Happy Halloween...have some carpet

Even though I got home late last night, it was still a productive evening. While Andy got rid of the candy, I got to work ripping out carpet. Of course I realized too late that giving out little pieces of the carpet and pad to the trick-or-treaters would have solved our disposal dilemma.....but the kids probably wouldn't have come back to our house next year. I have some momentum going now on the destruction, so I'm actually excited for the weekend when I can have some serious time to destroy the carpet and prepare for the new floors!

Here's some pictures of the disaster that is our main floor......no going back now!

As an added bonus, Alyssa, Makenna, Jason and Robert stopped by for candy last night (just as we were closing up the Halloween shop) and we promptly put the strong men to work. In about 5 minutes they had solved our china cabinet moving dilemma and cleared the way for total destruction! Thanks for the help guys!!!

This morning I went to see my friend Kathi Best from Tri-Fusion to start working out some of the kinks from a long racing season. I have always been a big proponent of massage, but have been very sporadic finding the time, money and motivation to get into a serious routine. Kathi is an amazing person, triathlete, friend and massage therapist, and I hope this is a start of a long, productive endeavour. Not only did we make some progress on my tight muscles, but we had some good conversation about racing and open-water swimming. Thanks Kathi...you are awesome!!!

Beaver tailgating weekend

Had a great time this past weekend as I made my annual trek down to OSU with my dad to see the Beavs in action. The weather was pretty darn good, no rain and it was actually fairly warm in the stadium. The tailgating was good, and we even got a freebie from the "bike bar guys" next to us.... The game wasn't the most exciting game ever, but the Beavs won, so I can't complain too much. And I succeeded in talking my dad into coming up in November to see the Beavs in Pullman vs. WSU. Praying for good weather, a win and some awesome tailgating!!!


On the triathlon front, I'm still enjoying the off season, partly because I don't have a reason to train right now, and partly because my foot just won't seem to get any better. I am very excited about the next 2 weeks, though, because I'm finally getting off my butt and starting a long overdue massage therapy regimen with Kathi. And I'm set up to go see Matt at Rockwood Physical Therapy next week...here's hoping that he can magically fix my foot like he did with my shoulder earlier this year.



Since I'm not training, I'll be spending most of the next 2 weeks tearing out carpet, tile and linoleum upstairs, as we are getting hardwood floors installed in November. I'm really looking forward to having new floors, but I'm a bit worried about the actual demolition that I agreed to do.....I just keep telling myself it'll all be worth it when its done!