Journal of Pier Luck

Well, obviously, haven't been updating this too often, but we've been busy. We hosted our first Thanksgiving at our house this year. Walt and Judy flew in from Corpus Christi, Texas. We waited for Amber and Stuart to get back from their honeymoon, so we had it on Sat. instead of Thursday. Lisa and Dennis came too, so we had a good, fun crowd. The food was great, the people were great and the entertainment was great (Catch Phrase and then Kansas University beating Florida in basketball)! We also took Walt and Judy on our boat downtown and ate at River City Brewing Company, went to Huguenot State Park and drove on the beach there, and went to the always entertatining and unique Clark's Fish Camp. Another huge happening they were able to witness was the picking of our first orange from our orange tree. We had a ceremonial sharing of the orange at Thanksgiving dinner. We had a fun time and were glad they visited. Dustin also ran a half marathon when they were here on T...

So, already, I'm not keeping up with this the way I wanted to. To summarize the last few days, I went to a Yoga class on Tuesday, we played tennis on Wed in San Marco with Tony, ran 4 miles on Thursday near our house and then lifted weights at our clubhouse (still sore), and Friday, we just walked. Saturday, I had a conference in Orlando about our business we are starting (exciting!) so I was gone from 6-6, so I didn't do any exercising today. However, Dustin ran over 9 miles this morning near our house to prepare for his upcoming marathon.

So, I am brand new at this blogging thing, but have always had a journal that I write in every once in awhile. I thought I could keep this up to date more than my journal on real paper. Plus, my husband, Dustin and I are beginning our training for the Ironman Wisconsin, so it's also my log of our training to show how crazy this endeavor is. The "race" is September 9th of 2007 and it will be a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run. We are doing a half (half the distance) in May in Orlando. We just went to Panama City to watch our first Ironman, and boy, was it motivating! We just want to do it now, not have to wait 10 months, but we do need some time to work up to those distances! Of course, Dustin just completed the Marine Corps Marathon in DC and he's doing another marathon in Jacksonville on Dec 17th, so he's got his miles up for the marathon portion. After last year's Nike Marathon, I decided I wasn't doing any more for awhile (possibly never ...