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MS 150 Update

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Well, our team needed some more members so I asked if spouses of employees could ride and guess what…they can! So I’ve now roped Dave into riding as well. He is excited about the ride but not so excited about the fundraising so if anyone out there was thinking about donating but saw I’d reached my goal, please donate to Dave! He will also be riding an antique bicycle in even more pristine condition than mine.

We have only done a couple of training rides so far but when we return from Japan we will go into serious training mode.

If you want to donate for Dave’s ride go to:

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?px=4829500&pg=personal&fr_id=9111

Japan is rapidly approaching

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

We bought the tickets so long ago it’s hard to believe that our trip to Japan is now just a few weeks away. We leave May 1st and are getting pretty excited about it. Steve (our buddy in Tokyo) has already gotten us tickets to check out a Sumo match, apparently there is a big tournament while we are in town. We will also attend a baseball game or two, it is baseball season and that should be a blast. Other than those two activities, all we really have planned is eating delicious food, checking out the fish market, riding the shinkansen (bullet train) — maybe to Osaka that is still undecided, taking a trip into the mountains, and drinking sake. If anyone has any suggestions for must-do or must-see Japanese things we’d love to hear them, but I imagine Steve will have plenty of suggestions to keep us busy.

If anyone here at home wants me to bring something back from Japan, let me know. You know, like a pair of socks dispensed from a vending machine or something…:)

Seriously, though, I will try to post from Japan but if I’m having too much fun to update the blog I will definitely post as soon as we return.

We have a lot to between now and the time we leave, though. My brother and sister-in-law are coming to visit, two days after they leave we head to Dave’s cousin’s wedding in Wisconsin, then the week after we head to Japan. It’s a busy spring, and that is not even mentioning that I have to run a 5k leg of a relay race the week after we return. Lots to do, good thing it is all fun stuff.

Thank you so much!

Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Well I really have some generous friends and family. I am not 100% comfortable asking for money from people even when it is for a really good cause but I was so happy with everyone's generosity is sponsoring my MS ... [Continue reading this entry]

Bonus photos

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Just a couple of cool pictures I wanted to post. frozenfalls.jpg This is a cool frozen waterfall in Idaho Springs. I really like Idaho Springs, we've been in the area for snowshoeing, cross country skiing, and snowmobiling this year. ... [Continue reading this entry]

You gotta love spring in Colorado

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
This is what I love about living near the mountains, especially in the spring and summer. Saturday it was 65 degrees and sunny, so we took our boat out on the lake for the first time. ... [Continue reading this entry]