This is where Haper sleeps.

"Challenge Life.....before it challenges you."

It has been a busy few days. Sunday I went to Mankato shopping. Well really I mostly just went looking. I only bought a cycling jersey and got some free underwear from Victoria Secret. I was going to go hunting on Sunday night but it was way to windy. Monday I babysat Liam. Between Liam and Harper I was wore out by the end of the day. Yesterday I worked and then I helped clean up a mile of the 35W with the FAC. It went pretty fast because in the fall the grass is to high to really see the garbage. So I did not get home until 7:30 last night. It was a long day. Today I am all stuffy, Liam had a cold when I watched him on Monday so I am sure I will get it now too. Hope I do not get sick like I did last year. I am pretty sure I was close to dieing last year. Last night I was talking to Steve Wuger at FAC and he told me he had ITBS in his leg years ago. I asked him what he did to make it better and he said he did not run or bike for a YEAR. I am pretty sure I am not going a whole year with out doing anything! A YEAR.....give me a break. Harper and Charlie are getting along better now. Charlie was pretty pissed at me for a couple of days. She would not stay in the same room as me if Harper was around. Now she actually will stay in the same room and does not hiss at Harper every time she walks by. This morning they even stayed by each other while I was getting ready for work. I am sure within a couple of day they will be sleeping together. If for no other reason then to keep each other warm. It is cold in my house and I am refusing to turn the heat on yet! I am leaving work today an hour early to go hunting. It should be a good night for it. I guess I better get to work.
Later Sharon

Harper

This is Charlie meeting his new friend Harper
Harper

Charlie has been telling me in cat meow that she is lonely and needs a new friend. So I got her a friend today. She is tan and gray with bright blue eyes. We (Charlie and I) have named her Harper. Well I am not really sure if she is a really a she but since it will be fixed anyhow we will call it a she. So far Charlie and Harper are getting along pretty good. I think it will be a good match up. I guess I will find out if I come home from work one day and find that Charlie has beaten the crap out of Harper! Other then getting a new kitten today I have been very busy. I cleaned up my yard. I cleaned out the flowers from my garden, trimmed my bushes and even trimmed my maple tree. It needed it bad. Last night I went bow hunting for the very first time in my life. I even sat way up high in a tree stand. I did not see anything :(

But it was fun to be out in the wood. I had forgotten how peaceful it is to sit out in the woods and just watch and listen. Not sure if I am going out tonight. Rick does not like to go out when it is so hot out. We have lots of time yet before the opening of shot gun season. That is when I will be done unless it is super nice out. I do not like to hunt in the cold. Man are the ladybugs bad!!! They are everywhere today. They are starting to cover my house. I am not going to go out my front door anymore until it gets cold out and they are gone! Well I guess I better go check on Harper. I have not heard Harper or Charlie in a while.......

Later Sharon

ITB syndrome (ITBS) is inflammation of the iliotibial band (ITB), the strong band of thick tissue that runs down the outside of the thigh.

So yesterday was such a nice day I decided it was time to run again. After all it has been over a week since I last ran and that went very well. So I was running along just fine, no pain in leg, doing pretty good other then being well out of running shape. So I was pretty excited that I was able to run 3.5 miles with little pain. Got home did some stretching and still felt great. Even went up and down the stairs several time, if you have ITBS you know that stairs really hurt, still no pain. So I went to bed last night happy as can be, thinking that my ITBS was finally going away. So this morning I get up and I was not so happy. My leg had totally tightened up. That is really the only way to explain how it feels. I was so pissed. Now today at work it hurts. So once again I can not run. Well at least for a week. Chirsta said she would run the Turkey day run with me on Thanksgiving. She also said Jese would run it with us because otherwise he would feel left out. ( I am thinking he would rather be left out then run.) So anyhow I have to run a little so I am ready for it.

Today is my last day of work and then I have four days off. I really have no big plans for the weekend. I am going to go hunting on Fri. evening. And on Sat. and Sunday if it is nice out. I do not do cold and rainy!

Well now that I have complained a lot I better get back to work.

Later Sharon

"Life is like a rainbow. You need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear."

It is raining out buckets today. But I don't care because I am at work. Today I am leaving work at 1:00 because I have a doctor appointment at 1:30. So I will get home early today!!! I am going to lift when I get home because yesterday I did not because I picked up Liam and then I went and shot my bow so I did not have time. It is almost time for archery to start so I need to get shooting again. I was almost in a fight with Christa today. We almost had to not talk to each other. But we made up and now we are not fighting anymore. Thank goodness because I don't know what I would do if I did not talk to Christa at least 5 times a day. I am pretty sure she called me 10 times on Sunday. Good thing I was able to answer the phone so many times because every time she called it was something really important! Well I guess I better get some work done today at work.

Later Sharon

RICK GOT A DEER

What a great Saturday! The day started out good because I got to sleep in. Then Rick picked me up and we went to Walmart. I was once again out of everything. I had to spend $18.00 on cat food. I HAVE to buy two different kinds for Charlie because that is what she likes. Anyhow after that we stopped at Amy and Adam's house to pick up a cycling trainer that she had and to visit. After lunch Rick and I went for a 21 mile bike ride. It was windy! We road 10 miles into the wind. It was hard work. But coming back was much faster. I then went home and Rick when out hunting. At 6:00 I got a call from Rick saying he got a deer! He was very excited. So I went to New Richland and met him and then we went to get the deer out of the woods. I was hard work. The dumb deer just had to go and die on the other side of a dried creek bed. So we had to drag the thing up a steep embankment, then threw the woods over several big logs and then we had to take it over a plowed field. Who has there fields plowed already!!! Thank goodness Rick has a deer hauler. It was still hard because we had to lift it over everything and pulling a big deer though a plowed field is not easy. Anyhow as you can see by the pictures it is a very nice deer. GOOD JOB RICK!!!!
So today I am having a lazy Sunday. I may go to REI to look at some biking stuff or I may just sit around watching movies all day. Since I have not been in the shower yet I guess I better get going.
Later Sharon

"The only queer people are those who don't love anybody." -Rita Mae Brown

What a beautiful day it is out. The sun is shinning it is cold out and best of all it is my day off!!! I love this weather. I am happy it is fall. Today I am trying to clean since on my last days off I really did not clean anything. My house was a mess. So far I have gotten a lot done. I am going to change my living room furniture around next. Hate to leave it in one place for to long. Amy and Liam came over for a short visit this morning. This afternoon I am going for a bike ride and then tonight it is the debate. I love watching the debates. This one should be a good one. That is all the time I have today. I HAVE to get some house work done.
Later Sharon