training

Winter came back and Lucy has been sick, so running is out.
I have been on the bike trainer, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I did yoga on Thursday.
I guess my only full day off this week was Tuesday. On Tuesday, we went to see a doctor in Columbus (nothing to get excited about) and then spent the afternoon at the Columbus Museum of Art.
I guess walking around a museum for four hours has to count for something.
Mary is off for a weekend with her mom, sister and niece, leaving Lucy and I to wallow in our own filth.
Last night we watched "Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco."
It was pretty awful, but Lucy liked it.
We also made some stuffed animals this week. They are supposed to be cute, and I guess the ones that were designed by someone else are kind of cute. The ones that Lucy and I designed are more gruesome than cute.
don't know how that happened.

This is "Whaloe," the whale I designed. Lucy helped with the tail.


This is Lucy's Alien. Not sure if he has a name yet. She did this all herself.


The Panda was professionally designed and the parts cut out by the nice ladies at the Marion Public Library. Lucy sewed him together. No name yet.


The rabbits were professionally designed and cut out at the library. Lucy sewed the orange one, her name is Libby (for the library). I sewed the blue one, her name is Summi (because it sounds Japanese and we live on Summit Street).



Here is the whole menagerie. I wish I was a better photographer, and sewer.

You really need to click on the photos to appreciate the dreadful photography and horrifying stitchery.

Fun with the president

Another visit to the doc

Saw my new oncologist Monday. We went over my latest blood work and my recent cat scan. There is absolutely nothing to report.
I am now on quarterly visits for the next two years.
Hurray for me!
Yesterday was Presidents Day so Lucy was off from school and I am serving my one week furlough from work.
We went to the playground and played "Animal Ninja Warrior." It is a game we made up based on the popular "Ninja Warrior" television show.
Basically I make up an obstacle course using the playground equipment and then tell Lucy was sort of animal she is and then she completes the obstacle course while I provide hilarious play-by-play.
Then we went to the Library where Lucy made a little stuffed animal that I will take a picture of today.
Today we are going to Columbus for a doctors appointment, then maybe special surprise.
More on that later.

On the training side of life. I ran three miles on Saturday then rode my bike trainer for 45 minutes on Sunday and ran another three miles on Monday.
I have no training plans for today.
I have a three-mile run planned for Wednesday.

guess which one is mine

My big plan

The big plan was to ride the bike trainer last night. I was not prepared for the horrendous toll I would pay for my sudden leap to running on Sunday. My thighs were extremely sore yesterday and don't feel much better today.
I thought it might be best to give them a rest last night.
Tonight I have yoga class. That should help.

Back to training

I have decided to transform this blog into my training blog. I had a training blog on Marionstar.com for a full year, but was urged to take it down. I think it was a uninformed urging, but I don’t want to go into it.
So, I haven’t really trained since Nov. 16, 2008. I did ride my bike trainer on the weekends through December, but have done nothing in January and thus far in February.
I should mention that I have kept up with my yoga classes. I go twice a week. I miss one now and again. I have not been doing the morning yoga on TV that I was doing over the summer.
Today I ran three miles. I think I will be kind of sore tomorrow.
I set the bar kind of low. My first three mile run in 2009 was completed in 35:35. I had to stop once because some moron, who lives in a big house on nice street never shovels his walk. I am going to write them a letter. They live on a very busy street so running in the road is not an option. It looks like they could afford to hire someone if they are physically incapable.
So, here we go again.

A look into the past

You might have to click on these to read them clearly.





Check out third paragraph. My coach really liked me.

I am pretty sure this is the only high school hockey game we ever covered. We did high school football and basketball and college hockey!

I gave away a cake every morning on my radio show!

Check out the third paragraph. I had forgotten all about Penn State.

family newspaper

We claim to be a family newspaper, yet we publish these photos of Blondie and her see-through skirts!

Another Cartoon

I was on a conference call at work and mindlessly doodling while I listened attentively. This just appeared on the page before me.

Click here to see more of these photos.

Trip to the doc

I went to see a regular doctor yesterday. I haven't had a real physical since early 2005. The cancer guys are good but they don't care about cholesterol. So the nurse finishes up asking me a bunch of questions and gets up to leave. "I'll get out a sheet and some lubricant because she will want to do a rectal exam," she said.
"I have a stoma," I said. "So, she won't want to do that."
She said ok and walked out the door. Then, she turned right back around and said, "But you know she will want to check your prostate."
"I don't have a rectum at all," I said. "So, she can't do that. And, I don't have a prostate."
She looked at me for a moment and said, "Then you're all set!"
There are some advantages to having a stoma. This is the most obvious.

Sledding!

Long time no bloggy

Not sure what I have been doing lately. I went to a play in Saratoga Springs, NY last weekend. I have been starting cartoons and not finishing them. I have been watching Mary make teeny tiny stuffed felt animals and herding Lucy.
Here is our Christmas movie, one more time. This time from our Youtube upload. I am posting this only because I got nothing else.

cartoon madness

Melissa sent me this idea.

Another one from my brother Mike.

Thanks folks!

More cartoons

More of this nonsense.

a puppet show

Fun with Light Bright

Lucy has usually been doing free form images with her Light Bright. This time, however, she chose a nautical theme all mapped out by the manufacturer.

more cartoons

It's pretty much all I do now.

And I turned out OK