October Secret Sister Sign up and theme choosing.

**Xrayted** · 10-08-2006, 06:37 AM

If anyone's interested, http://www.cafepress.com is a nice site with themes. You can find a printed product for just about any topic. I just put in "cycling" and came up with dozens of pages of things to pick from. You can narrow the search to journals, cards, calendars, mugs, t-shirts... I've bought from them in the past and they seemed quite professional to deal with.

Cindy

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 10-09-2006, 09:17 AM

Had fun this morning shopping for my secret sister!

**ClockworkOrange** · 10-09-2006, 10:38 AM

Bad day: Am in agony, have a torn muscle in my ribs, through playing about, spent all afternoon at A&E, in the hospital.

Even worse, cannot ride my bike.

Good day: Have got my goodies almost ready to send to my SS, hope she will like everything.

Sally

**mimitabby** · 10-09-2006, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by ClockworkOrange

Bad day: Am in agony, have a torn muscle in my ribs, through playing about, spent all afternoon at A&E, in the hospital.

Even worse, cannot ride my bike.

Good day: Have got my goodies almost ready to send to my SS, hope she will like everything.

Sally

I hope you feel better soon!!
m

**short cut sally** · 10-10-2006, 02:54 PM

Today was going to be my cyber shopping day for socks for my SS. I was thinking warm wool socks as she lives in a cooler state..what to my wishes appear, but from TE a sale on such the things I was looking for. So I called TE regarding some questions on these ( Molly was very helpful) and can't wait to place my order tomorrow..now the big decision is what color? HHMMmmm!

**chickwhorips** · 10-10-2006, 02:59 PM

i got the email of the sale too... and i just sent my gift out to my SS today. hopefully she likes it. i was actually able to shop for it in person instead of online. its a great accomplishment for me!

**Aggie_Ama** · 10-10-2006, 03:17 PM

I got that email too. Seeing as my SS won't be seeing cold anytime soon, I picked up some socks locally. And a record for me.... I mailed it today!! I usually mail it the last week of the month. Of course she may not get it until the last week of the month!

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 10-10-2006, 03:37 PM

Mailed my secret sister's package off today!
Most appropriately, I brought it to the P.O. on my bicycle.

**CyclChyk** · 10-10-2006, 03:55 PM

Yeh Lisa! Supporting the cause! I'm jealous cuz I might get killed if I try to ride my bike to the PO. Most roads around where I live aren't so biker friendly.

HOWEVER - We went to Performance Bike in Hotlanta today, and I picked up the last of my SS's gift and I will be mailing it off tomorrow.

YEH! This is fun

**Aggie_Ama** · 10-10-2006, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.

Mailed my secret sister's package off today!
Most appropriately, I brought it to the P.O. on my bicycle.

You know in November I will finally be able to do this!! We are moving to a quieter town and the post office will be a short bike ride away. I might need to start researching some racks/panniers. Of course I can only imagine the look on the small Texas town's locals when they see the new resident running errands on her bike for the pure joy of it! I think it would be something like this:

**uforgot** · 10-11-2006, 02:52 AM

Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama

You know in November I will finally be able to do this!! We are moving to a quieter town and the post office will be a short bike ride away. I might need to start researching some racks/panniers. Of course I can only imagine the look on the small Texas town's locals when they see the new resident running errands on her bike for the pure joy of it! I think it would be something like this:

Aggie, YOU may also be surprised. I live in a verrrry small town. It is rather dangerous riding to the PO as I'm expected to wave to every car, (because they always honk and wave) I'm always given the right-of-way at the town's only 4 way stop, and you are treated with utmost courtesy. You may have to have several conversations AT the post office about how great/terrible the weather is for a bike, or every time you walk into a store, the cashier will ask "Did you ride your bike today?" Eventually some want to know where you purchased your bike, what kind do you think THEY should get, and more often than not people tell me how great it is that I'm always on it, they wish they had that kind of energy...Yup, kind of crazy here in smallville.

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 10-11-2006, 04:13 AM

Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama

You know in November I will finally be able to do this!! We are moving to a quieter town and the post office will be a short bike ride away. I might need to start researching some racks/panniers. Of course I can only imagine the look on the small Texas town's locals when they see the new resident running errands on her bike for the pure joy of it! I think it would be something like this:

No, they'll be secretly jealous. and will wish THEY had a bike and were free spirits enough to get in shape, save gas, and go forth on their OWN POWER!

**Aggie_Ama** · 10-11-2006, 05:15 AM

Well, I think they will still be puzzled. We are moving to a small (pop. 1,400), sprawling town outside Austin. It is close enough to commute to Austin, too far and small to be a suburb. This is the same are my DH and I got a firecracker thrown at us on July 3rd. The bubbas in their big trucks may not understand.

Still looking forward to moving and riding, the area has a lot of great quiet roads. In fact that is the main reason we chose it over some other areas!

I might be pleasantly surprised when we move up there.

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 10-11-2006, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by uforgot

Aggie, YOU may also be surprised. I live in a verrrry small town. ....You may have to have several conversations AT the post office about how great/terrible the weather is for a bike, or every time you walk into a store, the cashier will ask "Did you ride your bike today?" Eventually some want to know where you purchased your bike, what kind do you think THEY should get, and more often than not people tell me how great it is that I'm always on it, they wish they had that kind of energy...Yup, kind of crazy here in smallville.

I experience this every day in my small town. Even people who don't know me come up to me in a store to tell me they've gotten their bike out and are cleaning it up because of seeing me ride around doing errands. Everyone asks me where I am riding today. A older stranger came up to me today in the shoe store, and merely said "Fifty-two pounds!" I answered him "You mean you lost 52 pounds?" "Yes, by walking and hiking every day!" he answered proudly. It's weird and wonderful how biking can bring out the inner child excitement in people. All they have to do is see you and they get enthused.
Imagine what a happy world it would be if everyone rode bikes and talked about their biking with strangers!

**chickwhorips** · 10-11-2006, 08:34 AM

yup people think i'm crazy for running and biking here, because they are jealous! i love it!

they are very nice around here. (the ones that live here, the visitors... well see dear so and so and they need a swift kick in the shin to say the least.) having a hard time imagining myself in a bigger town after here. something with a couple hundered scares me now! i'm terrified of going back to phoenix. but enough about me and living in isolation.....

glad to hear there are others that like living in small places.

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