MapMyRun.com

I took a couple days off from my jogging/running because my shins were really hurting me (even to go up stairs.. haha oh dear),. But this morning after doing a few simple stretches I headed back out. I am noticing that it's getting easier, and Mollie is happier. After running next to the sidewalk, my shins weren't nearly as sore this morning. whew!
Tonight I found this pretty cool site throught prevention.com, that lets me map my morning runs with the dog. It's really neat, and extrememly in depth. From recording your resting heartrate in your profile settings, to calculating when your shoes are too old and could cause injury. Here is my profile,
http://www.mapmyrun.com/user_profile?username=mickermoodles
and if you click on the links to my runs you can view them in google earth. Don't be tooo impressed, they are marathons, just 4kms on average. "something new" is one i'm going to try tomorrow morning, i'm pretty excited. I hope Mollie is up for it, we'll have to leave early so it isn't too hot out. I'm going to try to use mom's arm band for my ipod, I am sick of carrying it around when I run, I'm always worried I'll drop it.
Also, Sonny and Pika now have Catbook, so you can add them as your friends. You view it through my profile, and "view Mick's Cats" Pretty funny... i hope dogbook comes out soon!
Our house is now equipt with a 8400btu air conditioner for the upstairs... yay :) It is supposed to be quite hot out tomorrow, so I think it will get used sooner than expected!

Proud to Be Canadian

(thank goodness something interesting happened today, I feel bad not blogging very often!!)
As some of you may know, I am an ebay addict. While I don't bid on HALF the things i watch, I still am obsessed with searching through the listings. One of my purchases arrived today. Its a tshirt, with a anti-war logo on it I saw wearing during one of their rediculous "i just want world peace" interviews. I thought she was stupid, but I did like the shirt. A combo of star wars and an anti war message is jsut the sort of thing I'm into :).
THe best part of all of this was finally receiving it today in the mail. It was coming from a shop in Israel, so I knew it would be a while. There was a large lineup, so I waited patiently (desperately hoping my shirt had arrived!!! I won the bid on may 16th). When I got to the counter, the postman took my card and came back with an itty bitty parcel. He started snickering, but I didn't understand why. As he was putting it through the computer, he said "Isn't it nice to be Canadian?" And I automatically answered "Oh yeah its great...", but I really wasn't sure what he meant by it. I thought he was just being random, so I smiled back as he talked about how well canadians are thought of all around the world. As I walked out to the car, I looked down at the parcel and burst out laughing.


I suppose it IS very nice to be loved by everyone :)....
I'll post a picture of my shirt once it is out of the dryer :)!

Proper Motivation

Really the only interesting thing i've done on my day off today is cook an omlet and jog with mollie. The other stuff is boring and not blog worthy (but so mom knows i cleaned up the kitchen and reviewed the recipe for supper, soon to make muffins). Mollie usually is very sluggish on jogs, and I end up dragging her behind me which looks foolish to everyone driving by on their way to work. Today however the cool breeze and the lack of sunshine really helped her get going, and for the most part she kept up just fine. When we were in the heart of the Qs, she started stalking a little dog on the horizon. This dog turned out to be a great dane, really quite interested in us. Mollie let out a very pathedic bark, to which mister leggy replied gnashing his jaws angrily. I am not one to be afraid of big dogs, but I got goosebumps when he barked at us. Mollie put oin the jets and we sprinted past his yard, and all the way to the crosswalk. I think she could be a really fast jogger, we just need our friend running behind us. < i have a picture to attach, but blogger wont let me... :(>

Cheeeese!

Today mee and Mollie went out on our fairly daily jog (sometimes its raining, or we're too lazy). We left at 8:30, but by 9:00 i was sweating pretty bad and Mollie's tongue was practically dragging on the ground, so we turned back, and made it to needs by 9:20ish. I tied her outside, (which she really hates) and went inside. I didn't have any money with me, but I just wanted to grab a cup for of tap water. The cashier was delighted to see Mollie, and more than happy to fill one up. She brought it out to Mollie and sat with her for a few minutes. We talked dogs, she has a golden retriever. So after Mollie made a new friend, we took off for home, and ran into the little puff balls on their walk. I think mollie was too hot and too tired, she barely looked at them. (but once we were past them, keep peeking over her shoulder to make sure we weren't being followed by the ankle biters) Exciting morning for her, she's now panting down here in the cool basement.

Hair and Nails :)

SOoo I know I have left you in suspense, :) but I promise today there will be pictures posted of the new dooo. I love it, and I'm quite certain i'll be keeping it this way for a while, it's so easy to manage and feels great, not so heavy and hard to style. My fav description of it so far is Wendys, It's sassy, sophisticated, and has attitude! I also had my nails done yesterday morning, and they are now light pink tips (don't worry Chantal, no orange at the ends yet!) and an opal topcoat on it. It's taken me a day to get used to them, but now i do like them quite a bit :). Any requests for my colour in two weeks time? haha Bonnie has every colour imaginable.
WHen I'm on the other computer I'll add some pictures of my haircut!