MARCYINCNY1's Sep 2007 CalorieKing Blog
A Tale of Two Rides
Thursday, September 20th 2007
I got on my road bike yesterday. It wasn't really a ride; I only went around the block but it was the first time I'd been on it in 5 years. It felt great and it felt awful. It was great to realize that riding the heavier Koga had actually gotten me in good shape to ride the lighter, faster road bike but damn, the handlebars are so low I don't know how long I can ride with so much weight forward on my hands and wrists. And I can't find my handlebar bag with my gloves so I didn't have any addi...
Trees
Wednesday, September 19th 2007
I made it to another yoga-Pilates class this morning. Knowing the routine, I followed along for the most part but skipped some of the exercises/positions that work muscles I'm strengthening & toning in other activities and spent the time instead working on muscles that really need it.I read Miriam's blog about beech trees this morning and it reminded me that in planning replacements for the box elders out back I'd forgotten that I wanted to include a copper beech. My neighbors down t...
I Love Autumn
Tuesday, September 18th 2007
The weather is absolutely gorgeous in central New York and forecasted to continue for a week or more. The freshness of the air after the dry, stagnant conditions of the previous weeks has definitely revitalized me. I tootled around on my Koga, my town bike, most of the day yesterday, first to the dentist in one village and then down to the other village to get some safflower seed and some dried meal worms for the birds. It occurred to me that if I could ride around all week I'd be sure to get...
My CK Goal
Monday, September 17th 2007
I'm not gonna be sittin' here long this morning; it's 64º/18º in the house and I can't bring myself to turn on the furnace just yet.But this is it, this week the final (I hope) push to my CK goal. To that end I've checked the star chart and if I'm reading it correctly, the full moon will again be riding low on the southern horizon; I really want to avoid, odd as it may seem, any interference from lunar events and another week without any progress. The closer I get, the more impatient I...
Pompano
Sunday, September 16th 2007
I hadn't been able to figure out what I was doing about dinner last night until I got to the fishmonger's about noon and saw the pompano that Rich had beautifully filleted. It was fabulous.I can't say the same for the Barilla Plus penne that I tried for the first time last night. I thought it tasted like cooked breakfast cereal and had a grainy texture, none of the 'chewiness' I like in my pasta. The flavor wasn't too bad with the pesto but I can't see substituting it for artisan pici, ...