Bob's 40th Bithday

What a great day! Bob turns 40 years young.

We've decided he's better looking, a lot smarter and has more money than he did when he was 20 or even 30. Who says turning 40 is all that bad.

We won't mention the hair and vision loss, the creaking bones/joints and the constant caffeine I.V.

Swollen Eyelid

I woke up to a swollen eyelid.

I went to the eye doctor this morning to see if there was anything he could do. After examining my eyeball he didn't see anything, so he thought it might be just an irritation. He flushed out my eye with some saline solution and said to put a cold compress on it.

The Santa Ana winds have picked up the last couple of days, I wonder if that might be related??? Doctor said to put a cold compress on it, so I will keep my fingers crossed the swelling will go down.

Bud gets a hair cut...

Well I finally went big and cut it all off. What do you think???

BEFORE

AFTER

Bob's Sick

We went out for another great run on Saturday (7 Mile Loop).

Bob decided to go for another run this morning before work at 5am. He went a little farther than he thought, Garmin said he went 5 miles. What a great way to start out the day!

When he got home from work he figured he had caught a cold. Very sore throat and cloudy head. The next day he was man down and had to stay home from work.

Snowboarding at Snow Summit (Big Bear, CA)

After a late night playing Wii we decided to sleep in. In the morning we checked the weather report and lift ticket availability at Snow Summit. The website said the all day and 1/2 day sessions were sold out. Bummer! Skunked again! Determined to get in some snowboarding over the holiday break we decided to drive up and check it out. If we had to stay the night on the mountain we were going to snowboard no matter what. The drive up was really nice. The temp gage in the car read 60 degrees all the way up the mountain and a low of 50 in Big Bear City. All parking lots were full, but the sign said they still had some night session tickets available. Bob braved the crowd and bought some tickets. We had a couple hours to kill before the night session began so we headed to the city center for some lunch. We ate at our favorite Italian rest., Paoli's. We were set to hit the hill, our bellies were full and we had a doggie bag for the ride home.

Snowboarding was amazing! This was our first time snowboarding this year and we were wondering if it would all come back. Sure enough! We didn't fall when we got off the lift, this was a good sign. First run down and we got our snow legs back. Our legs were a little tired from the run and Wii from the previous day, but we were determined to get in as many runs as we could before the night session was over. We got in about 8 runs and our legs were trashed. We hobbled back to the truck, took off all our gear, got packed up and saw the doggie bag from lunch. We were so excited, it was like Christmas morning. This is Fred (dad calls him Poo-Bear), my trusty road companion.

Starbuck's Egg Nog Latte (non-fat of course) for the road trip home!

The Monk's Play Wii

We tried the Wii at our friend Casey and Charlie's house. Oh my!!! The game, in addition to being a ton of fun, is an incredible workout. Thank you C&C for guiding Bob and I through each game and taking it easy on us when we battled it out in the Outdoor Adventure Race. Our shoulders were a little sore the next morning.

The Long Run...

Since we've been running quite a bit, we decided it was time to hit our long run (7 miles) and see where our fitness is at. I got Bob the Garmin 305 Forerunner for Christmas and he was excited to start using it. Got some caffeine in us, grabbed the water belts, threw in a couple GU Gels and hit the road.
We finished in 1 hour and 45 minutes, mind you the last mile is approx. 800 feet of climb. This run totally kicked our butts, but we finished strong!