November 14 to 19 2012

Wednesday 14- a nice and pleasant day outside with many dragonflies and grasshoppers about.

I did my stretches, yoga, lifted dumbbells, ran a mile and a half with 1.5lbs on each wrist, core trainer, lifted weights, and punched the heavy bag.

I got a call from my friend Mat that his Dad Mike had passed away on Monday night. I went over to talk and give my condolences to Mike’s wife. Mike was a good friend and neighbor and will be missed by the community.

 I went for my evening walk with my backpack.

I am up to I am up to 46538 words so far on day Fourteen of the National Novel Writing Month.

I did my stretches and went for a night run.

Thursday 15- a warmer but overcast day.

I did my stretches, yoga, lifted dumbbells, ran a mile and a half, core trainer, lifted weights, and punched the heavy bag.

I went to WalMart to get an answering machine to replace the nonfunctional one I have here that people complain about when they try to leave me a message. I picked up some supplies at Stater Bros that I forgot last time. I also got my two five gallon propane tanks and the Cougar’s tank filled.

I got back home around sundown and too later to go for my evening walk, but I walked around WalMart enough for that.

I did my stretches and went for a night run.

I am up to I am up to 48583 words so far on day Fifteen of the National Novel Writing Month. I only have 1417 words left to write and then I am done. I think I’ll take a rest after it’s all over.

Friday 16- cloudy most of the day with the wind picking up a bit.

I did my stretches, yoga, lifted dumbbells, ran a mile and a half with 1.5lbs on each wrist, core trainer, lifted weights, and punched the heavy bag.

I updated the Copper Mountain Mesa Website and sent out the Newsletter.

Linda H dropped by to ask if I wanted to go to Twentynine Palms; I said sure. We went to the Ranger Station there where we both filled out forms to volunteer. I asked to help with astronomy, and she asked for planting plaints or something like that. The Ranger was funny and told Linda there was an opening for an artist to paint ears on snakes.

I went for my evening walk with my backpack.

I finished my goal of 50,000 words for the National Novel Writing Month. Yay for me!!!!

I did my stretches and went for a night run.

Saturday 17- very windy in the morning and was worried that my neighbor would cancel the meteor party tonight. The wind died down later in the day and the night turned out to be very nice and clear.

I did my stretches, yoga, lifted dumbbells, ran a mile and a half with 1.5lbs on each wrist, core trainer, lifted weights, and punched the heavy bag.

I called family and friends.

I went to my neighbor Mark Delgado’s meteor party. They found a large tarantula spider. It had crawled under a tent. I asked for a cup and nudged the spider into it to carry it off where it would be safe. I let it crawl out and onto my hand and up my sleeve of my jacket and back into the cup; the kids were fascinated that I let the spider do that. The meteor party turned out to be mostly a party, but I did get a chance to get some folks interested in the night sky. The kids were very interested especially when I let them mess around with my small telescope. We saw many bright earthgrazers come zipping across the sky. I had a whole lot of fun and made many new friends there…

  

Sunday 18- a little on the cool side but no wind.

I did my stretches and that’s it for Sundays!

I went over to Mark and Gloria’s to say goodbye and tell them what fun I had at their Meteor Party.

I worked on an article requested by Mike’s family about Mike; hopefully it will appear in next week’s newspaper.

I watched 3 episodes of “Elementary” to catch up on the series.

Monday 19- a very nice day outside with temps into the 70!

I did my stretches, yoga, lifted dumbbells, ran a mile and a half with 1.5lbs on each wrist, (3X- core trainer, lifted weights, and punched the heavy bag).

I worked in my yard for a spell with my new rake.

I did Microsoft Security updates on all my computers.

I went for my evening walk with my backpack.

I worked more on Mike’s article to get it just right and then sent it to Annelies.

I did my stretches, lifted dumbbells and went for a night run.