Geek With Kids

Today Melissa took the kids to Sherway to pickup some clothes. One of the things we needed was some short-sleeved shirts for Jacob, most of his school clothes are long-sleeved and with the warm weather we’re having we thought it would be a good idea to have some for when Jacob starts school next week. The interesting thing about these shirts is that Jacob choice them from a bunch of options at Sporting Life. I can’t believe that in less than a week and he’ll be in school. Where does the time go?

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September is going to be an important month for my running, I want to get out at least twice a week for a run on the street, but also I want to recommit to the Gym. With at least one trip a week, hopefully 2. I’m not sure what I’ll be doing at the gym, but I want to do more than just the treadmill. I am also hopeful that I can take advantage of the nice fall weathered to get on my bike a few times.

I’ve taken a couple of steps to improve my running. The first was physical, I purchased new running shoes. Shoes that I will only use for running. They are Asics GT 2150 Running Shoes and feel really good on my feet. I got a great deal on them, and I am really looking forward to taking them out for a spin. The second was virtual, and very geeky. I have subscribed to RunKeeper Elite which gives me access to more fitness reports plus will allow people to watch me as I run from the RunKeeper website. While working on this post tonight I received an email from RunKeeper announcing  that the Pro version of RunKeeper has come to Android, this was the one thing I was waiting for.

Tonight will be my first live run with my upgrades. If you’re interested you can follow along at my RunKeeper Profile page. The only question is when will I hit the round. Probably around 10:30, when my mom stops by to sit with the kids.

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For quite a while we’ve been hearing talk about a local playground being removed to put in a Skate Park.  We didn’t support the development, we liked the playground and felt the site was to small for a skate park. The last I had heard about it was that they were going to use some of the empty land across the street for the skate park, but today crews came and began dismantling the playground. I had hopped to get a picture of them during the dismantling but I didn’t get there in time, so all I have is what’s left.

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Today was the family trip to the Canadian National Exhibition, It was great but tiring. Jacob was asleep 2 minutes after getting into the car, I’m sure Nana, Papa wished they could have done the same. They took Jacob earlier in the day and Melissa, Violet, Aunt Debbie and I came after Melissa got home from work. We took a ton of pictures with our Nikon, but I think I’ll just use this shot from my phone for my picture of the day. It was near the end of our night and Jacob was waiting to ride a kids Roller Coaster when Violet say the duck pound game. She loved it. She kept grabbing at the ducks and saying ‘Quack quack.’ I think she might have even said ducky.  A little after this picture Nana took her to play the game and she didn’t let go of her little price till we got to the car.

I’ll review the rest of the photos soon and do a post just about the day. Just don’t have the energy tonight.

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Todays picture is of someones dinner, before I would call it food. It’s a picture of a sink full of crabs, that my boss was planning to make for dinner. I’m not sure the type of grab they are, but when he showed them to me I knew I had my picture of the day.

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