Dear Mother Nature,

[bouncybouncy]

Nanci...i could brag all the same but i am holding back!!! noogies or no noogies those weather gods are brutal!!!

btw...how 'bout them bugs???

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...squito+netting

****ok ok..i will be nice now!!!

[caligurl]

ya know... that raincoat/clothes thing DOES work!

i would "curse" the rides i signed up for at the beginning of last year (nevermind that it's also the rainy season!).... so finally a bought a dang blasted rain jacket! not only that... i also bought a really cute one at the gap for off the bike..... no more rain!

maybe i need to buy some more rain stuff! i REALLY wanted to do the spring metric! my mileage is soooooooooooooooooooooooo down......

[Brandi]

You know the weather gods are mean to everyone at one time or another. I have to go to Iowa next week to do a sand sculpture. Luckly it is indoors but when they deliver the sand it will be freezing cold and I will have to wear long pants and shoes and gloves just to be able to work in it indoors. The density of the sand makes it hard to warm up. Takes days. We once spent three weeks carving 2000 tons of sand outside at the arizona state fair. We got 4 inches of rain in one hour. Watched all our detail wash away. I started to cry! When i realized that I had no control over the weather I started laughing. the water was up to our knee's. i grabed a piece of plywood and started to skin board around the parking lot. It was fun. We were able to fix the scupture in about a day. I was very proud of all of us. We recovered really fast from it. But i don't ever make fun or tempt the weather gods. It is bad.

[bikerchick68]

cali... and this weekend is Homey's ride too... it just SO blows! My mileage... sheesh, I don't even look at it right now... I'll be playing catch-up for months

brandi... sand sculpture??? WAY cool... would love to see a couple pics if you can post 'em!

nanci... St Pete??? I lived there as a kid! Went to Lynch Elementary... can't remember the name of the middle school tho... lived in the Sarven Apts on 2nd and 4th (I think that was the streets)... very, very close to the Pier! I remember fondly riding my bike everywhere and going down the bay to watch the manatees... A fun place to be a kid...

you're comment about 3 hurricanes in a year put it in perspective for me... guess I'll stop my griping about 2 whole weekends of rain... I'm just mad cause it will effectively ruin CAM for me... I had Jan/Feb done, but had a volunteer commitment with the PD the first week on March... then 2 weeks rain... and next week I go to AZ with some gardening friends... they don't ride.

So much for my goal for the year... I overbooked myself between work, college and my volunteer work... ah well, guess I can relax and just ride for the rest of the year now!

[Lise]

We're all moving to Nanci's!!!

'sposed to get 5" of snow today in Chicago. Not snowing yet, just cold.and.grey, the usual for this time of year.

Although...the crocus and snowdrops are in bloom, and I saw the first robin a few days ago. Hoping this is the last snow of the season.

Nanci, how would Dilbird and Milly (?) feel about a visit from my two cats? I'll bring them in the carrier on my back, just like uk elephant !

[Trekhawk]

yikes I just checked the weather and they are saying snow and rain for Friday and Saturday. Ok I did say in the past that I like snow and I do but hm I also like riding my road bike so please weather god take pity on an unfit rider who needs to train pleeeese.

[Nanci]

You're all welcome to visit! Just imagine, having friends to ride with! I don't think Milly has ever seen a cat. He would probably be scared to death. He's kind of a fraidy cat. Like, a towel on my head can send him into a panic. Dill, in his prime, could beat up cats, but now, old and crippled, he's afraid of them, too. You should have seen him, though. The cats were not allowed (by Dill) to sit on the couch, and he could send them running as fast as they could go out of the room! And these weren't wimpy housecats, either, they were part-time barncat- rat and gopher hunters! You probably don't know this, but pigeons have a secret defense called wing-slapping, which is like getting a high-speed sharp, karate-chop-like blow, faster than the eye can see, with a loud snapping sound. It doesn't hurt too much, and is how they bicker amongst themselves, but is very frightening to humans and other unsuspecting animals. Plus, they bite like crazy and hang on like little birdy pitbulls. Doves of peace, whatever!!!

Nanci