7 am, 8 mile run, Shortly after Sunrise, at the "Sunrise Area" of the American River Parkway

I've been wearing a fanny pack on my runs these days, so I can carry my cell phone and car keys, and it has a pouch for my water. It's very 1980's of me, but very useful. This week I put my camera in a sock (to protect it from the keys) and was able to get take these pictures along the way:

A group of Turkeys is called a "gang." Check out the gang activity I spotted along the river this morning:

A fly fisherman and an eagle

What I look like after running over 8 miles (I took a wrong turn at one point, so it ended up being a little longer than 8 miles for me this morning).

Kind of a scary picture, but you can see how sweaty I get

I had a hat band on my forehead for about a half hour afterwards, and a dirt tan line when I took off my shoes and socks. It's not all pretty folks, but I'm still a big fan.

Rancho Cordova

Seen on our walks

Toby and Anthony

Our Neighborhood Has a Library Now!

It was more of a zoo, than a library at it's opening - but it's awesome and we are so happy that we don't have to take two freeways to return our books anymore. Yippee.

It works better when you take the clothes off first

Last week, Oliver called me from work. I was in the middle of switching over the loads of laundry. I left the door to the laundry room open and went to answer the phone, and, in something like 30 seconds, Toby crawled right in and got stuck. When I heard him scream, I put Oliver on hold, and ran in to see him inside of our washing machine. He was okay, just upset that he couldn't figure out how to get out - so I made Oliver wait on hold a little longer while I took a few photos for evidence.

My guys. I torture them so.

Charter Pointe Park