So Cate registered for the Jordan walk today - and paid
money - and is now committed to it. On the weekend she walked 12 miles on
Saturday and 12 miles on Sunday around Indianapolis.
She spends a lot of time pounding along on the treadmill at
home and can program where she wants to walk and watch the streets of London or
Paris go by.
Now we have to book flights and I have to be in Petra to
meet her – or what is left of here – when she arrives. We watched a DVD about
this walk recently and it does not look like something I want to do – even in a
car.
However – only one person died on the walk so that is not
bad odds. Some people run – at least they start off running but after 20 miles
it is sort of a staggering stumble – punctuated by short stops to vomit.
She has start drinking protein smoothies so yesterday we
went to Costco and bought a Vitamix. This cost about as much as a small car but
the man demonstrated that you can blend a whole pineapple – skin and all - so
it is very powerful. It also makes soup and pancakes and will probably mulch
the leaves if I take it outside.
The birds hate the new seed and stay away in droves. Even
the squirrel only picks at it without much enthusiasm so I will probably have
to go back to the one they love.
Petra! Oh you are lucky. #1 on my bucketlist (without the vomit) and probably the least likely to be completed.
ReplyDeleteHey! I managed to comment without proving I'm not a robot! Happy days...
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ReplyDeleteMy son just gotta new blender machine. I hope it wasn't eXpensive. I can't even begin to understand how one could put a whole pineapple in a machine, it doesn't sound sanitary. Okay, I am going to attempt the I'm not a robot ...
ReplyDeleteI love your sensitivity to meet the needs and flavor desires of the creatures.
ReplyDeleteWow! Your blog is reaLLy broken on my iPad, maybe other devices. I can open the most recent blog post but if I try to scroll down something causes the web browser to jump over to some advertisers web page, crazY!!!!-ness.
ReplyDeleteSandy: It sounds bit hot and dusty for me but I will try and find a swimming pool. The CAPTCHA thingy is quite weird.
ReplyDeleteesb: Well apparently pineapple skins is good for you. But why you would want to blend a whole one beats me. We are all God's creatures and need to look after each other.