Roger Federer's in the house

I came home this morning from coffee to this greeting from Roger Federer thanks to Bunny and Amy.
Awesome friends!
And yes he is life size (or bigger) and super handsome.

Chili cook off

Michael invited us to his home brewing groups chili cook off. There were eleven different chili concoctions. From white bean and chicken to traditional beef with red beans and spicy.  End the end a white chili won...not the one I was voting for.
There was also plenty of home brewed beers, meads and ciders.  It was a lot if food and beer to taste.

Michael with the chili winner.

Jennifer and Amy enjoying home brew (Amy) and chili.

Another St. Patrick themed run

My trainer Kaitlin joined me for the Lucky7 7k in downtown Minneapolis.  It was in the low 20's and snowed last night. The course was icy and very slippery. Nonetheless I had a really good time.

I finished 15 out of 218 in my age group 50-59. That is top 7%. I'm really happy with that stat.  428 out of 9797 runners.

100% Irish for a Day 5k

It was wet but not raining. A lot of jumping over, around and through water puddles.
Tracy and I won prizes for our costumes which we owe to Trish.
Wonderful brunch followed with bloody mary's at Cafeteria.

March snow

Thought I better get this posted before the next storm arrives this weekend. We ended up with almost 8 inches according to the news.

This picture is of the cancer memorial in front of the office building where I work. It was a fairly wet snow that stuck to everything.

The weekend forecast is for a bit of everything -- rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, cats, dogs, locust...

Kay Winter Polar Plunge

My friend Kay participated in a polar plunge today to support Special Olympics. I was honored to be one of her supporters.  Amy and I walked over from first coffee at Gigi's Cafe to watch the plunge.  Somehow we missed her jump into the freezing Lake Calhoun.

It was a beautiful sunny day and even though it was in the 20's, the sun and no wind made it a comfortable day.

The George Washington's -- costume prize winners.

Amy and I in front of the pee wee plunge tent.

Kay after her plunge...dry and warm.

MN AIDs Walk kick off

Rose as team captain extraordinaire was incites to the Walk kick off. Amy and I attended as her guests.