Snow picture looks real pretty, glad I'm not in it.

time for you westerners to catch up:
9.0|Skiing: cross-country, vigorous, 5.0 - 7.9 mph

That's such a crappy camera phone.

Side roads weren't plowed. Thankfully the neighbor to the right drove out with his four-wheel drive so I could follow his deep tracks out. And the plows weren't wasting time clearing intersections, just building walls right down the middle.

Pretty sure I would've been dead stuck in my drive with the old tires. Not to say I wasn't sliding a bit still. Only saw one car stuck on the way in, though they were stuck in their lane, not on the side.

OH, hey there was constant Christmas music on the radio last weekend.
I'm finally back at the office. Thomas practically bounded out of bed in order to get to school today. All his friends were happy to see him.

Oh Christmas lights have been up here in Pulaski for at least a week. I saw some up in Bloomington on our walk and in Lincoln on my drive home last night too.

As I was driving through the neighborhood behind ours on Tuesday night I noticed that someone has theirs up already. November 10. Nice work.

Congratulatins to Tracy. So, does this news mean you could possibly now look into trading in the GEO? I am just saying I find it odd to think about getting a new car when you are still driving the one you got 6 years before I bought mine. Can I get a milage check?

New light looks great. Got the Christmas lights down just in time to put this year's up.

Yes, it appears to have begun... 6 inches of new snow, forecast for snow throughout the day, high of 32F. I was going to go in early, but nothing is plowed yet.

Had to defrost my car windows before I drove home tonight. So it begins....

I have finally finished paying for my education! Time to work on Frankie's.

Great dinner at AO's tonight and a good walk to uptown Normal.

Winter Storm Advisory from 5pm tonight to 5pm tomorrow.

2-6 inches of snow expected tonight in the valley.

Yes, congratulations.

congrats!!

We need more of those in this family.

acf: Congrats! A good year for girls.

is going to have a little..... GIRL :O)

here in the midwest we abbreviate it as e-web

innerweb ao, innerweb.

Speaking of Christmas, will people please put up some more gift ideas. I'm a horrible shopper and like to order stuff off the innernot

Well after much support and encouragement to continue the challenge, I decided to make a second go of it.

I am sorry for the public temper tantrum. I am recommitted to the challenge and will do my best to be healthy and encourage others to be healthy too.

As for whomever is creating the 5K route please post when you have it so I can start memorizing Mt Pulaski streets. I'm in!

What is so great about RAWs food and hippies anyways?? I'll put the bike to Oregon trip on my retirement todo list.

Silly Rex. The Cubs don't play in Madison. That's a lot of biking to Madison and back to Chicago and then back to Madison. We should just cut out Chicago.

How do I kill this "Rex will feed hordes of calorie consuming athletes" thread?

Got it...How 'bout those Cubbies?

Drive 2+ hours to go biking in Madison, with a bunch of hippies around the lakes and eat Rex's food. If you're going to take a long weekend, you might as well go to the Oregon coast. I ordered from Ben's Cycle in Milwaukee. I'll let you know how it goes.

pshhh drive 2+ hours to go biking, should plan a bike to Madison trip.. 92 miles from marengo. hmmm might need a long weekend for that one. I was beat after the century this summer. Did you order from bikeisland? I haven't dealt with them yet.

Brian, I just ordered a fixed/free wheelset, so when I get that bike put together, we can start planning a trip to bike in Madison and eat Rex's food.

Down with freewheels.... 20miles on the Fixie yesterday!!! The downhills were a little scary, but I survived to tell about it, pheww. Do I get extra points since my legs are my brakes??

bugger, I forgot the fruit again.

The 'new rules' are just a separate challenge, as I understand it. The points will continue to be tallied in the original way also.