Waiting for the plane ...

Shopping Quotes

College age (or older) Girl #1: " So I got there and he said 'You look just like one of those 'Bratz' dolls' and I waslikeI don't know if I should be happy or offended.

College age (or older) Girl #2: "Oh my god,like,you know they're getting sued?"

College age (or older) Girl #1: "No way, maybe that's why he said it?"

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Lost Dad a cell phone: "I'm here in the toy section at the North Austin store. YOu toldme there was 2copiesof Super Mario Cart left."

Lost Dad a cell phone: "Wait,this isn't Best Buy, is it?"

Holiday shopping started off right!

Happy Holidays

Hope you all get some of those delicious holiday goodies!

Wine trip

Travel Map

Finally got around to Updating my Travel Map.

Christmas Yard Art

It's that time of year again. Time for that totally awesome Texas tradition - crazy ass Christmas blow up yard art. With lights.


A few from nearby:

This one is hard to see, but in person it looks like a rampaging Santa killed off the rest of the yard art which is deflated a strewn all over the place.

Here is the result of a small happy hour with Father Time, Mother Nature and Santa and large bottle of Patron. Mother Nature is still looking for her bra. (Check behind the sweet Light Train or maybe under Frosty's sweet army men?)

The awesome glow-deer and glow-forest seem to have blinded Santa to the point he needs to wear shades!

Happy Holidays!

Pics from the city

Good Morning from Chi-Town

Good times at the parade today. Ate at z-tejas afterwards.

Holiday pics

Thanksgiving was great! Posting a few pictures from stops at Bass Proshop, starbucks, and SeaWorld.

Car surgery

Thanks to our youngest, we performed an emergency quarter-ectomy from the tapedeck before the trip to SA.

Turkey trot

Rest Week - Bring on the Turkey

Rest week in many respects.

Figured out today that I've run about 54 miles this month. It's nuts to think of it in those terms. Definitely feeling it. Aches. Pains. Dirty clothes everywhere.

Getting closer to the marathon ~ 82 days and counting.

Onward and upward.

I *HAVE* to lose some weight. I need to drop about 3 lbs a week until the marathon. I think I might start tracking it here. Need to check out some of the training / nutrition sites. See below for reason #1 why I didn't make a dent in my 3lbs this week (note the browning banana's just to the left).

Happy Birthday, honey!

Pics from the SA Marathon

Overheard @ SA Marathon

"Hey Pops! Crap, he has his good ear to the phone."

Powerthirst

I need energy made with "Real Lightning"!

TECH WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Probably the best Tech game I've ever seen. Way to go!!!

Big Game Today

Go Raiders!!!

Howdy Neighbors

We spent the evening yesterday Trick-or-Treating with the neighbors and all the kiddos. The night also included a hybrid B-day / Halloween Party.

Awesome times.

Livestrong Ride Recap

I did it. 90 miles. It was awesome.

Everything I would expect from the LAF foundation and the man himself. What a great day.

The big surprise of the day: Dripping Springs, TX. Man, these folks made us feel so welcome. People all over town cheering us on. Thank you for letting us invade. :-)

Training notes: 250 - 300 calories / hr made a huge difference. It feels very difficult to eat that much but I maintained good energy all day. Strong legs. Also, drank constantly, felt like every 7 -10 minutes, but was probably more like 15 - 20. Drank about 5 bottles, good for the cool day, could easily need double this on a hot day.

Highlights of the day:

Beautiful Dripping Springs, TX:

First Rest stop, Mile 39ish:

Blanco, TX:

The sun's out, let the baking begin:


Team Dell Rest stop!

And the big finale:

53 miles

On my way to dripping springs

TFT Lives-Strong

I ran in the Livestrong 5K this morning. Awesome time! What a great event!

Afterward, I ran into my Tom Ford Team-mates (2006). They had the whole family and were doing the walk version. I joined up and walk the last 2 miles with them.

The TFT merged with Team Dell last year. Pretty cool stuff. Dell takes great care of us providing jerseys, coaches, as well as matching donations and such.

Topped it all of with a Kerbey Lane breakfast with the fam.

Octoberfest (Finally!)

I've been looking forward to a nice visit to Octoberfest this year. Ever since the dinner at Epcot back in the summer - I've been German-crazy.



Last nite we went with MM crew to Walburg, TX. They have a nice little Biergarten and German meal. So we chowed, drank good german "bier", and listen to some German-Texas music.



Good times!!

Endorsement

Livestrong Weekend is here!

... and so is Lance.

I've been on the fence with Twitter lately. Not really sure the value of knowing every incremental detail of the folks I follow. However, Lance Armstrong has it right. I've been really interested in following his posts. Probably because he's an interesting dude.

He's here. Twitter told me. He drove the course. Twitter told me. A reporter went with him. Twitter told me. Found the article:

Apparently they talked about marathons.

Cool. The e-mail has been flying getting all the Livestrong folks geared up for the big weekend. Here is what it looks like for me:

Friday PM ~ Packet Pickup
Saturday AM ~ Livestrong 5K ~ Downtown
Saturday PM ~ Football
Sunday ~ 90 Mile ride

Should be fun

Livestrong Intel

Gearing up for the Livestrong next weekend.

Looks to be another big time:

Schedule of Events

Highlights:

• Packet Pickup Friday afternoon
• 5K at the Capital Saturday @ 7:30

I'm thinking it will be me and the kiddos down at the capital for this - Look. out.

• 90-Mile Ride on Sunday @ 7:30

Looks like a challenging course. Hope all the HIM training pays off... Start time is 7:30 in Dripping Springs (!?!). Gonna be up early that day.

TGIF & Weekend Plans

Whew. Tough week.

Topped off the week with a citywide 3-hour scavenger hunt today at work. Pretty cool way to get to know folks at work.

Tomorow AM I'll be out on the Outlaw Trail trying to set a pace to get in ~50 to 65 miles before...

Texas Tech vs a&m. Go Red Raiders!!!

Then more football. Texas / Mizzou, probably.

Hoping to have enough energy to get up and get a 10-mile run in on Sunday. We'll see, I'll at least go 6.

Happy Weekend!!

Lance-alot

Check this out: http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong

Austin American Statesman says it's really him.

Gearing up for the long LAF ride in two weeks. Drop me a note if you need a place to donate. ;-)