daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
This evening as I was making dinner, I could see the beautiful clouds from our kitchen window. So I had to run upstairs to take a photo. A few minutes later, I would repeat that trip upstairs for another snap, and then I did that for a third time. I’m getting my stairs exercises in today, that’s for sure! 😄
One thing that I appreciate every time I go out for a ride with Sophie (my Peugeot bicycle) is that road bikes are much faster than mountain bikes on the pavement. Of course that makes sense since the frames are generally lighter and the narrower, smoother tires that are inflated to a much higher pressure have less rolling-resistance, but I am still taken aback at how quickly Sophie accelerates and gets up to speed.
She’s 50-years-old and I am 53, so we’re no spring chickens, but it’s still fun to ride fast. Or maybe it just feels fast. At any rate, it’s a blast.
We bought a new Panasonic FlashXpress Toaster Oven and set it up today. It’s so nice and clean that it will be a shame to get it dirty. 😀
We had this same toaster oven in silver before, but the power switch finally failed. But we love this toaster oven and it’s much faster than our Breville oven for small items… like toast.
The swag bag arrived from the Austin Marathon people and it was filled with a lot of goodies. I’m impressed! Of course the best thing is my race bib and I was fortunate to receive number 900, which I like because 9 is my favorite number.
Other items include the finisher medal/belt buckle, long scarf, hat, coffee mug, hand sanitizer, gummies, tote bag, t-shirt, and long-sleeve running shirt. Those last two items are really nice Under Armor shirts. Pretty good, right?
In the photo, I also show my black On Cloud running shoes which I am retiring. I’ve put almost 600 miles on them so it’s time to switch to next pair of shoes (same model). Thank you, shoes, for helping me finish two marathons. Enjoy your retirement!
Yuzu loves to collect socks. So I started an Instagram account to document the results of her hunting. 😄
