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Harold turns to me a few hours ago and asks, “Today is D-Day isn’t it? June 6th?”
Sure enough today was D-Day. We totally forgot because we didn’t see any articles on the news sites today….that is pretty sad.
The National D-Day Memorial FoundationÂ
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Well, it has been hard to get work done that last few days…icks….
Thursday we knew were heading to REI to pick up a tent and sleeping bags and stopping by to see a friend after wards, but it took longer then expected. We knew the tent we wanted to get, we will be putting it together this weekend to make sure we know what we are doing. But what was confusing was the sleeping bags. Unless you are doing the basic camping and don’t want to work up to back packing, the normal bags that we grew up with don’t work. You want the ones that compact as small and as light as possible….so you have to figure if you want down or sythenic….and they aren’t squares anymore. They are mummy like in shape, then there are men’s and women’s. Women’s are suppose to be narrower at the shoulders and wider at the hips….well, I have wide shoulders so I ended up with the same one as Harold’s….just had to have my zipper on the opposite side so we can zip them together. Even camping, I have to sleep on his left side…..too weird not to……lol
After REI, we headed into the city to have lunch with our friend. By the time we got done it was too late to head home, because we would be stuck in rush hour. So we had about an hour to kill….so headed over to the 1st smoke free strip bar I’ve even been in and killed some time talking to the girls and throwing them our money. =) I can’t wait for February 2009…all of them will be smoke free…I’m so going to love that.
By the time we got home it was after 7pm…icks. So I had to get some work done before heading to bed.
Today, had my trainer today…..did not meet my weight goal….gggrrr I’m a little peeved by that. But got my work out in. I really needed to get my nails done, but didn’t know if they could get me in. My new saloon I’m going to works better by appointments then walkins, which is very different to what I’m use to. But they are consistent on their work and there are 2 designers. The husband is the main designer and loves to come up with different things, so I’m pretty happy with the work that they do. The only issue that I have with getting my nails done is the time that it takes…..usually 3-4 hrs since I get a pedicure with a design. So it takes a lot more time then it would normally take. But there is no way I could got back to no design….it would drive me nuts……lol
I did get a few things done before I left for my appointment, luckily some of my other work was light. I will be attacking it some tomorrow.
So we didn’t get our movie night in tonight. =( If I hadn’t been tied up earlier today, I would have had time for it. We’ll probably watch some movies tomorrow after the Belmont.
Here are just a few more pictures from our weekend.
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When I got to gym my trainer told me he was feeling mean today and then proceeded to work my ass off big time. Today was legs and my knees still feel weak. He wants me down by 1 & half pound by Friday….if not I’ll be stuck running the stairs for an hour that day….icks… I’ve eaten maybe 1200 calories today and trying hard not to eat carbs……….this is a bitch.
Well, the day was pretty much wasted after that…..we got home to no hot water. =( I had noticed that I barely had hot water to wash my face last night, but just thought that I hadn’t waited long enough. Called the landlord and they got someone out to us about3pm and found out it was temperature gauges, so they got fixed….but we had to wait a few hours for the water to heat up and for the sediment to settle in the heater. I still ended up with yellow water for a bath/shower, but it was hot.
What sucked today is that I spent it cold from all the sweat from the gym. It really sucked not to be able to take my shower when I needed it.
It really messed me up on focusing today.  I did get our pictures from the weekend resized, but still haven’t gotten them in galleries yet.  I hope to have time to post a bunch of them tomorrow,but here is a few pics.
A storm view from our back yard. I love the contrast of the dark clouds with the trees.
From our 1st day, we actually had some sun and blue skies
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We ran away to the Oregon Coast Friday for our 11th Anniversary Saturday. It was a very good weekend. We stayed at Seaside, Or and traveled to Cannon Beach and Astoria.
Seaside was nice, but reminded us of Indiana Beach/Santa Monica and the touristy type town that it was. You can tell that it has been a tourist place almost since the founding of it. We couldn’t believe how fine the sand is there. We are use to the coarse sand of Florida and this sand felt silky for lack of a better word. It was chilly and windy, so we weren’t going in, but a lot of folks did. We did feel the water and it was warmer then we expected.
Saturday we headed down to Cannon Beach, for those who have watched Goonies, that is where you see the pirate ship of One-Eyed Willy sails past a big rock. Which is funny because that movie takes place 30miles north in Astoria.  =) But it was so cool to see. We took pictures, which I will be posting as soon as I get time to organize them.
We then drove up to Astoria, because we wanted to cross the very long bridge to Washington.  In Washington we stopped at Ft. Columbia, an old Army Fort. That was really cool to see, how things were built into the ground and how the wild flowers have taken over. Then we stopped at Ft Stevens back in Oregon and you could see Ft. Columbia on the other side of the river.
I love visiting military posts, but that is the Army brat in me. I would so love to go back to APG, MD to see the US Army Ordnance Museum there again. I grew up cross the street from it and haven’t been there since ’84.
I totally blew my diet….icks…gained a pound, but it was worth it, it was our anniversary and damn it, I haven’t had a waffle cone in a long time…grin
We got back Sunday and it was nose to the grindstone, I had a ton of work waiting for me. I finally got some time to work on our own things today. I hope to be able to work on our pictures tomorrow.
Spent the last few hours watching political coverage and speeches. Obama’s was outstanding. Hillary, I think she is still coming to terms with it….because until a pundit mentioned it, I didn’t think about the fact that the Clinton’s haven’t lost since ’80….so they aren’t use to it.
**I’m no fan of this series, but this doesn’t surprise me at all…..in fact it sadness me.
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