Sunday, October 19, 2008

Race Day!




So, after going to several of Terry's road races and holding people's stuff, Terry convinced me to run a road race with him and his friends, Joe, Adam and Melissa. So today, when it was FREEZING out, we headed to West Newton to give it a try. I didn't collapse or sprain my ankle, nor was I the last one to finish the race, so I consider it a success! Plus, we got to drink lots of free beer afterwards. That's always nice. 

Anyway, I'm really impressed with Terry. He ran the race at my pace, which was obviously much slower than what he's used to, after he flew to Montreal and back on Friday and Saturday for his friend George's bachelor party, and then we went to Joe's Halloween party last night. He has had one marathon weekend. And he's still faster than me. He didn't give me any pics from the bachelor party to post though. Funny thing about that. 

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Long Weekend






We both had Monday off this weekend, so we headed down to the cape and then capped it all off with apple picking. We were hoping to see a lost manatee that was in Dennis, but by the time we got there they had started transporting it back to Florida. We were very sad to hear the poor thing died on the way down. We can't imagine how it made it all the way up to Massachusetts in the first place!

The weather has been awesome, and I'm soaking up as much sun as possible since I know eventually we will be in a deep freeze! The apple picking was awesome, but of course now I have all sorts of apples I don't know what to do with. Terry is happy that our apple picking day likely capped off all of my required fall New England activities. Until next year of course! 

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Lunch and the Fryeburg Fair







The past few weeks have been a bit crazy, but I was so happy Stephanie and her babe Lindsay came to see me in Brookline for lunch. She is soooo cute. In this pic, she's rubbing her eyes because she just woke up. 

On Saturday, Terry and I went to Fryeburg, Maine, for the Fryeburg Fair, and then stayed the night in Portland, Maine. Fryeburg has the oldest agricultural fair in Maine, and is about 3 1/2 hours from Boston. We weren't sure what to expect, but I did see things I had never seen before, like an Ox Pulling contest and harness racing. We definitely had a good time, and the leaves are starting to change up north, so it was pretty. I'm getting in as many "New England Fall" activities as possible while I can!