tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55897043918462575752024-03-13T00:25:33.767-05:00WANDERING WYMANThe life and times of a Cat 4 bicycle racer who is happily married with two children, a dog, cat and a full time job(174 days a year).Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-64946250922758608112009-07-31T12:43:00.003-05:002009-07-31T12:59:51.417-05:00Hopefully I am back!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaipbCRPqW6OAh6_48S7cdfDrPwm5koPcDCv7gEr2jlxxAheRuUHE4VvaJvv4-_ZG6e85fQpFeFXl65mfYlqUtMfBRVYBzjE5KTXqnxhZ9sJOOBAotPaDhD_ke31aahv0EC3apXDCp3ZmX/s1600-h/Fan+Fest+09+033.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364685068248722898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaipbCRPqW6OAh6_48S7cdfDrPwm5koPcDCv7gEr2jlxxAheRuUHE4VvaJvv4-_ZG6e85fQpFeFXl65mfYlqUtMfBRVYBzjE5KTXqnxhZ9sJOOBAotPaDhD_ke31aahv0EC3apXDCp3ZmX/s400/Fan+Fest+09+033.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfVW_34Z61oHFNMzJZytolTfUHk-KwfFltKK_XQkWWkwX3eDwHJLJyxUYThYUZAzFWQt5AvXQF60BJv1OG59ZeSq3x37YefbNCaWA822SF_GsnZCNRQDmOLFcxPWT_0R_VQwyxXPAGcCe/s1600-h/Fan+Fest+09+013.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364685062470896834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfVW_34Z61oHFNMzJZytolTfUHk-KwfFltKK_XQkWWkwX3eDwHJLJyxUYThYUZAzFWQt5AvXQF60BJv1OG59ZeSq3x37YefbNCaWA822SF_GsnZCNRQDmOLFcxPWT_0R_VQwyxXPAGcCe/s400/Fan+Fest+09+013.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiflUH5tSTPXR8W5PqOQKOrM0HqSEcY1eyAfTstJZOgKsxzJ4y3Md3MFU7QPXPuwhvLeRKgumWiYRTwgF9kFS5N0o8hxSJi0t8eDrX3dCWenlpqJo_ObLDEUK6puMMeXnK_t8hkqCViluK/s1600-h/Gulf+Shores+Trip+008.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364685058138233970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiflUH5tSTPXR8W5PqOQKOrM0HqSEcY1eyAfTstJZOgKsxzJ4y3Md3MFU7QPXPuwhvLeRKgumWiYRTwgF9kFS5N0o8hxSJi0t8eDrX3dCWenlpqJo_ObLDEUK6puMMeXnK_t8hkqCViluK/s400/Gulf+Shores+Trip+008.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>I have not been very motivated this summer and have not done anything with the blog since January. I hope after I put this up, I can get the blog caught up before I start school in two weeks. </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>These are from Reese's preschool graduation and from the All Star Fanfest. I will try to get the last 6 months up soon. </div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Lots of stuff going on in our lives right now. I will update you later.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Wyman</div></div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com86tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-73108175235901748862009-01-27T19:56:00.003-06:002009-01-27T20:11:10.905-06:00Snowdays!Reese decided draw an orange princess on her belly.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCUekvH4-HghuA2Eyt5i5JjNk87gpt7hOy3z_h8G_8PPmeZ0b_5Ne7Cz-FHYkf64BRRwiROkLqNdB6sU9468NydZl9TjyDDEgn_zAKUV9yGaj-NLtyLgNj-B_JIlhfK9roPEPMJ-faaIL/s1600-h/P1040383.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296161030150794114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCUekvH4-HghuA2Eyt5i5JjNk87gpt7hOy3z_h8G_8PPmeZ0b_5Ne7Cz-FHYkf64BRRwiROkLqNdB6sU9468NydZl9TjyDDEgn_zAKUV9yGaj-NLtyLgNj-B_JIlhfK9roPEPMJ-faaIL/s400/P1040383.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dtFZmwWW9p4WNgle4GV9UeFuzTBtE46mTh71GdKbGX8QU_xs5yZaskNp5DnMXRafgYwA4XqgkwASREGU1rnjb59b6H1X7stWdBB6SojNBOHvETotcr-2sGdsvZmxDK9WFK_H3lzUWyU_/s1600-h/P1040403.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296161022510748498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dtFZmwWW9p4WNgle4GV9UeFuzTBtE46mTh71GdKbGX8QU_xs5yZaskNp5DnMXRafgYwA4XqgkwASREGU1rnjb59b6H1X7stWdBB6SojNBOHvETotcr-2sGdsvZmxDK9WFK_H3lzUWyU_/s400/P1040403.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiioNql5BVrn-YJ0n2pM1UX2q10CGSAOH_byuz-SDwTxdJU3neffoQ_e6zzd3byAGypJ4cUoPBgYVw16mUNtNl1-e-j3xzs9WzwlTbdXeKYl7FeLXocvIC3A2WF0qouCDzmDcXhus7zqaUD/s1600-h/P1040400.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296161014617728690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiioNql5BVrn-YJ0n2pM1UX2q10CGSAOH_byuz-SDwTxdJU3neffoQ_e6zzd3byAGypJ4cUoPBgYVw16mUNtNl1-e-j3xzs9WzwlTbdXeKYl7FeLXocvIC3A2WF0qouCDzmDcXhus7zqaUD/s400/P1040400.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sledding at Carondolet Park.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GbkULdFo5auJVxDmJQcsBD5EjgqwSCa9BqO1Q3ht8-MEOeLXqsI0ZMeeQB1k1OS4MwNch8nq-tRrZaTsy63Q1EDOtCW3xH_DsB7jIriMYB6GAFzNMtSkUl8aHLEH8vOAOqCJWvu5jdlZ/s1600-h/P1040394.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296161002929569938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GbkULdFo5auJVxDmJQcsBD5EjgqwSCa9BqO1Q3ht8-MEOeLXqsI0ZMeeQB1k1OS4MwNch8nq-tRrZaTsy63Q1EDOtCW3xH_DsB7jIriMYB6GAFzNMtSkUl8aHLEH8vOAOqCJWvu5jdlZ/s400/P1040394.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBgDZP4OzTljx-VdJ8ZhzNQOZE-mh3baLlJfn5l3wtfZ3a4IyIJK13G5WTOYaQebKCulI5bktXRhcBDiDy8VCWZgk7RyWhQhVoYgD3kunUlbcdpFBYZ9twz6VRQ9Y-URuT2ha07mf1qsF/s1600-h/P1040386.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296161000634618066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPBgDZP4OzTljx-VdJ8ZhzNQOZE-mh3baLlJfn5l3wtfZ3a4IyIJK13G5WTOYaQebKCulI5bktXRhcBDiDy8VCWZgk7RyWhQhVoYgD3kunUlbcdpFBYZ9twz6VRQ9Y-URuT2ha07mf1qsF/s400/P1040386.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Just another day added on at the end of the year. I would rather go on these days have days in May and June to ride the bike. I can say that friend and fellow BigShark Dan Young did take his mtn bike out for a ride in Forest Park. My day was spent shoveling the drive and sledding in the park. The sledding was good, but the cold temps didn't allow us to stay out very long. Here are a few pictures taken over at Carondolet Park today. Another day off tomorrow. Cheers</div></div></div></div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-60571361610554087272009-01-18T17:48:00.002-06:002009-01-18T17:55:26.256-06:00Basketball, Mtn Biking and SchoolNot much has been going on since I went back to work after Christmas break. I have been reffing just about every night of the week and trying to educate the 11 and 12 yr old population near Antonia, Missouri.<br /><br />The basketball season had been going well until this past week. I kicked out a couple of fans from Hillsboro during a JV basketball game. I made a foul call with one second left in a game. The kid hit both shots and the other team wasn't happy. I actually call for the other team quite a bit and am somewhat friends with the coach. Life goes on and it is a game, but still hate to see a team lose on a foul shot. I should have let the foul go. Some say a foul is a foul no matter what time of the game.<br /><br />I actually got in mtn rides this past Sat and Sunday. I went out with a ton of BigSharks on Sat out to Castlewood St. Park. I then went with my neighbor Carey today out to Chubb. Cwood was completely tore up by morons riding thier bikes in the mud while today, Chubb was in perfect shape. I did break my eggbeater today riding with about a mile to go, but other than that, it was a perfect day for riding. Some snow early, but nothing major. I have already ordered some more pedals in hopes of having them for next weekend. I am really enjoying the mtn bike riding. I may even do some serious riding this summer. Snakes and poison ivy beware.<br /><br />Facebook is cool.<br /><br />WeimannCountry Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-1218802275187581942009-01-04T18:55:00.006-06:002009-01-04T20:41:57.972-06:00Christmas, New Years and everything in between!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXbcLu_pQmiM0oiQFOS1QAo0KGepveIEG8nL3_yBLwEqM54o7yUAOlypgXWkxtnzZhjtQC7Yb55MlmLzfZBBbjVaRNOkTPflB1x4IPlvQj-YuJsitGavBTlOna4eYjIepwvhprxfnEDKZ/s1600-h/P1040318.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287633704779995154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXbcLu_pQmiM0oiQFOS1QAo0KGepveIEG8nL3_yBLwEqM54o7yUAOlypgXWkxtnzZhjtQC7Yb55MlmLzfZBBbjVaRNOkTPflB1x4IPlvQj-YuJsitGavBTlOna4eYjIepwvhprxfnEDKZ/s400/P1040318.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_bN52iiNUbNwfEEHZQI61G2ri39ABavqBcIs7rYcniqzgp91MEvqv8R2o33wbMMWSN5n4O8_2h-VDbAdm4HiT31D62yJAdBIlhuwR1fUSn0wm_Kp6zfat4-JkSRo_c_m1ruzZY7HtS9H/s1600-h/P1040313.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287633696356654914" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XJKjGmataE7xfecL0E5dA9DNRFSjfgKWYXr2A9vG_74SJljWNpqMIqtXH6a3z5twCi8sK1GtCMmu0nxEVqMpTUlAHWiJLcQirh6ojZz6ydS3u5yK1LH2srfCqHAM_eiMACc_TlvhmYyW/s400/IMG_4453.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>It has been a long break, but very welcome. The girls and I got off 16 days this year! Kirsten unfortunately had to work for most of the days we were off. I was able to go for a couple of mtn bike rides in the extreme cold temps. Both days I rode were under 10 degrees. I unfortunately had to officiate down at Park Hills the other days it was nice enough to ride. </div><br /><div>We celebrated Christmas at Mom's and had a great time. We were able to see my Grandpa Wyman and all the family on my Mom's side as well. We played tons of Wii and had a great time. It was also nice to go to my Grandma Rapp's house for Christmas Eve again. She will be 90 yrs old this year, so it was good to see she could still put on a party!<br /></div><div>We had Kirsten's family over to our house on Christmas Day. She fixed a fantastic meal and again fun was had by all.<br /></div><div>As usual, the girls got a ton of gifts for Christmas. Our family is too kind. I got a little bike bling again this year. My mom got me a new Fizik Gobi Mtn bike saddle, Shimano M182 mtn bike shoes, a full Quick-Step kit and a new pair of Pearl Izumi gloves. If you live in St. Louis, pleas don't confuse me with Tom Boonen. </div><br /><div>Basketball went pretty good, but I had to call a technical foul on a coach the last day. All the other games went smoothly and my buddy Ryan Eaton and I had a good time commuting every day. </div><br /><div>We went to buddy Chris Pleimann's house for New Years Eve. As you can tell, we had a great time. The girls went with us and had fun playing with all the other children. </div><br /><div>I have to start back to school tomorrow. I know, you all feel sorry for me.<br /></div><div>Wimann</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-41378838830019675272008-12-21T16:55:00.003-06:002008-12-21T17:07:47.466-06:00Dang it's cold!! Ridin the trails was a bit chilly today!<a href="http://www.gorctrails.com/images/maps/greensfelder.png"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 450px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 337px" alt="" src="http://www.gorctrails.com/images/maps/greensfelder.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Me, Dave G. and Matt and Sally S. met out at Greensfelder park for a nice Sunday afternoon ride. Too bad it was a balmy 12 degrees at high noon! We all layered up and took off for about an hour and a half. I had never ridden out there and really enjoyed the trails. They were in perfect condition. The ground was nice and hard due to the temps and not one person or animal was on the trail. It was negative 8 degrees with the wind chill, but once we got down in the valleys it wasn't bad at all. My toes were the only thing that got cold, but once they got numb, things were fine! A couple of us are going to hit Castlewood in the morning. It is supposed to warm up to the mid twenties. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Weimann</div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-52919955819583157422008-12-17T20:50:00.004-06:002008-12-17T21:06:58.784-06:00New Plates,Dance and Walts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIB8wo32dDbe8plOhgkCEJC3mOcUZQ1gOGOm9TLNoAYEmQowtnQLipRDEiPsT3rEzKXOyIjk-WsUhN6z4aI9b49V0YNSN5lrsMWc8vJWRZXkKehlSJ1IhaqH90FmFVx01ompA-2adf4C2/s1600-h/P1040248.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280957787181075298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIB8wo32dDbe8plOhgkCEJC3mOcUZQ1gOGOm9TLNoAYEmQowtnQLipRDEiPsT3rEzKXOyIjk-WsUhN6z4aI9b49V0YNSN5lrsMWc8vJWRZXkKehlSJ1IhaqH90FmFVx01ompA-2adf4C2/s400/P1040248.JPG" border="0" /></a> My new personalized plates finally came in today. I just hated the new Missouri plates and decided to get the really cool Missouri Tourism plate. They should make this the state plate, but no one ever accused politicians(or the citizens of Misery since they are the ones that voted on it) of being intelligent and having any taste whatsoever. This plate has the Arch, a steamboat, a Pony Express rider, a sax, a fiddle and the Route 66 symbol. See if you can figure out the plate. It really isn't that hard to figure out. My first choice was taken, so this is what I got.<br /><br />The other pictures are of Reese's recital for dance and gymnastics. She did a great job and could look any cuter. The other photo is of our brief trip to Grandpa <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Wyman</span>' s Farm. Here the girls are feeding Newt a carrot.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Wimen</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBb8pXAYD6Vhw_vXD3W40PnXh2KI7cgIJF1YffzN1Q7DH1z814jN7RE16d4a544mtTieSkpzcNxapQDEQ1ImTeVvL0eUzmNQLvI9lnWS13VACl1vMKtNqPRIL3TMPItqep0EQo5FQoK3KD/s1600-h/P1040246.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280957786053519026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBb8pXAYD6Vhw_vXD3W40PnXh2KI7cgIJF1YffzN1Q7DH1z814jN7RE16d4a544mtTieSkpzcNxapQDEQ1ImTeVvL0eUzmNQLvI9lnWS13VACl1vMKtNqPRIL3TMPItqep0EQo5FQoK3KD/s400/P1040246.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmNgjUFl13kxf6K0c2VJbKLnzxt-D9bbsFZxgzmZ1OedQbet6CEbN_jwyo_whx_RtfmIstB0FRHhcMHnlQbr4dcXFF3WD5g-a9Fot3wa-7AmPkGnxIKJ_A6GDvj_nu04fJsdFHhr7RVC2/s1600-h/P1040232.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280957786112570722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmNgjUFl13kxf6K0c2VJbKLnzxt-D9bbsFZxgzmZ1OedQbet6CEbN_jwyo_whx_RtfmIstB0FRHhcMHnlQbr4dcXFF3WD5g-a9Fot3wa-7AmPkGnxIKJ_A6GDvj_nu04fJsdFHhr7RVC2/s400/P1040232.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrhJrP3Wp926xgh9Ny3nQOkznZ31Gms2U8tv0_Nx8tzgioKLSke8gvSuxKVvVojEubd25GRb-o16uUg3DuysQmJjVZcLmPVWB92MC0jokAUf9MSuRXxkr1s6s8pbjhA-J_0hoWk5BCkBg/s1600-h/P1040213.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280957783320451090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrhJrP3Wp926xgh9Ny3nQOkznZ31Gms2U8tv0_Nx8tzgioKLSke8gvSuxKVvVojEubd25GRb-o16uUg3DuysQmJjVZcLmPVWB92MC0jokAUf9MSuRXxkr1s6s8pbjhA-J_0hoWk5BCkBg/s400/P1040213.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjNvkGKIhLusU-zpcLI8RljJj_80J35hezdbvPOyEtRijVXx2WR0cSj_aGAOYGa1dQr6pxfI-rCy-HUcPW6bPz5a0tfqS-30ZHWA7f6jxpJWI1_SZeOVJPjueP6wDmUlthv76OX0S-Yuk/s1600-h/P1040062.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280957777710122130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjNvkGKIhLusU-zpcLI8RljJj_80J35hezdbvPOyEtRijVXx2WR0cSj_aGAOYGa1dQr6pxfI-rCy-HUcPW6bPz5a0tfqS-30ZHWA7f6jxpJWI1_SZeOVJPjueP6wDmUlthv76OX0S-Yuk/s400/P1040062.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEink8rYcwv5tOLVMj9tiWKj-mR-JWWq4VFILRVL_0jWlTKdsDBAQaGyb2yLq8AXjMcsU-CHf6pnv38CZdD9vb7wkiVI-9-SnpJLtNFRG5bFqpDWMP751FxB5qBI-xylRvxEcoYVhxhlbeCb/s1600-h/P1040213.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-1486072577768960502008-12-14T16:34:00.009-06:002008-12-14T19:09:05.056-06:00Oasis Rocks Chicago!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1Nj9uE0vtwWzo6_1uMlhi0KtoRQf_23pydf46AoljVMd7p-zFWTvsvD3ToL-30_d2OMHHVLPMPTZPTRdZUwYcXaGioOuNL2VqbWsi5XkVGWnx03FL-pFrJoaLiS-CJiUwkDVouqoc1F5/s1600-h/dsc04176ik6[1].jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279806760864501090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1Nj9uE0vtwWzo6_1uMlhi0KtoRQf_23pydf46AoljVMd7p-zFWTvsvD3ToL-30_d2OMHHVLPMPTZPTRdZUwYcXaGioOuNL2VqbWsi5XkVGWnx03FL-pFrJoaLiS-CJiUwkDVouqoc1F5/s400/dsc04176ik6%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>The Gallagher Bros tearing up Chicago this past Friday night. What a great show!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnT5zgkH5UUr7Uqf8lS7b0yvi27A4GizkWpY0Nj4DhNqA88JxRQG-zGbnOGMB0egk4QWv7KxQFHy6j8WEno5KhfWkMP5lv5bWjWwdy94q4Zr199VrC6h2t8CM_MzJ5Eow62HsevrL2yxg/s1600-h/dsc04148gx0[1].jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279806759626497202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnT5zgkH5UUr7Uqf8lS7b0yvi27A4GizkWpY0Nj4DhNqA88JxRQG-zGbnOGMB0egk4QWv7KxQFHy6j8WEno5KhfWkMP5lv5bWjWwdy94q4Zr199VrC6h2t8CM_MzJ5Eow62HsevrL2yxg/s400/dsc04148gx0%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip7YWW11L-jMA7TYNTWmKQ7f6zp_kGSP8VDZQGRH3e4odeUC4ViwQPkf0iBvRJT-QM3kjY3tEyJLJ4NLaSKq9mYTAbBK0aB6yageFDhO9HK92b0GMgeTq72Dgzn8huii3Ieia0GBsfZ9gV/s1600-h/dsc04090ns4[1].jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279806762777325458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip7YWW11L-jMA7TYNTWmKQ7f6zp_kGSP8VDZQGRH3e4odeUC4ViwQPkf0iBvRJT-QM3kjY3tEyJLJ4NLaSKq9mYTAbBK0aB6yageFDhO9HK92b0GMgeTq72Dgzn8huii3Ieia0GBsfZ9gV/s400/dsc04090ns4%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPeGgUJdoNLKpkXzK3R5r8L3OIfrXjQUTziVLes6KLMTxEZLWXQcrdAXl6hOSJ43hK_g9NP0lCX8SrYRFCa8tYj4NJgFgIlSiigQdaLtyZ34h-Wf5KjfEykGQRWHoXxGNUMJFUaa0XCwrD/s1600-h/reffing2008mattoharver.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279785264286302338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPeGgUJdoNLKpkXzK3R5r8L3OIfrXjQUTziVLes6KLMTxEZLWXQcrdAXl6hOSJ43hK_g9NP0lCX8SrYRFCa8tYj4NJgFgIlSiigQdaLtyZ34h-Wf5KjfEykGQRWHoXxGNUMJFUaa0XCwrD/s400/reffing2008mattoharver.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:0;"></span></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><p>The one and only picture of me ever officiating a game. Charles Underwood is the other official in the picture. Fellow DeSoto alum and local sports photographer Matt O'Harver sent this to me. This is from couple of weeks ago at the Crystal City Boy's Invitational at the Championship game. This is why I have not posted in while. I have been calling games every night for the past 2 and 1/2 weeks. So far so good this season. Only 30 more games to go!<br /></p><p>Kirsten and I also made it up to Chicago this past weekend to see OASIS at the AllState Arena in Rosemont, IL. We had a great time and the band was amazing. </p><p>I have some Thanksgiving photos, but will have to take some time to download them. </p><p>I have been riding the mtn bike just about every weekend. Some fellow sharks and I went out tot he Chubb over Thanksgiving, while neighbor Carey and I went out and rode at Klondike and Matson last weekend. I hope to put in some miles on the trials over Christmas break.</p><div>Here are a few clips from the Oasis gig this past Friday night. Make sure to pause the music player on the right hand side of the blog before watching the vids. The first vid is a collection of songs, while the second one is a great acoustic version by Noel of "Don't Look Back in Anger". The third is "Wonderwall"</div><div> </div><div>Cheers<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyaevnPVyAYcGBDw1M0AII_86fs3LtiwDpzBSmukZcB8E3adwPOrgNsLdOc_OnPU6dVbbHILzKGIUZ1m_xrxw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyxCQf91gzJcWeDYp367Q223lnkmkdiw7xjoCPLVTPAC1xAc4naky8Z3pejwWVtxQIiH6SGjSBqhpFOxfhpVA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxcu7Z4_UoaSsUxl_YeZ4_0HoqX3pg8tELPV1eSq5taJdj7wEQKgb7EJPE0w5Ce-5Qh8q8D3mPqEn6u6p1CuQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-12683366024750233402008-11-11T18:17:00.006-06:002008-11-11T18:54:55.514-06:00Skate Night, Halloween and Fort de Chartre Rendevoux<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4AKWN2Grtx6NgLVxueksnz0M4x-jf1Crvkj4mLiKHIs4or0mV9MhOlSm6RoNnS3TFde3v3aVrKUvWyehT9uVcXvG464NZOOudw_houncx_evMN2oNHHim6kbA0_5hsag00Fpb8USEUp_/s1600-h/P1030998.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267566980687161970" style="FLOAT: left; 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I must admit, it has been pure laziness on my part. As you can see we have been busy just about every weekend for the past month.</div><br /><div>The first set of photos are of skate night at Antonia Elementary. It was the first time the girls have ever skated, so things were a bit dicey at first. Tatum had the bid girl skates and was very upset at first because she kept falling. She finally somewhat figured it out and then skated for the rest of the night with her classmates. Reese had the training skates and just basically rolled around all night very slowly. She too had a great time. It sure did bring back memories for me of the old Spinning Wheels in Crystal City, Mo. </div><br /><div>The next weekend of course was Halloween. We went over to my brother's house and did the trick or treating in his hood. The girls got a ton of candy that they are still eating today!! Reese was Gabrielle from High School Musical and Tatum was a pirate. I sure am glad it was on a Friday this year!<br /></div><div>The last set is of our yearly trip down to Fort <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">de</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Chartres</span> for the Fall <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Rendevoux</span>. Because of budget cuts in Illinois, the Fort is shutting down <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">indefinitely</span>. This may be the last one for a while. I always remember going down there with my Dad as a kid, and had hoped to keep up the tradition with my family. If you haven't ever been, you should go.<br /></div><div>I have only been on the bike once in 4 weeks. I have put on 4 lbs and will start the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">mtn</span> riding this coming weekend. Family come first and the biking will have to wait. I do need to get back on as I am going mad just sitting around.</div><br /><div>Only three more weeks until I start <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">officating</span> games. I will leave in the dark and get home in the dark for the next three months! Joy.</div><br /><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Wyman</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-41681173575754661582008-10-26T19:25:00.007-05:002008-10-26T20:08:59.751-05:00It sure is great living in Missouri this time of year!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sMllCMFJmbncPtWvrnrmiCBbCPYk3jNqRit1WJj21VCR5f_eWau4g0IvFHGqbA9hEZ2p7EUYHYXvhaurmpgH11Xw7JYZhXxwg1of1kNwsQ7Ahm0Un1QipYvbYIUEu1VbyqheXymBAuNF/s1600-h/P1030849.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261633503105423634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sMllCMFJmbncPtWvrnrmiCBbCPYk3jNqRit1WJj21VCR5f_eWau4g0IvFHGqbA9hEZ2p7EUYHYXvhaurmpgH11Xw7JYZhXxwg1of1kNwsQ7Ahm0Un1QipYvbYIUEu1VbyqheXymBAuNF/s400/P1030849.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8ocdTNmYPxPV7_VDtEWMsqtiXtfd18inNTF0-GlIM_Fgi6y2aliEjzaMMgatdai_fNaDx-LFxmcFS46tkdW4jV7aOQFI5lYSeWp2jozNP9aw4pIgbElGVmzC_O_m-AA_imlMOvOvlMVx/s1600-h/P1030877.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261633500543576258" style="FLOAT: left; 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The weather was a bit cold and rainy throughout the week, but it really came through over the weekend. I was able to go down to Johnny's on Friday and eat some scrumptuous wings with a couple of buddies. It had been at least two months since last sampling some of those daddies and they did not dissapoint. </div><br /><br /><div>Reese had her last soccer game this Saturday. She seemed to have the most fun at this last game. We got there a little late as she was having a hard morning dealing with what to wear. Hence the teal long sleeve shirt under here soccer jersey. Why the white or black shirt was not good enough, I still don't know? She got to play most of the game and now wants to try it again. </div><br /><div>On Sunday we had been planning on going down to Taum Sauk Mountain State Park all week. We were hoping the weather and foliage would be nice and sure enough it was. The leaves are not real colorful this year, and fortunately the ones down south are much brighter than the ones in the St. Louis area. If you not been to Taum Sauk before, you should go. It is the tallest point in Missouri and is located along the Ozark Trail. We hiked down to Mina Sauk Falls and back. It was a little over three miles and the girls did great. It is a very hard trail to hike on due to the amount of rocks. It has lots of uphill climbing as well. The guide book says for experienced hikers only, but the girls did great. Mina Sauk is the tallest waterfall in the state as well. We came back home up Hwy 21 and drove through D-Town for old time sake. It sure was nice seeing the old town again. I sometimes wonder if I should move back and raise the girls there.<br /></div><div>Later.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-86589595506770327202008-10-20T22:27:00.005-05:002008-10-20T22:42:46.522-05:00Camping at Meramec State Park<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYj6D6woqsOeFga2HrK_4GMY5QgVaD6BJ3YqLuVPDzfur8dR8LzDPhwETWPqTZKNPn2NyRcMlexykQont0DcYYNocjVqO670lmfYNLH3uxIgm_A_anxBNyprlvRramaOdrwYNQEUi8loMf/s1600-h/P1030738.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259446582301628754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYj6D6woqsOeFga2HrK_4GMY5QgVaD6BJ3YqLuVPDzfur8dR8LzDPhwETWPqTZKNPn2NyRcMlexykQont0DcYYNocjVqO670lmfYNLH3uxIgm_A_anxBNyprlvRramaOdrwYNQEUi8loMf/s400/P1030738.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We went camping this past weekend at Meramec State Park with friends Chris and Kim Pleimann and their two kids Riley and Ashton. We got our little pop up out for the first time in three years. The weather was perfect<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZbcLjkVRO5Dl9ky822I6rurZ5T-qJP1e1Chum2RBdY-V2rVYLGrXAx-96i2jYlscBjmScJ81_c8gAi2ERU0rFvpuxrwZSarxs3XzpgH7CQ1VCk52wulWA5wn2Pi7aL0XSdeMh0I0wpj2/s1600-h/P1030741.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259446587763432114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZbcLjkVRO5Dl9ky822I6rurZ5T-qJP1e1Chum2RBdY-V2rVYLGrXAx-96i2jYlscBjmScJ81_c8gAi2ERU0rFvpuxrwZSarxs3XzpgH7CQ1VCk52wulWA5wn2Pi7aL0XSdeMh0I0wpj2/s400/P1030741.JPG" border="0" /></a> as you can tell by the photos. We went on a nice two mile hike and took in some of the caves in the park. We ate and drank like kings all weekend. Chris brought his smoker to cook up some ribs. We had a great breakfast on Saturday morning as well. The fire came in handy all weekend as it got into the 30s at night. It was in the upper 60s during the day. A good time was had by all.<br /><br />Wyman<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcchkQXCGdVV9qGmH9Wyb1waWbDt1VkvrWiuyAZ2Y-MUJW67oZ4fUFsnXO1mYjPBHun90_okZKTb62hoUWmZ6EiGoBaMMKEtvF008d5Rqi4lheRfePmR7JOhaEQfA7M-F3CEhjl51Re2J/s1600-h/P1030715.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259446306628159458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcchkQXCGdVV9qGmH9Wyb1waWbDt1VkvrWiuyAZ2Y-MUJW67oZ4fUFsnXO1mYjPBHun90_okZKTb62hoUWmZ6EiGoBaMMKEtvF008d5Rqi4lheRfePmR7JOhaEQfA7M-F3CEhjl51Re2J/s400/P1030715.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQiQxAs401miviLzJIn-Qjy5bdvR0LzWuTJg-PhZZ9Usz1J4dJa_cWQkyon5ii_XWMVhxwi9wcYYCQyjfQ9r-AlMTx12kyjQXqVhTSwJDqfhVAaB7jnUQ4g2_U94Uj-_SCcDjUJxguAjy/s1600-h/P1030724.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259446306793206722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQiQxAs401miviLzJIn-Qjy5bdvR0LzWuTJg-PhZZ9Usz1J4dJa_cWQkyon5ii_XWMVhxwi9wcYYCQyjfQ9r-AlMTx12kyjQXqVhTSwJDqfhVAaB7jnUQ4g2_U94Uj-_SCcDjUJxguAjy/s400/P1030724.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEmAWRMV68Ud5og6yy_P6JGllgzdrJzQRUzvJvDji-To0KapwtJ2pXfBd71jAV1ubr_2eOE4G1s37Sy5h7C7mraRwZpLXMFC76-M18F14q0ueudxXrDB3xsj3KM-s8mpyKqOymoqnmlCP1/s1600-h/P1030725.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259446315114667330" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_MqM-gbcf9ofQXo6v6YnWLpb5_xokWtFU_L-hr4tPaMsyee5pxGwhre8ZtA4hoMpy2TYgWY0ZGvX19byWjwi-Cat4jasvHp-TayP9YGqM6p3aK7u7TBHNZ8MhR2fnX8602YBkPmb7B9SG/s400/P1030660.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-5722630314125875842008-10-14T17:07:00.003-05:002008-10-14T18:36:38.235-05:00Liz and Tatum's BDay at John D. McGurks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3BMNbZkk2uJs6pRrBob-z7quiJVZ_WJN_L-7nZ3v4ncJcV-neJ6Io-RPCaMGBO_U0bgwyXUZ9ixlUnkA_SeQx-3F8epeOCp32Bs3RD6bLrmRm5BmM-6vC4woJAB0PfrtHDhfou_qE6yc/s1600-h/08+Liz+Bday+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257136838136215826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3BMNbZkk2uJs6pRrBob-z7quiJVZ_WJN_L-7nZ3v4ncJcV-neJ6Io-RPCaMGBO_U0bgwyXUZ9ixlUnkA_SeQx-3F8epeOCp32Bs3RD6bLrmRm5BmM-6vC4woJAB0PfrtHDhfou_qE6yc/s400/08+Liz+Bday+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gIf22_x3ZROvwJ3OoLwrumy-QFFYjt8wLFFk_c6V2K4SqHJn_9fkIPVFqA-RG7wlUQA9NyZzUCjUupVAg5JNRLvTKu2Wzw1weNOrFjrXFN9-2prTDdvNPYID3fiB5QFJfQjh86cvNAk/s1600-h/08+Liz+Bday+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257136755426497890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gIf22_x3ZROvwJ3OoLwrumy-QFFYjt8wLFFk_c6V2K4SqHJn_9fkIPVFqA-RG7wlUQA9NyZzUCjUupVAg5JNRLvTKu2Wzw1weNOrFjrXFN9-2prTDdvNPYID3fiB5QFJfQjh86cvNAk/s400/08+Liz+Bday+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9bhyFhBAQbkLAjn81gV6gK1aCGMlKb78ShisjP4NGZUdrjsY2weF1WmmCnNSQmCQgQQ4JGk0b20u3px-TDvRzCqcq-Symy5RAC3LmDsqm4TNiRnwMwwPuV3oHhV2WoGH8k9gZZDC7Qg/s1600-h/08+Liz+Bday+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257136758077033570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9bhyFhBAQbkLAjn81gV6gK1aCGMlKb78ShisjP4NGZUdrjsY2weF1WmmCnNSQmCQgQQ4JGk0b20u3px-TDvRzCqcq-Symy5RAC3LmDsqm4TNiRnwMwwPuV3oHhV2WoGH8k9gZZDC7Qg/s400/08+Liz+Bday+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FG3dsk-bGmhJJ5uJkeOx8U8Q5ddaaZoscLnHTXRbdoJ8mirOpiQpZuAK3LlLW4AeDFvoHGomGZsCYkqtYg7o6iimQLKXsMAdTi4L7tf1qqHTn-vo7Siguu1t3keWToMsIL5Shekfwos/s1600-h/08+Liz+Bday+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257136759572321298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FG3dsk-bGmhJJ5uJkeOx8U8Q5ddaaZoscLnHTXRbdoJ8mirOpiQpZuAK3LlLW4AeDFvoHGomGZsCYkqtYg7o6iimQLKXsMAdTi4L7tf1qqHTn-vo7Siguu1t3keWToMsIL5Shekfwos/s400/08+Liz+Bday+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtlGVPnPkXO0_9GuNIROc-OwFOYsceTFAX3OG_9iLE49_4CmjK-ZX9iWmzOjcr7kit1Cl0-Cz2Knl80tbxH_VlMQYLi4zjO-q6B9H2jMkusph8ZMF3NeOAPJA09darOiCTlGYPsPGYOQ/s1600-h/08+Liz+Bday+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257136760490388706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtlGVPnPkXO0_9GuNIROc-OwFOYsceTFAX3OG_9iLE49_4CmjK-ZX9iWmzOjcr7kit1Cl0-Cz2Knl80tbxH_VlMQYLi4zjO-q6B9H2jMkusph8ZMF3NeOAPJA09darOiCTlGYPsPGYOQ/s400/08+Liz+Bday+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QEJsIww8uvQTOSSi6-r6jy99eQ2mcFs7cOmuoaeSwfdlNiOSBaHtIRRBJE4qfwPs0UYRGxZ67lsaKaHcO-DnBaiPP4aTJPAfy3gRUyMdrPRLDVV6FvuSw6LXpR1Ia8dAr6BGenh6OiNE/s1600-h/08+Liz+Bday+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257136760962696162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QEJsIww8uvQTOSSi6-r6jy99eQ2mcFs7cOmuoaeSwfdlNiOSBaHtIRRBJE4qfwPs0UYRGxZ67lsaKaHcO-DnBaiPP4aTJPAfy3gRUyMdrPRLDVV6FvuSw6LXpR1Ia8dAr6BGenh6OiNE/s400/08+Liz+Bday+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>We finally celebrated Tatum and Liz's Bday yesterday. We all met down at McGurks for supper and had a grand time. The food and beer was stellar. I tried some O'Fallon 5 Day IPA as well as putting down some Smithwicks. I had a fabulous ribeye topped with bleu cheese. It was cooked to perfection. We also sampled some whisky bread pudding. Happy 30th to Liz and No 7 for T. </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>The leg is feeling better, but still looks horrible. I am running out of tegaderm and may have to buck up and get some more. That stuff is expensive!!</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Unfortunately basketball season is upon us. I have to go to the rules meeting tonight and then actually start calling Dec. 1. I love basketball, but just hate being gone all week long in the evenings. Basketball is winter for me. I enjoy being involved in the game, just don't look forward to the bitching and moaning of the fans and coaches. Leaving home at 7:30am and getting home at 10pm just plain sucks. I often question whether all the driving and wear and tear on my car is worth the $100. If gas keeps going up, this may be my last season. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>I am really looking forward to camping this weekend with the Pliemann family. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>Ta</div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-20340574374076347442008-10-12T22:56:00.003-05:002008-10-13T21:09:34.445-05:00Burnin at the Bluffs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwjeqnOvfhgV2JYRgX11h63qYT9oAxHsMlNsIZuo7BBvXo7XLZ1oJC58qJTjTKKkjJf3FzGNl-xS3NhM7R2tvDwOBqo3pMg39cSzoUGti5WT9h_7Wckng2-8c2IUQ6qbYaId4VBHEaso/s1600-h/P1030611.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256825708284360130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwjeqnOvfhgV2JYRgX11h63qYT9oAxHsMlNsIZuo7BBvXo7XLZ1oJC58qJTjTKKkjJf3FzGNl-xS3NhM7R2tvDwOBqo3pMg39cSzoUGti5WT9h_7Wckng2-8c2IUQ6qbYaId4VBHEaso/s400/P1030611.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I finally participated in my first mountain bike race this weekend. Even though it is not your standard Norba race, the Burnin at the Bluffs was a good intro into mountain bike racing. I entered into the Burnin Virgin's category along with road teammate Darin Marlow and other Big Shark racer Mark Granneman. It was supposed to be a 12 hour race, but ours didn't last that long. Mark went first and he had three flats on the 13 mile course and had to walk almost 5 miles back to the start. I went second and had a great time. Bad thing was that I crashed on mile 2. I landed right on the same leg that had the road rash from the Gateway Cup and completely tore it up again. It hurt like hell, but I continued on getting a final time of 1hr and 23 minutes. My time on the single lap wasn't too shabby compared to the other times in the race. I had never been on the course going into it blind and am really happy with my performance. I had planned on doing 3 laps in the race, but decided to throw in the towl and get my wound taken care of. I found a ride home from a guy at Wash U. I quickly took down my tent, packed my bags and headed north. When I got home I cleaned the wound and put some tegderm on.<br />I had planned on having a great time after the race with my teammates and neighbor Carey, but thought the injury was a little more important. I had ridden down early in the morning with Carey leaving St. Louis at 4:45 am in order to make the team meeting at 7am in at Council Bluffs Lake Recreation Area. We missed at turn and got to the meeting a tad late.<br />I plan on doing some more mtn races in the future and will for sure do the Burnin at the Bluff again next year.<br />If you would like to see what my leg looks like, just scroll down a bit and look at the photos from the Gateway Cup.<br />Smell you later.</div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-49518269226551446572008-10-12T18:08:00.005-05:002008-10-12T18:49:02.579-05:00Powder Valley Nature Conservation Center<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnViRsotBmH99tz1d5GWtjBlLSfSpHC3nIvKj4LZ7GA0ooGhjNzrB0FEf7SOb0AHK_VLzHF4A3nhqoODi6EAodKPuSHlHR5PrLSe19ZsCqc-9MM558YEAwcXiENC7aEXfH_8UVvya2B80/s1600-h/P1030542.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256410641591984546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnViRsotBmH99tz1d5GWtjBlLSfSpHC3nIvKj4LZ7GA0ooGhjNzrB0FEf7SOb0AHK_VLzHF4A3nhqoODi6EAodKPuSHlHR5PrLSe19ZsCqc-9MM558YEAwcXiENC7aEXfH_8UVvya2B80/s400/P1030542.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkhec_4Ikx6EyMKfLhlLdVhj46mwL9HDoJab3QTPJOdUO1f4PJSi2rxaZ8wggajV69Wyrg-UTGcTjc3U3HFWF0FLVcN60IhQ6kbuUhCGkzgLdBbXXcHlbeYE08Rxg4BEntF_k17QJvfk/s1600-h/P1030543.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256410648786308466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkhec_4Ikx6EyMKfLhlLdVhj46mwL9HDoJab3QTPJOdUO1f4PJSi2rxaZ8wggajV69Wyrg-UTGcTjc3U3HFWF0FLVcN60IhQ6kbuUhCGkzgLdBbXXcHlbeYE08Rxg4BEntF_k17QJvfk/s400/P1030543.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL41bnc3O9dJ8OhCRedBJoYuUODvuWqlVQ-eZX3L72Qkc6pnkGETFJ2UjAbDFAK3eV5YSBrFK3pQimRI1ov7xwxN-I5tqwAKiuHnwoET_XURKkGVAA4OsfUXsKHwrKz3i1L3hJz7yh8BA/s1600-h/P1030547.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256410651141677202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL41bnc3O9dJ8OhCRedBJoYuUODvuWqlVQ-eZX3L72Qkc6pnkGETFJ2UjAbDFAK3eV5YSBrFK3pQimRI1ov7xwxN-I5tqwAKiuHnwoET_XURKkGVAA4OsfUXsKHwrKz3i1L3hJz7yh8BA/s400/P1030547.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzpX4FHJH_Uo9HgdRwVKZod7F_v4wVuoppMuOEoSLENwBQSswflubTw7YGcuMUAPvv_T24-dm5SNwkeRhLRj0_-RIRGFTFbCmTsu_nzEXIhVAcdZbOVTY0hRL76TXRw-Yhixz-rvnOOQ/s1600-h/P1030534.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256410658498184482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqzpX4FHJH_Uo9HgdRwVKZod7F_v4wVuoppMuOEoSLENwBQSswflubTw7YGcuMUAPvv_T24-dm5SNwkeRhLRj0_-RIRGFTFbCmTsu_nzEXIhVAcdZbOVTY0hRL76TXRw-Yhixz-rvnOOQ/s400/P1030534.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Last Sunday was absolutely beautiful here in St. Louis, so went out to Powder Vally Nature Reserve in Kirkwood, Mo for a hike. The trail through the park is about 2 miles and is completely paved. We saw a ton of deer and you can tell in the photos. </div><br /><div>My neighbor Carey and myself got in around 40 miles on the road bike in preparation for Burnin. </div><div><br /> </div><div>The Fall Festival was at school this past Friday as well. The girls had a great time. </div><div><br /> </div><div>Norman</div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-37347031997856274092008-10-12T17:10:00.003-05:002008-10-12T18:06:21.306-05:00Tatum's Birthday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIDhJgucMaLZyZn7SznM7Vd5NYosapwrp5zEjQc2WVuxYdkeSV8V0Mn9-CJfT-Uym5xPbTltLoUWT35iHwkz4Bl8cb7ge1iiYhATH4PHe0Myp8iGH_-nCG2RKtpw5dmvlLgrntqeqCjM/s1600-h/P1030508.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256396469632084578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIDhJgucMaLZyZn7SznM7Vd5NYosapwrp5zEjQc2WVuxYdkeSV8V0Mn9-CJfT-Uym5xPbTltLoUWT35iHwkz4Bl8cb7ge1iiYhATH4PHe0Myp8iGH_-nCG2RKtpw5dmvlLgrntqeqCjM/s400/P1030508.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfQ8gLLLJ7Jp0z2uizd1Dr3M4BoNPtMjgKSFuR1wGRsa4ekpQu4tvJYDcnUPtV48h4crR7QIPJBVkJgdmsJr1NsOivU6vP_bnan-Op7vfdt46Zk3X4vfUQVISK4MKUoIebGrK2Ls7PQY/s1600-h/P1030511.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256396476097127314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfQ8gLLLJ7Jp0z2uizd1Dr3M4BoNPtMjgKSFuR1wGRsa4ekpQu4tvJYDcnUPtV48h4crR7QIPJBVkJgdmsJr1NsOivU6vP_bnan-Op7vfdt46Zk3X4vfUQVISK4MKUoIebGrK2Ls7PQY/s400/P1030511.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixB3zJdkUwojVFyyjgndpXLxQ-WX2PbN3_Omu7ppeLhSLLi9NGkj6PvW2FrbZ9wP15C45ocO3sRCUB08bML5HXrlsZ-KJU2qjNo3O3LT2W3mE9VEFiJA4AXp03p6hc4HTEievpYUEqEKE/s1600-h/P1030524.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256396472893092034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixB3zJdkUwojVFyyjgndpXLxQ-WX2PbN3_Omu7ppeLhSLLi9NGkj6PvW2FrbZ9wP15C45ocO3sRCUB08bML5HXrlsZ-KJU2qjNo3O3LT2W3mE9VEFiJA4AXp03p6hc4HTEievpYUEqEKE/s400/P1030524.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8P_Rs1NBKpAdPZoJx77bBpV4oAC-Pg8P7gdTAt4D2NTc2Ntjmnn2wRc9Xc8cQS3mHhVVuZDcVGgDBVoJoYoX7ojNDAjmiLY5bUmpPv_bm9azFU4LFw6nJCWpKcZ3iRvIsTua-E5-p4fc/s1600-h/P1030525.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256396480432439122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8P_Rs1NBKpAdPZoJx77bBpV4oAC-Pg8P7gdTAt4D2NTc2Ntjmnn2wRc9Xc8cQS3mHhVVuZDcVGgDBVoJoYoX7ojNDAjmiLY5bUmpPv_bm9azFU4LFw6nJCWpKcZ3iRvIsTua-E5-p4fc/s400/P1030525.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCa0O2-1H6fXeKZ1ePG9lJvohWVHW5KWYCZktjmBlwoFYtKERK57cWtCR7aNTWE60q7kGULwawk7oja4qXW6SBblMqYzJo9bTtqGmfBWZ65gu38wsjBPr8zZdwBKuCBrG56FafnaJeyBs/s1600-h/P1030529.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256396482834030034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCa0O2-1H6fXeKZ1ePG9lJvohWVHW5KWYCZktjmBlwoFYtKERK57cWtCR7aNTWE60q7kGULwawk7oja4qXW6SBblMqYzJo9bTtqGmfBWZ65gu38wsjBPr8zZdwBKuCBrG56FafnaJeyBs/s400/P1030529.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Tatum had seven 1st grade friends over to our house for a sleepover birthday party. It was total chaos from beginning to end. Most of the girls were really well behaved, but one or two of them were very disrespectful and completely out of hand. Kirsten worked really hard to make sure the girls had a good time. While Tatum is a great kid and I love her very much, we will never have that many girls over again. I had to get to bed so I could get up and ride mtn bikes early in the morning. The girls stayed up until 3am screaming and yelling just having a grand ole time. If you are thinking of having a sleepover party for your kid, don't!!!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I got in 15 or so miles with Struckman trying to get in shape for Burnin at the Bluffs on Oct. 12th. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-24636871895765087162008-10-05T13:43:00.006-05:002008-10-05T17:17:46.555-05:00My weekend just got better because...<a href="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm230/marym243/choke.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm230/marym243/choke.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/bp3.blogger.com/.../ifS1DvcO5r8/s320/choke.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.cubssuckclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/cardinal_bomb_cubs.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.roadkilltshirts.com/images/products/CUBS_DR.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.roadkilltshirts.com/images/products/CUBS_DR.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div>The Cubs just got swept by the Dodgers. I support only one team and that is the St. Louis Cardinals. I dislike all other teams in America, but hate only one, the Chicago Cubs. I take pleasure in watching them lose. I never argue or say bad things to Cubs fans I know. I just sit back quietly and revel when they choke. I almost feel like I am bringing some bad karma upon myself just by writing this. I go to the Cards/Cubs games and just sit back and listen to the idiot fans cheering and making asses of themselves in our stadium. When I go to Wrigley and watch games, I try to be civil and just sit in my seat and give a little clap when my birds do well. The same thing never happens here. The Cub's fans stand up and slap high fives and just stick it right in your face. That is bad karma and it came back and bit them. I hope they never win another playoff again. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>I do want to clarify that I absolutely love the city of Chicago and most of its non Cub inhabitants. I am sure their are some cool Cubs fans out there somewhere, but none of them ever show up for games down here. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>Have a great weekend everyone!!!!!!!</div></div></div></div></div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-4776273254578257902008-09-30T21:46:00.007-05:002008-09-30T22:22:03.475-05:00OASIS--North American Tour<a href="http://www.imyspacegraphics.com/images/oasis/oasis_1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.imyspacegraphics.com/images/oasis/oasis_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.zmemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/oasis.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.zmemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/oasis.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>YESSSSS!</div><br /><br /><br /><div>I got some great seats in a pre-sale today for the up coming Oasis gig in Chicago. They are actually putting on ten shows, but as usual, Chicago is the closest they will come to St. Louie. This will make my 4th time seeing them and couldn't be more stoked. The show is not until December so knowing the Gallagher Bros, things could change. I had tickets in 2005 for the Indy show an then just before we left I happened to see on the internet that the boys were in a car crash and the show was cancelled. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>The new album comes out next Tuesday, so I am really excited. This is the first album in over three years. The first single came out today, but I doubt if anyone in town has it. I am going over to The Loop tomorrow for Tatum's dance, so I will stop by Vintage to see if they have a copy. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>D'Know What I Mean?</div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-56449996163496206692008-09-21T22:01:00.004-05:002008-09-21T22:21:33.852-05:00Le Tour de Sainte Genevieve<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzuJk4VKzpzFCPzNWRpdq37ugc4BhkvcsOA6HDdk8owGeIuWewSYwWRoNKOzD5rhfUPgBWlGuMJ4zEi9hmHNoKEk2fIpb-Nm9krikz-WntTTJM0WR3apk7je3vO5ESMrhk9JJptaEIIg/s1600-h/ben+483.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248680561016692258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzuJk4VKzpzFCPzNWRpdq37ugc4BhkvcsOA6HDdk8owGeIuWewSYwWRoNKOzD5rhfUPgBWlGuMJ4zEi9hmHNoKEk2fIpb-Nm9krikz-WntTTJM0WR3apk7je3vO5ESMrhk9JJptaEIIg/s400/ben+483.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_QMt3IVUwg1F09xE0iPgsC2k9tZ8XuJ0e4vNIzBaJY4QYpWV6NX3cySF_4d2KQVnAU5QiUJAqheVoRI51xFVf3Dqgpv3euBlguUGY0rdFK9sXbFATj2kMcYqh0RRjW7sby8CbCkLppI/s1600-h/ben+492.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248680117066478818" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNS880f_elqBqEZbckmuRu2yLQ_P2J2yPjGbUW2-1oLK4JA4ARFy8yi_iV9fRwDkqwRor1vaWxRkIcHigHoaQK_57n36JfDFMXEjzNPOg4AGJOUxwwIaXSRIud15WswrtdT7uG0raBxz0/s400/ben+489.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This past Saturday was the second, hopefully annual Le Tour de Sainte Genevieve. Cycling buddy and teammate Todd Parker was putting it on again after good start last year. We used the same course this year and had about the same turnout. Many of friends helped out and seemed to be a big success. I got down there Friday evening and started working on things right away. Cousin Scott and I marked the course and had a good time. We swept some corners, picked up some road kill and kept well hydrated. We even painted a few words of encouragement on the last devastating climb. Todd and I then got up at 5am Saturday morning and drove the course putting out cones and signs. The day started out looking a little rainy, but then turned into a stellar day for a road race. The temps reached 72 degrees with not much wind at all. All the races went off without a hitch and all the racers had positive things to say. Perhaps it will go on again next year. I didn't get to race because of my crash at the Gateway Cup. I was lucky enough to drive the pace car for the Cat 3 race. Mom went along with me and kept me company. The photos are of the Cat 4 race I should have been in. DTown friend Cody Nees was in the race and his buddy Ben took all the pictures.<br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I am getting back on the bike Monday. I got the mtn bike out today and got it in good working order. I hope to do the Burnin at the Bluff in mid October. We shall see. Not being on the bike in three weeks is likely taking its toll.<br /></div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><div>I spent the afternoon working on the yard as we might be moving in the near future. I will give more details as the process unfolds. I may be moving to the country! Yee haw.<br /></div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><div>Buddy Hovis stopped by this evening and had supper with us. Condolences to him and his family as Mrs. Hovis' mother passed away this past Thursday.</div><div><br /> </div><div><br />Chow<br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-41538090252377777742008-09-14T19:23:00.006-05:002008-09-14T20:20:04.679-05:00I met the Manxta!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-UhHFQewltWq3eH_ttsR2e53QthhIcObotyHLt77jesIR9wCVYDM-iQY8UPZltPgrKCsKNy1KLrUYC6fHbnFN1mMDqJ7F0LTreXbYFt7g99-T7kOoLgoivZTGgpb-mNzhHEefbBlcb8/s1600-h/P1030316.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246048230576493186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-UhHFQewltWq3eH_ttsR2e53QthhIcObotyHLt77jesIR9wCVYDM-iQY8UPZltPgrKCsKNy1KLrUYC6fHbnFN1mMDqJ7F0LTreXbYFt7g99-T7kOoLgoivZTGgpb-mNzhHEefbBlcb8/s400/P1030316.JPG" border="0" /></a> Cavendish getting a laugh about signing the Isle of Man license plate.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0QtslqXQ6BwmTKL9MxcI8gTc7zGIhzl7u4JrjsDjvDQeKPxkiRn7ePKApGUHzwYnbJlxR4HRFcgCmO9BRnA2ZwHjfPlzaDKBlMJZC8rxnWMCHlSH8ibC6e0zQi7h89Ob5RtWFMhiEH0/s1600-h/P1030327.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246048236627102674" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlES31N7sd_VaCqLYqRCz9ACswWFQ27SXHNRI1Y34jqEVjmDyy1hOpfLwvXFLIsLiyOyR-qRF5KSkcGmE8NEqktYl8KhLLOGRWuMD6OIfg2FAvZioXnYENMERIl3e95RDEkMon7ngH0Y/s400/P1030313.JPG" border="0" /></a> Cavendish<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_SXzhKF2ZkAm3ZA9vD9R29Ov_WhQ604fVPYEdRzfQPv2kyk5hh6AJYRM1E08YuDkWyO2LFn3buOUmudzKfiH2N51HajcPijIzTNQ71gDyTjVBEHrBmwewbquRBDGEx5h85gWG5wueF4/s1600-h/P1030311.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246045867086921282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_SXzhKF2ZkAm3ZA9vD9R29Ov_WhQ604fVPYEdRzfQPv2kyk5hh6AJYRM1E08YuDkWyO2LFn3buOUmudzKfiH2N51HajcPijIzTNQ71gDyTjVBEHrBmwewbquRBDGEx5h85gWG5wueF4/s400/P1030311.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Hincapie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCDIMN1d-uVurilU2rv8OxbxEAAk-i9KXnDc9X_Nwtr3p2qezVpr3iqv38StHAQIedrMFHyqAYZKbH_IN92B8clxwruj7xp6QtznCr9lL70K__rPOsKcUjq8zMo95W_nuomwMfvFJ3Q8/s1600-h/P1030310.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246045875211250258" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqUjOO14wIRE4Qf-hD6sksmBPWPHzKiYEUO_ZHWylcVYQpcicbfSuog3pwrLrTiPdZIHN287VjwseQMdFdE_0V868MOezDL3QJDmX6a7Gg1I2f-jM8if3urCW-Xp0UF3Rw6CLL1JVkTmU/s400/P1030333.JPG" border="0" /></a> Reese Rock Racing- Scary face!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uCF9Zn5iMHUuuCeVntnZgxCsNShfoJWa9uOcRP-t2KpjLid-KY-8s1jUcCAEl4Lc1YYLKqitG15Y8e901cZ2ux4LEosOAp7ucTSVCeSU1maWp5Ssd8YpujCN_sUmpuVwEfC8UW0mbPE/s1600-h/P1030329.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246043770564132946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uCF9Zn5iMHUuuCeVntnZgxCsNShfoJWa9uOcRP-t2KpjLid-KY-8s1jUcCAEl4Lc1YYLKqitG15Y8e901cZ2ux4LEosOAp7ucTSVCeSU1maWp5Ssd8YpujCN_sUmpuVwEfC8UW0mbPE/s400/P1030329.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7jLMB2q1N29WHO1n4Cv9oU0dlB3s_B6U6se3N45OSnNzF0rfK6UShI2qLK3Ie5Nr4IssIrd6gVWgWA8HZ71kkiT9dUJdpipC7ZQ3B4GiSSNlnGXSIdtfRIlQxTb59wfYI95uJKGdp2k/s1600-h/P1030407.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246043774182926146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7jLMB2q1N29WHO1n4Cv9oU0dlB3s_B6U6se3N45OSnNzF0rfK6UShI2qLK3Ie5Nr4IssIrd6gVWgWA8HZ71kkiT9dUJdpipC7ZQ3B4GiSSNlnGXSIdtfRIlQxTb59wfYI95uJKGdp2k/s400/P1030407.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>I didn't plan on meeting the man from Man, but I woke up this morning and thought I would head down to the Tour of Mo in STL, watch the race and perhaps meet Mark Cavendish in the process. I took along my Isle of Man license plate thinking that would grab his attention if he were signing autographs.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Todd Parker, myself and my trusty sidekick daughter Reese went down to the race around 12:30. We parked right by the Savvis Center which happened to be next to all the team buses and cars. I ran into fellow Shark rider Darin Marlow and his son and then mosied on over to the team buses. We looked at all the cool bikes and saw almost all the riders just hanging out getting ready for the last day of the race. I took some pictures of Cavendish's bike and then headed over to the Columbia team bus and just waited until they came out. Michael Barry came out along with Hincapie, Eisel, Pinnotti and then Cavendish and started signing autographs. I hadn't gotten an autograph since I was a kid, but soon Cavendish made it over to me and I asked him to sign the Manx plate. He got a good chuckle as you can see in the photo. He was surprised by it and seemed real cool while signing it. He even posed for a photo with Darin's son. He then hopped on his bike and rode off. </div><br /><div>The race started out with some rain, but soon cleared up making for a great day and good sprint. We were sitting right before the finish with friends Alice and Joe and got a good shot of Cavendish starting his sprint. He started a bit too early and was nipped at the line by Liquigas sprinter Chicchi. I thought he jumped off Eisels wheel too early and I was correct as Cavendish said so in an interview after the race. Winning three out of seven races aint to shabby though. Hopefully we can get Boonen over here next summer!!<br /></div><div>What do you think the signed Isle of Man plate with Cavendish's autograph on it is worth?</div><br /><div>What a great day!</div></div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-24029695567564808662008-09-13T18:00:00.005-05:002008-09-13T20:04:18.038-05:00TOUR OF MISSOURI 2008 and Kenny Chesney<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTZYHKoaHZSCh4T4zFSw-nOcOKJkZO7JK_ud0_FCv7qyIr9RbaWxuXWREk_9YFIeRpBvHivNRRnI4RzFX3j9dFPjrv-6WTmOHsc66i69NxYFNQZufnW9U0vn_zo-Tc5y7CwDhat-e0pA/s1600-h/P1030289.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245652037200677330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTZYHKoaHZSCh4T4zFSw-nOcOKJkZO7JK_ud0_FCv7qyIr9RbaWxuXWREk_9YFIeRpBvHivNRRnI4RzFX3j9dFPjrv-6WTmOHsc66i69NxYFNQZufnW9U0vn_zo-Tc5y7CwDhat-e0pA/s400/P1030289.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjENKYBuVyoGo901TDM1IEEU6Na4BqWHWS2s20iacB7MoiiTlueABdSzLzVgtRy5edf1EGh7n_d0BEdnKCEmRcdotD783F2X180WUV4ZJJQxL0RG-xDyTS_l6nqI56wNe4q1Fp6CVP6epg/s1600-h/P1030291.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245652047463475346" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiu2G4mG_7aJD47MiBYsHQHv5O5MyLleP20qq5VYoALP9JH03fwfk3rcRGrWc_-qbMUNOBcPeFtWl7J-XiNz3bZBCVzg_CL6RTR2tCsGMKxCXUUNHDaqHe8v5SrCAqPWDZF99AdCfNBt4/s400/P1030285.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Yes, that's right, Kenny Chesney. Kirsten and I along with friends Aaron and Donna went and caught the Kenny Chesney concert this past Thursday evening and morning. Kenny is the only country music I listen to and he puts on one hell of a show. We saw him last year and for sure didn't dissapoint this year. He came on at 9pm and played until 12:15am Friday morning. He was in rare form playing around 15 covers along with his assortment of hits. By the end of the night, he had everyone from his crew on stage singing. He got so drunk that by the time he sang his song(the song that made him popular), She thinks my tractor is sexy, he forgot some of the words. Everyone had a great time. He played covers with Uncle Cracker and Miranda Lambert. Too bad we all had to work in the morning. We got in around 1:30 and had to be up by 6:15. I was tired until around noon, but then perked up after lunch. If you get a chance, check out Kenny Chesney live in concert!</div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">TOUR OF MISSOURI IS HERE!!!!</span><br /><br /></div><div>The Tour of Missouri has been going on all week and has not dissapointed. My 2nd favourite bike racer in the world, Mark Cavendish has been whooping up on everyone. (Tom Boonen is #1)He just won his third stage today. The Manxta is in the house!! American Christian Vande Velde is in the lead and should win the race barring any wrecks in downton STL on Sunday.<br /></div><div>Just like last year, a ton of people went out to Schluersberg Hill in rural St. Charles County to catch the KOM. The climb was packed again. Todd, Cousin Scott and myself made it out there around 11:30 and staked out a prime spot. We qued up some brats, sausages, Nathan's hotdogs and put down some cold beverages. Talked with tons of folks and had a great time. As you can tell, Todd was at it again running with the peloton. How can you miss his Spongebob outfit and his German pigtails!<br /></div><div>We hope to catch the final stage in downtown STL on Sunday if Hurricane Ike stays away.</div><br /><div>The leg is getting better and the elbow seems to be in working order now.<br /></div><div>Tour of Ste. Gen is next weekend. I am not riding in it, but hope to get back on the bike this week.</div><br /><div>Luckily Mom came up and took Reese to her first soccer game. She seems to be really fast, so perhaps this will be something she will excel at. </div><br /><div>Cheers!</div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-58699052315809907162008-09-05T18:46:00.003-05:002008-09-05T19:16:40.546-05:00It still HURTS really bad!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhrA7TRV9vK5_iKBNFKKiZbAPypkCnQX_EcBI1UIO3fcq5BRv4GqoWeLyr9sYmf4y5PNv02Hqjh0oLowm2lVN5DzTwLVjXKe29Rs5n0ZSgzXvhc0aqcE95fb61Rs8Eioe8Z6jR9bW_D8/s1600-h/P1030272.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242695130434491506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhrA7TRV9vK5_iKBNFKKiZbAPypkCnQX_EcBI1UIO3fcq5BRv4GqoWeLyr9sYmf4y5PNv02Hqjh0oLowm2lVN5DzTwLVjXKe29Rs5n0ZSgzXvhc0aqcE95fb61Rs8Eioe8Z6jR9bW_D8/s400/P1030272.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKptQcUfH5Nld093yokWojDaeGfEhbEU_e-84qmwb4_bG_mvWV7REPu98s1Qy4yBkXHg-Ld6PMcvdlafzuIJoqOHSd_t5eqpgz-RBjmWn-JKrsxeY0xK4l2D70KzsQGjYWMU88lVUFgs/s1600-h/P1030273.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242695140926148402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKptQcUfH5Nld093yokWojDaeGfEhbEU_e-84qmwb4_bG_mvWV7REPu98s1Qy4yBkXHg-Ld6PMcvdlafzuIJoqOHSd_t5eqpgz-RBjmWn-JKrsxeY0xK4l2D70KzsQGjYWMU88lVUFgs/s400/P1030273.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKZqBJUAGDyWBcBkXQdlOWoA6-lhzYXWu4H13zRQHxQ_HZ-UE5QBrTl13gOUSZ0hUJfJy4_p22kY9v5zm7-dSWa8Y3sd-eoXY573rovURQNlQwVTll9PnGB5B4OWpIK96Dogq7EMLduU/s1600-h/P1030274.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242695146223105538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKZqBJUAGDyWBcBkXQdlOWoA6-lhzYXWu4H13zRQHxQ_HZ-UE5QBrTl13gOUSZ0hUJfJy4_p22kY9v5zm7-dSWa8Y3sd-eoXY573rovURQNlQwVTll9PnGB5B4OWpIK96Dogq7EMLduU/s400/P1030274.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Yes, I am finally doing some more whining about my wounds from my bike wreck in last weekend's race. I got sewn up and things seemed to be going well on Monday. Then on Monday night my wounds just didn't seem right, so I went and saw my Doc on Tuesday after school. She then tells me I have a staff infection and need more high powered antibiotics. Fine, I just hope it works. She also prescribes some save to put on the wounds that will also kill the staff. Fine, I do it. Then the pain really came. My leg started to swell up and the wounds started to open up, blister and bleed. I call my brother and read the info what came witht suff and realize I am having an allergic reaction. So, this not only caused more unnessary pain, but put off my comeback even further. My elbow is now doing much better, but he wound on my lower leg is very painful to walk on. I guess a flesh wound of that size really pulls on the other skin tissue. It is constantly tingling and swelling some. The Doc yesterday assured me it was healing just fine. The pain was so bad and I was lacking sleep, that I finally gave in and called a sub at 9:30 in the morning on Thursday. I came home and went to sleep. I for sure felt better this morning, but the leg started to really hurt after lunch. I couldn't wait to get home on the sofa and prop that daddy up.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Due to many accidents of other sorts not related to biking and to not so good genes(not blue jeans) I have consider myself pretty tuff and tolerant to high amounts of pain. Pain for short periods is much different than pain 24hrs a day while trying to work with the youth of America.</div><br /><div>I can't wait for this thing to get better. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>While my cycling buddy Todd Parker was over the other night seeing how I was doing, we took a closer look at my bike. I knew it had some blood on it, but not that much! I don't know if picture like that is good for business or not? What would Big Shark say?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I sure am glad the weekend is here.</div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-63167289907737929282008-09-01T17:09:00.005-05:002008-09-01T18:05:42.244-05:00Gateway Cup Weekend--Good and Bad<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhFDtxG920BcqBvp5EjfoCVM81uRbVgg7YbHgC6GHZRd0AZsenGdycmaAWAONVZ8ehJ7l9D2iWu7eRtalCYadmjWtKqJkDpfjb-q1Tf81ozb-3vvkIu3K4du6guGzsZuVz1b4F1G7fyo/s1600-h/bryandowntowncrit2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241189881702289266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBhFDtxG920BcqBvp5EjfoCVM81uRbVgg7YbHgC6GHZRd0AZsenGdycmaAWAONVZ8ehJ7l9D2iWu7eRtalCYadmjWtKqJkDpfjb-q1Tf81ozb-3vvkIu3K4du6guGzsZuVz1b4F1G7fyo/s400/bryandowntowncrit2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftz-ssd9FL92RHznRSKNVthLivt_1fitOEWCtkPIOHOyydvvqiBoXtfop_PCRwl2cNDJ6TPdPBS05Q-8uW4tH7LJyu789RxdP6eqQgMeBUysG2PHNW8Y90F9VbFpA9P6u00gwwAVIpr4/s1600-h/laffayettesquarephoto1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241189882601177890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftz-ssd9FL92RHznRSKNVthLivt_1fitOEWCtkPIOHOyydvvqiBoXtfop_PCRwl2cNDJ6TPdPBS05Q-8uW4tH7LJyu789RxdP6eqQgMeBUysG2PHNW8Y90F9VbFpA9P6u00gwwAVIpr4/s400/laffayettesquarephoto1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFn0o-OBMqwKYfZ6oEj0D6npSyKXl5xJhh_bt3-c4CmAdS_9sCEXxczkF5RWi5joi35F-eDoefzyYJwqm3mI3DhqH46Y5PRDTOVjqfZbDvK73e1-KmX4fQDIphT9uwFCcVLx2Ud5z4T-s/s1600-h/bryandowntowncrit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241189883526038706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFn0o-OBMqwKYfZ6oEj0D6npSyKXl5xJhh_bt3-c4CmAdS_9sCEXxczkF5RWi5joi35F-eDoefzyYJwqm3mI3DhqH46Y5PRDTOVjqfZbDvK73e1-KmX4fQDIphT9uwFCcVLx2Ud5z4T-s/s400/bryandowntowncrit.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPV1CN-jgRV2ubM14AJgiQRVJhkByDZpn-Nnh5ieGy1fQejtymysg_zz-MV2fX3FTLW9fp9VvbT1-gO7nTlO4xZN4I4iSnf4r-aeF6BJvX8xTcvnLSMt_NwksBaCvlk6Fz7zljrBuEVw/s1600-h/P1030245.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241188858469155570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPV1CN-jgRV2ubM14AJgiQRVJhkByDZpn-Nnh5ieGy1fQejtymysg_zz-MV2fX3FTLW9fp9VvbT1-gO7nTlO4xZN4I4iSnf4r-aeF6BJvX8xTcvnLSMt_NwksBaCvlk6Fz7zljrBuEVw/s400/P1030245.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is why cyclist shave their arms and legs! It is not for wind resistance. Can you imagine trying to clean these wounds with monkey like hair?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4_aEjnvnUrKXuLyQf3ZGYgeYdfFrDyd4aPE1IO2-Wy7jz8jF1KhgU495F20j-9GJrCfAPbgZfkyPEckfL_glRjE-7JG7JD1ri4EQjYD6SHx5GJ_iKqXUPYhdrsqtP5krdaG0tq_9WSc/s1600-h/P1030230.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241188867626333474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4_aEjnvnUrKXuLyQf3ZGYgeYdfFrDyd4aPE1IO2-Wy7jz8jF1KhgU495F20j-9GJrCfAPbgZfkyPEckfL_glRjE-7JG7JD1ri4EQjYD6SHx5GJ_iKqXUPYhdrsqtP5krdaG0tq_9WSc/s400/P1030230.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzpwM36vxvV2mPW8URrobDgGltHFRVRh614n6UuU5a7darzk9t82y3cSbI1c_rSGO_2LT2atC-Oyl6QrvP6q-j59KR37O6RzLqpjOl8Mx30NMjHJdqdULmzA3behhAqD-grWT02v-zaM/s1600-h/IMG_3800.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241188871688795570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzpwM36vxvV2mPW8URrobDgGltHFRVRh614n6UuU5a7darzk9t82y3cSbI1c_rSGO_2LT2atC-Oyl6QrvP6q-j59KR37O6RzLqpjOl8Mx30NMjHJdqdULmzA3behhAqD-grWT02v-zaM/s400/IMG_3800.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLYHnugNxmsPWpL5fz4sFyqxCyODNKs4JYFZQVDWqM-5Q02hfN35-O_e3EvGL8vta9fEJlkP9Z68ukXvne8FQE0lO1nqrKSRT-SXSEvAfqjm2RoPytzBbhweHnVguqrlz9xVtiJxuDdY/s1600-h/IMG_3798.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241188879393664322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLYHnugNxmsPWpL5fz4sFyqxCyODNKs4JYFZQVDWqM-5Q02hfN35-O_e3EvGL8vta9fEJlkP9Z68ukXvne8FQE0lO1nqrKSRT-SXSEvAfqjm2RoPytzBbhweHnVguqrlz9xVtiJxuDdY/s400/IMG_3798.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqy3gfNpjbv0OPdm07t-gT8UTi6vLveqBQ_XZ7Siw4bmnb-0LYVWA1IdkurLMjrG1sQpt4CY4sBnos8PfERn2_wXsElz9UUBeWR31zaheQ-ohdWsI4j4MnWuVs7-uC_HvCLdYoF6Hk_o/s1600-h/IMG_3789.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241188885025142978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqy3gfNpjbv0OPdm07t-gT8UTi6vLveqBQ_XZ7Siw4bmnb-0LYVWA1IdkurLMjrG1sQpt4CY4sBnos8PfERn2_wXsElz9UUBeWR31zaheQ-ohdWsI4j4MnWuVs7-uC_HvCLdYoF6Hk_o/s400/IMG_3789.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBRCG51uUbLF9D2aLbIsJa_TOsuxS2OX3oTVZM4S5VuXIj3mFUEUmr43C3Pcp9HDc_30ILqIF_50WQiuqApC15E2KP9ZpQiWucNWvMiec4boXMgvXdCBtkhfe-2JseUpFyTtHNxktKqU/s1600-h/P1030267.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241186966621441122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMBRCG51uUbLF9D2aLbIsJa_TOsuxS2OX3oTVZM4S5VuXIj3mFUEUmr43C3Pcp9HDc_30ILqIF_50WQiuqApC15E2KP9ZpQiWucNWvMiec4boXMgvXdCBtkhfe-2JseUpFyTtHNxktKqU/s400/P1030267.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Henk Vogels was here this weekend. He will be riding in the ToM in a couple of weeks. He has won a stage in the Giro and raced in the TdF as well<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Jn6Rrox96WMYYIOTL3iy2dnt0Trhq0L6SG9tlADbLA-GHfs5sbw1Y428cPy-KQDOyRjhs3pTHq8EpOHkfGIKn5BGh4vlYdouxeLrMSxCLNAUBs_ZiCzVchmNVHtWvbybrA1K8tZuBaU/s1600-h/P1030266.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241186970647630882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Jn6Rrox96WMYYIOTL3iy2dnt0Trhq0L6SG9tlADbLA-GHfs5sbw1Y428cPy-KQDOyRjhs3pTHq8EpOHkfGIKn5BGh4vlYdouxeLrMSxCLNAUBs_ZiCzVchmNVHtWvbybrA1K8tZuBaU/s400/P1030266.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The picture speaks for itself.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQ_2oL4KrONR8IrsGkiBmCgaboZ3rTIKk13MCsRdCb2oQIe3TaRbp-JHmongHGzL3-u3heK3L2VJKUtqtlZIEkKrCqOVkS2YO924Lvek6xrT-WAAEPpLeeBj7dP5topzXSYxQo7Z3QKI/s1600-h/P1030264.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241186971404116130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQ_2oL4KrONR8IrsGkiBmCgaboZ3rTIKk13MCsRdCb2oQIe3TaRbp-JHmongHGzL3-u3heK3L2VJKUtqtlZIEkKrCqOVkS2YO924Lvek6xrT-WAAEPpLeeBj7dP5topzXSYxQo7Z3QKI/s400/P1030264.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGajrggLHkVQcZCIKbbJgIwgUN0e_zTzRWxCa0g1Xx-ITmF7A3NNhYP7fhgIwb1WAqXtUTaiFOl0ykQMUDHUWEvkyomhhTVCGqg3Q0iTselxTB2C_b8NHz1TBexy3JbX5YTQOTs-ewKDU/s1600-h/P1030268.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241186979562958562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGajrggLHkVQcZCIKbbJgIwgUN0e_zTzRWxCa0g1Xx-ITmF7A3NNhYP7fhgIwb1WAqXtUTaiFOl0ykQMUDHUWEvkyomhhTVCGqg3Q0iTselxTB2C_b8NHz1TBexy3JbX5YTQOTs-ewKDU/s400/P1030268.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QU1wK3KMJZzYkOhyK5A21isGK7J5T6N_N6NMx2yG61SBMoLJ7M46L6ByxsIAzO2DOa5sNyHiqINixlPAABpamSOLSOpBfLQydoLfPyk_HznO-1XgMgkJCxMrgoJTaa3ptB1kmJzhayg/s1600-h/P1030247.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241186983927997842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QU1wK3KMJZzYkOhyK5A21isGK7J5T6N_N6NMx2yG61SBMoLJ7M46L6ByxsIAzO2DOa5sNyHiqINixlPAABpamSOLSOpBfLQydoLfPyk_HznO-1XgMgkJCxMrgoJTaa3ptB1kmJzhayg/s400/P1030247.JPG" border="0" /></a> Do you think that hurts?<br /><br /><br /><div>The first two races of this weekend's Gateway Cup started out very good for me. I had tons of friends come to watch Friday night at Lafayette Square and I didn't want to let them down. The race was good and for the most part, wreck free. I came around the last turn saving some for the sprint and ended up 9th out of 95. I got paid for 9th and it felt good to do well in front of a big crowd. The disapointing thing is that I should have started my sprint sooner and I would have placed in the top five. The race was 22.6 miles long and averaged a really fast 26.3 miles an hour.<br /></div><div>Saturday was another good day as a I felt great throughout the race. I kept well hydrated unlike others in the race and it showed on the final few laps. I came out of the final turn in a great 6th position only to have two guys go down in front of me causing me to go wide around the carnage, basically killing my sprint. I did get going again and still finished 12th getting paid again. It was disapointing as I was in the exact spot I wanted to be in. In the photo you can see me stretching trying to get a higher place. All those guys were behind me at the last turn, missing the crash keeping their momentum and I still almost caught them. Frustrating, but a good race for me.</div><br /><div>The next day at the Hill was not so good. I was caught in a crash about 5 laps in. I didn't go down but had to chase the group down after unclipping. I was then spent. Then about 20 minutes into the race, still with the main group I decided to get a drink on the flat stretch between the first and second turns. I had a bottle in one hand and then all the sudden, the bikes in front of me slowed down. I couldn't react in time with one hand and hit the guy in front of my and then hit the pavement going around 23 miles an hour. It hurt like hell. My elbow was in severe pain, just gushing blood. A guy from Hub went over his bars over me fracturing his wrist. I'm sorry dude. I ran back to the ambulance with my bike were the EMT immediately said I had to get that sewn up at the ER. My brother Todd drove me to the ER while my Mom took the girls home. Todd pulled some strings and got me into Barnes Jewish really quickly. They took pictures called the bone doctors and assessed that the arm and elbow were not broken. The joint was not damaged either. That would have required surgery! Todd sat with me the next 6 hours until we got out around 10pm. Luckily we had the fast treatment! Some people were outside waiting that were there when we got there. The docs were cool and treated me well. Now I am a world of pain with 16 stitches in my elbow and two huge road rashes on my right side. Take a look at the photos and imagine the pain. I took a picture with my cell phone before it was sewn up that I hope to post someday. It was really nasty. If you play, sometime you will pay. When crit racing, it is not if, but when!</div><br /><div>Mom, the girls and I went up to Ucity to watch the last day of races and show my support for my teammates. They did well yesterday and today, with Dave G. taking first yesteray and Trent taking first today and 2nd yesterday. Jordan and Daring got paid as well. Good job guys. I am lucky to have good teammates as they were all concerned about my wreck. Thanks again for helping me out Mom and Todd. It is good to have family around. </div><br /><div>I am now off the bike for a week or two. Luckily the bike is still rideable. Luckily I wasn't running my new Mavic Sls.</div><br /><div>Ouch!</div><br /><div>Wyman</div></div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-42055841477219758612008-08-27T18:25:00.001-05:002008-08-27T18:28:02.567-05:00Todd Junior<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGA8D73rhtqLN13D6aH9fnDC8jv6ZUhJlIk4sTvxLMepDEIot5HIuYzvAfDuqOsXD10lwLkaqJN2FPOp9zqOZrjIwd7B57C7yUOo9vB1E5dKS_IxPODF8vUwNN2ZC6RujRc-HoACBgzwg/s1600-h/1.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239343221148768898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGA8D73rhtqLN13D6aH9fnDC8jv6ZUhJlIk4sTvxLMepDEIot5HIuYzvAfDuqOsXD10lwLkaqJN2FPOp9zqOZrjIwd7B57C7yUOo9vB1E5dKS_IxPODF8vUwNN2ZC6RujRc-HoACBgzwg/s400/1.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJY7D-b63gGna2EMm39It8EDy1AoDlggGFtIi6ykKe502vrPy8bEVoq4uz2Jx0kWVNL59ZqIKQLIkxwUHOmZIqKSrLTCKx0mDk1IDd7gqga189WvRqBkfUwS2mqI-_pz1UUw6nKH6yuXA/s1600-h/9.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239343219169724290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJY7D-b63gGna2EMm39It8EDy1AoDlggGFtIi6ykKe502vrPy8bEVoq4uz2Jx0kWVNL59ZqIKQLIkxwUHOmZIqKSrLTCKx0mDk1IDd7gqga189WvRqBkfUwS2mqI-_pz1UUw6nKH6yuXA/s400/9.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilD-XW5q4KCElxPOJnQs1eKqiJqHs1BmqWEnm9A-vSTFTO0jA7baSTE1Hr6N8BRMwpLROhkJ1DUgH5eOGl6i4d3gZH2N8eJaYgZy2XcvpT8G3sNsx72LMNv90m_OXEkB76JN5iTDGiXlE/s1600-h/12.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239343225190250210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilD-XW5q4KCElxPOJnQs1eKqiJqHs1BmqWEnm9A-vSTFTO0jA7baSTE1Hr6N8BRMwpLROhkJ1DUgH5eOGl6i4d3gZH2N8eJaYgZy2XcvpT8G3sNsx72LMNv90m_OXEkB76JN5iTDGiXlE/s400/12.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrewGn8BLazURteeMq7XW5HDN4D6Qy0tXXYZG28REjHhLRGy4fHTyyr7WwndPr4X3s4nBXibnAzLrm3ngUn04lTiPFP2x-51OTwgMkbpZLXzknyO_abU2xgHNfK-wcFKysU8DAlwUE3Zc/s1600-h/15.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239343226714407234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrewGn8BLazURteeMq7XW5HDN4D6Qy0tXXYZG28REjHhLRGy4fHTyyr7WwndPr4X3s4nBXibnAzLrm3ngUn04lTiPFP2x-51OTwgMkbpZLXzknyO_abU2xgHNfK-wcFKysU8DAlwUE3Zc/s400/15.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdviaqm-S16LGrSK7t5N9DcF_0uXrUGDV-eECTpPxg4tO9OzIrPhue0dngpCb7BPcqSFox1-x-UiMbi0fPqmdK0-hQwfDZpYqAaPzau8T6A1zJXG71EHjWs7BT5d7nmzJK13xbrIYkgQ/s1600-h/19.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239343229189496402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdviaqm-S16LGrSK7t5N9DcF_0uXrUGDV-eECTpPxg4tO9OzIrPhue0dngpCb7BPcqSFox1-x-UiMbi0fPqmdK0-hQwfDZpYqAaPzau8T6A1zJXG71EHjWs7BT5d7nmzJK13xbrIYkgQ/s400/19.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Similar genes, but not mine. Cute kid though!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Wiemann</div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-26662441854922246302008-08-24T18:06:00.007-05:002008-08-24T19:39:33.856-05:00Festival of Nations in Tower Grove Park<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWVRy3djNuC_iUdK9SnTtxp13ayVQpm2vlURXYSQOLRDbNbX1nsYIbu5QnFrdzVuL8BiWdYUKObW6oHll-V1ci5eQgOH0Q0amUDaoPo1zPtaRgDn5CXE2ZMWXkzYfzCab_0qgP0JcCPE/s1600-h/P1030210.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238234327027666434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVWVRy3djNuC_iUdK9SnTtxp13ayVQpm2vlURXYSQOLRDbNbX1nsYIbu5QnFrdzVuL8BiWdYUKObW6oHll-V1ci5eQgOH0Q0amUDaoPo1zPtaRgDn5CXE2ZMWXkzYfzCab_0qgP0JcCPE/s400/P1030210.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFoePuKNaLPcSJKGXirnqk_ZwD8ENfdFoJpscEWdHmIUsI-LQK9YWun07XQqCefw9sTadHAV4b8yUEck6oCcdXY6HvTgqXRxk6iGS_SZfW1Wu0PBmA7T7tYEBi9rg4KdBo-hoaEf4wQo/s1600-h/P1030212.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238234333981209474" style="FLOAT: left; 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The park itself is really neat, but the events and food made it even better today. They had food, dance and goods from just about every country you can think of. I had Ethiopian food for lunch and the girls had Polish. I couldn't tell you what my food was, but it was pretty good. I am still tasting it 5 hours later. The girls had a polish sausage sandwich and an excellent potato cake with apple sauce and sour cream. They also did some sculpting with clay as well as watching some Scottish Highland games, face painting, a top spinning master, and lots of dancing. We saw Ozark clogging, Congo dance and Hungarian dancing. The weather was in the 90's but not too bad in the shade. </div><br /><div>I got in miles everyday except Tues and Wed this week. I rode the Ste. Genevieve roadrace course on Saturday getting in around 40 very hilly, hard, hot miles. I felt great, just not used to so many hills with high gradient. The second to last climb tops out at 22% for the last 30 yards, while the last climb of the day is a little longer than a half mile at a continous gradient of 9%. My new Mavics made a huge difference. They feel awesome and are as smooth as butter. I still don't think I will race them next weekend at the Gateway Cup, even though the 11x23 would give me a nice sprint advantage. I don't feel like ruining a new set of rims a week after I bought them! </div><br /><div>A full week of work ahead. </div><br /><div>tchuss</div></div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-29591977001260286812008-08-23T00:00:00.003-05:002008-08-23T00:25:50.044-05:001st day of school. Only 172 to go!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jP4FR-jYA2vSIv2r584_f5T7Uyii4SmdXpn-PsEbvEy34olzR6kvt9it2-q1OW_Ka-FEHIej-ZTzCsVezH5kpsLyfXAthyphenhyphen_YO910eoBUpCmc6mvcpg1i60hMDd7L1ChdvB8A5RqlsSg/s1600-h/P1030173.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237579387530965810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jP4FR-jYA2vSIv2r584_f5T7Uyii4SmdXpn-PsEbvEy34olzR6kvt9it2-q1OW_Ka-FEHIej-ZTzCsVezH5kpsLyfXAthyphenhyphen_YO910eoBUpCmc6mvcpg1i60hMDd7L1ChdvB8A5RqlsSg/s400/P1030173.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4YdrTeL1jYzdrh01Lv_P67HB3WFUu2anP0fWsVEqR65n64qSM-2f-mPXKXWOuqx4NtcOc_qv0gSmrggY0bQZzoWKemp1i3jdqEXXccBOasWJaE4f1xB4ivqWjfw1AOtoaP-8Pxahf14/s1600-h/P1030178.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237579393374244962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4YdrTeL1jYzdrh01Lv_P67HB3WFUu2anP0fWsVEqR65n64qSM-2f-mPXKXWOuqx4NtcOc_qv0gSmrggY0bQZzoWKemp1i3jdqEXXccBOasWJaE4f1xB4ivqWjfw1AOtoaP-8Pxahf14/s400/P1030178.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJsWGzIq1rpDnHUwNTCNzVaCZLVMpeSm21eg8-JFuFEb-VVbRZkxeQZOTuo5nFEUTyREUByendz-FR1OpVWjKGYKeQFfOsJD__lEHnaMm4vv7lFG_ENYySzMpdHHHUukrSzFffNikU5xA/s1600-h/P1030177.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237579397597752754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJsWGzIq1rpDnHUwNTCNzVaCZLVMpeSm21eg8-JFuFEb-VVbRZkxeQZOTuo5nFEUTyREUByendz-FR1OpVWjKGYKeQFfOsJD__lEHnaMm4vv7lFG_ENYySzMpdHHHUukrSzFffNikU5xA/s400/P1030177.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBol0a0RhSWoGYWYW22Ff0Exre8GJnUNHbHIqAWPScr8EWZIc7gV91zejWd1PMVzKSyd84N-Vss_w0irgtC3b-TEhgOWf294FON84uFBJ9AglYz32A5tZh_FqeR35y9HKIpslBybiQCWE/s1600-h/P1030180.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237579405442961394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBol0a0RhSWoGYWYW22Ff0Exre8GJnUNHbHIqAWPScr8EWZIc7gV91zejWd1PMVzKSyd84N-Vss_w0irgtC3b-TEhgOWf294FON84uFBJ9AglYz32A5tZh_FqeR35y9HKIpslBybiQCWE/s400/P1030180.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xZqsSZ8dLvfZ6MB0Z2zCHg6B_eWIqqmieOzqFMbr4-qHNuK8kmaxx_CLwY1K1O8G_w1DnfcgLvpwE5SsxQV3iqtxOeczecG6CffentyEAs9FQA7qF-zHHwKW1a2fAKi8OmHClJAkIpY/s1600-h/P1030181.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237579412740382994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xZqsSZ8dLvfZ6MB0Z2zCHg6B_eWIqqmieOzqFMbr4-qHNuK8kmaxx_CLwY1K1O8G_w1DnfcgLvpwE5SsxQV3iqtxOeczecG6CffentyEAs9FQA7qF-zHHwKW1a2fAKi8OmHClJAkIpY/s400/P1030181.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Tatum and I started school this past Thursday. All went well and we are both glad to be back at it. She is in first grade now and has Mrs. Bonastia. I think this is going to be a great year!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I finally got my new cassette for my new Mavic sl wheels . I went with a 11-23. I have been riding a 11-25. I am riding the new wheels tomorrow in Ste. Genevieve. I am riding the race course with friends Alice and Joe Wright. With those hills I should probably keep the 25! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>While riding today I had a complete blowout about two miles from home. The Hutchinson tire ripped completely out making a gun sound as it exploded. I put in a couple of dollar bills to keep the tube from busting through and then quickly rolled home. I made it to BigShark in time to get and new Continental Tire, tube and nitro cartridge. Let me say that good bike tires are starting to be as expensive as auto tires!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Met buddy Hovis and his new friend Shawn at Sybergs for a few brews. Old stories about DTown were told and a good time was had by all.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Cheers</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589704391846257575.post-84538705976466243382008-08-20T20:51:00.004-05:002008-08-20T21:05:28.113-05:00The last day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphHMZ8kG9kHmJ_68sIclc_kYzY-wEQ8ozLBAJ49cPC7z5TS-3qXY9GU62eeu6fG8FyY6DT-2bcR4KoHL8v0CfL2I6YuC28vliK2jUgx6AtCufb0RXPg5P6DheaDlT1oPq9UVEkI4xEt4/s1600-h/P1030169.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236785071282565522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphHMZ8kG9kHmJ_68sIclc_kYzY-wEQ8ozLBAJ49cPC7z5TS-3qXY9GU62eeu6fG8FyY6DT-2bcR4KoHL8v0CfL2I6YuC28vliK2jUgx6AtCufb0RXPg5P6DheaDlT1oPq9UVEkI4xEt4/s400/P1030169.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziqG05zGlIXW4oOr6bKbYGTlwJX-lCIhv6o5i91Jlbmsa1laTjVZPJP5gQPvFnxKwFeO025bG3s2PqVUZxZ8C1YtOCWIMNvtb7VhRdnaJq4R-gtaWtenYL5h5AYCmmPkURCAiWQPlFWY/s1600-h/P1030170.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236785078017375906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgziqG05zGlIXW4oOr6bKbYGTlwJX-lCIhv6o5i91Jlbmsa1laTjVZPJP5gQPvFnxKwFeO025bG3s2PqVUZxZ8C1YtOCWIMNvtb7VhRdnaJq4R-gtaWtenYL5h5AYCmmPkURCAiWQPlFWY/s400/P1030170.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4_X4q9AYdKJj2p46-7z895VhO8O0Y0kYSMza5NnKBkGG1IpR-Bn-Q31j4FNwlRVA-Q4OKFiEmTjvDN9ueo42GFOUd0v84LUF5XYHf5xfofR_VGhnlEyoS177B88pTkos8bs2xDnkJEU/s1600-h/P1030171.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236785083719686274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4_X4q9AYdKJj2p46-7z895VhO8O0Y0kYSMza5NnKBkGG1IpR-Bn-Q31j4FNwlRVA-Q4OKFiEmTjvDN9ueo42GFOUd0v84LUF5XYHf5xfofR_VGhnlEyoS177B88pTkos8bs2xDnkJEU/s400/P1030171.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFA2XU_AP4Ke2B3cZghDSCTuSajAf9Tm0dexvQgV6zExDWsKWWtvX-GL3itP3RWjD40ztuJjd4Fodxl7Xp_Vf4MNaUNla39GdvKdtUtvJpN9YzWZBnC4GHvz2CXiNLY78LWmE193UguNE/s1600-h/P1030172.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236785088791534322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFA2XU_AP4Ke2B3cZghDSCTuSajAf9Tm0dexvQgV6zExDWsKWWtvX-GL3itP3RWjD40ztuJjd4Fodxl7Xp_Vf4MNaUNla39GdvKdtUtvJpN9YzWZBnC4GHvz2CXiNLY78LWmE193UguNE/s400/P1030172.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.sagesketch.com/images/poster-dinos-alive.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.sagesketch.com/images/poster-dinos-alive.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>With one last day off before school really gets going, we decided to go to the St. Louis Science Center. We went to the Omnimax to see Dinosaurs Alive. It was a really good movie and the girls and I both learned a lot. It was only 45 minutes long which was good for Reese. If you get a chance, take your kids to go see it. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We had planned on renting a paddle boat at Forest Park, but the weather was a bit warm for that. Both girls were complaining how hot it was, so we went over to BigShark to pick up the new cassette I had ordered for my new/used set of rims. After looking at the cassette, they realized they ordered a 10 speed. I need a 9. Yes, I am still riding the ancient 9 speed Shimano. So, they will have one for me on Friday. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>School in the morning. Good night.</div>Country Grammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732606760653322529noreply@blogger.com0