Off to the races

Mark and I are in our second bike race on Sunday, the Tour of the Tucson Mountains. It's a 70 mile race on the tandem and I am really looking forward to it. I am entrusting my children to my brother, Andy, and let's just hope that they are still alive when we get home!

Water heater no more

This week we had an interesting experience....our water heater exploded, yes, literally exploded on Wednesday. Unfortunately, it managed to soak through the walls, into the carpet and all through our garage cabinets! It gets better, Mark had just left for work about an hour an a half before and his parents were here! We heard a huge thud that went across the house and couldn't figure out where it came from...until for some reason I decided to check the water heater! Glad I did! So $5500 in estimated damages later, we are now in the process of getting it all fixed! Thank GOD for homeowners insurance!!! All in all the visit was focused on that but we did manage to get in a trip to the zoo and a couple dinners out.

Mark and I are in another cycling race down in Tucson next weekend. This will be my sht to get Platinum qualification before the 109 Tour de Tucson ride in November so 70 miles in 3:15 minutes are our goal....that means no stops! My brother, Andy, will be saying witht he kids since mom and Dave will be in Tahoe. This is a huge test of our trust in him....it's only about 30 hours so he'll be fine :)

Lots happening..

Lately, we have been pretty busy and not in a good way, well some was good. Here's the rundown..
1. I hurt my toe again, this time I made it to the foot dr. We discovered that I have a permanently dislocated pinky toe and had my foot in a walking boot for a couple of weeks. I found out today that I am not going to have to have surery, WOOHOO, and instead I'll just put the boot on when and if I hurt it again. So I am out of the boot and can work out again!!! The good news is I managed to maintain my weight even with my limited mobility!
2. The same week that I hurt my toe, Andon came down with pneumonia! 103 fevers are not fun with your baby!!!
3. A few days later, Avery had the start of pneumonia...praises that we caught it before it got any further!
4. Mark had a cycling race on Saturday and came in 48th out of about 800!!! A major personal best for him and the qualification for Platinum status!!! Now that I have the clear to hit the gym again, we'll attempt to train for a 72 mile race the end of this month to try and attain Platinum status for me so we can start the Tour de Tucson in November at the front of the pack :)
5. We have been doing a fundraiser for MOPS that has consumed a lot of time these last 4 days! It has earned us a lot of money for our group so it was worth it!!!

Ok, so that's about it for now...