Last Night at "OLD" O'Neills. New one to open soon!

http://www.oneillsono.com/

So, its sad but true. O'Neills the place where Dave and I met is moving locations and moving on up in life. So it was the last night there, where we met... Boo Hoo.



















There is my Favorite Ry in the whole world.





















Apparently we switched Dates. Jess is so cute snuggled up all close do Dave like that. Aren't they a cute couple? Oh, wait, is that a wedding ring on Daves MIDDLE FINGER????? He finally wears a ring and wears it on the wrong finger. Nice Dave




















These are my Favorite Brazilians. Natasha and her boyfriend Vini, who is only learning english. But the good news is they were teaching me portuguese all night.

All in all it was a fun night, we had a good time. I will miss O'Neills, Mostly because it holds so many memories for us, but hey. Their new place is just around the corner. New memories waiting to be made.

Xterra East Championship, Richmond, Va. 2008

TOP 10 PRO MEN ($20,000 Pro Purse)

1. Josiah Middaugh 29 Vail, Colorado 2:02:51

2. Dan Hugo 23 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:03:15

3. Tyler Johnson 28 Chester, Connecticut 2:03:42 (Coach Tyler representin! CT in the house)

4. Andrew Noble 42 Gold Coast, Australia 2:05:44

5. Craig Evans 30 Spring Hill, Tennessee 2:07:03

6. Ryan Ignatz 29 Boulder, Colorado 2:07:12

7. Rom Akerson 24 Tambor, Costa Rica 2:07:28

8. Kelly Guest 31 Vancouver, B.C., Canada 2:07:39

9. Dominic Gillen 30 Milford, Connecticut 2:08:33 (Coach Dom tearin it up! CT in the house again!)

10. Ryan DeCook 27 Rochester, Michigan 2:09:21

So this was my 1st Xterra Championship Series Race and it was so much FUN!

Getting prepared the night before. I think I got everything in place??

1000m Swim: Swim+Xterra+Richmond=boulders in your face!

30km Mountain Bike: Bike+Xterra+Richmond=1000 turns in 30km!



11k Trail Run: Run+Xterra+Richmond=Oh, this isn't so bad then, BAM! MAYAN RUINS!

This is wear thing fall apart. I got passed by 18 people on the run!! 3 in my age-grp, DAMN!!


-8th (of 37) in Age Group (30-34, TOUGH AG!)
-27th Amatuer
-54th (of 271) Overall


I really like running in my Newtons and so did Age-grouper Garrett Ford from gunnison, co. Really cool dude who I met with his buddy on a pre-ride and then whata ya know 1 mile into the race we met in the trails once again and pushed each other all the way home! He dropped me on the run for I couldn't turn over at all! He kicked but that day to qualify for Maui!


Chillin post race with Mr. Xterra (Will Kelsay), Coach Dom (Dominic Gillen, got 9th) and his bro.

Overall?! Much to improve on in training but HAPPY! Emily, our dog mozer, and I had a wonderful first trip to the city of Richmond and plan on returning next year!

Richmond Virginia Day 1 and Day 2.

Richmond Capitol building, its the view from our window. Its so beautiful.

Mosely loves me

Here is the DC Temple. It was SO pretty. It is amazing how everytime I see a temple in a place I have never been it make me happy.

Driving too richmond, it was a 7 hour 30 minute drive. Very stressful, very hot, and very.... interesting??? Mosely is almost impossible, he HAS to be on my lap or right by me the entire time making it so I can rarely switch positions or move. All the while Daves back is hurting. So the drive could have been more fun. But we are very thankful for the saftey that we arrived in.

So Richmond is wonderful and beautiful. I LOVE IT! Day 2 (the first full day) was so fun, but I walked so much my feet are killing me. Dave pre-road the bike course this morning and Mosely got to walk around and swim and walk around. We basically went on like a 3 and a half hour walk. We got lunch at a really good deli.... I don't remember what its called though. But it was yummy.

I walked to the James Canal, where George Washington started the First canal way of the US to help shipments and stuff get to the Mississippi river. Its also a big site of some of the Civil War I went to a bridge that has been set up as a memorial right next to part of the old bridge that was back there in 1865. There were quotes and sayings from people who lived druing the war, Soldiers, and common people who lived in Richmond during all of it.

NOW WE ARE TIRED!!!!!!
we spent a whole 10 minutes taking a break and then we went for a walk again.























Tomorrow is a new and fun day here in Richmond. I'll do another blog so you will know whats up. Dave is now passed out and I am well on my way to doing the same! NIGHT!

ITS HOT LIKE BANANAS! LIKE STICKY NASTY HOT!

This was posted on msn:
Weather Warnings
Clear
99°F Feels like: 104°F
UV Index:
9 Very High
AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY... THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY.
AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY MEANS THAT OZONE WITHIN THE REGION MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED UNHEALTHY STANDARDS.

Just to get an idea of how hot it is............
the ice cream truck is melting!:(

Don't worry kids I went and got help!

Mr. freeze happen to be at his local sno-cone stand and put in his good deed to help recover Mr. Softee.

Just a quick word

Hey everyone, my best friend Karen is in ICU Due to her kidney failure. She is being put on the donations list and is on dialysis... I can't spell that so deal with me. I am just BEGGING everyone to pray for her to get better and for a kidney to be available for her soon! Since I am so far away from her and her family I feel completely helpless in this situation. All I know is that I can ask people to pray, and that sometimes is the most important thing. Thanks. I'll be back later with some more up beat and fun stuff to talk about! PRAY!

Hopefully next year!

Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham, Alabama for the XTERRA Southeast Championship.The main event on Sunday features a 1.5k swim in the calm waters of Double Oak Lake, followed by a 29k mountain bike and 10k trail run. It will award points to amateur and professionals, qualify age groupers for the XTERRA USA and World Championships, and dish out $20,000 to elites. Events for the whole family fill the weekened celebration.

People pay attention to us bikers!

I wonder if this person will blame the Grand Theft Auto video game for is actions!? Sorry, this is not a laughing matter.

rare footage.

a picture is worth a thousand words I am sure. Here it is ladies and gents, my husband cooks... Brace yourselves.

Sorry, I'm bored. Peace.

Where did May go??

June 2008 is here as well as the warm weather. I really can't remember this past month other then it went by in a blink of an eye. This past weekend was ok. Em and I love to eat and think we are editors and taste testers for zagat's (for those who don't know its a restaurant rating little book thingy that rates eateries with stars). We checked out a new place locally called, Dina!. It was a pretty cool little joint. We sampled the wingies, I sampled the mussels as Emily watched in disgust. For our entree she got the cheesburger, I got the steak salad. To top things off we split the chocolate chip cheesecake which could have been a little less cocca-ee. All in all we gave it 3.5stars. Aight gotta go, im out!