1,050 miles in 17.5 hours

Forsyth, MT
Saturday, August 29th, 1:00 p.m.

Joe and a buddy did an Iron Butt Association "SaddleSore 1000" ride on Saturday, which means that they rode 1,000 miles in 24 hours or less. Yes, Iron Butt Association is for real and it has nothing to do with prison. They left sometime around 4 a.m. on Saturday heading to Forsyth, MT, which is 500 miles from Fargo.

They left at around 4 a.m. on Saturday to travel 500 miles (8.5 hours) on their beloved motorcycles to dine at the fine restaurant pictured below and then turn around and ride back to Fargo less than an hour (maybe even less than 30 minutes) after arriving at said fine restaurant. I hope the food was good.

For your convenience, below are the links to the IBA (not to be confused with IBS) and City of Forsyth websites so you can read about the SaddleSore, the BunBurner and other certified IBA rides and get to know the city of Forsyth as well.

Iron Butt Association: http://www.ironbutt.com/about/default.cfm

Forsyth, MT: http://www.city-data.com/city/Forsyth-Montana.html I couldn't find a city page for Forsyth, so that's what you get. It probably doesn't even qualify to be called a city. It's a town. Or whatever is smaller than a town. But I think it has the best Dairy Queen around.

So anyway, they made it to Forsyth and back to Fargo in 17.5 hours and they covered 1,050 miles safely and with no breakdowns. None. Woohoo!

On another note, my traveling companions (Sami and my sister, Karina) and myself made it 25 miles (?) in 2 hours on our journey from Albertville to Bloomington on Saturday. More on that later. Maybe.

Dropped off the face of the earth

Funny how after Day 30 I dropped off the face of the blogging earth.

On Saturday I had a fun-filled trip to the Cities, to experience IKEA for the first time, with my sister and Sami...chuckle (I'll tell you about it later if I remember). But, right now Joe wants me to post pictures from his Iron Butt motorcycle trip.

...oh, and I can also tell you about how many different projects I have going on right now, but if you know me at all then you probably have a pretty good idea.

Wow, this post has ADD written all over it - and that's just a smigeon (not sure how to spell that, but it sounds like pigeon, so I'm going with that) of what's going on in my world today.

DIEt

I know this isn't what you want to read on my blog, but I am doing it for myself not for you-so look away because I just may post a PICTURE (I really should, but doubt that I will do that...that's just going too far). It is so embarassing, but my hope is that a few months from now I will be glad I did it. I have been 'ordered' by my doctor to go on a low fat low cholesterol diet. Today is Day 1. I am still trying to convince myself that life is still worth living when the food groups that you survive on don't consist of Sugar, Soda, Carbs and More Sugar. I am a sugar addict. Can't get enough.

My challenge this week is to drink 1.5 gallons of water per day. I've put in a request at work to have my desk relocated to the bathroom.

Sincerely,
Overw8 K8

She was the Sweetest

...and Leroy thought he should try eat her up she was so sweet. Last night when we introduced the two, Leroy was okay with it as long as we played frisbee with him. Today, however, after he had a sleepless night of stressfully licking his paws raw due to the smell of an intruding puppy surrounding him in his own territory, he was definitely NOT okay with the idea of a new 'little sister' and did his best to take her out of the picture.

Sami didn't care much for the puppy from the second Joe got home with it. As a matter of fact, as we were eating breakfast this morning she said in a stern tone "I no like puppies! I like BIG dogs!" Seriously.

So anyway, the Sweetest Puppy has been returned to the breeder so that we don't end up hating Leroy for defending his territory.

Sweetest

She is just the sweetest and now she is ours (Joe's). She wasn't really in the plans, but I guess we can't say she's an 'oops!' either. Name is not yet determined. She is a German Shorthair. Leroy has met her but I don't think he's formed an opinion yet.
Kate

What Happened?

7-22-09

1-31-07

Cake Face

Kate

Thunder Storms

We forgot to open the back garage door for Leroy last night when we left and it stormed. I think he wanted in.

Shoot!!!!

I've missed TWO DAYS!!! Does posting more than one picture on some of my previous posts make up for it?

Back in the Saddle

The picture below was taken by Yours Truly on the back of Joe's Indian going maybe 55 mph. Joe's gonna kill me when he sees it.
Kate

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Kate

More from Grandpa Duane's

At Grandpa's

Picking up rocks
Kate

Not Intimidated

She may be intimidated by her daddy's big Indian motorcycle, but this little Honda was just her size and she hopped right on it the instant she set her eyes on it. You have no idea how surprised I am that it wasn't in the back of the pickup when they got home.

My friend, Erin, recently joined the ND Air National Guard. I know it was a tough decision for her, but it is something she really wanted to do. She has been in Texas for basic training and tech school since April and just got back to Fargo today. I am so proud of her!!

It's Bright In Our Dining Room

So Sami wears her shades to breakfast.

She looks like she's wearing her Snobby Pants in this picture, but I just caught her off guard. She was actually wearing her Dinkin'-Around Pants this morning. Now she is on her way to the Honda store and the Harley store with her dad, who is wearing his I-Want-Tobacco-Like-You-Can't-Believe Pants today. They must be pretty dirty because he's been wearing those pants for about five months now.

Friday, August 7, 2009

I've slipped! I spent my Friday evening analyzing our finances and I didn't even forget that I had to post a picture...I just chose not to. I was so tired and didn't feel like digging through my 10 gallon purse to find my camera, then linking it up to the computer, uploading photos, yadda yadda yadda. I didn't post yesterday. But I've been doing pretty dang good!

This is the photo I intended to post yesterday. I took it yesterday morning before Sami and I left. I pulled the top layer and sides of her hair up into a ponytail leaving just her curly afro patch down. It was wet, so you don't really get the afro effect that she typically has going on back there. At least you can see what I am talking about when I say that she has straight hair...except for her afro patch mullet.

Storytime with Daddy before bed...but really she talked him into a bedtime snack. They are sitting at the kitchen table eating cereal together as I type.



This morning. She woke up sometime in the night and I tried to snuggle with her in her room on her little Elmo couch, but it was SO uncomfortable. So I brought her in to bed with me and Joe. This was at about 7:10 this morning. We have to be walking out the door by 7:15 in order for me to make it to work on time.

Flailing Happily

Passed.Out

Sassy Pants fights to the death at bedtime, and there have been quite a few times lately where it has been nearing 11pm and she was still awake. So, yesterday we deprived Miss Sassy of her nap in an attempt to get her to bed by 8pm. She passed out snuggling with Joe Daddy at 7:30pm and slept until I woke her up this morning at 7:20am. That's not even the best part.

SHE HAD A DRY PULLUP!!!!!

Shopping?

This was sometime in July. We were at the mall and stopped by Gymboree. I was too busy shopping to catch this Kodak moment (sucking up every second that I could while I didn't have a whining toddler or husband following me around). Thanks for taking this pic, Dani!

Finger Painting

...and watching a movie at the same time. Both were her gifts to celebrate how great she is doing at going potty like a big girl.