"ALL I WANT IS MY FAIR SHARE..."

Luke's Back to School Haircut

Luke is starting preschool on Aug 30th! So it was haircut time. He's been getting haircuts since he was 14 months, so it's not his first. But I got some cute pics so thought I'd share. He did a great job! Sat very still for the stylist, got to watch a video, and was just very sweet the whole time!

TOM & JOANNE AUGUST 19, 1961

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A VERY HAPPY 49 YEARS

Georgetown 1/2 Marathon

So I ran the Georgetown 1/2 Marathon (13.1 miles) this past Saturday. It was a really great course and a big race field - nearly 2500 finishers!

The weather was perfect and I felt really good. The scenery made it easy to get distracted - although I kept to my goal of trying to run a sub 1:30 (which I missed by 70 seconds - ran a 1:31:09. But, I ran a strong race and can't think of anywhere I could have dragged those 70 extra seconds off the course with me. But I think I can do it next time - and especially if I ran a flat sea level 1/2.

This course is downhill - like a - 1% grade overall - but there are some little bugger uphills that get you. I was really happy with my downhill turn-over and felt nice and quiet on the downhills. And my pace was spot on as I finished strong and was reeling folks in that probably went out at more of a 10K pace after the 8 mile mark.

Next race is the Denver Rock 'N Roll Marathon on October 17th! My hope is to run a sub 3:10 - we'll see.

Here are my stats for this 1/2:
I was 10th out of 135 in my division (45-49)
85th out of 1109 for all men
107th out of 2499 total finishers

OH THE INDIGNITY!

Ora pro me. (Latin... not Italian)

THE GIRL TRILOGY by Stieg Larsson

Finished reading

Excellent! I am amazed how the guy who translated it from the Swedish has kept it flowing so well. He must be a writer, too. Two Thumbs Up!!!

Then read the second of the Trilogy...

 Not as good as the first book, but still.... One Thumb and One Knuckle UP!

Now I have started the last one...

So far... so good. Too bad the author died in 2004. Not that often when you get some good reads like these... Not since J.K. Rowling.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAIGE!!!!

We love you and hope you have a spectacular birthday!!! So happy you are a part of our family. We needed someone to keep track of Kevin for us.