Countertops are Brazilian granite - "emerald pearl". whoops... just got a correction on that. Italian granite.
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Countertops are Brazilian granite - "emerald pearl". whoops... just got a correction on that. Italian granite.
Hi gang! Me again.
The dinnerware is up on my site - see link above (same as remodel stuff).
Be gentle... I did this stuff as therapy ;)
It's good spazz! Nice sense of color.
wow spazz - I Love the dishes! You should consider going into that professionally! Awesome sense of colour and design! Kudos to you hun!
Thanks Corsair!
I've done several large platters for gifts... very abstract.
Thought about doing some custom order stuff... but I do stick to the kind of "southwestern primative" or "abstract" styles.
If you or anybody else is interested email me off-list and we can discuss.
Spazz, if you're not marketing that stuff, you should be! It's beautiful! The gecko spoke to me, I swear.
thanks eg!
I might could be corn-vinced to do a commissioned piece. email me off-list to discuss... to anybody else the same applies.
I like the turtles. They remind me of Hawaii.
V.
I've wanted to post here several times but the posts just didn't seem right enough until now! Well or rather last Wed when the site was down! I started riding right after Labor Day as a commuter biker and last Wed night my cyclometer rolled over 1000 miles. I was about a mile from home and saw that I only had 3 miles to go to roll over so even with rain and 8 mph head winds - I tooled around the neighbourhood until that sweet little number rolled over on my screen! I wanted to do the TdF double arm pump, I wanted to scream, I wanted to just keep right on riding rain, wind, no food so what! But instead I came home and very proudly recorded my miles in my journal! It was Such a day!
1000 mile! This calls for a special message.
Chapeaux CorsaiMac!! as they say in France.
This literally translates as ' Hats Off '. Used loads in the French world of cycling as an all round Bravo!
OR....
Complimenti ..
...as they say in Italy. Means the same thing but more conversational. Used to congratulate someone or compliment their quality as a rider. :)
Congratulations, Corsair !!!! :D :D :D :D
You must have had one HUGE smile on your face when you finished that
ride! Just an awesome milestone number of miles.
And it only keeps on getting better............. :)
annie
Way to go Corsair! I just might have to build a snowgrrl in your honor :D
Thought I'da revive this coz I was sooo stoked today and had to share it with my cycling friends!
So I'm climbing the last big (icky) hill to come back to work and I decided to watch the inclines. As I start the climb I keep gearing down until I ran outta gears. I even looked back and sure enough the chain was on the biggest gear I had in the back!. So I just sucked it up and watched the inclinometer. The grade was 6% for the most part with one section of 7% and the last climb at 8%. oh...and 19 mph crosswinds. (total gain of 357') Whew.....am I glad That's over with. As I turn for the final long flat stretch to work I reach over to shift to the big chainring in front and OMG???!!!! :eek: I just climbed that bugger of a hill IN the BIG Chainring!! Man did that change my whole persceptive about that hill!!
GOooooooooo Corsair, you animal you! :D
Hey gang!
I finally got around to updating my site.
Cindy photos that were sent to me, and a few edits here and there.
Come on grrls... drive that hit counter up! And please leave me a note in the guestbook. Sign with your TE name so's I know who you are :D
It's lots of photos, so you dial up folks beware.
spazz
p.s. If anyone else would like their ride photos (from any organized ride) put up, send them off-line. I'm not labeling with "real" names, just TE names so your privacy is safe. Include your TE handle and the name/date of the ride in your email.
ahhh Spazz hunny??...I tried to sign your guestbook but it kept telling it would only take letter and digit characters. Since I was only using letters - I got confused and got outta Dodge! What am I doing wrong? :o
Hey SD- I'm with Corsair here- same thing happened- we used two types of browers= IE and Mozilla Firefox. The message box didn't like us! :(
Dave says the page loaded OK so wuz up smokey bear????
Love the kitchen, very nice!!
Someday we will have our own house!
The dishes were great too!
I also love being creative, making jewelry, egg deco/painting, and face painting for parties. Learning Henna too.
Pottery and the such would be alot of fun, but have not the kiln to heat/dry it.
Of course last but NOT least....the bike portion- COOL!
Me too, Spazz! I even took out all the punctuation but it still didn't like my entry (and I said only nice stuff!!). I loved your photos (so much fun to see the Cindy ride girls) and your jerseys - I've been wanting one of those wishlist jerseys!
So, now that we've upped your counter, when are you sending us our freebies (you are giving us something, aren't you?) ;)
Hmmm... jeez I didn't even do anything to that page.
Sounds like a load boo-boo. I'll get on it and report back.
OK... give aways. Gosh! What do I do????
Everybody..... gets..... a.......
WooHoo!!! I want yellow....
Keep the snow ... hope I can find enough change under couch cushions to fill it up :DQuote:
Originally Posted by spazzdog
Way to go on the miles ... that is such a great feeling!
Cindy
Fixed it.
Just wish I knew how it got "un-fixed"
Thanks!
spazz
Ok, so here is my moment of self-pride: last weekend I rode 180 miles from Sanata Monica to Santa Barbara on an AIDSlifecycle training ride. Had a blast!!! Previous longest ride was 73 on a Saturday and 35 on a Sunday. I think the trick was a team of masseuses (spelling?) and "stretchers" (professionals who contorted your body into great stretches) at each pitstop. I didn't think about the total anticipated mileage for the day, just rode from stop to stop. So I'd like to say to everyone out there that it really is true- once your body gets used to being in the saddle for 50-75 miles, you can go on forever- IT IS YOUR MIND THAT STOPS YOU, NOT YOUR BODY. I'm now going to walk around offering / asking for massages from ride- mates if professionals aren't available....
Let's all get out there and have some fun....
Anne
Way to go annerol! Good job grrl!
And to those of you who visited my site earlier this week, thank you for the sweet compliments. Sorry abt the technical difficulties.
a grateful spazzdog
Annerol - good on ya!! Yup, after 50-75 miles, we just get that half crazed look on our faces & keep on pedalin' :p
Last Sunday I went on a club ride. I rarely do club rides but decided to break out of my hermit state. It was about 30 men - the 2% body fat, whippet crowd and 2 other women - one really fast & one really slow. The ride was 50 miles and advertised at around 16 mph...mmm, would you believe 18 to 20? There were several regroupings, but generally I could hang for about 5 miles & then they'd slowly creep away.
Here's the fun part.
The end of the ride had several uphill components and the rabbits (the 2% body fat crowd) were spent. So, the tortoise (yours truly) started passing them. I'm really good at hills because that's what I ride during the week.
The moral of the story: Ride YOUR ride, no matter what others are doing. The majority of the ride was in beautiful, quiet desert areas where the flowers were blooming and the wildlife was roaming around. Who wants to grind out miles 2" behind somebody's wheel when you can enjoy this nature? At one of the regroupings, I remarked, "Isn't it beautiful out here?" and the guys looked at me like I had two heads.
Signed - She Who Has Two Heads
Now I like that story! It's so easy to slip over to the dark side. I resolve to slow down and smell the road kill, er, flowers this weekend!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dogmama
great story !!! :D :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dogmama
Dear She Who Has Two Heads
I LOVE IT!!!
Anne
spazz sez
"Aarf! Aarf!"
That's doggie yee-hah! for each of your heads.
I'm posting this because I need to focus on what I accomplished, not on what I didn't.
I rode in the 30th Assault on Mount Mitchell on Friday, 115 miles from Spartanburg, SC, to the top of Mt. Mitchell, NC, the highest point east of the Mississippi. We started at 6:30 a.m. in pouring rain. It rained steadily until about noon, I think. This year's route had 11,588 feet of climbing. The final 40 miles or so were nearly all climbing, on the Blue Ridge Parkway. One thousand of us started; 663 finished. Finishing times ranged from 6:11 to 12:42. While I cannot keep up with my husband, who finished in 7:41, or even my training partner, who finished 25 minutes ahead of me (hey, she has 8 years on me), at least I finished, bawling as I crossed the finish line, after 10 hours and 13 minutes. That was the hardest thing I have ever done.
By the way, I highly recommend riding on the Blue Ridge Parkway; it's gorgeous. I just don't recommend riding 70 miles in order to get there.
Hey - congratulations! 115 miles is a long, long way - and that's without climbing a mountain to finish, and without doing it in the lousy weather that you had. You should be more than happy with your accomplishment!Quote:
Originally Posted by profÃ*vélo
--- Denise
I have heard of this ride. It has a reputation of being very tough. It is a badge of honor just to finish it, regardless of your time. Throw in rain for the first couple of hours; that just makes it harder. You definitely need to focus on the positive here. That was a fantastic accomplishment!
I add pats on your back and congratulations. profavilo. Something has to be said for riding in rain and hills.
I also rode my first organized ride yesterday other than the NYC 5 borough a couple of years ago. Yesterdays ride was the Bloomin Metric in CT. They described the ride I think as some rolling hills. Well, these were NOT rolling hills and for 40miles of the ride the downhill did not warrent the uphill. And yes, it also rained and I pretty much never ride in the rain. But I was with a girlfriend and that made it fun. We had 3 different rides to choose from and we went for the gusto of a metric which clocked us in at 62.15 miles.
I am now happy to ride the flat lands on the south shore of Long Island.
All in all, good for you, congratulations and yes, I also pat you on the back.
~JoAnn
Ah, another person surprised by the nasty hills in Connecticut! I had a similar experience many years ago - I went to a LAB (League of American Bicyclists) rally in CT, and was unpleasantly surprised by the rolling hills. I'm not a great hill climber, and those short steep hills in the northeast really get me good!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jo-n-NY
Congrats on completing your ride.
--- Denise
Bravo for you! That's the attitude that got you up there. I'm impressed with all the riders that just start this ride. I'd heard the weather was awful this year. Great accomplishment to finish let along in the miserable conditions. So, did you get your own bankie at the end?Quote:
Originally Posted by profÃ*vélo
SK
Thanks Denise, I will convey this message to my friend. I will be honest in saying that we will probably ride this one again next year as we will be more mentally prepared and hopefully the sun will be shinning.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeniseGoldberg
I am sure riding a Hampton ride in August, (hopefully my husband can join us) and then the Pumpkin Patch Centure in NJ in Oct will be piece of cake after this as both those rides we are sure are flat or close to it. My friend Chris tode them before.
~JoAnn
COngrats on finishing in Pro - it sounds like a She-Ra Princess of Power kinda ride and you should get a tiara for doing it!! You go girl!
Drove 2 hours east to Carrollton, Ga., on Saturday to do the West Georgia 100 on Sunday, my 2nd charity ride. I did my first continuous 50 miles. Yeeha! I certainly could have done a few more to get my first metric century but it was getting VERY hot and I knew I was already getting sunburned, despite precautions. Anyhoo, I know I'll get my first metric century this summer, and that makes me happy, considering I got my road bike in February.
Next March (06) I'll celebrate my 50th birthday. I plan to do a 100-mile century before then. Can you say...
MIDDLE AGED CRAZY!!! :D in all the right ways. This board is such a fun, supportive group of friends. Thanks so much for all you're teaching me!
Go, Shew, go!!! This is going to be a fun summer!