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Goose had made plans to ride Sunday afternoon. I was actually happy to hear that, he hadn't really been on the bike in 3 weeks (well except for the one time with me doing Hillacious). I actually thought he would plan on riding about 1:30-2:00 time frame - the weather forecast was warmer and the sun would be out.

After Mass he began setting everything up. Those that have been to our home know you pass through the kitchen to get to the family room. He made MANY trips from the back of the house to the family room - I am in the kitchen trying to get the chili started ------- every time he walked through he grumbled about the weather - it was cold - who decided to ride outside today - this went only for about an hour. He finally got ready and wanted to ride up the street to make sure he was dressed warm enough (he did decide to take off one of the jerseys and wear his jacked)- the big green team van pulled in they (Big Tim and Craig) got ready to ride. Craig shared with me the route and I had to chuckle. I asked Goose if he wanted to know the route - nope, he knew he hadn't been riding and they would kill him, didn't matter what route.

After they headed out I decided to ride to No Slackers. I hadn't used that DVD in a while and when I hit the 5K prologue I remembered why I put it away last year. I got through it and really need to ride it more - we'll see, I really love Hillacious.

When I got done I thought I would go outside to try and get a picture of Goose coming back down the street. They had been gone I thought long enough. Well I got cold standing outside, came back in to warm up and he was home - Missed the picture. People that know Jeff are very aware that he hates to ride when it is cold or rainy.

Oh - Egg said he rode really well given the fact he hasn't ridden in a long time. Tim and Craig came in for a while (long enough to see Jeff's engineer suit). Jeff did get his work done outside but didn't take him long to saw logs when he went to bed.

Thanks for the Memories

As I have flipped back and watched the videos and pictures of this last year - all I can say is "Thanks for the Memories!" I look at the faces, smiles and pain - helped everyone climb that last hill/mountain - enjoyed hearing AJ recount his memory of Helen, excited about the upcoming trip, talking about all his "friends" - to me that is what cycling is all about. It is about the friends/bonds that we have all found - and remembering that people come in go in our lives for a reason and accepting that. So to all that have riden this year and let me be apart of that - THANK YOU!

Noose

Remember I am Watching YOU

Even though it was snowing - I don't mean Santa! It was all voluntary and some jack a@@ gave a thumbs up after saying"Hills".

Jeff and I watched AJ play indoor soccer again this morning. AJ just couldn't contain himself when he made a goal - he had to make sure that we saw him do it. Once again a lot of running up and down the floor, better ball handling on both teams, and a lot of smiles from little ones.

We got home, Jeff had debated all morning on running (if the weather cleared up) or riding with me. When the beautiful flakes stated to fall, I knew he was inside with me. What a better DVD to start the indoor season for him - Hillacious. Lots of fun, Jeff had a better frame of mind for the indoors and the hour flew by. I know you die hard riders probably road outside today - not me!

Weekend Fun

Jeff had this Saturday off and had volunteered to help Shane (Diesel) move some of the heavy "stuff" into a pod. Rhino, Dobo, Jeff and a couple of Shane's friends showed up and it didn't take long. Now we just need to hope that Shane gets a home soon!

AJ had his second soccer "game" this week. He as so thrilled that PoPo was coming to watch. It is a blast to watch 3-4 yr olds run up and down the floor - trying to control the ball and kick it into the goal -- usually then don't care if it is the right goal or not.

This week the coach tried to rotate the players through the different positions. All I know, I hope the little goalie that played that position all last week --- goes to Tipp Schools - that kid was awesome!

This week they also used the "clock" - did not keep score and had Refs (a couple of times I think they were ready to fall over laughing)


AJ is ready to play. He ended up getting the ball first - got it down to the net - but still doesn't understand the kick/delivery idea. He kicks it to the goalie - oh well.

AJ's turn at goalie - not his favorite position - he loves to run up and down the floor (go figure). But he did take the position seriously.

He was able to block the goal and knew to throw the ball back out.

If you could have seen his face up close - the intensity he had with the throw.

Finally he is rotated back in to "run". He is getting better as passing off the ball to another person - but his favorite thing is to get the ball and out run everyone else down the floor. I missed his goal - was too busy watching and forgot to take pictures.

I think there were some tired little kids after an hour of playing.

Jeff decided he wanted to run today. He said he had a good easy run, everything felt good (which is really good considering he really didn't focus on running this year).

The plan for Sunday was getting the leaves picked up (again). But with the wind/freezing rain, decided to wait until a few more fell.

Looks like water for Jeff on Monday and trainer for me.