Foster Parent

I've decided to get a dog in the spring. As a trial run, Carol has decided to foster a dog named Stevie. He'll only be here until Amanda and Josh get back from Maine, because then they're adopting him. But, in the meantime, he was staying at the vets office. That's no fun. So, he's staying here and getting to know Stevie (the cat) and Lydia. So far, they're not too keen on the idea. But, I think they're adjusting. It's only been about 15 minutes  and they've already stopped fluffing up. He's too cute not to love. 

Ouch

Yesterday we had to run in the pool for our lifeguard inservice. We ran 500 meters which took me almost 7 minutes in water up to my chest. 

My foot is not happy as evidenced by the huge blister on the pad of my foot. :(

I hate mice

This house has had a mouse problem since the day I moved in. I have a drawer filled w/ mouse traps. 

Our maintenance guy put some poison under the house since we can't put poison in the house because of the cats. They can't catch a mouse, but I'm sure they'd find the poison. 

Well, a mouse must have found the poison under the house and has died somewhere under my 2nd bathroom/computer area in the living room. It's disgusting. I've been home most of the day because I had the day off. I've had the bathroom fan on all day and candles burning non-stop just to cover the smell a little bit. It's so disgusting!!! I'm looking forward to getting out the house tomorrow.

Amanda and I are going to try to see The Secret Life of Bees. We went the last time we both had a day off and in the middle of the movie, the movie reel broke!! We got our money back and a free pass, so we'll give it another shot tomorrow. 

Boring stuff, but that's my life now that it's too cold to ride my Roxy...that's what I've decided to name my bike. Foxy Roxy. :)

Dream Come True

Today I made one of my dreams come true. I bought my Harley!!!! It's so pretty and feels so good when I ride. I love it!! Check it out.

I'm Ready to Ride

So, last weekend was my motorcycle class. I got my helmet on Wednesday. It's pretty awesome if I do say so myself. I got it for $31 on Ebay...that makes it even better. 

I also got some boots. I had to have "sturdy" shoes for class, so of course I had to get some Harley boots. 

I'm hoping to get a bike at the end of Oct, beginning of November. The bike I used in class was a loaner from the HD place in Cedar Rapids. It's not a Harley, it's a Suzuki. But, I figured why not get some experience on a cheap bike and then invest in a nice HD. If/when I get the bike, I'll put up a pic of it.