Sunday, August 21

Did the Du State Du today. It's a 2mi run, 14ish mile bike ride, and another 2 mile run. I took first in my age division (25-29) with a time of 1:17:06. Came home, mowed the lawn, felt great, then collapsed into a 1 hour nap. My body basically said we're doing this, NOW.

Fixed the rear cable on my mountain bike. It was looking pretty frayed to the point I figured I probably should replace it for safety concerns. Getting better at some of the bike repairs, but still had some problems with getting the brake "pull" right.

Going to try some butternut squash bisque tonight (recipe here). We planted some squash in the garden this year. It's kind of taken over everything, especially after my month in Omaha on flood duty. I ate some sauted, and realized neither Kate nor I really care for it that way. Tried to remember why we planted it in the first place, and I think it was right after we'd had some really good squash bisque at Front Street Brewery. So, we'll see how this goes.

Cincinnati

Here's a couple pictures from my trip to Cincinnati. It's a nice enough town, but as far as business travel destinations go, not at the top of my list.


Great American Ball Park, home of the Cincinnati Reds. Just a couple weeks until spring training starts.


Helpful English to SI conversion from the Hofbrauhaus.



Couple of nighttime skyline shots.


Eternal flame at the Underground Railroad Museum.


Here's a shot of the Roebling Suspension Bridge, named after its designer, who went on to design the Brooklyn Bridge. This is taken from the Underground Railroad Museum, and you can't help but think about the Ohio River separating free state (Ohio) and slave state (Kentucky).

Basement Workroom

Here's some pictures of the basement workroom. I installed the pegboard, and figure it will stay this clean at least until I need to use a tool.

The frame all put up.



Pegboard up. 1/4", the good stuff.



Just a couple shots of everything after I put stuff up.


Still need to get the workbench set up in the garage, and get that situated. I think that's more of a springtime project though.

The House

Here's a couple of pictures of the new house. It's a work in progress, but we're moved in and settled. Many thanks to our parents, we'd be living out of boxes and not have accomplished nearly as much without them.





You can't have Christmas without monkey bread.

It turns out all the actual house pictures are on Kate's computer. I'll add some of those later.