Sunday, February 22, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
More web page stuff
I figured out how to add a Google calendar to my web page:
http://www.kipley.com/marcy/calendar.html
My plan is to keep it updated with our race and travel schedule. I'll get more of the summer travel details on there once we get some things finalized. For now... assume Arizona, Vermont, and Colorado - it's shaping up to be a fun summer.
I also started another web page development class, complete with classwork that we are supposed to post online for practice. For those who are insanely bored, you can follow along because I should have an additional lesson posted approximately every Wednesday and Friday for the next six weeks:
http://www.kipley.com/marcy/wp2_class/index.html
Many thanks again to Kip for allowing me some space on his site for silly stuff like this :)
http://www.kipley.com/marcy/calendar.html
My plan is to keep it updated with our race and travel schedule. I'll get more of the summer travel details on there once we get some things finalized. For now... assume Arizona, Vermont, and Colorado - it's shaping up to be a fun summer.
I also started another web page development class, complete with classwork that we are supposed to post online for practice. For those who are insanely bored, you can follow along because I should have an additional lesson posted approximately every Wednesday and Friday for the next six weeks:
http://www.kipley.com/marcy/wp2_class/index.html
Many thanks again to Kip for allowing me some space on his site for silly stuff like this :)
Monday, February 16, 2009
A good weekend
I've had a fun couple of days.
Friday I went to work with John in San Antonio. Working once in a while is really more like entertainment than actual work. I helped hang vinyl signs on the back wall of the store, learning about measuring and placement, and most of all, learning that it would have been better if the paint were completely dry instead of only mostly-but-not-quite-completely dry. I also realized that it has been a long time since I've been on my feet for 10 hours straight. Well, unless I'm running.
Saturday was a deck party and orienteering treat! Thank you to our awesome friends Robyn and Cathy for hosting it, and to their son Garrett for letting me play along in the Rock Band game. Very cool.
Sunday John and I rode alongside the Austin Marathon course to take pictures, cheer people, and run support for our brother-in-law Loren and his friend Dirk. I'm a big fan of biking a marathon course instead of running it :)
Loren (in the hat) doing well, approaching mile 7:
Joyce crossing Mopac on 35th Street:
Deanna looking great:
Brenton approaching mile 15:
Raul (in yellow) just before mile 17:
Elizabeth running in the sun:
Loren finishing!
Dirk also completed 26.2 miles - congratulations!
Dirk and Loren at the Nightwing sculpture:
John shot a short video clip of Loren running on Cesar Chavez:
Friday I went to work with John in San Antonio. Working once in a while is really more like entertainment than actual work. I helped hang vinyl signs on the back wall of the store, learning about measuring and placement, and most of all, learning that it would have been better if the paint were completely dry instead of only mostly-but-not-quite-completely dry. I also realized that it has been a long time since I've been on my feet for 10 hours straight. Well, unless I'm running.
Saturday was a deck party and orienteering treat! Thank you to our awesome friends Robyn and Cathy for hosting it, and to their son Garrett for letting me play along in the Rock Band game. Very cool.
Sunday John and I rode alongside the Austin Marathon course to take pictures, cheer people, and run support for our brother-in-law Loren and his friend Dirk. I'm a big fan of biking a marathon course instead of running it :)
Loren (in the hat) doing well, approaching mile 7:
Joyce crossing Mopac on 35th Street:
Deanna looking great:
Brenton approaching mile 15:
Raul (in yellow) just before mile 17:
Elizabeth running in the sun:
Loren finishing!
Dirk also completed 26.2 miles - congratulations!
Dirk and Loren at the Nightwing sculpture:
John shot a short video clip of Loren running on Cesar Chavez:
Monday, February 9, 2009
Web page fun
I recently took an introductory class about building web pages using html code. Kip is letting me use a portion of his website to practice with, thanks Kip!
Just for kicks, I created some pages I call "Evolution of a Web Page".
I also compiled and posted a bunch of photos from our trip to Yellowstone National Park last summer.
Enjoy!
Just for kicks, I created some pages I call "Evolution of a Web Page".
I also compiled and posted a bunch of photos from our trip to Yellowstone National Park last summer.
Enjoy!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Big Chill race
Too Cool's "Big Chill" 24-hr adventure race lived up to its name last weekend. Team Vignette (me, John, Dave, and Kristi) endured some suffering but eventually started to enjoy the later parts of the race. Not so much that we weren't glad when it was over, though!
I've got a full race report planned, but in the meantime here is a summary of the legs:
Prelim = Amazing Bastrop race: Goats, opera, a word search, and beef jerky - FUN! Our team sped through the streets and got to the boats first.
Leg 1 = A Really Long Paddle: This could be the longest Too Cool paddle ever. The low river kept us entertained as we had to constantly look ahead to figure out how to stay out of the shallowest parts. But that lost its allure after a couple hours. Team AAR blew by us in their 4-person canoe, smokin'! Cold headwind! Fun special test in the pecan grove near the end. Finally - the takeout!! Team Knights of Ni were right behind us. Then the coldest part - biking over to Rocky Hill Ranch (RHR) - major brrrrr....
Leg 2 = Biking: I love doing nav at RHR on bikes. Once we were in the trees on singletrack we warmed up a good bit. Passed Team AAR on the northern end of the ranch. Saw a bunch of teams heading up the fence trail as we were going back down. Rode the long, hilly paved road back to Bastrop State Park - didn't get as cold as we thought we might, except for our fingers and toes.
Leg 3 = A puzzle! Cool. Well, cold, actually, but we worked together and finished it. Finally on foot! It didn't take too much running for all extremities to finally un-numb. Nice nav loop, hit the points right on and ran back to TA. Looked like we had 30-60 minutes lead on teams AAR and Knights.
Leg 4 = Back on the bikes, a shorter leg than expected (yay!). I changed gloves and added bags to my feet, and all of us stayed warm this time. Fun little ropes traverse across a ravine - hi Rooney! One interesting CP in a creek, another in a culvert, then back up the hills to TA. Maintained our lead, but you can never count out the teams on our heels.
Leg 5 = The last one, and not as long as normal, excellent. We trekked to 4 faraway points, messed around in a couple dry ditches, still had running legs to get back quickly. Finished in first place, yay!
OK, so I'm not very good at short summaries :)
I've got a full race report planned, but in the meantime here is a summary of the legs:
Prelim = Amazing Bastrop race: Goats, opera, a word search, and beef jerky - FUN! Our team sped through the streets and got to the boats first.
Leg 1 = A Really Long Paddle: This could be the longest Too Cool paddle ever. The low river kept us entertained as we had to constantly look ahead to figure out how to stay out of the shallowest parts. But that lost its allure after a couple hours. Team AAR blew by us in their 4-person canoe, smokin'! Cold headwind! Fun special test in the pecan grove near the end. Finally - the takeout!! Team Knights of Ni were right behind us. Then the coldest part - biking over to Rocky Hill Ranch (RHR) - major brrrrr....
Leg 2 = Biking: I love doing nav at RHR on bikes. Once we were in the trees on singletrack we warmed up a good bit. Passed Team AAR on the northern end of the ranch. Saw a bunch of teams heading up the fence trail as we were going back down. Rode the long, hilly paved road back to Bastrop State Park - didn't get as cold as we thought we might, except for our fingers and toes.
Leg 3 = A puzzle! Cool. Well, cold, actually, but we worked together and finished it. Finally on foot! It didn't take too much running for all extremities to finally un-numb. Nice nav loop, hit the points right on and ran back to TA. Looked like we had 30-60 minutes lead on teams AAR and Knights.
Leg 4 = Back on the bikes, a shorter leg than expected (yay!). I changed gloves and added bags to my feet, and all of us stayed warm this time. Fun little ropes traverse across a ravine - hi Rooney! One interesting CP in a creek, another in a culvert, then back up the hills to TA. Maintained our lead, but you can never count out the teams on our heels.
Leg 5 = The last one, and not as long as normal, excellent. We trekked to 4 faraway points, messed around in a couple dry ditches, still had running legs to get back quickly. Finished in first place, yay!
OK, so I'm not very good at short summaries :)
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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