K decided yesterday afternoon he wanted to buy a lottery ticket for the mega millions drawing - also last night. We rode our bikes up to the new gas station in front of our neighborhood so he could buy them. I waited outside with the bikes while he went inside to make his picks. The gas station was busy (terrific peoplewatching!) and he'd never bought lotto tickets (other than scratch off) so it took him a little while to purchase them. I remember the one time I bought tickets with my friend Mimi, we saw the forms and had no idea where to begin, and other people came in and had a whole lingo to very quickly purchase theirs. Everything is a learning process the first time...
He bought his tickets and we headed home. I can honestly say that is the first time I've ever ridden my bike to a gas station. I grew up too far out of town to ride anywhere but a friend's house.
We knew we had no shot in winning, but enjoyed the bike ride.
I looked at the winning numbers just now and out of his 3 picks (5 numbers + megaball for each) he got ONE right...the news had said we had a better chance of getting struck by lightning. It is fun to dream about what we'd do if we won.
we had fun riding our bikes up to the gas station to buy the tickets!
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Tour de Pink
My sister and I road the 12-mile route in today's charity bike ride for Tour de Pink! This is without a doubt the longest bike ride I've ever been on. We've been signed up for it since June and I'd trained for it - I must be honest, I'm not really sure how to train for it other than to just ride my bike, so that was my 'training'. Kevin had figured out a good bike route through our neighborhood and I drove it once to measure how long it is. It was right at 4 miles, so I've ridden that route a bunch of times, and ridden it twice to do 8 miles at a time but that was as high as I'd gotten. I was a little bit worried that I wouldn't be able to do the full 12 miles or that I'd have bike troubles, but it went really well. The hardest part was the HILLS! I got up each of the small hills finally, and loved the downhill.....I have a new respect for anyone who rides a bike in hilly areas.
We were able to ride together most of the ride, and enjoyed seeing the people who were dressed up - pink boas and pink hair EVERYWHERE. Charity and fun rides are definitely my speed more than the competitive ones, everyone was very helpful (the people parked next to us took the photo for us after we let them use our suncreen) and just out to have fun.
I will definitely participate in this ride again, maybe even plan for one of the longer routes. Thanks Laura for participating! I wouldn't have done it without you....
The rest of the day will be spent watching football and taking it easy....
We were able to ride together most of the ride, and enjoyed seeing the people who were dressed up - pink boas and pink hair EVERYWHERE. Charity and fun rides are definitely my speed more than the competitive ones, everyone was very helpful (the people parked next to us took the photo for us after we let them use our suncreen) and just out to have fun.
I will definitely participate in this ride again, maybe even plan for one of the longer routes. Thanks Laura for participating! I wouldn't have done it without you....
The rest of the day will be spent watching football and taking it easy....
Monday, September 29, 2008
Wonderful Normal Weekend
Losing a week at work made last week very hectic and long. So Kevin and I were very glad when we got to Friday and could look forward to a “normal” weekend. We had the whole weekend to ourselves and no hurricane to prepare for. We took full advantage and had a great time!
Friday night we went to check out the Thai Cottage restaurant that recently opened near us. We split several dishes, and fell in love with the green and red curries. I think the green curry is my favorite! Then we hurried home to watch the first presidential debate. It almost didn’t happen, since McCain was saying he wouldn’t come so that they could concentrate on working through the financial crisis, but in the end he did show and they had a good debate, never really talked to each other like they were supposed to, but still interesting to see. The topic was supposed to be foreign relations but went all over the map, especially with the Wall Street crisis in the front of everyone's minds. Aside -- the crisis became the top news story while we were still dealing with Ike, so for a while we didn't even KNOW about it!
Saturday we did our chores (grocery shopping, mow the lawn) and then grilled our dinner. The sky was a clear blue, and since its starting to cool off we decided to take advantage of it and eat outside. The patio, with the canopy above us, makes for a great outdoor dining room! Later, we decided to check out a pub we’ve driven by for quite a while and never gotten over to, The Maple Leaf. What a great idea (all credit goes to Kevin), we stayed there much longer than expected because we were having fun just hanging out and they have board games so we played Trivial Pursuit 80s. For growing up in the 80s (and loving trivia), I know surprisingly little about the decade! I blame some of that on my being so young for much of it, though Kevin isn’t that much older so I think it has more to do with me not being as informed as I should be.
Sunday we watched football and again grilled and ate dinner outside. The Texans played a better game than I expected, but lost in overtime. Later in the day, we went for a bike ride around the neighborhood and into the older part of the neighborhood that connects to ours. There are lots of piles of branches and debris, and tarps on a large number of the roofs. On the way home, I felt like my bike was riding weird and yep, I got a flat on our ride. So I need to get that fixed, but am so glad the weather is finally cooling off to where I want to ride the bike. That night we were watching a movie and suddenly the power went out! We went and sat on the patio to enjoy the cool night, but were wondering how long it might be out for. It came back on after about 40 minutes, so we think they had to bring our power off to bring someone else’s power back on, but I really don’t know. The power going out makes me think about those people who STILL don’t have power back since Ike. I hope I never have to experience that, but know that it can’t be easy. How quickly I take for granted that I can flip a switch and the light comes on or the cold air keeps coming out..
Friday night we went to check out the Thai Cottage restaurant that recently opened near us. We split several dishes, and fell in love with the green and red curries. I think the green curry is my favorite! Then we hurried home to watch the first presidential debate. It almost didn’t happen, since McCain was saying he wouldn’t come so that they could concentrate on working through the financial crisis, but in the end he did show and they had a good debate, never really talked to each other like they were supposed to, but still interesting to see. The topic was supposed to be foreign relations but went all over the map, especially with the Wall Street crisis in the front of everyone's minds. Aside -- the crisis became the top news story while we were still dealing with Ike, so for a while we didn't even KNOW about it!
Saturday we did our chores (grocery shopping, mow the lawn) and then grilled our dinner. The sky was a clear blue, and since its starting to cool off we decided to take advantage of it and eat outside. The patio, with the canopy above us, makes for a great outdoor dining room! Later, we decided to check out a pub we’ve driven by for quite a while and never gotten over to, The Maple Leaf. What a great idea (all credit goes to Kevin), we stayed there much longer than expected because we were having fun just hanging out and they have board games so we played Trivial Pursuit 80s. For growing up in the 80s (and loving trivia), I know surprisingly little about the decade! I blame some of that on my being so young for much of it, though Kevin isn’t that much older so I think it has more to do with me not being as informed as I should be.
Sunday we watched football and again grilled and ate dinner outside. The Texans played a better game than I expected, but lost in overtime. Later in the day, we went for a bike ride around the neighborhood and into the older part of the neighborhood that connects to ours. There are lots of piles of branches and debris, and tarps on a large number of the roofs. On the way home, I felt like my bike was riding weird and yep, I got a flat on our ride. So I need to get that fixed, but am so glad the weather is finally cooling off to where I want to ride the bike. That night we were watching a movie and suddenly the power went out! We went and sat on the patio to enjoy the cool night, but were wondering how long it might be out for. It came back on after about 40 minutes, so we think they had to bring our power off to bring someone else’s power back on, but I really don’t know. The power going out makes me think about those people who STILL don’t have power back since Ike. I hope I never have to experience that, but know that it can’t be easy. How quickly I take for granted that I can flip a switch and the light comes on or the cold air keeps coming out..
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