What I Learned This Week:

I learned what happens when a big man passes out on the treadmill at the gym. I've never seen that before and it was memorable! (He didn't die so relax.)

The Cowtown Races were this past weekend.
How is a person supposed to run in all of this? Race? Are you kidding?

Lily can run a 5k and loves it.
Here's Lily enjoying her first Runner's High

Casey can race and do well in a 10k, of course, but now his knees hurt him. Not good. I also learned that Casey weighs the same as he did when we got married. No surprise there.


I decided I don't like our dog anymore. She's still really sweet but there's not enough room for more crap in my life.

Nora keeps calling her toy teapot her "peepot." There's only so many times a day I can handle hearing her say, "where's my peepot?" It only adds to my dismay when she walks around with it full of water. "I spilled my peepot, Mom!"

Riis thinks I don't like him. In fact, every time he gets disappointed about the littlest thing he tells me (sometimes way too loudly) it's because I don't like him. When Riis talks about himself he also likes to do it in third person. "Riis likes to have fun, Mom!" Riis also found another great spot to sleep. I have quite a collection of these now.

It cost over $300 to get rid of the squeaky sound our van was making, but it was worth it. The $8 car wash? Total waste.

Some of you may have read my posts (over at Coan Cluster) about my crazy neighbors next door. I got to go over and have a tour of the renovated place. They completely tiled the living areas and recarpeted bedrooms, but with built-in shelves and desks plus wood panelling it still looks like a crappy/creepy place. I learned from the new owner/landlord that the previous owners painted all of the bedrooms black, put mirrors on the ceilings, and sexual paraphernalia was everywhere. (He kept saying "everywhere" over and over again.) I also discovered that their kitchen window looks directly into my backyard (and the swing set where my kids play). He also showed me the biggest safe I've ever seen in my life. A 500 lb. man could live inside it. He then showed me a family picture of Lisa (the crazy drugged out lady with missing teeth) and her son (now a drop-out teen) plus the deceased husband and another daughter I've never seen. The picture was freaky because they look like such a nice family. Lisa didn't have her hair dyed black. She had all her teeth. Justin was cute and smiling. They looked nice. It's amazing what drugs (and porn and money, in their case) will do to people!