf for dinner followed by not much chocolate cake as, uh, Gypsy had quite a bit of cake today...
core/upper - horsing about 25:00 [1]
decided to log dog-playing since it is actually (for me) rather athletic (and for G, very athletic!), plus it is big fun. Plus, I want more pretty colors. Today we did Hardcore French Ring (no woosey arm protection here, lucky for me G knows how to modify her bite) & developed a game where Gypsy jumps back & forth over my body after her Favorite Pink Towel. Plus, Crush-The-Dog Under the Pillow. As someone once said, its all fun & games til someone loses an eye. Or the neighbor calls the cops...
Sunday Mar 2, 2008 #
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weight:63.8kg
slept great again! 26 daffodils on the patio. Today G & I are going to Deer Lake w Su-Jane & Shelly while D snowshoes. Gonna do a tofu adaptation of a hoisin beef stir-fry...maybe a chocolate cake.
Yellow Dog Yoga 30:00 [1]
kinda achey today so lotsa just twiddling joints & muscles just to say hi & how ya doin' - quite good after, almost pain-free. Nice. Gypsy helped by chewing my hand.
Most grazes seem closed up - maybe do enbrel tomorrow just to give them one more day to heal?
Most grazes seem closed up - maybe do enbrel tomorrow just to give them one more day to heal?
walking 50:00 [1] 2.5 km (20:00 / km)
cool & overcast, had a great time at the west end of Deer Lake - never walked there, only canoed past it. Our dogs are so cute together! Talked & talked, walked & walked.
Changed AP colors to sorta springy/easter colors, nice!
Changed AP colors to sorta springy/easter colors, nice!
Saturday Mar 1, 2008 #
walking 30:00 [1] 1.5 km (20:00 / km)
slept well again, euphoria is continuing, what fun ! Body seems to be doing pretty good except bashed bits coming out in fascinating teeny blue & purple polka dots?!
quote of the day: "there's a tomato in the sugar." Yep....
so, dentist was fun, fillings went back to be re-tooled at the factory, oh well. Then we went out to Crescent Beach w G & her mom & her owners to visit the dog park (Shelly hated it - there was dogs there! gah! G loved it - there was dogs there!) then we visited their parents' house where Shelly decided to beat the whoopy outa G (Shelly's first play session w another dog since she left the dog-ranch), which G loved, & then home. (I kinda made up the 1.5 k - at CR Beach, then I did evening walk under the bright stars while D got ready for Sunday snowshoeing!!)
quote of the day: "there's a tomato in the sugar." Yep....
so, dentist was fun, fillings went back to be re-tooled at the factory, oh well. Then we went out to Crescent Beach w G & her mom & her owners to visit the dog park (Shelly hated it - there was dogs there! gah! G loved it - there was dogs there!) then we visited their parents' house where Shelly decided to beat the whoopy outa G (Shelly's first play session w another dog since she left the dog-ranch), which G loved, & then home. (I kinda made up the 1.5 k - at CR Beach, then I did evening walk under the bright stars while D got ready for Sunday snowshoeing!!)