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[Catrin]

Parked at my gym this morning at 6:30 and walked the 1.33 miles to the office. 56 degrees, lovely, almost too warm with my REI jacket. Reversed that walk at 4pm. 38 degrees and with a blustery cold wind. Today is supposed to be the nicest for awhile, and even snow flurries on Thursday they say. Ready for warm weather to stick around...but I feel guilty for complaining as we didn't have much of a winter at all.

[Pax]

Thank you all so much, reading the last few replies has definitely shown me the move was a good thing!

[Crankin]

I feel the same way, Catrin. It looks like a winter wonderland outside my window, and it is cold, but it will be gone by Thursday night, with rain and temperatures in the 50s. We didn't have much of a winter, either, and it really feels all out of whack. I've clearly been in the early spring frame of mind since February, except for that one bitter snap when we were up in Vermont.
Our AMC bike worshop is Saturday. I love doing it, but I know how exhausting it is, after 4 one hour presentations introducing newbies to types of bikes and other shwag. This year, our LBS is lending us a hybrid and mountain bike for display, as we have neither of those anymore, and I used to borrow them from my neighbor.

Off to work.

[ny biker]

It's cold here today. Freezing overnight last night and again tonight. I'm just over it -- if this were January I'd say it was decent for getting outside to ride or go for a walk. But now I'm just tired of tights and booties and warm gloves and wondering if I'm wearing the right layers.

In other news, I need to go buy a bathing suit. Still 10 lbs over the weight I want to be (despite several months' effort to lose weight), all 10 of those lbs are concentrated between my waist and my knees, not a good look for a swimsuit. I'm pretty sure I will not enjoy this shopping experience!!!

[Pax]

In other news, I need to go buy a bathing suit. Still 10 lbs over the weight I want to be (despite several months' effort to lose weight), all 10 of those lbs are concentrated between my waist and my knees, not a good look for a swimsuit. I'm pretty sure I will not enjoy this shopping experience!!!

Shopping for a fun suit, a lap suit, or a tankini? I'm a big fan of Swim Outlet and have bought dozens of suits from them.

[ny biker]

Is Swim Outlet an online store?

I'm invited to a backyard birthday party where there's a pool, and for a family vacation we rented a house that's next to a pond and includes use of a canoe. And someday maybe I'd like to try try flat-water kayaking. So I'm hoping for a tankini that's comfortable and easy to move in. Also I'd really like a little skirt to cover the lumpiest parts.

I really need to be able try on the suits before I buy -- swimsuit sizing is even more messed up than sizing for bike clothes. Last year I tried a few suits at the LL Bean store that's near me but wasn't able to find anything that fit right. But it was the end of the season so there wasn't much available. I was thinking of trying them again, and also checking out the Land's End department at the Sears near my office. They both seem to have suits that are designed for grown-up bodies but are still colorful and not old-lady looking.

[Pax]

Yes, it's online, but you can return items you don't want. I'm big fan of these tops: http://www.swimoutlet.com/p/dolfin-m...yHQaAuiE8P8HAQ I wear bottoms that I bought at Bealls (not sure if you have those) but they're just shorter board shorts that are much more forgiving than bikini bottoms.

[OakLeaf]

Thank you all so much, reading the last few replies has definitely shown me the move was a good thing!

Hahahaha, I've been telling all my neighbors that as much as I'm not thrilled about running in a light snow, it beats the F out of 90° and 90% humidity!

[Pax]

Hahahaha, I've been telling all my neighbors that as much as I'm not thrilled about running in a light snow, it beats the F out of 90° and 90% humidity!

Yet another reason I'm glad I don't run! LOL

[ny biker]

Out cycling yesterday, looking at the trees and noticing how some are in bloom while others are only just showing buds, and I was wondering. In the fall there are so many acorns everywhere. But in the spring, no baby oak trees. This seems terribly inefficient.

[Crankin]

Can't answer your oak tree question. But I have also noticed a lot more buds on the trees, some small things flowering, which started in March. This is way early for where I live. It's not like everything is in full bloom, and the trees, at first glance, still look bare, but usually, this doesn't start until about now, with full bloom, around the middle to end of May.
We have had so much rain! It is raining again today, but thankfully, the rest of the forecast has shaped up nicely. 70 on Sunday and 60, which is perfect, for the Marathon, on Monday.

[Trek420]

pax...feel blessed you don't have Trek420's past crazy neighbor

We hope to be past the crazy neighbor soon. But she's doing what she can on the way out.

We have a restraining order. She can not be within 20' of us nor out property. Yet as we were selling our condo she consistently trundled down stairs and bothered as far as we know nearly every buyer and their agent telling them what in her view is wrong with our unit. As far as we know she was inside our unit that we have a restraining order on her for.

She was bad enough that several of the realtors contacted our management company and asked "WTF??!! Who is this lady, why is she here, she says she's on the board or head of the board and is any of this true?"

We have an offer who understands "there's always one nut in the tree". But if that keeps us from selling I will unleash hell on the HOA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IPzpaD4UOE

Good news is our buyer knows we have an all new board. The flaky, incompetent and sometimes fraudulent one we had before has been replaced. One of the board members, a lawyer, is determined to at minimum get nutty neighbor supervised but would really like to get her committed.

[shootingstar]

I'm sorry for your headaches re the inexplicable neighbor, Trek. Wow, inside your unit. Serious.

Anyway, here in southern Alberta, we've had an unusually warm and dry winter. Warm meaning -10 to 5 degrees C. Normally our winters -35 to 5 degrees with several snowfalls in 1 winter. But it wouldn't surprise us locals, if we get a freak snowfall in May..which we did last year.

If we don't get enough rain/snow from now until June, then it will be a major problem for crops in our province, etc. Not good.

[Trek420]

I'm sorry for your headaches re the inexplicable neighbor, Trek. Wow, inside your unit. Serious.

Yeah. You would think if the nut wants us to leave she'd be praising the unit to the heavens. "Buy it, please. It's heavenly! Move here!" What a nut.

This whole episode is blowing my mind. We're both astoundingly, incredibly, consistently, amazingly nice, good people. What have either of us ever done to deserve this nut or this treatment? But you can't explain insane.

Our new board member, the lawyer, looked up our cases for the restraining orders and told us "Wow! I had no idea you were treated so badly. This is worse than I could imagine". We reported every incident to the board and they did nothing other than the occasional so sorry song: sorry that this is happening to you la la la la.

She also found there was at least one other resident with a restraining order against the nut in about '96. This may be in addition to at least one other couple our nutty ex nun forced to move out.

But I'm looking out my window, there's a hummingbird who's discovered our feeder. I can see the river and forests the doggie and I walked by this morning and that soon I'll ride to work along. Say what you wish about real estate in this city but I breath a sigh of relief on every ride and walk. We deserve this after two years of sheer hell.

[OakLeaf]

This seems terribly inefficient.

Not to the squirrels, deer, turkeys and bugs, it doesn't! And pulling hundreds of oak seedlings out of a mulch bed is no picnic, either.



Trek, what a nightmare for you and Knott. Hope you can put it all behind you ASAP!