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**crazycanuck** · 05-28-2009, 06:46 PM

I have the hots for my man too

My eyes are driving me nuts...They're drippy & hot making it hard to bike

. Hopefully i won't grow a tail.

**NbyNW** · 05-28-2009, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by Biciclista

. . . but that part of the county continues to give me bad vibes and that incident did not help.

Can you tell me roughly where, so I know to avoid?

**Biciclista** · 05-28-2009, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by jocelynlf

Can you tell me roughly where, so I know to avoid?

south King county; Kent, Federal Way, Auburn. where MaryQFC was hit.

**MM_QFC!** · 05-29-2009, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by Biciclista

south King county; Kent, Federal Way, Auburn. where MaryQFC was hit.

yep, same here, Mimi and Jocelyn...while I have been back out on the trail (Linda and I, just last weekend, rode from South Park to the site in Auburn where we were hit)...and a bit on the road, I have not done some of my[former] favorite routes - through Kent out to Flaming Geyser or Auburn to Black Diamond (with mandatory bakery stop!)...am still kinda scared and am not going to push myself to ride down there again, while I still feel like this.
To note: I was hit (mowed down is a more accurate description

) while in a painted crosswalk, with lots of signage for traffic approaching in all directions - whew!
Even when you, Salsabike and I rode on the Centennial trail recently, I noticed that I was still kinda "hinky" (technical term there, = shaky) on getting back up to where I was previously with bike handling, traffic crossings and the like.
It is all part of the crash and injuries experience, including aftermath, I guess...understandable and part of what I'm easing myself through, without pushing too fast.

**salsabike** · 05-29-2009, 08:31 AM

Hi, girls.

Just thought I'd say.

**bmccasland** · 05-29-2009, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by salsabike

Hi, girls.

Just thought I'd say.

Hi! back at you from the Big Easy. Hurricane season officially starts on monday - the annual panic has already begun.

Me, I took off early from work yesterday, went to my local nursery bought some plants, came home, ripped out the sorry straggly rose bushes by my front door and relandscaped the to front beds. Looks much better now if I may say so myself.

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 05-29-2009, 09:14 AM

Hi there Salsa!

Originally Posted by bmccasland

Me, I took off early from work yesterday, went to my local nursery bought some plants, came home, ripped out the sorry straggly rose bushes by my front door and relandscaped the to front beds. Looks much better now if I may say so myself.

That sounds VERY satisfying! Sometimes it's hard to rip out plants that are still alive and chugging along. I've slowly learned to harden my heart and just do it, otherwise I keep looking at them and resenting their scraggliness.

I've been gradually getting more efficient in my bread baking so that now I can be making bread in between multi-tasking work and other things at home. For the past 2 hours I've been working on patent drawings AND baking two new loaves of bread- a plain white sesame boule, and an olive/tomato/cheddar loaf....mmmmm.... I think we've bought only two loaves of bread in the past 6 weeks- and we eat a lot of bread.

Yesterday I planted a bunch of new seeds in my little veggie garden- scallions, French radishes, Italian purple pole beans, bok choy, and others.
I can't wait for my new large veggie garden to get dug in and fenced.

**Biciclista** · 05-29-2009, 10:26 AM

You pulled up roses?
i dug down 3 feet once to get rid of a rose. It came back. They're related to blackberries

now I just cut it to the ground whenever i see it. At least it doesn't spread or multiply like some of my weeds.

**OakLeaf** · 05-29-2009, 04:40 PM

What is it with me this week, where three separate people are ticked off at me now for things I DIDN'T post on TE but somehow they think I did???

**Zen** · 05-29-2009, 04:43 PM

Someone is getting you confused with me?

**OakLeaf** · 05-29-2009, 04:45 PM

That's probably it.

**Crankin** · 05-30-2009, 04:47 AM

Let them be ticked.

You know, I am getting worried that I am liking the student life too much. I keep thinking that in 2 years I am going to have to get a job, work 8 hours a day, in the summer, too, until I get my hours for my license (1.5-2 years). Not that I haven't worked my whole adult life, but I have always been on a "school" schedule. What I have found is that I like having "different" routines each day, with a variety of things to do, which is why my goal is to work part time. And then, of course, there's the time to ride, run, walk,yoga, x country ski, snow shoe...
I have my priorities right

.

**Lise** · 05-30-2009, 07:04 AM

Hey, Mimi,

Sorry that older lady put out such negative energy. It's a good reminder to me not to project my pain/frustration/fatigue at total strangers (or near strangers, or vague aquaintences...) It doesn't really relieve anything for me, and the negativity stays with the others, as evidenced by us discussing it here...

I'm really glad you were out for that ride. Reading about it lifts my spirits!

My foot and leg really hurt today. I took 2 Tylenol at 5 AM and 2 Aleve at 8 AM, and it still hurts, though less (I'd hope so!) I cannot believe that three months post-op it's still so "weak" (that's how I think of it).

The scars are super sensitive to touch, as well. I've found these great silicone scar protector sheets at CVS. I cut one patch into two strips and cover each scar. Makes it much more comfortable to wear shoes and socks.

**Biciclista** · 05-31-2009, 05:04 AM

keep moving those sore parts, Lise! I don't know what else to tell you.

and (blush) I got featured in the NY TIMES!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/ar...gn/31pain.html

Obama’s Face Rules the Web

By RANDY KENNEDY
Published: May 30, 2009
Mimi Torchia Boothby’s job as a technician puts her outside a wind tunnel every weekday at the Boeing plant south of Seattle, but in her free time two years ago she took up watercolors. Among her favorite subjects are cats, idyllic scenes of Italy — and, of course, Barack Obama, whose contemplative, sun-splashed portrait she completed a few weeks after his election as president.

**Crankin** · 05-31-2009, 05:29 AM

Congratulations, Mimi!

I have to go to the "wedding from Hell" today. I think I wrote about it earlier, when I was annoyed about having to buy so many gifts for this person, who will never stay married.
Well, I will enjoy the lunch and dancing, and the fact that I get to be with my son, too. I feel so badly for my friend (the mother of the bride), who has put up with so much over the years, from this girl. Trying to be supportive, but both parents just give in to her. I would not be paying 20K for this wedding.

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