I'm rather late in getting to this, but a few weeks ago I found a pretty cool frog hanging out in our grill cover. Decided it was time to play with the camera and take some fun shots. Enjoy!











As you can see, I had some fun with this little guy. He was a great model for me. Very accomidating. Let him go before Sawyer knew he was there.

Look up for a post next week with some images of various homemade foods. Been trying to take more pictures of what we eat. Have a great weekend!

This was a weekend of firsts. First time riding my bike "long" distance. First time trying homemade lemoncello. First time inviting 30 relative strangers to my house. It was an interesting weekend to say the least.

The ride was challenging. Ejdo and I got up and going by around 5:40, so we were able to get to the ride site before the suggested 8:00 start time. There were already a few people there, but most arrived after us. That gave Ejdo plenty of opportunity to flash people when he dropped his towel not once, but twice, while changing.

This was billed as an "easy" century route, but man did it hurt me. The fact that we were riding into a constant 10 mph headwind didn't really help, and the rain was pretty annoying as well. Add that to the fact that the temperature dropped about 15 degrees while we rode, and it wasn't the most comfortable day on a bike. So we all decided around mile 36 that we would "bail" on the century and go for a metric instead (100k). Here's a shot of us making that not so tough decision.



A ride tradition is the carrying of the pacifier. The first person to whine gets the pacifier until someone else whines. While in posession of said pacifier, you can whine away. Right after making the decision to bail, we started riding uphill, into a headwind, and the rain picked up. I stated "You gotta be fricken kidding me" and recieved the pacifier a few moments later. So I carried that for the remainder of the ride. Why the remainder? Because I was too far away from everyone to hear anyone else whine. I sucked. But thats what life is about right? Feeling crappy and still moving on. Thats what I was trying to tell myself anyway. Basically no pictures from me on the ride. I was just trying to keep up.



After the ride, all these people that we just met came back to our place for some burgers and beers. We had a great time. Sawyer was very well behaved with 30 new people in the house, and all the loungers were fairly well behaved as well. We laughed a lot, drank a lot, ate a lot, and poked fun at each other a lot.

All in all, it was a great day. Rode 68 miles, met a bunch of "new" people, and had beer multiply at our house. Started the day with 2 cases, ended with 3. You gotta love that!

I have been a blogging slacker once again. Its amazing how something that really doesn't take much time out of the day can get easily left behind in the hustle and bustle of life.

The Steelers are frustrating the hell out of me once again. They play like Gods for 3 quarters, then fall to pieces in the 4th. I mean, the Bengals beat us. The Bengals! Just sit and ponder that for a moment.

The Chargers really should have won that game on Sunday night. The Steelers were practically letting Phillip Rivers do whatever he liked. He had two drives in the 4th quarter that I don't think took more than 3 minutes total. And the two kickoff issues!! Are you kidding me?! That was easily one of the more difficult football games I've watched in a long, long time.

Luckily, the Hokies are helping ease my pain. They're kicking ass this year in all the right ways. Tyrod is showing himself to be a real quarterback, not a "dual threat" that really doesn't throw the ball all that often. This week against Duke (which was one of the most poorly officiated games I think I've ever seen) he threw for over 300 yards and rushed for.....1. Now thats what a QB's stats should look like! Ryan Williams is kicking butt at RB. As long as they don't blow anything for themselves, we could have a damn good year.



And hockey has started!!! God its a great time of year. The Pens are 2-0 with wins against the Rangers and the Islanders so far. The Caps kicked some serious butt against the Maple Leafs too. Pens got their rings the weekend before the first game. They're huge!!



Add to that the fact that we're attempting our first century this weekend with a bunch of RBR'ers. Should be a big challenge for us, but I'm really excited about it. Plus, I get to plan another party for after the ride.

Pictures of the century to come in a few days I'm sure!