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Random Thoughts XI (Eleven Pipers Piping)
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I am trying to catch up here.
--I have had short hair since I was in HS (almost 30yrs now). I tried to grow it out in college when "The Rachel" was the haircut of choice, but my hair is too fine to be long. My hubby likes long blonde hair. I have neither, but attempt to be partly blonde most of the time. He has very thick, black hair. All 4 of ours got light brown hair and so far only one of them has thicker hair like him.
--I used to be able to handle any type of ride. Last year I went to Adventureland with the oldest for a band trip. I went on a ride that goes around and up/down. That was not a good idea, I felt that the rest of the day.
--We always just had whatever leftover bed was available. I grew up with a queen, we had a full when we were first married. Right now the two youngest each have a twin, one has the old full, and the oldest has our queen we had before we got a king. I don't really anticipate getting them anything different anytime soon.
I went to the grocery store today to get two things for dinner tonight. I usually grocery shop for the week on Fridays, but with the winter storm warning I decided to pick up random things plus stuff for baking so hopefully we can make it through most of the weekend. Unpacking the groceries I see just how much the 4yr old asked for and I let her get. Oops. Already snowing here.
--I have had short hair since I was in HS (almost 30yrs now). I tried to grow it out in college when "The Rachel" was the haircut of choice, but my hair is too fine to be long. My hubby likes long blonde hair. I have neither, but attempt to be partly blonde most of the time. He has very thick, black hair. All 4 of ours got light brown hair and so far only one of them has thicker hair like him.
--I used to be able to handle any type of ride. Last year I went to Adventureland with the oldest for a band trip. I went on a ride that goes around and up/down. That was not a good idea, I felt that the rest of the day.
--We always just had whatever leftover bed was available. I grew up with a queen, we had a full when we were first married. Right now the two youngest each have a twin, one has the old full, and the oldest has our queen we had before we got a king. I don't really anticipate getting them anything different anytime soon.
I went to the grocery store today to get two things for dinner tonight. I usually grocery shop for the week on Fridays, but with the winter storm warning I decided to pick up random things plus stuff for baking so hopefully we can make it through most of the weekend. Unpacking the groceries I see just how much the 4yr old asked for and I let her get. Oops. Already snowing here.
When I was a kid I was in the crib until I absolutely wouldn't fit anymore then they dismantled my brothers twin bunk beds and pushed them together side by side. The three of us then slept together on the two pushed together. Guess who got to sleep in the middle and often woke up gasping for air, stuffed in the crack between the beds with two brothers crushing down on him?
I distinctly remember finding a practically deserted Silly Silo at Adventureland when we were kids. We were so excited that we would ride it, run down the ramp, up the other side to get on it for the very next run. We probably did this about 10 times in a row without a single ill effect. Now I will get nauseous from a single ride that spins and generally just avoid them all together. I even get a little queasy after a couple of minutes on the swings with the kids.
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Oh, and to answer the fat tire question earlier - I've looked at them and ridden a friend's briefly but have never pulled the trigger. It is probably a good thing that I haven't bought one because I am so cheap it would probably kill me to fork out the dough for new tires on it.
I assume you are talking about the really fat tire bikes like this:
I assume you are talking about the really fat tire bikes like this:
A friend of mine started a bike shop a couple of years ago. He has sold quite a few of these. The four or five times I have stopped by to say hi he has sold a bike in the short time I was there.Oh, and to answer the fat tire question earlier - I've looked at them and ridden a friend's briefly but have never pulled the trigger. It is probably a good thing that I haven't bought one because I am so cheap it would probably kill me to fork out the dough for new tires on it.
I assume you are talking about the really fat tire bikes like this:
Like being ditzy and forgetting things or you mean like actual hair color?
I also avoid taking our 10 year old to cut down on the cost of groceries. He generally will ask for something here and there and I think sometimes he just throws stuff in. I had a friend after college who couldn't do anything himself so I would sometimes go shopping with him. He stopped asking after a couple times because at checkout he would find things like lima beans or feminine products in his cart and try to figure out how they got there. Of course, I always tried to find the check out lane with the most attrative woman our age so he would be confused and embarrassed when he pulled a douchee out of the cart.
My uncle had a bike shop, after he passed, my aunt owned and then his son and daughter owned it until it was sold probably 10 years ago. Probably sold at the right time.
I looked and they probably did have some fat tire bikes like this.
That's pretty much my neighbor's bike except in orange.My uncle had a bike shop, after he passed, my aunt owned and then his son and daughter owned it until it was sold probably 10 years ago. Probably sold at the right time.
I looked and they probably did have some fat tire bikes like this.
Oh, and to answer the fat tire question earlier - I've looked at them and ridden a friend's briefly but have never pulled the trigger. It is probably a good thing that I haven't bought one because I am so cheap it would probably kill me to fork out the dough for new tires on it.
I assume you are talking about the really fat tire bikes like this:
I thought NWICY was talking about the beer. Then figured it was the bike. Not a fat tire guy so just ignored him till he gets back to talking regular bikes.
Found out my local Life Time (only a few miles away) does bike rides every Thursday so maybe I have some folks to ride with this summer. Assuming the C group actually attracts anyone. Cannot ride with the racing A's or road biking young B's.
I thought NWICY was talking about the beer. Then figured it was the bike. Not a fat tire guy so just ignored him till he gets back to talking regular bikes.
Found out my local Life Time (only a few miles away) does bike rides every Thursday so maybe I have some folks to ride with this summer. Assuming the C group actually attracts anyone. Cannot ride with the racing A's or road biking young B's.
First time i heard about Lifetime was when a raffle was offering a membership. They didn't say what it was but said they had a one year Lifetime membership. Not knowing the background, I wanted to know how you could have a one year lifetime membership.
Well, you don't want to know what happens at the end of that year...
Ooof. DH and I are both dirty blond/light brown but his is like, wolf hair thick. Mine is baby fine. I'm like man, I hope our kids get his hair. Any girls will prefer my eyebrows unless the Cara Delevingne/Brooke Shields eyebrows are in. Figure either way, looking at our own baby pictures, they'll at least start off super blonde and bright blue/green eyed.
The one daughter with thick hair (so far) didn't need a haircut ontil she was three years old--she had the worst mullet ever and hubby thinks any long hair is good. No, when it is fine and stringy it is not good. But now at age 12 it is definitely thicker than the oldest's, whose is thicker than mine.
Your Hy Vee really sucks.
I was a bit surprised how busy Fareway was at 11:30, the snow hadn't even started yet. My BIL is supposed to come down to Ames tomorrow morning to ref at an indoor college track meet. I suggested he take off tonight, he can stay here. I bet he will wait until the morning.
"Order your pizzas and order your Chinese food and five cases of pop because it’s going to be a terrible snowstorm... have your iPads and your iPhones charged just in case the power goes out... do your grocery shopping right now. Don’t wait for the last minute. Do it RIGHT NOW."
--- Frankie MacDonald
Thought about it. Boulevard Wheat was on sale. High school classmate was ahead of me buying two large bottles of Fireball. He thought my six dozen eggs was extreme but got a last minute panic call for deviled eggs for church funeral dinner tomorrow. Doubt the blizzard turnout will be high but the egg eaters really shovel them down.
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