Silicon Valley Turkey Trot

Thanksgiving morning found me running with about 7,500 other people around downtown San Jose. I went with my friend Shauna and her husband Adlai. Shauna and I ran the 5k and Adlai did the 10k. I haven't run in a couple of weeks, and at the end of the event I was feeling that. In fact, I'm still feeling it in my upper thighs, where I tend to feel things when I'm running. I did get an awesome t-shirt and I guess as my Aunt Val would say, I earned my dinner. I am hoping to run New Year's day in Palo Alto. I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!

Guess Who I saw at PF Changs

I took a photo to prove that I saw him. I hope he thinks I've been nice, not naughty.

Baby Fish

About a month ago, I came home to find extra items in my fish tank, but I had to look a couple of times to make sure I was seeing what I thought I was seeing... baby fish. At first I was assuming it must be from my guppies because they were the only fish I had that were the same kind. So I ran one of them back to the pet store. So I read up on guppies to see how long you have to keep them before you can get rid of them. I was waiting until they were old enough to take to the pet store. Today I was look at the babies and noticed that they are getting markings that are very similar to my Mikey Mouse Platy. (they have a marking that looks like Mickey Mouse on them.) So tonight I was doing some research on Platy babies. Turns out that I was wrong about how fish have babies. There are fish that have live births. And so it's possible to have bought a pregnant fish. And it's possible that my babies are Platys instead of guppies. It turns out that they are very hardy fish. I am hoping to get rid of some babies next week. Let me know if you are interested.

Happy Halloween

This year was all about recycling and reusing. So last year I was Spider Pig and this year I was another famous pig. Also, we decorated at work and it was a zoo theme. It was lots of fun. I didn't win for my costume, but I had fun. I am also including the photo of me trying to find my blond wig.

Walking around the World

Okay, I didn't quite walk around the world. But I did manage to get my 13.1 miles of walking in for the Nike Half-Marathon on Sunday October 19th. I was so happy to get so much support for everyone. I had fun texting and talking to people while walking. And I really enjoyed listening to the book on tape that I had. It was also fun having people driving around and honking at me in encouragement. Also, a co-worker lives a couple of miles from me and she and her husband came out to wish me on. Needless to say I got in my distance and I will be getting my prizes in the mail shortly. I will be showing that stuff of a lot. Thanks to everyone who wished me well.

The next Saturday I went on the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in San Jose. I had fun walking with everyone. It always makes me cry to see so many people out supporting such an important cause. I sometimes wish that we could have better results against diseases like breast cancer and Cystic Fibrosis.