Punch Bowl Falls

Punch Bowl Falls
"Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal." Lao~Tsze

Wednesday, July 9, 2008


I got my weeding done. (for the most part) I weeded most of the back yard. Along the back fence we have this area where Mitch took out the old hedge. It was like the bushy thing with yellow flowers. Anyway just keeps coming back. It is not like something I could pull out. So i cut it super sort- like an inch left and then sprayed it with round-up. It was hot yesterday so after that I floated in the pool with Jo.  She had spent the day cleaning out her closet. She now has  a garbage bag of old school uniforms. Since she will be in middle school she won't wear the plaid anymore- now it will be khaki (or as Joelle say ky ah key)  That is strictly for Megan to laugh at.  So I am going to have to find some skorts for her. At least I do not have to but them at Dennis like I did for her like the plaid. The khaki one are about $20 less than the plaid- even at Dennis. She had practice yesterday and I went to walmart. I had somethings to pick-up.  I wanted to find a nice outdoor clock for the back patio so when you are in the pool you know what time it is. It is not like I swim with a watch on.  Today Jo is going to the dentist to get the filling she needs. Hopefully it will be uneventful. :)

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Yesterday was exercise day. Jo and I went to the mall where we got some back packs. Each is big enough for clothes and everything we need to go to the gym. Mine will also be great for hiking or anything else. Jo will also use hers for school in the fall. She got some gym shoes- to wear only at the gym. We biked to meadows and I did my workout while she did hers. Meadows has a junior strength training class M,W,F from 4-5. So she did that. There were no other kids so it was just Joelle and a trainer for the hour.  It was tailored to Joelle so it was SAQ (speed agility and quickness).Best thing is it is included in our membership so there is no charge. While she did that I did my workout. Afterward we hit the outdoor pool and the grabbed dinner with Mitch at the club. He offered to throw the bike in the back of the truck, but we rode home instead. It only takes 15-20 min to get to the gym on bike. So we got home a little after 7:30. I changed and went to my game. I was a little late, but subbed onto the field and scored a goal within one minute of being on the field. We ended up tying 4-4. 
Today I am going to work in the yard. The back has some weeds in the pool/trampoline area.  It is looking good though. I re-painted our old plastic patio set last week so it looks lots better. I also did the front fountain.  Mitch's mom and dad got it for him last year and he was cleaning an touched it with the power washer which took off a little of the paint. It looks good as new now with the paint.  Ok I am off now to get some work done.
As for my skinny bitch book I am now disappointed. It is basically about going Vegan. I don't think I can give up dairy and animal products completely. There are some things I can do and once I am out of soda I am not going to buy more. 

Words of Wisdom

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans"
~John Lennon
"Accept the things which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings together, but do so with all your heart"
~ Marcus Aurelius
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give"
~Winston Churchill
"There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher"
~Victor Hugo Les Miserables
"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved"
~Victor Hugo Les Miserables
"Nothing discernable to the eye of the spirit is more brilliant or obscure than man; nothing is more formidible,complex, mysterious, infinite. There is a prospect greater than the sea,and it is the sky; there is a prospect greater than the sky, and it is the human soul." 
~Victor Hugo Les Miserables
"If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you."
~Dostoevsky
"Wanting to be a person you are not is a waste of the person you are"
~Kurt Cobain
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."
~John Milton
"A great flame follows a little spark."
~Dante Alighieri
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"
~Dr.Seuss
"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."
~Maslow
"Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn't come from inside."
~Chris Messina
"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."
~A.A. Milne (this one is for Mom)