Joanne is back to work

Yes! I was right, the company offered Joanne a job site unseen and only by her resume and by a few good contacts giving her a great recommendation, but with a catch.

Again it will be an executive assistant starting on the November 2, but only for 6 to 8 weeks or until the end of December with a Government medical health and long term care organization as they are in the midst of reorganization, BUT! there is a good chance there will be a permanent position available come the new year or earlier for her. Lets hope! This couldn't come at a better time as Joanne's severance from her last job just ran out. Sweeeet.

Now I can plan on registering for Ironman Arizona for next year after this years race November 22. Come November 23 at noon AZ time, I will be at the ready to register on line. Woot!




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Running on Crappy knee's and Good news maybe.

I ran inside on the treadmill again because it's STILL RAINING!! which is OK I guess because it's warmer inside and it's freezing outside with the thermometer reaching for 4C and strong winds blowing today. I ran at a 10k/hour pace for a 30 min with no stopping. Yippee! But my left knee was hurting from the start and hurting worse when I finished. Boo! After I showered I packed my knee with ice for a while before heading off to work.

Good news, My wife may be getting offered a job! Yippee! There was a message left on our phone for Joanne to call back about a job and the way the message was addressed it sounded very promising!! I had to leave for work before Joanne could get back to the caller so i don't know whats going on yet? That! and just before I was leaving for work our TV cable line went dead, and our phone is hooked to the cable company lines now so it was dead to, as we are not connected with the mother Bell phone company anymore! So I don't know if Joanne was able to get back to the caller. I'll know more tomorrow.


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BAM!

TA DA! Good as new. : )

Mirror Mirror On my Red Car.....

Who has the coolest looking replacement red mirrored car?.........BAM! Just like that, my car mirror is fixed and it looks good as new! Wooo Hoooo! .....

Yesterday during my break at work I took off my broken mirror and mounted my new used mirror minus the plastic cap that was being painted to match my car. I decided to mount the used mirror to make sure the power controls work, and they did! I can see behind me again while driving! Yea Haw ! Everything was coming to plan! now all I needed was the painted cap and I'll be all set!

Joanne had left a message on a post it note on the kitchen table for me for when I got home from work. It said that the auto collision called and said my mirror cap was painted and ready for pick up.

So on my way to work today I went over to the auto collision place and picked up the newly painted cap. Checking it out for workmanship first. I was satisfied, so I slapped down my $113.00 got my receipt and ran out to my car to snap the piece into place right there and then! Woo! Hoo! now my car is complete again!! ....I am happy!! : )


No training today.

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Running and Raining

I ran my 5k today while it rained cats and dogs outside! ...Good thing I was in my basement on the treadmill. hee hee hee.

My knees were really hurting this morning, I guess because of the weather my arthritis is acting up more. So I was debating whether to run or not.

I finally drummed up the courage and got my run gear on and went outside to start my stretch. Then It happened! It started to rain. Well there is no way I'm starting my run in the rain. So I go inside and tell Joanne my run has been canceled. she asked why? i said because it's raining. She said why don't you go down stairs and use the treadmill like I do? I said why don't I? I didn't think of it?!? Duh! :0

So I went down to run. What a difference it is running the mill. I ran non stop for the full 5k with no knee or back pain. I ran longer time wise putting in 34min running the 5km, but at a slower pace, but what a difference! I could have run longer to as my legs were feeling fine. I guess the difference is the give and bounced on the mill, as opposed to out door running along the sidewalk not giving way, where all my weight is being forced down on my knees and back. Maybe i should do more mill work until my weight comes down?


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Nice day for a bike ride

I took advantage of another nice day with the sun shining and little wind. The temperature was hovering around 15C So I went out and rode an hour today with an average of 30kph.

After my ride I went out to a local Auto collision place before heading to work to get an estimate on what it would cost to paint my mirror. The guy I talked with quoted me $100.00 $60 for labor the rest for paint and materials, so I said deal! He took down my info and car info to colour match the piece and said it should be done no later then Thursday, but maybe as early as tomorrow. I said great! :)



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New used Mirror

Here is what my mirror looks like on my new red Cobalt.

Here is my new used mirror I picked up yesterday at the wreckers. You see how the gray doesn't match my red car.


And of course the new used mirror has a mirror that works! can you see me now?

All I have to do is get it painted then I can install it.

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I ran 5k this morning, still having back issues. I did some core to help the back issues.  Running sucks! 

In other news....

My driver side mirror was broken a few weeks ago while I was at a friends party and I finally went to the dealer to see what it would cost to replace it. The parts service guy looked up the part and quoted me $350.00 for the mirror, $130.00 to paint it the colour  to match my car, (As all mirrors come in black from the factory and my mirror was black and red.) and about $100.00 labour to install. I said thanks and left.

So on my way to work today I decided to stop off at the car wreckers to see if they have a replacement mirror for my red cobalt, they had one but it was black and gray. I said fine how much? he said $85.00 I said thanks I'll take it. I figure I can replace the mirror easy enough myself, but first I'll have to paint it, so tomorrow I'll go back to the dealer and tell them I need to touch up some spots on my car and see if they can give me a sample of red paint to match my car.

So for one fifth of the price to pay to the dealer, I'll fix my own mirror. And if all goes well, I'll have saved myself over $400.00 fixing my car myself.  :)


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Another busy Sunday

I basically was just puttering around all day doing this and that. I put new brake pads on my sons car. I put up two new shower heads in two of our bathrooms. Melissa's water bed sprung a leak so she went out to buy a new bladder for her bed, so I drained the bed and refilled the new bladder. After all my work I went for a bike ride and got more brain freeze from the cold wind. After all was said and done I BBQ's some burgers and relaxed the rest of the evening.


Weekly totals...

Swim...0000

Bike...60k

Run...15k