Wednesday, October 28, 2009
New Total for this year...
My new total for this ride is now $20,505!!! Many thanks to everyone for their support.
- Posted very slowly using BlogPress from my iTouch.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Totals
I have an updated total for the three ride, three year, 7700 mile bicycle rides for the Wellmont Hospice House....over $88,300!! Wow.
Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed, supported, and otherwise given me encouragement during these rides.
Have a great day!
Oh, and Morgan came to visit for a few days and what fun we had!!!
Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed, supported, and otherwise given me encouragement during these rides.
Have a great day!
Oh, and Morgan came to visit for a few days and what fun we had!!!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Joining the 21st Century
I bought an iTouch and am now learning how to use it for lots of things, like blogging! Right now it is pretty laborious to type but that will come, I am sure. Never having sent text messages before makes this alot harder!
My favorite part is having music to listen to in the car. Once I get playlists figured out I will be doing well.
- Posted laboriously using BlogPress from my iTouch.
My favorite part is having music to listen to in the car. Once I get playlists figured out I will be doing well.
- Posted laboriously using BlogPress from my iTouch.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
I did it!
Well, I made it over $20,000! Donations are still arriving and I am up to $20,350 and change!!! Thanks so much to everyone who has contributed. The thank yous are done and I am back riding on a regular basis now, having recovered fully from my fall a month ago. It is a nice feeling to be back on the bike.
Ben is going to be fully retired on December 15th. He has had enough of the 24/7 on call schedule and has taken off some time lately...ridden 5 days in South Carolina from State Park to State Park, ridden Cycle North Carolina, all this in between traveling to various locations to judge beer competitions. He took the judges certification exam in May (after his 1000 mile self supported ride) and STILL has not gotten the results. However, he is still allowed to judge and had a great time this weekend doing the judging thing!
Big news is that he is planning to ride the Southern Tier next March. He has had an ad on the ACA and Crazyguy websites and has gotten a nice group of men and women (total of 9) to ride. He is so incredibly excited! I know now first hand how he must have felt as I prepared for my Southern Tier ride. Maps, gear lists, plans, training, and the start is less than five months away! The emails are flying back and forth among the group and the excitement is palpable. This will be an entirely self supported ride, so there are many questions from the group about gear, camping plans, etc. I will plan to train alongside but will not be going as I am going to be the designated home person! Life is like that! Someday we will be able to ride together on the same trip and the Northern Tier is at the top of our list!
While Ben has been beer tasting and visiting with Graham, Sherri, and Morgan, I have been playing with my new toy, an iTouch. After my OLD Palm Zire refused to hold a charge for any usable period of time and all my data was lost (I did have it backed up on the computer) I decided to start looking for a device a bit more up to date. I did not want to have everything in my life, contacts, music, email, etc on a phone so I wanted a separate "thing". My phone is a small simple, make a call kind of device...that is all I want for a phone. The iTouch has all the music I have had on my computer, all my contacts and the biggie for me...my calendar. It also has weather, email (with a wireless connection if available) and a note taker...which I use constantly, as I cannot remember anything for more than a nanosecond these days! It also holds the 3GB of music I own!
Since it was raining yesterday, (no bicycle ride) and I had laundry and other stuff to do, I played with it alot, really alot. I finally got ALL my contacts in one location, with phone numbers, emails, and info, including all my friends from my rides (so Ben can call them on the ST!!!) I hope it will suit my needs and it plugs into the car jack to play music while I am driving. I can download audio books (some free) or music that I used to have when I had my van with a cassette player..remember those? I had a nice little collection of cassettes and I do miss them. My collection of Irish music we bought on our bike trip and tons of other CD's have been loaded on my computer over the past two years and now they have a home on the iTouch. Am I happy about this..you betcha!!
Now I just have to learn how to use all the features, and I have heard that you can use it as a phone with Skype, so I will have to look into that...but I need a wireless connection to use that feature. My little simple phone is fine for me!
Well the sun is trying to peak through and I am going for a ride. :-)
Ben is going to be fully retired on December 15th. He has had enough of the 24/7 on call schedule and has taken off some time lately...ridden 5 days in South Carolina from State Park to State Park, ridden Cycle North Carolina, all this in between traveling to various locations to judge beer competitions. He took the judges certification exam in May (after his 1000 mile self supported ride) and STILL has not gotten the results. However, he is still allowed to judge and had a great time this weekend doing the judging thing!
Big news is that he is planning to ride the Southern Tier next March. He has had an ad on the ACA and Crazyguy websites and has gotten a nice group of men and women (total of 9) to ride. He is so incredibly excited! I know now first hand how he must have felt as I prepared for my Southern Tier ride. Maps, gear lists, plans, training, and the start is less than five months away! The emails are flying back and forth among the group and the excitement is palpable. This will be an entirely self supported ride, so there are many questions from the group about gear, camping plans, etc. I will plan to train alongside but will not be going as I am going to be the designated home person! Life is like that! Someday we will be able to ride together on the same trip and the Northern Tier is at the top of our list!
While Ben has been beer tasting and visiting with Graham, Sherri, and Morgan, I have been playing with my new toy, an iTouch. After my OLD Palm Zire refused to hold a charge for any usable period of time and all my data was lost (I did have it backed up on the computer) I decided to start looking for a device a bit more up to date. I did not want to have everything in my life, contacts, music, email, etc on a phone so I wanted a separate "thing". My phone is a small simple, make a call kind of device...that is all I want for a phone. The iTouch has all the music I have had on my computer, all my contacts and the biggie for me...my calendar. It also has weather, email (with a wireless connection if available) and a note taker...which I use constantly, as I cannot remember anything for more than a nanosecond these days! It also holds the 3GB of music I own!
Since it was raining yesterday, (no bicycle ride) and I had laundry and other stuff to do, I played with it alot, really alot. I finally got ALL my contacts in one location, with phone numbers, emails, and info, including all my friends from my rides (so Ben can call them on the ST!!!) I hope it will suit my needs and it plugs into the car jack to play music while I am driving. I can download audio books (some free) or music that I used to have when I had my van with a cassette player..remember those? I had a nice little collection of cassettes and I do miss them. My collection of Irish music we bought on our bike trip and tons of other CD's have been loaded on my computer over the past two years and now they have a home on the iTouch. Am I happy about this..you betcha!!
Now I just have to learn how to use all the features, and I have heard that you can use it as a phone with Skype, so I will have to look into that...but I need a wireless connection to use that feature. My little simple phone is fine for me!
Well the sun is trying to peak through and I am going for a ride. :-)
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