Sunday Morning Walk (with Pictures) :)

Okay, this is going to be a simple blog posting......I have pictures so there's usually not much I can say than what the pictures can say for themselves......We drove to the next town over (10 minute ride) and recently walking/biking trails have been made. So we decided to drive down there and check them out. I got pictures......

We are walking - we parked the car behind us......

Jake is taking the high side! :)

Just enjoying the scenery!

More scenery....

Coming up to the power lines.....

Yep, the trail goes under the power lines and then T's off each way....

Here's the "T"....which way do we go....left or right.....

We go right......this is what we saw when we took a right and walked straight...

And when I turned around and looked back....

Across the lake.....

Still taking pictures looking back....

Can you see Jake tagging along.....

Hmmmm, Jakie, I don't think you want to get too close to the edge....

Yep, it's down hill straight down to a stream....

Okay, let's get out of here.....take me home Jake!

So that was our walk today. It was fun and we went in the morning before the temperature dropped. I wanted to show you Jake's AKC Canine Good Citizen paper and all his report cards for being a super good dog. I'm actually thinking of what the next step for him would be. What's the next level/degree/step for him to improve his behavior and well-being. He's great, I just want to push him to his potential! :) A good dog is a happy dog! :) Okay I'll leave you alone for now. I'll bug you a little later. Tomorrow I have a few things to do. I have a couple of errands to run, poker at 7pm and a free online class at 10:30pm......so all that tells me is that I have to be running on time all day and no slacking off! We shall see! LOL! Have a good night :)

Reporting In On My Last Three Days

Hi! It's been a couple of days since my last posting......let's see here.....first off, Jake got his AKC Canine Good Citizen certificate in the mail. So, I went to the store and bought a frame for that. Of course, when I got the certificate, it came with a brochure of all kinds of Canine Good Citizen's pet tags, leashes, etc. So, I ordered a small silver tag for his collar with his name on it.......he's doing super good.......and he deserves a trip to PetCo real soon. :)

My classes are done for this year.....they will start back up next year, so my schedule right now has opened up a tad......my walking group is still 3 times a week.....rain is coming for the next two days, so I'll end up going to the gym on the treadmill instead of walking outside. I hate wet sneakers LOL! I went to the gym this morning to watch the Dr. Oz show......I like going to the gym when there is a good TV show, it keeps me there double the time I would of stayed without a workout distractor :)

Last night's poker tournament was okay........I lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes coming in at 12th out of 30th for the second week in a row. Just can't seem to jump into that top 10 yet......but it's so much fun. I would say that out of 30 players, there are only 4 women playing (including me). I will continue my quest to gain card playing experience and, of course, feed my social interaction. :)

The Manchester Young Professionals Network has a "Power Lunch" class on Wordpress on Thursday from noon to 1. The class looks pretty basic for people who want to start a blog on Wordpress, but I still want to attend to see if there are any Wordpress advanced topics that might come up in discussion and it might lead to other networking events that I might be interested in (and it's free) :)

Other than that, it will be a quiet week and thru the rainy days ahead I will hang out with Jake and go to the gym. I'll be back to bug you again. Have a great night! :)

Jake, Lunch, and Sports

Hi! Okay, I'm going to fly thru this blog posting since I know I'm gonna touch on alot of different topics tonight. First off, real quick, to make sure we are all on the same page as to know who I am. I'm a social butterfly who loves to go out socializing and if it involves a sports topic, well, I'm sold on it. LOL! I've been dappling (yeah right), okay, more like seriously hooked on the ESPN "Streak for the Cash" (don't let your imagination get away from you here), it's a series of professional sports game that are lined up for you to choose the team that will win. So, the point of the game is to picking winners of games and build a streak of wins. I have been addicted to game since Oct 2009 (yeah, 2009, that's not a typo LOL!) and still today, I hit up the website at a of minimum 3 times a day to work on building my streak (yes, it's free). Here's My Profile on that site to let you see what the heck I'm talking about :) So for all of you that don't care about sports, you can just jump down to the next paragraph (hmmmm, should of said that in the beginning huh) LOL!

Okay moving on! Let's hop over to what I did this morning. I met up with my walking group and brought some company with me. Yep, a little someone wanted to walk with me this morning at 41 degrees out, that might of seemed cold out, but the sun really helped alot to feel warm. Don't think I didn't debate about bring him out with me. I thought for sure I would have to carry him half way thru the walk (maybe I don't give him enough credit). He was great, a real trooper! :) Our walk started at a recreational building and walked towards a cemetery and back. I didn't feel like walking around in the cemetery and since this was Jake's first walk (literary his first walk before noon - spoiled brat), he handled it well, and lead the way the whole time. We walked to the cemetery and turned around to return to the car (two blocks north, around the block, and two blocks south (back to the car) took 36 minutes. It was great getting out of the house this morning and getting some fresh air with Jake. All these pictures were taken with my Blackberry, but they  didn't come out too too bad at all. When we got back home, Jake was tired and decided to take advantage of his hammock on the porch.

Time for my morning nap after my walkies :)

Staying in the order that my day was moving in, I decided to clean out the inside of my car. Everything that comes thru the front seat in my hands gets flinged to the back seat. Old mail, magazines, empty cups, Dunkin Donuts paper bags, oh yeah, a real mess.......I try not to let it take over the car, so I have to fight back and get some plastic bags to clean up the car every once in a while. I mean, this time it has gotten to the point that no one could sit in the back seat. I had books, mail, magazines, blankets, two sweatshirts (you know, you take them off when you don't need them anymore and swing them onto the back seat.) Yep, me, guilt! :) So I cleaned it all out, nothing went back in except Jake bed and his seat belt harness, a leash, and a long lost umbrella that I finally found in that SUV. Of course I got a picture........ :)

Yes, this was taken with my Blackberry, but I had to show you! :)
See that "What am I doing in the back seat?" look right there LOL!

Moving on, I had the pleasure of having lunch with friend today. I always look forward to this outing since anyone can get a hold of anyone via email and texting, but when it comes to actually taking time out of your day to physically spend quality time with someone.......yeah, it's called Friendship. We both may be busy (well more busy on my part), but to make the commitment to say "No matter what, we will have lunch once a month to play catch up on what's going on now" And let me tell you, my "now" changes every month. "Now" I'm doing this, "Now" I'm doing that, "Now I'm playing poker" "Now I won tickets to "BlogPaws 2012 in Salt Lake City" and I want to tell you all about it in person NOW. The friendship that can't be replaced by any email service in the world, is the friendship I cherish. SO, we went to lunch today (our October lunch) :) and the conversation just flowed and flowed and we even ordered dessert without a second thought. Lots of laughing, and more laughing! Out lunch outings never seem to last less than 3 hours. Talking, talking, and more talking. I love it! :) Oh, I did mention dessert right.......

So I'll end with that dessert picture. it was delicious. Guilt-free! LOL! Hope you have a great night, bug you tomorrow! :)

Walk and Class

This morning I joined my walking group as we ventured 4 miles from the West Side Arena all the way to the river walk, it doesn't sound far, but it is. My routine is to talk to the seniors that walk with me all the way down one way and then on the way back I know they have their little circle of gossip, so I go up on ahead of them and on the way back I listen to my Pandora Radio app that is in my Blackberry with my headphones. So I get the best of both worlds, talking with seniors and enjoying their company; and then walking by myself getting into my music. I like that.

Tomorrow I'm going to the gym around 9:45am to make sure I get there on a angled treadmill that faces the TV monitor square on that will have Dr. Oz on for the hour. Anddddddddd, I have my walking routine down to a science too. Since there are many commericals that come on between the TV show; when the Dr. Oz show is on, I put the treadmill in a 2.5 miles per hour walk, 10% uphill grade......you know, the pretty easy strolling stuff, BUT when the commercials come on, I hike up the speed to 3 and up the treadmill grade to 50% thru the commercials, so you see, I get a great treadmill work out for an hour; "cooling down" while the show is on; and "cranking up the heartbeat workout" while the commercials are on. I think it's a win/win situation and I get to watch my show and after my show is done I cool down at the end with my Blackberry Pandora App with songs I like. It doesn't get any more Cardio than that! I'm telling ya, it's like Rocket Science. LOL! :)

Tonight's Blogging class was good, I'm always glad I go. It might be hard to leave the sofa to show up, but it's one of those things where when you get there, it's exactly where you want to be! :) We had to write a short story (very short), maybe like 9 or 10 lines total about a Cherished Memory in our past. Of course I wrote about something simple as my dog. I cherish the times with my dog. If you don't know that, then you don't know me :) We also learned in class about RSS feeds and how they can help your blog in the long run and create followers. You always want your RSS feed address to be available.

As for the rest of my day. I didn't do much at all. I had a nap on the sofa........I'm thinking that's got to be a Cherished Moment right there :)

Anyways, I'm gonna go to the gym tomorrow morning and do my TV show/commercial work out routine on the treadmill for an hour and then come home and take Jake out for a while. I don't have errands to do tomorrow, so I think we will find a park to go to and we will wander around until his little legs are tired and I have to help him in the car and place him on the seat where he will crumble onto the seat and curl up and fall asleep right there in front of me. NOW, whether this actually happens this way is a completely different story. See that!! That, right there, was a prime example of wishful thinking LOL! :)

Have a good night and I will bug you tomorrow and hopefully with some more pictures. :)

Mall Of New Hampshire

I could really get use to this retired life. No schedule, no plans, no agenda. This morning, we decided to walk the Mall Of NH. This mall opens at noon on Sundays, but we was there before it opened. It was very nice and peaceful and I got some pictures of some of my favorite stores.....come on, let's walk and I'll show you around :)

Let's go inside and check it out

It's a pretty decent sized mall, other walkers decided
to arrive early

Here's our new Apple store

Can't skip by the Disney store without saying Hi

Another hallway...

I love this restaurant!

Need to rest?

Pick one, the red or the grey :)

Ohhhhh, how many should I have? What do you mean Just ONE???

I've never built a bear before....I'll pass.....

Ohhhh, this is another one of my favorite stores.....let me IN!!! :)

Food court - that way!

Oh, there's Best Buy along the way

Need a gizmo or gadget?

Nahhh, I don't shop here either....

Ohhhh, a Hurricane Simulator....errr, no thanks

I have never been inside a Bertucci's.....
I'll take Ruby Tuesday anytime!

Oh, there's a little bit of the food court

Security must be out and about somewhere.....nope, don't
need Security, everything is cool here

Look! A Dunkin Donuts!!! Argh, it's not open!!

Okay, I'm outta here (I changed the setting on my camera for more color)

Bye!!! Hope to see you again soon! :)

 Well, that was my day. And the rest of the day I stayed home. My cousin and his wife stopped by today and visited with us. Knew there was a reason for the visit, he had to tell us about his brand new GMC pick up truck that they bought and is picking up on Monday from the dealership. LOL! Then NASCAR started on TV and with 153 laps to go, I'll finish that then switch over to football, it will be a quiet night. Hey, we have some corn on the cob in the fridge.....good idea for dinner :) Hope you have a good night.....bug ya tomorrow! :)

Today's Walk....

I know, kind of a boring title.......not too good at these titles....gonna have to hire a "blog title creator" LOL! Today was a nice day, I needed a light jacket, but it all didn't stop me from going out and meeting my walking group. Today's walk was held at a short path I didn't know about at all (seven minute drive from my house). There wasn't alot of walkers (besides us) on this path and we did come across a couple bicycle riders. Another 1 hour successful walk :)

This is how the walking path start out, nice and paved....

In an 1/8 of a mile, it turned to this....

But we kept going....

Yeah, alot of this along the way....

The path opens up a bit and then narrows......lots of trees, I thought
my allergies were going to get the best of me....

We just scouting the area along the way...

uh-oh, end of the line for us. I was told a nice wide path use to keep going....
but not anymore....we turned around and headed back...

See the Honda dealership....we weren't far from the city streets......all these
paths inthe city I never knew about....NOT that I will coming out
here all by myself (yikes)

That's alot of beer cans on the side of the path....

People just let their creative side run wild out here....

Walking on the path under the highway....

Geez.....

Along the path.....

I believe this was the most pleasant picture I took today....

We passed by this bridge and kept walking back to our cars....

So, it wasn't a long walk today, but we got to see alot. After this morning's walk, I went out to lunch with Mom at Ruby's Tuesdays (there was a "$10 off the bill" coupon in today's newspaper) :) And tonight I just had my blogging class, which is just something to do (and free). So today was a good day, but typical. I'm just watching TV now.....have a good night.....oh, and I do have my alarm set to make it to the PickleBall game tomorrow (BUT, of course, weather permitting).....