Today was awesome so I had to get outside. And I don’t know what possessed me other than the enjoyment of self imposed pain by extreme physical activity on beautiful days but I ran 4.78 miles. Seriously going to feel this one tomorrow as my 215 (lost 2lbs this week) body isn’t what you would call an ideal runners frame.
Here’s a map of my run. Great access to some fun locations right off campus here at Mentor Graphics. Memorial Park is great for both running and Mountain Biking (when it dries up some more) it’s right down by the river and there is a nice small stand of trees with great trails so it makes you feel like you get out in the forest.
Heading into the woods
Down by the River
Yoga in the Sun
So here’s for more sunny days! And here’s to more 5 mile runs!! DID I MENTION HOW MUCH I HATE RUNNING! But I did it and do it and will probably subject myself to the horror again.
So now I can post videos much faster than before as well. I can upload directly to YouTube from my mobile phone by mms. So it looks like were making things even easier still. I could have probably started doing all of this a little earlier but you know how it goes sometimes. Let’s stay in the current moment and not dwell in the past. Yes, I know most of the time things here are the past even if I’m writing about something happening in the present. By the time anyone reads it it’s in the past.. but that’s nit picking.
So on with the show. Two videos of Lavi (of course). He is definitely the easiest thing for me to document here and you know that’s good for the family!! My vow is to provide something other than Lavi at times just so you don’t get entirely bored.
This first is Lavi’s first experience with trudging through huge mud puddles. I hope this happens again and again for a long time.
And this displays Lavi’s beautiful singing voice…
So there we go. A couple of posts right in a row to get caught up on some Lavi. For those who are interested keep an eye on the right side of this site at the my flickr stream where you’ll see more frequent image updates than might get posted here as blog entries. And now you can check out my YouTube Channel for more video media.
It’s going to be a Sunny weekend here in Portland. Can’t wait to see what kind of trouble we can get into. More time in the forest I hope.
Alright, after a long lame streak for updates of my life and interesting things involved in that life I’ve made some moves to motivate myself to do it and some easier ways to post content. I’m “all up in the tubes” as they say..
Anyway, last Sunday was adventure day for me, Lavi and Nellie. We caught a break in the rain showers and headed into Forest Park for some exploring. We had a great time most of the first part of Leif Erikson Trail is uphill from where we started but Lavi does a great job trudging up and up.
Fooling around in Forest Park
Follow that smell
I think they've found a treasure!
One of the most entertaining and interesting things to see was when I realized that Lavi was following Nellie around and mimicking her own exploration. At one point Nellie went up to a tree and Lavi was hanging back about a foot behind her. She smelled the tree and then moved on and he walked right up to the same tree put his nose to the bark and sniffed. Then he proceeded to move on the exact path Nellie did when she left the tree. I thought that was awesome.
Also, I saw a woodpecker. I heard it off the side of the trail and was able to scan the forest and locate it’s position.. Nice pecker. So lets see how it goes from here shall we…
That about sums it up. I’m freaking tired. Busy days abound but life is cruzing along nicely. Going to have to knock out our taxes this week and the trash needs to go out tonight.
Anyway, hi. Lots of talk amping the neighborhood about outdoor activities. Looks like everyone has the spring fevers!
I still have them. They exists. There will be something interesting here sometime. Really. I mean, I’m not just saying that. I believe it within myself.
So We’ve been working hard on the house. Demo’d the Kitchen over the past week and the new cabinets are being installed today, exterior of the house was painted last week too.. So many details.. and man we’ve pulled a lot of material out of that room from the old kitchen. I have piles on top of piles of stuff in the back yard, going to have to get another dumpster dropped.
Couple of days of vacation under my belt now. And dad and I have been working our asses off. Dad and Mom are in town from Ohio. Thursday we trimmed back all of the rodies and bushes around the house and yard, I hung the reed fencing along the back fence, we picked up the doors at lowes, and we cleaned the 40 gallon fish tank and set it in Lavi’s room. Today Dad and I applied two coats of urethane to the doors and jambs. Tomorrow is fence day, picking up the two man auger and we’re going to dig post holes and set posts.
Tons of work going on. And more to go. I’m off until the end of next week and plan on projects the entire time. We’re going to have to do something fun tomorrow too so I don’t just overwork Dad while he’s on vacation too.
Veggin’ like crazy now. Big day again tomorrow. Laterz.
Busy with work.. lots of stuff being organized and planned for the house. busy. Wanted to put some text here. Done with lame post, sorry to have smoked some of your brain cells. Please move along.
Once again the solstice marks the annual trek to the heart of the Siskiyou Mountains of Southern Oregon. It was indeed an epic year. I’m totally swamped now that I’m back but hopefully I’ll have some more stuff about the trip later..
Here’s some media of the trip, all copyright Johnathon Allen..
