Odds and Ends

I am working from home again this week. Yeah! It looks like it might be a nice weather week. No rain. Might even get back to mid-60s by Thursday.

I put the storm windows up in the front porch. Need to put in the one new one still. Haven't cleaned up the garden for end of season yet. Some of the Stella d'ora day lillies are still blooming and the potted geraniums, too.

Frankie has figured out how to get more food out of the automatic feeder. He can poke his hand up the dispenser spout and dislodge some of the food. He is able to get a few more nuggets of the food. This is probably a good thing since he doesn't eat all that much at feeding time and little miss round thing, Uno, eats everything.

Today is the 18th anniversary of the Jacob Wetterling kidnapping. In honor of his abduction and other child abductions, turn on your porch light tonight.

Fitness Together - six weeks later

I had my sixth week fitness evaluation at the Fitness Together - the one-on-one workout studio. I improved in all areas but I hadn't lost as much fat as I thought.

My weight was almost exactly the same - 196.8 to 196.6. My lean weight (muscle) increase 2 - 4 lbs and my fat weight reduced 2 - 4 lbs. The range is from two different caliper tests.

I went from 26 push-ups in September to 33 in October. That's a 27% improvement. I haven't done push-ups since high school.

My bench press went from 225 lbs to 263 lbs, a 17% improvement.

Doing the one-on-one training has been one of my better decisions. I feel better physically and emotionally. And I can walk home now without the pain and moaning I had those first few times.

Kathy's blog

Check out my friend Kathy's blog, JustBKath and while you're there, encourage her to keep it going.

The picture of her vehicle after driving back from North Dakota deserves close attention.

Home

I'm working from home this week. I have work area set up in the sun room. Uno and Frankie have taken over the two wingback chairs in the sun room.

Uno and Frankie hanging out while Dad works.

A rare awake time.

Honda Accord

I now know why this car is so popular. I have never driven a Honda that I can recall. This is an extremely well put together car, comfortable to drive and efficient.

The radio controls are some of the most intuitive I've seen. Nothing really outstanding or extraordinary which makes it a perfect rental vehicle. It just works and works extremely well.

I imagine it is very reliable and gets good gas mileage.

Travel plans

As of now, I'm home for two weeks in a row! I hope it stays that way.

Then I'm back to Dallas the last week of October. I'm going to Hawaii for vacation the first week of November and will be leaving from Dallas. I return to Dallas from Hawaii for another week of work then home.

Featured Hybrid

A picture of my Escape Hybrid got chosen for this week's picture on the Ford Escape Hybrid yahoo user group.

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid_ford_escape/

My Escape has our two canoes on top parked in front of Baker Lake.