Training!!!

I thought I knew how to swim, but no I don't. Swimming and playing in the lake or the ocean is WAY different than laps in the pool. Thankfully one of our friends is the assistant High School Girls Swim Team Coach!! Kathy has been gracious and is spending time in the pool helping Tressa and I prepare. Tressa is steady and strong- a great team mate. I don't know how to breathe and have a perioscope for a neck. Yesterday I had to practise (in the shallow end) putting my face in the water and blowing out and breathing in. Not moving mind you, just putting my face in the water-what a dork!

*****Tonight is the Relay for Life!!

We will be walking and running around the High School track to raise money for the American Cancer Society tonight from 7pm to 7 am. We had fun last year and what a wonderful cause!!

Yikes!!

I've had a monentary brain lapse of judgement. During an act of insanity I agreed to do a 'mini-triathalon'. 10 mile bike ride, 400 meter swim and 3 mile run. I am secretly HOPING my partner will decide we are foolish and not turn in the paperwork. I have too much pride, that would be stupidity, to be the 1st to chicken out, so I am training. Let ya know how it goes!!

P.S.The yellow is to let you know what a chicken I am.

UPS

I was at a little going away party last week. As I was eating my cheeseburger and sipping my lemonade a man came up to me and said " You are Lisa Curran and you live at 227 Victoria Rd."

"Yes, I do!" I replied -a bit shocked by the way! -I didn't know him and didn't know many folks at the party. He told me he was 'MY UPS man', I have the territory south of 1st street. He said he recognized me. Well, I said thank-you and very pleased to meet you, (but I don't think he gave me his name). I racked my brain trying to think of the last time I received something by UPS!! Can't remember-and what did I receive???Hummmm??

Well today wouldn't you know a UPS package was on my door step! Pyrex that Megan had sent here. I wonder if he was confused my Megan's name on the package, and I feel bad I wasn't here to receive it in person. But also a bit relieved because I don't know his name-and wouldn't have been able to greet him properly. Do they wear name badges, those men in brown???

Gardening

It sounds so refined 'gardening' but it is anything but. It is HARD work. I really have never liked it much, just the results and efforts of others. I truly admire those with beautiful lawns and gardens!!

Today after hitting the gym, I came home with the grand idea of working in the yard. Brian 'hates' it but knows it is a necessary evil chore.

So he tilled up a lovely 'bed' under our bedroom window while I weeded. Then I spread and raked topsoil and planted dahlias and wildflower seeds in our -"it is not a heart"- bed. We will wait and see what grows!!

Gardens are alot like life, full of weeds we have to get rid of, pruning that needs to be done, beauty that changes season to season. Each garden is different and each is full of potential-good and not so!!

I'm impatient, I want those seeds to germinate, grow and produce NOW!! Also I want not weeds to grow but lovely flowers.

The Lord knows the weeds in my life-ugh-so I will continue to weed and prune and sow seeds that will produce lovely acts of kindness, patience and love. Hard work is never in vain, but it is continual that's for sure!!