Only a Labrador would think that 10 degree weather is great to play fetch in! Since I had to work late today, I felt sorry for our lab who had been cooped up all day in the house with 3 cats, who boss her around. So even though it was 10 degrees out, I stayed bundled in my daughter's heavy winter coat and started walking around our driveway circle, thinking she would enjoy the company while she did her business. Well, she was soooo excited about having someone besides a cat to talk to, that she ran and got her favorite stick and begged for a game of fetch. So around we walked, threw and retrieved, walked, threw and retrieved, walk, throw, retrieve..... until I finally told her that I was going inside and she could stay out if she wanted to. She's still out there, lying in the yard waiting for someone else to come home and play with her. It just emphasizes how stupid people are for putting sweaters on labradors.
Mike did it!! He trained all year for the 1/2 Marathon at Disney World and he did it! I'm very proud of him. But you can see for yourself how proud he is.

I don't think I have this many pictures of him posing for a camera since our wedding!! He and his buddy, Stan, had decided that they were only going to have two goals: 1. to finish in the allotted time allowed (3 hours and 30 minutes) and 2. they were going to have fun. They accomplished both goals with flying colors!
The spectators had a great time too!
Even though we had a great time at Disney World, it is good to be home. The above 3 pictures are my favorites from the trip and it was so much fun to put them on the memory card of my new digital picture frame! My daughter gave it to me for Christmas and I LOVE it! In the past if I had new pictures I wanted to keep at my desk at work, I had to decide which ones had to come down. Now I don't have to make the decision. I just add the new pictures to the old ones and voila! I can enjoy ALL the pictures.
One of the other presents that I got for Christmas is from my son. He got me the Wii Fit. At first I was a little nervous to try it because I've had a pinched sciatic nerve since September. It's bad enough that I've seen 2 doctors, 1 chiropractor and 1 physical therapist. No results, nada; same pain day after day. The only difference was some days it was worse than others. The second doctor finally scheduled an MRI for me. That's when I asked him if I could use the Wii Fit. He said "why not, nothing else is working. Only stop if anything hurts. Nerves are not like muscles, you can't push it through the pain. A damaged nerve stays damaged."
With that warning I started my Wii Fit workouts. They are a blast! In fact, if they didn't come on after each challenge and tell me how much I exercised I would forget that I was "working out". I've actually caught myself laughing and cheering myself on. I got hooked on it and started doing 45 - 60 minutes every day. My co-ordination improved and even better - the pain in my leg eased up. It even disappeared for hours each day! I wasn't able to do the Wii Fit for 5 days but the first 3 days it didn't matter. If my leg started bothering me I just did some of the exercises even while standing in line for a ride.
After two days of "back to the office" I could tell the effects were wearing off. So tonight, I started back on. We'll see how far we go.