Well, we knew we would be getting some serious lawn tools when we decided to buy the house; we have 1.76 acres and most of that is grass. We have some future plans for a large garden and some other areas that we can turn into non-mowing areas. We have started a short list, mostly […]
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2012 Adirondacks Ultra Ragnar, Here We Come!
We registered in the nick of time and are heading up to the Adirondacks in September, 2012, for the Adirondacks Ragnar. Even better, it looks like we’ll have at least two, and maybe three, teams coming from Ithaca. One of the upsides of registering as an ultra team (6 people max) is that the total […]
Moving Completed!
We started our move on Saturday afternoon this past weekend – we ended up setting a new moving time record for ourselves. We went from first box out the door to last box unloaded at the new place in two hours! That was great and we really owe our friends a big thank you! We […]
Running Gear, Odds And Ends
Now that we are getting into the actual distance portions of the marathon training I’m thinking that some gear additions might be a good idea. I generally like to keep things as simple as possible, but between the heat and humidity in Ithaca, and upstate New York in general, and some ideas I’ve had lately, […]
Cleaning An Above Ground Pool
We closed on our house and got the keys yesterday! Hooray for us! We’re looking forward to a great summer at the new place – but we have got some work to do! The pool is pretty disgusting – it is really, really, really dirty. I pulled the cover off the top and discovered our […]
The Little Things Add Up
The little things: taking the stairs instead of the elevator opening the door yourself (instead of going through the automatic one) walking around the block after a meal standing for short coffee breaks taking walks in the middle of the day do five push ups when no one is looking 🙂 parking at the back […]
I get by with a little help from my friends
Moving can be stressful, painful, and in general, not very fun. Or it can be relatively painless, quick, and at least somewhat fun. We have a few ways of making moving something that we don’t really dread. We tend to live with less “things” than most people (when considering a grad student + a full […]
Nike+ FuelBand
As I was reading Adam’s posts from this week, I noted that he mentioned that I might make a post about the Nike+ FuelBand. So here it is! A little back story: Adam and I are a little techie. We like gadgets (we even build our own and are dreaming about running our house on microprocessors)! OOOooo shiny! […]
Tap and Mallet Pub Review
Yesterday I had the evening to myself so I set out to check out some more of Rochester. I only have a few days left, so I figured I should find a good place to get a beer. Letting Yelp guide me after looking for a bar with decent ratings, I came across the Tap […]
Nike Plus Site Update
I was in for a nice surprise this morning after my run – when I plugged in my watch to my computer there was a Nike Plus update! I’ve been wondering when they were going to do this, it has seen some incremental updates over the past years, but was in need of a revamp. […]