RTT - see if I try to be all eco-friendly ever again. this post is not for the squeamish

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I did have a plan. It was a pretty good one. Get out one of our bikes and start riding it to work. Less than 4 miles seemed perfectly reasonable. Turns out it is fairly important to make sure that the bike fits.

I take klutiness to a whole other realm and that just because you could ride a bike as a kid of 10 does not mean that you are any good at it 40 years later. Case in point:

Ouch!
(my eye is okay. it just looks like I got punched because the lighting was bad. you know, I may use that excuse from now on)

That really is as painful as it looks. Taking off a layer of skin always stings something fierce.

So project "be eco-friendly by biking to work" is going to have to be shelved until further notice. Or at least until I can find a smaller bike. Damn these short legs of mine.


I recovered that table that I have my legs up on. I'll post the "how-to" later this week.

While I may not be able to ride a bike I do seem to be able to walk. This morning I walked to work. All 4 miles. Without falling, stubbing my toes, or running the battery out of my iTouch. Impressive, No?

I even took a few pictures along the way. Because I know you would have been there if you could but since you can't here is a bit of my walk in.

Some trees along the bayou trail. The Spanish moss is finally coming back after Hurricane Ike 2 years ago.


The house that reminds me of a ship.
I drive this same route everyday and everyday I think the same thing;
"that house looks like a cruise ship"
Okay, maybe it's just me.

And the house that I want
if it ever goes up for sale
and I could convince JR to buy it
and if I won the lottery so I could afford to fix it
is............

Isn't it wonderful?
The falling down screened porch on the right,
the portico on the left,
the broken pediment above the door,
the peeling paint,
the overgrown shrubbery,
the undoubtedly warped floors,
the dry rot and crumbling foundation,
the faulty wiring,

I AM in love.
Totally unashamedly IN LOVE!

I've never really felt that way about a house before. Especially, one that I haven't even stepped across the threshold. I'm not sure how to explain it. Except I WANT THIS HOUSE!

JR is not feeling the love yet. I'm working on him.

Note: a broken pediment is the stylistic thingy above the door not because it is actually broken. Though it probably is.

That is it for me. I'm going to sit at my desk and try not to bend my knee. Go visit all the rest of the gang.

Love,
M