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It is hard for me to really comprehend how happy I am in this partnership with Craig. We laugh a lot and work well together. We are trying to figure out how to weave all the threads together in our pursuit of healthy active aging. We have cycled twice. The second time we blew 2Continue reading “My Man Craig”

For the past couple of months James has really gotten in to pickle ball. After watching him play last week, I decided to try it but was a bit concerned as to how my knee would tolerate it. Today James and Natalie met me at the local community center an hour before the open timeContinue reading “First Day of Pickle Ball”

I told Craig Sunday that I wanted to cycle on Monday as it was the only day this week that did not have a chance of rain. Upon arising Monday, I was not feeling it. We had a busy weekend and I was ready to just have a “down” day. Fortunately my man said thatContinue reading “First bike ride of season complete”

Everett came to visit Sunday after a day of kayaking. Everett LOVES tractors and was thrilled to b able to steer Katie and move the bucket up and down. Craig enjoyed having such a inquisitive boy around that already knew a lot about tractors. We had a fun evening with Everett and his siblings EliContinue reading “A Dream Come True for an 8 year old”

Craig and I were out inspecting various buiding materials he has for building some steps down the slope to the shop. While inspecting these stone blocks left over from building a bridge (that Craig designed and build himself) we noticed number 14 approaching the fence. I slowly walked up to the fence using my bestContinue reading “A budding relationship with number 14”

Our first day in DC was rainy and windy so we did not venture out. Our second day was sunny, cool and breezy. We walked 3/4 mile to the Metro Station in Cleveland Park and rode to Metro Center where we got off and walked along the east and south side of the White HouseContinue reading “A More Meaningful Visit to the Vietnam Memorial”

We were ready with our Hawkeye shirts, chips and guacamole to cheer the Hawkeyes on. They came out on fire and then lost the flame while SC got ignited. It was fun to watch the NCAA tournament. Clearly SC was the better team today and they showed why they are undefeated. It appears that CraigContinue reading “An Excellent Season for the Iowa Women’s Hawkeyes”

I have not had a chance to see the the Hawkeye women play that many times this season and until the NCAA started, they had lost the games I watched so I was feeling like a bad luck charm and decided it was better not to watch. It is not that easy to follow theContinue reading “Hawkeye Women’s Basketball – Iowa has come a LONG way”

Craig caught one mouse this morning and found a couple of traps licked. Unclear if we have caught them all. To increase the odds of catching any future mice, Craig decided to do some research and found a way to modify the standard trap for a “hair trigger” response. Hopefully this will allow us toContinue reading “Mouse traps can be modified – who knew?”