The first open water swim of the season
Tweet One word – cold. I got in the water and my feet and hands were soooo cold. By the time I realized it, the water hit the zipper of my wetsuit and I found myself letting out a “Jesus! It’s freezing!” I got myself moving and then started swimming… never putting my head in [...]
I love Colman Pool!
Tweet Yesterday was the first day this spring/summer that I wasable to get over to Colman pool. It’s an outdoor, saltwater 50 meter pool that looks out onto the Sound and the Fauntleroy ferries. It was so nice! The weather was perfect, the water temperature was great and the swim wasn’t bad at all. It [...]
It's been awhile
Tweet I was going to try and post something on Wednesday but my friend came in early, so I couldn’t post. I’m sorry blog. I won’t ever do that to you again. My friend was only here for a few days but it was nice to see him. It’s unfortunate that he was sick the [...]
When it rains, we bike
Tweet This weekend I had planned to go back to Redhook Ale house on bike. And it started raining. Not really bad, but bad enough that made a couple people back out of the ride and I was on the fence about going. Then my friend said that he had to get out of the [...]
I hate and love swimming
Tweet I hate it because it’s hard and I ache afterwards. I love it because it’s hard and I ache afterwards. I guess that’s what they call a love/hate relationship. My sock knitting class now has me hooked on knitting socks. I was hoping to finish the second sock last night, but I got to [...]
What I learned today
Tweet First I learned how to make a gusset. Fascinating… I know. But now I can make socks like they’re going out of style! Ok, basic socks. Don’t make me get fancy because that’s where all the trouble will start. I’ve gotta work up to that. Second, I learned intarsia. Cool… but I can’t stand [...]
More snow?
Tweet Seriously? I went to lunch today and by the time I got to where I was going, it was snowing. Nothing sticking to the ground mind you, but still. I almost ran over the yarn shop and grabbed a bunch of wool to knit up a “spring” sweater! Not a whole lot of progress [...]
Where did my weekend go?
Tweet Saturday was a blur. I got up, thanks to Kink beaming me in the head with her new Red Sox cay toy, and hit the ground running. I was off to my magic loop sock knitting class. After the usual beginner hiccups, I was off and running. I don’t think I will ever use [...]
I love it when the sun comes out
Tweet This weekend was a pretty good weekend. The sun came out for most of the weekend (well… ok, there’s was some grey sky – but I’m calling it sunny). I spent Saturday morning cleaning the house. Not that exciting, I know… but hey that’s a part of life. When I win the megamillions, someone [...]
Swimming in the am
Tweet it’s harsh… I hate getting up that early. But I did and the swim went well. I worked on my swim drills that our instructor gave us. And after a half hour my abs were hurting. So I guess that’s a good thing. I’m working muscles that haven’t been worked in a long time. [...]
