Of bikes, bears, birthdays and a anniversary

More bear sightings every day. Our neighbor called and told me they had to pick up a friend of their daughters who was walking home when the bears came to close to him and apparently showed an interest.

32 years... This is our rehearsal dinner. Can't believe we were ever that young and cute!
50 years old... (Well I won't post a picture of that! ;-)) Yep!

My brother, Steve, and I share a birthday. Happy Birthday Steve!
Our friends Bob and Jen, who we ride with, have been sharing a bike for the last few months. You might remember my post of them taking the plunge and having Jen move up from the Hyosung to the Harley Davidson Heritage Softail. Like so many of us, Jen was the first to ride and Bob, deciding that if he ever wanted to see his wife again might need to learn to ride. Story sound familiar? David experienced that same scenario over 3 years ago. Well yesterday Bob bought his bike. An '09 Electra Glide with the touring package. Just beautiful!

So off we all rode for a bite of lunch at our favorite fast food Mexican joint, Monica's Tacos. 4 bikes, 4 riders and the newbie owner of the group leading the way.

Jake and the storm...

I finally have had enough. Jake. Our 6 year old poodle who insists on not house breaking. I caught Jake "spritzing" my vanity chair in the bathroom. I jumped off the bed, screaming his name and chased him through the house and put him in the corner!

We had a wonderful storm the other night and I just couldn't not take a picture and video of it. Kind of reminds me of the movie "ID4". The lightening was phenomenal as you'll see.

Walking, Kiddo's and Bears....... Oh My!

Three little brown fur balls and Mama! Jen sent me this pic of their trash being assaulted last Tuesday, about 2 days after we had a bear munching in OUR garbage. She had just been saying that she was disappointed that she'd not seen any bears this year. I guess this made up for it. (Click on the pic to pull it up to a larger size)

School starting soon. Kids getting excited. So is Mom!

Just thought I'd throw this picture of my lazy shark in for good measure. She (yes, its a girl) loves laying on her side on this rock. Just waiting for feeding time...

My walking is going well. Averaging about 2 miles a day. That's pretty good for me. Working on increasing the distance. Just have to quit wheezing on the hills! Ha Ha! I'd like to get to about 3.5 to 4 miles daily before the winter weather sets in. I do anticipate keeping up the walking even in that time of year. Do you think I'll need to wear different shoes then? Anxious to find out.
David working non-stop on his book. He has to have the first 25% turned on the 15th of the month. The date for release has been pushed back a couple of months, I believe. But we'll let everyone know when to check in the book stores for it, definitely after the first of the year.

I'm starting to get the painting bug again. I really want to re-paint the upstairs family room. Problem... How do I move a 150 gallon aquarium to do the painting? I suppose I could just paint around the thing and then paint the wall when we have the floors redone sometime in the distant future. The room really needs a new coat of paint after 11 years. I guess I'll start looking at colors and then decide if I want to move the aquarium or not.

Do you have any idea just how lucky I was to catch a picture of the "thing" living in our basement? I know the picture is fuzzy, but I had to hide and spring out when it emerged from its hiding place.

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