http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=8450734
In the news today might be good news to this blogger but bad news for Mr. Ed! On my bucket list for years has been to eat horse mainly because I have been told for so many years that I cannot here in the states. But if you read the link above I just might get my chance after all!
It might not be as exciting now that it isn't illegal but still could come off the list. What is so strange about it is that I don't really even eat red meat.
Here's hoping to mark another off the list.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Triathlon....Check!
So weekend before last I completed my very first Triathlon. Here is the review from my diet and fitness blog. You can view the entire post at www.fatgirltothin.blogspot.com.
So Saturday race day was finally here!!! I was excited but still very nervous. I had found out on Friday that the course we had to run was a trail and not a road race like I had assumed. For those of you who don't know, I HATE TRAILS!!!! More than just about anything that I can think of off the top of my head. I had set a goal of 1:20 for a finish time and when I found out about the trail I upped my finish time to 1:40. I just know I really struggle with trails.
I started in front of my niece, but I knew she would catch me on the run section. I was giving it all I had on the run but was quickly getting tired and fed up with the terrain. I kept stepping on rocks and sliding and then I would step on a twig and it would stab me in the shin...and my new running shoes were getting dirty! She caught me just around mile 2 and we ran out of the woods together. It was very nice that we were able to run a good part of the race together. She is much faster than I am so it was nice to be able to have someone to talk too.
Next up, the bike. This was the part that I was most nervous about. I knew that I could do the distance, I have done it a number of times now, but I am still new on the proper etiquette of riding. I have never done any sort of group race type thing on a bike. I did my best to stay to the right and let others pass me on the left. One time I got all messed up and finally told the other rider to just go around me I couldn't get back on the right side of the road. She very kindly went around. After analyzing the entire race I know now that the bike was the easiest part! Go figure!
Up next, we swim. From what I had read the night before I found out that I had to get out of the pool after the swim and run across the finish line. Well that didn't really fly well with me. I have no problem wearing a bathing suit in public, but I am not about to run to a finish line in nothing but a swim suit. I was prepared to wear my shorts in the pool just so I didn't have to do that. So as I am pulling up to the final transition spot I parked the bike and ran in the pool area with all my clothes on. When I got in I saw that the finish line was right out of the pool, no sweat, Ill swim my laps and hop out and then go put my shorts back on! The swim was the easiest event for me, but I underestimated that the pool would be so crowded and that the etiquette that I didn't know in the bike was now being broken in the pool. Swim on the right pass on the left....I got caught behind some people that were swimming side by side. Both very slowly and neither making any progress. It took a bit but I finally got past them. My niece actually swam underneath two people that were doing the same thing to her.
We finished!!!!! Yeah, that was the ultimate goal. My time ended up being 1:26. I think that is a little bit off from the actual time because I was not in the first group but either way, that is what the finish time said and I don't really care what the time was because I crossed the finish line. I marked that off the "Bucket List" and am happy to say that I will probably do it again in the future.
So Saturday race day was finally here!!! I was excited but still very nervous. I had found out on Friday that the course we had to run was a trail and not a road race like I had assumed. For those of you who don't know, I HATE TRAILS!!!! More than just about anything that I can think of off the top of my head. I had set a goal of 1:20 for a finish time and when I found out about the trail I upped my finish time to 1:40. I just know I really struggle with trails.
I started in front of my niece, but I knew she would catch me on the run section. I was giving it all I had on the run but was quickly getting tired and fed up with the terrain. I kept stepping on rocks and sliding and then I would step on a twig and it would stab me in the shin...and my new running shoes were getting dirty! She caught me just around mile 2 and we ran out of the woods together. It was very nice that we were able to run a good part of the race together. She is much faster than I am so it was nice to be able to have someone to talk too.
Next up, the bike. This was the part that I was most nervous about. I knew that I could do the distance, I have done it a number of times now, but I am still new on the proper etiquette of riding. I have never done any sort of group race type thing on a bike. I did my best to stay to the right and let others pass me on the left. One time I got all messed up and finally told the other rider to just go around me I couldn't get back on the right side of the road. She very kindly went around. After analyzing the entire race I know now that the bike was the easiest part! Go figure!
Up next, we swim. From what I had read the night before I found out that I had to get out of the pool after the swim and run across the finish line. Well that didn't really fly well with me. I have no problem wearing a bathing suit in public, but I am not about to run to a finish line in nothing but a swim suit. I was prepared to wear my shorts in the pool just so I didn't have to do that. So as I am pulling up to the final transition spot I parked the bike and ran in the pool area with all my clothes on. When I got in I saw that the finish line was right out of the pool, no sweat, Ill swim my laps and hop out and then go put my shorts back on! The swim was the easiest event for me, but I underestimated that the pool would be so crowded and that the etiquette that I didn't know in the bike was now being broken in the pool. Swim on the right pass on the left....I got caught behind some people that were swimming side by side. Both very slowly and neither making any progress. It took a bit but I finally got past them. My niece actually swam underneath two people that were doing the same thing to her.
We finished!!!!! Yeah, that was the ultimate goal. My time ended up being 1:26. I think that is a little bit off from the actual time because I was not in the first group but either way, that is what the finish time said and I don't really care what the time was because I crossed the finish line. I marked that off the "Bucket List" and am happy to say that I will probably do it again in the future.
Post finish line, clothes back on! Happy as a Lark!
Bumper Stickers
This has been one of the most fun things I have done in a while. I find myself going online and shopping for bumper stickers. They are cheap and you can change them out whenever the mood hits you. Right now I have mostly race stickers on my car....ok, all race stickers because my sister made me take the apple off (she hated it!!!)
This is just one of those things, I never did it because it didnt look pretty or it wasnt conformist like everyone elses car, well, I dont want to be like everyone else so I now proudly display my stickers.
This is just one of those things, I never did it because it didnt look pretty or it wasnt conformist like everyone elses car, well, I dont want to be like everyone else so I now proudly display my stickers.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
It Begins
Well I have been blogging for about 3 years now and have incorporated my Bucket List in with my other blog...I just thought it was time to give My Bucket its own site.
About 2 years ago I decided that I was no longer going to just keep a Bucket List but I was actually going to start marking things off of it. I add new things to the list every day and take things off as they are accomplished. There are things on my list that I don't know if I will ever achieve (Meet Julie Andrews) and some items I am using for a reward for other things (I will skydive when I lose 100lbs.)
My bucket has transformed a bit....I now do things that I have always wanted to do but just didn't for some reason or the other.
For example: Its not on my bucket list to put a bumper sticker on my car, but it doesn't hurt anything and I want to do it. As long as its not ethically or criminally wrong...lets go for it.
I will probably not have a post for you everyday maybe not even every week, but I will update you as things get added or marked off.
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