Thursday, July 5, 2012

let's get it together, please

So we have been active.  There is the morning running & the working outs, gym life & times of the gym rat, adventures in water and out, hikes, parks, playgrounds, parties, movies late at night under the stars...busy. 
This all good but I am an idiot.  I've been mumbling to myself for a few days now how me, the person who loves to sit in a hot car, can't take the heat. 
Yesterday finishing the am run I came home and begged BC to water the garden for me claiming I couldn't not stand being the sun one more second that was at 8am....by 10 I was glued to the inside of the house and by noon I was upstairs hiding out like the bubble boy watching on FB my friends doing their holiday right. 
No one really cared that I spent my whole day inside mostly on the computer watching 'stuff' and pinning 'stuff'.  BC even joined me for a few episodes of the Daily Show.  I complained my shoulders hurts but that was from working out I said.  I complained about a headache but that was from too much screen time I said.  I almost passed out in the kitchen bending over to unload the lower drawer of the dishwasher but that was just a head rush, right?  At one point I laid down in Beach's little twin bed but I couldn't sleep. 
I was hurting but I didn't know it. I took Beach to the TNT tent and let her by 4 packs of roses & 2 boxes of poppers.  Then I broke down and went to a grocery store (third time in what five months now?) for two flavors of ice cream.  We baked double chocolate brownies and cooked up a Mexican Feast for dinner.  Yes, we ate tacos on the 4th of July and it was awesome, except for the part where I didn't feel like eating. 
At about 9 pm we loaded up on bikes with neighbor-friends and biked to the fireworks. 
We laid on blankets in the park watching fireworks. 
We biked home in the darkness with a huge smokey moon peeking in and out of the clouds at us.  Beach was so amazed by night biking we are going to have to plan some night rides.  It was so fun, perhaps the best part- of the whole year. 
 
 As a runner being on a bike is sort of like dying and going to heaven; you're not so sure you belong there but you can't help but to enjoy yourself floating above the ground while it lasts.  The speed you can get with no effort is insane! Safely back at home we parked ourselves in the driveway talked and let the kids light the roses and throw poppers. 
At midnight we dragged a happy Beach inside.  I woke up at 4 am on fire although I didn't realize it at the time...I moved out of the sheet figured I was too hot sleeping but the hot followed me downstairs and out to the tramp where I laid down and counted chicken squawks.  Sometime around 6 am I decided I was oddly hot and went looking for a thermometer: 102.  Strange I seem to be sick or something...you think there would some sort of warning that you that you don't feel well. 

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

bug. bug. bug.

According to the Little House Books a warm winter makes for a grasshopper summer, damn. Nobody panic I will go get some of them flowers bugs hate...   
Seriously?!
If you can't quite tell what you are looking at that is because those flowers are naked now.  Totally bare!
Yep, not how it was last night when I tucked them into bed.
Still can't believe they did that in one night...lol, frat boy bugs I suppose.

Sunday, July 1, 2012

wholesome hiking

As the title implies we went hiking. 
Close to 100 degrees in the valley we headed to Cecret Lake (Alta, Utah) where it was a cool 80 with rain :) 
We were warned about the moose mom roaming around at the lake and how scary protective she can be 'So tourist please don't get your ass stomped by a moose, thank you and come again'.
baby moose but no mad mom...

outside in, a Sunday morning

Some morning garden love is going on...
One of the naughty hens torn through the garden up ending some onions so I let Beach remove a few of the less happy victims of when chickens attack.
Good Morning, Winky!
Good Morning you screwy carrots.
Shhhh, Baby Egg Plants!
Lots of grapes, maybe the chickens will share some with us this year.  Deer netting always helps.
How about sunshine and peaches.
Or hot house tomatoes.
(sure you aren't smirking but this is all sounding pretty rated R to me...) I should back inside before I get into too much trouble.
Meow.  Apparently the cats cannot read.  But it is okay because they don't want clean panties they want breakfast.
It is a little unsettling to see all three of them together.  Definitely has the Cat-Lady feel.
So much for safety, here is where it gets dangerous...
we are going hiking this afternoon
and I thought a picnic would be nice. 
How about pecan and coconut sticky rolls?
And roasted potato salad?
With a bottle of sun tea, some ripe pears,
& a garden fresh cucumber?
Right, I should pack insulin.