Due to the growing infrequency of our visits home, and the ridiculous winter weather that has limited outdoor activities......We started a blog to let y'all keep up on us.
For Amanda and I, this spring is going to be a thesis writing marathon. Not a 26 mile run, but a really long, overwritten report on the research we have done over the last 3+ years. Most of our weekends will probably be filled with the task of writing, analyzing data, and other boring scientific stuff, so we will not be making our usual number of trips home. Whether you guys want to read this or not, we hope to at least fill some of the void in our lives by keeping this blog.
Besides all the thesis mumbo-jumbo, I think the biggest thing on my mind right now is the stupid winter we are still having in March. Snow is predicted for tonight and tomorrow. Over the last 4 weeks we have had 4 separate ice storms. They have actually been really pretty, but really limit the outdoor activities. Its pretty hard to run when everything is ice coated.
Amanda has been doing well at keeping up on the running workouts since she joined a local gym. I have not since I have insisted on running outside. It has gotten to the point for me that I cannot get motivated to run if the weather is at all bad. I just can't wait for spring!!
Despite all the crappy weather, we have gotten out a few times with the doggies to play. These pics are from two weekends ago. We had an ice storm on wed/thurs and then several inches of snow on top of that. Pretty darn good sledding weather!
Amanda flying down the hill with Bo while Dash watches from the hill top. Dash didn't really know what to think about the sledding at first.
Dash finally caught on...its fun to chase sleds. Looks like Amanda is heading for trouble. Can she put on the brakes fast enough!?!?
Here's me and Bo heading down hill fast. I wonder who will get to the bottom first? It looks neck and neck.
This is the small lake at the bottom of the sledding hill. A few minutes after this picture was taken, dash fell thru the ice and had to squirm back to shore. We decided to call it a day at that point. Poor little dash had a rough day. She got hurt by slipping and sliding into a wood post right when we got out of the car, got hit by a sled not too long after that, and then finally fell thru the ice and got all wet. It's tough being a puppy in southern Illinois.
Thanks for checkin' in on us! Hopefully the next blog will be about spring weather!!!
2 comments:
I'm glad you guys have joined the blogging world- I know Rob and I appreciate the updates! Miss you both!
Hey Guys...cool BLOG! Winter sounds miserable and long. We are spoiled here in the mediterranean with mild winter days that get up to 60 or 70 on good days and some nights just below freezing. Our bouganvalia and hibiscus died and the lemon trees looked traumatised. We are now in full spring with everything in full bloom! Keep it up.
Your Uncle in Albania
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