re: no prize in pet contest.

RATS!

(sorry, i just had to say that)

it's only a stupid contest.

hell i haven't rec'd anything yet from the june cat one.

thanks for the rep!
have a good one!

ya okay. how much am i gonna pay to buy shoes the RIGHT WAY?? your suggestion is right on tho. i walk on the side of my foot, and should have proper shoes because of that and my back probs.

my son has saved up $50 so far, to get a bike off kijiji. i want a light weight one. we usually drive on the paths (asphalt) in back of our house. or the road. maybe a sidewalk or two.? i don't want to worry about shift gears and stuff. just want an easy ride down and back. but i want a lightweight one. i had one b4 that was really heavy. and when i added a bike rack to hold stuff, i couldn't drive it ..dumb me lol

anyway, i have only seen 2 different truck ones. but if your worried about theft, get the kind that has a lock with it. i usually just use my bike lock and wrap it around the bike and the bar of the rack, but i also rig it up under the car (the bottom straps), way up underneath you'll find "holes" no not rust ones! the car is made this way, i hook it there. not so easy to steal. then tie the straps together too.

i'm paranoid. my rack holds 3 bikes. now not all bikes will fit and you may need to buy an adapter (i think esp for girls bikes), so they have that bar that goes across to rest onto the rack. so make sure of that b4 you buy.

we got ours at canadian tire. i think it was like $60. but it's a good one.

no maybe it was zellers...

my mom had to do the acupuncuture thing. she kept track of how many needles they stuck in her and proudly went around telling ppl. *sigh* old ppl...

i'm glad we got to know each other better. this secret santa thing really brought everyone closer together. if i had of known about those cute rats at the time, i woulda put something in..course if i hadda been thinking, i probably coulda found more info on your profile page DOH.

so the pins are for a running injury? is it slowing you down, or are you DEFYING THE PAIN???

i admire runners, or anyone that can exercise..not that i'm unable to, but i'm so fat (see avatar) and back problems that it would take me a very long time to see results.

i am walking 20 mins to beach and 20 mins back. still kills me to walk, even up a slight grade. drives me nuts because like 2 years ago, my son and i used to walk all over hell and creation. 2 1/2 hour walks were nothing for us. we used to love getting lost in our neighbourhood on the paths, and we'd come out like, oh bloody hell, i see the sawmill! which was probably an hours walk back when we're already tired. LOL. those were good times.

so you got any tips? are there stretches i should be doing?

i do got a good pair of walking sneakers. and i bring water.

on our walks we hunt for recycleables to cash in. my son is saving up for a bike for me. by time he gets enuf $$$ it'll be winter....

well, not if he gets a used one..he should have almost enuf by this weekend. (hubby gets em at work too).

but i want a lightweight bike, so i can lift the damn thing onto my carracks. i don't know why anyone would want to put a bike on their roof. i got a trunk one, and my son's bike, heavy as hell, takes 2 of us to put it on.

i'm rambling as usual. have a good day!

ps: did you get the cow bookmark? i think i tucked it into a pocket..

cows and roosters are my fav animals. something to remember me by

YOUR WELCOME! I thought you would never get it. It was so funny that you said you liked Garfield. what a coincidence! The "how to in the woods" came from my friend's bookstore. She recommended it when i told her I was doing a secret santa for a runner that lives in newfoundland. She's from NFLD too. she said it's a good book for anyone that goes in the woods at all. so it'll give you something to read while you rest. glad it gave you a chuckle.

I am also in Newfoundland and own ratties! I love your pictures.

ur same age as me as well well almost not 26 yet.

thanks