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Outdoor Biking

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:47:00 GMT

Set the bike up outside today. Nice morning but I have a headache and sitting on the bike inside wasn't looking very attractive. Baking in the sun shouldn't have sounded more attractive but, alas, it did. Nice change of pace, I suppose. This ride for Mr. Carriere who's on me to get out on a long ride with him.

Sunday Breakfast

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:58:00 GMT

'Nother Morning Run

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:09:00 GMT

One hour dragging myself around the hilly neighborhood. If yesterday's run was euphoric, today's was painful. Hills and residual soreness don't usually make the best of compatriots. Still, it was nice to be up on a crisp cool morning that required a long sleeve shirt. I explored a new area and got caught with a long downhill halfway through the run. Which wasn't really the problem. The return uphill was.

Blower, Voltage, 'Puter

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:27:00 GMT

Leaf blower. Voltage tester to debug the intricate outdoor wiring. Computer that my father dropped off.

Sunrise Run

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:25:00 GMT

Up and out pre-sunrise for a neighborhood run. Was I all triathlonney, ultrarunnerey and fitnessey thinking about the Polish Hammer, my VO2Max, my fancy shoes or structured vs. unstructured training methodologies???

Nah, I was looking at hedges. Lots of freaking hedges around this neighborhood. Some trimmed, some not. Last weekend my father bought us a hedge trimmer. Well, to be fair, I tricked him into it but that's another story. So I spent a couple hours contracting poison ivy while butchering the living hell out of our hedges. Stepping back to look at the horrendous result I realized that it's not hedge trimmers that kill hedges, it's people that kill hedges. Hopefully I absorbed some hedge trimming wisdom over the course of the run today.

What I did definitely absorb was a sh*t ton of hills. Holy tamole. Up, down, up, down, up, down. I ran back to my mom's old neighborhood and attended every single cul-de-sac trying to find the back road to Lower Roswell. These hills will make me strong.

Lots of fathers packing the minivans and SUVs for some sort of holiday weekend travel extravaganza. I didn't get the memo but the uniform is clearly plaid shorts and tucked in polo shirt. With boat shoes. To be honest I'm loving the trend that boat shoes, Ray-Ban Wayfarer and other 80's standbys are coming back into the mainstream. It's nostalgic and I'm on board with it.

The only goal I was on today was one hour of running. I've got Paul Carriere smacking me around via text and email so it's time to start devoting some time each morning to some run and bike action. At the risk of failing, I'd like to publicly state my desire to do an hour of aerobicness each morning from here until, well, eternity. Hoping to jump start this mutha as we head into some cooler weather. I'm even gawking carbon frames on eBay that I can't afford again. That's a big step!

Always love the morning runs. Starts the day out right. Have a great weekend everybody!

Traveling Back to Atlanta

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:13:00 GMT

Mobile Marketing Summit

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:01:00 GMT

World Center Hotel, NYC

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:41:00 GMT

My hotel overlooks the ground zero construction site.

Sunday

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:12:00 GMT

Breakfast at J. Christopher. Then to Home Depot who didn't have the hedge trimmer I wanted in stock. Then to Lowes who didn't have anything good. Sr. picked one up in Vinings and brought it over. Lots of yard work today. Rock moving. Chainsawing. Limb trimming. And hedge trimming. I'm beat.

Vans for the Fam and Dinner

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:42:00 GMT

We all have black Vans now. Ava and Emme have crayola characters on theirs. Mom and Dad have a plainer version. Dinner out and then a Target run.

Meetings and Rocks

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:13:00 GMT

Meetings today. Rocks delivered... 5 tons.

Ava and Emme Sleeping in the Car

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:58:00 GMT

We went out to Floorworks in Dallas, GA to drop off some samples Heather had.

ManCave Ceiling Fans

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:32:00 GMT

Found a good deal at Home Depot for two ceiling fans. They're 68" across, big ones. Hooked them up today, replacing the basic white malfunctioning units I had in there. Had to custom cut and drill the main hanging bar but other than that it was an uneventful install.

Emme at Home Depot

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:35:00 GMT

Breakfast at J. Christophers and Picking Up the Nehi Sign

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:58:00 GMT

Breakfast with the fam at J. Christophers on Johnson Ferry. Not too busy at 8:45 on a Sun morning. Then I picked up my father and we headed out to Villa Rica to pick up the vintage Nehi sign from Ryan. Got it home and worked to get it hung in the man cave. Pool time with the kiddos before a trip out for ice cream. Not a bad Sunday.