hoppy beer.

latley i have been dabbing my hand at making new food creations. Also trying new foods. Oyesters, mussels, duck- ah, it was an intersting time. I have vetoed my car now for about two or more weeks. Fuck the gas prices. with as many bikes as i have and gear i should be able to ride really through anything. AND i also love having the parking spot infront of my house with out getting tickets! ha. parents are finaly both in seattle. which is great! Life seems to get really nice just before chaos is about to come once again. im taking summer courses which is needed to ensure my graduation next spring! which is something i cannot wait for.

for now just breathing and hoping to get in more mountain biking. i just dont want to use my car. this is not the best situation. balls.

groceries

i halled all of this on my 520. steel is a beautiful thing. i didnt tip over however i should have. pannier on one side, a make shift panier on the other. ( i bought too much shit) a 2.5 gallon on the top of my rack. this rack is only supposed to hold 50. opps. my ortlieb messenger bag chuck full of everything else. including soy sauce and vino. i definitely got some strange looks.




I came home to a cleaning streak. only to find that my mom sent me a gift. a biking sculpture. art+bikes=love.

my house looks amazing. i am happy i biked about an hour and a half at least. goal reached. put my candies on my touring bike. figured out my scewer for my new old man mountain front rack. ARKEL panniers should be arriving soon. mtb'd yesterday and fell in love with biking all over again! oh and swobo does a bum good!

sip of vino for that. cheers.

kettles.

going to kettles today, for my second mtb ride of the year. hoping now with school done more will be coming! trying a thomson set back to see if that feels better. markos going to show me some of his skillz. super stoked.

pedal and keep going no matter what.

renewed

a migraine is taking over my body. sewing a giant mustache. trying not to puke. school almost done.



bliss!

IOLA. wors.

I would be the girl talking to marko with the crooked hand. one on the right.

Iola took place. slept at the cabin and endured too much food. marko saw the after math the next morning. drove up to the race late morning. brought my bike in case i was feeling like i wouldnt mind thrashing my body. ill wait for the second race. ran into many different face the crew just to see the lalondes were the boys parents, amanda, and my parents. my parents were in awe for half the race at least. marko crept up from starting about 15. he ended with a strong 6th. super good marko and nate dogg were pulling back and forth, shit what are friends for? ;) jesse pulling through almost the whole race at about 2nd finish third due to some wicked cramping in the legs. four single speeds in the top 7. that is pretty rad.

looking forward to this weekend and the coming week. im going to try to make it to the kettles and hopefully standing rock. i cant wait to have some time to myself. damn!!

good job everyone that raced! kill it. looking forward to the BKB kits.

i fell in love.

vanilla can steal a girls heart.



holy my perfection. damn.

heading to wisco rapids after work. race tomorrow. still undecided. but in love.

saver.

i was just at whole foods who has my whole heart. the thing is people tend to rip on them for takin their whole pay check. not the case if you are a smart and eco friendly shopper and lover. if you buy the 365 product which happens to be a whole food line you save a lot of money they make more money off of those products verses a natures way product. dont get me wrong i love organic & natural everything but some times you have to pick and choose. things are going on sale left and right and you just have to open your eyes to see it. I bought three ecover dish washing soaps because they were on sale at a better price then lets say dawn. so i bought three.

something about buying things that arent going to hurt the planet makes me smile really big.


on the docket for dinner.

organic whole wheat pasta, smart chicken, red peppers, white wine, organic olive oil, artichokes, and more goodies. french baguette.

the crane wife.

my first good birthday in years. how nice. mark started it off early on tueday with some food making icecream having lovin. super good. got a nice swobo goodie from him with a dirt rag flare. i have so much swobo now i dont know what to do with myself.. the yesterday ran home from marks where it took me 26 minutes not too bad for running only for a week previous, and not to mention i suck at running.
came home was playing with sacha then all of a sudden i could barely move my back. shit. i layed on my side thinking shit i am about to black out, pulled out and called my mom. haha. she starts singing happy birthday and im like hold that thought. pretty shatty but didnt damper my day. school. got a good breakfast. hung out with lisa. did the art thang. found out i did indeed get off work which was gnarly.
i stepped in my door to be greeted by a beautiful bouquet of flowers, tulips-roses-mini roses. made me smile more then i was. then my roommate kirsten got home we dressed up and headed out to dinner to the weary traveler. and i gave myself a haircut in the mean time. Then came home my friend lisa stopped by with a cake called "better the sex", wow! that was an amazing dish!!! it really comes close to the name. then marko came over with a bottle of wine and we just relaxed. He was nice enough to help my back get better.

Hott damn. could this be a good birthday?


ANSWER: yes.
more celebrating this weekend.

four fingered fisherman.

stoked for the arrival of some swobo goods. (gods) two+ weeks of school left. hoping to get to the kettles this week on thursday. then going to cabin with mark to visit rents and celebrate my birthday with some grilling of amazing food. Then racing the next day. not too sure if i will be racing but if not i will be supporting along with my rents. then more art art art art art art art!

someday the waves.

poetic thoughts flow when one weeps. the hugs of soothing music makes the breathing pattern happen slower. lilfe comes and goes. we celebrate. somehow we even can continue on. family reunites to celebrate a life now lost. tears swirl down a checks crescent. painting becomes a meditation a way to escape. hugs fill from every which way. words of kindness come. a book will flow into the imagination after such a long absence. to Iowa we venture, so many memories of when I was a little lass. Going to the pool, movies, laughter, card playing. Its just done. done. done. done. done. done. done. done? The cycle of life is something that most fear or try to avoid. why is it when someone is not spirited, we only then see what becomes important. When we have to look into a casket it is then that you realize you never connected with a persons body, but their soul. Because you stand there looking and seeing something so lifeless, that you for 22 years only saw full of life.

it is the soul that holds all the beauty. now the soul has flown away.

Namaste.

off to Iowa today. back sunday.

bye.

how do you say goodbye?


i love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

grandma guy

The forbidden zone.

been really busy lately. super excited for the mtb season to come. need some goodies from swobo. hopefully soon. they have lovely shorts. todays forecast looks like it is going to get to 80! damn.

on the docket.
-paper.
-painting.
-8 etchings.
-run every morning.
-another paper 5 pages.
-laundry.
-pay credit card off.
-dry point etching.
- 4 prints of every etching plate for portfolio.
-readings.
-stop animation movie.
-bike.
-swobo buys.
-robots.
-living?


trying to work on my biking short tan.

tonight.

tonight. the decemberists. cannot wait. literally. got off work a little early which was really nice. did the paoli loop yesterday with mark. my lungs felt it. i blame the mold in our house to my bronchitis last year and my lungs being shatty once again. ran this morning. really trying to get in better shape. for me and for racing.

i have been waiting for this concert ever since nick becker introduced me to them and i say iron and wine for free. tricky tricky.


sold the madone, which is nice to get a right fitting bike finally.

im off to have a lovely glass of red wine.

smiling.

liken to a whisper. liken to a radio.

today another beautiful day on the weather side. one wakes sleepy as can be. yoga. class. biking. then went for a hike. then biked. then had ice cream. gut rut. come home. warm. still light out! ahhh, so happy. bike is selling on ebay and it had reached its reserve stoked abou that. will be nice for paying some bills off and doing other good things.

word for the day: harmony.

someone who gives up her life. for months upon months. in a large family, yet does not attend to the other parts of her family. frustrations. the pain increases and the medication levels go up. stronger. making one more numb. to be ready to pass. yet we sit with a bored conversation of nothingness. numb and one frustrated. one longing in a far away unknown wishing to be with their other. to create things many call to be memories. and here i sit, in frustrations of one family trying to cope and another loosing their tightness. frustrations. fuck this shit.

along for the ride.

finally starting to feel better. only about two weeks later. it could be worse, i suppose. team pic up on bkb site. selling the bike too small for me. need the money more then it sitting on my trainer. back to work after a long and painful absence. changing more ways in my life to be more environmentally friendly!! damn global warming. whose to blame? yeah that is right people. greedy ones. excited to see 50's back in the forecast right as i am turning a wing with illness. missing WA. but will return. excited to start hiking and biking. thats all i have. if you want to help marko out go to his blog. -www.killthedarkness.blogspot.com

cheers.

give a local some lovin.

marko needs to go to scotland. as you can imagine it isnt the cheapest thing. but with his amount of riding hes been doing and his tactics to kill things, he needs to be there. if any of you who read this can help him out by any amount that would be much appreciated. by him and the ones who know him. and how rad would that be if someone from the midwest dominated? yeah thats what i thought!

im si k. c.

green tea. throat numbing lozenges. sudafed. urgent care. vitamins. echinacea. tea. tea. tea. pee.







i want to ride my bike.
arrrr.

WA final.

last day in seattle, wa. wa just in general. ventured about 2 hours north to pick up the fairy to the san jaun islands. hour one way. pretty cool. i guess it is a bit more alive in the summer months. being active everyday had made me itch. been doing yoga, hiking, walking a ton. and wanting my bike more then ever!

really stoked to come home and start kicking the shit outta me. in a postive way. organics.

flight bright and early. mark picking me up. not wanting the cold weather.

going to miss this state, if you have never been please do, it is amazing!

wa. dos.

went to the zoo yesterday. havent been to a zoo in years. amazing. favorite animal of the day for me was definitely the hippo. went for another hike yesterday, my favorite one. it was super steep, there were hang gliders going off the mountain and the eagles were dancing with the gliders. i am most certainly coming back here maybe in may so i can too hang glide, tandem, with someone that knows what the heck they are doing. got some amazing pics from that. up on thursday or friday.


today comes the fairy ride. to the an island. then back to REI. to buy some trekking poles. then to hike some more. everyone is so friendly here and active. tons of bikers. i applaude them for attacking these hills.

anyways back to the good life.

i hear its snowing in wisconsin. that sucks. i thought i would come home to sunny weather again.