Workouts

Fri
4X 20 30# Thrusters
20 Stair jumps
20 walking lunges
20 back extensions
Cycling class

Sat
Rest

Sun
~5 mi trail run w/Steve

Mon
5K
Cycling class

More garden fun

Lemon thyme: the best herb to grow, especially if you're still developing your green thumb (such as yours truly). I started it last summer in the ground but transplanted it indoors during the winter; the herb didn't go crazy during the winter, but it didn't die & I was able to continue harvesting it during the winter. As soon as the weather warmed up this summer, I put it outside & it began producing again. It's a versatile & delicious herb! This winter, I plan to move it indoors again & when we have our occasional warm winter days, put it outside to enjoy the warm sun - I think that will help it keep producing through winter.

To the left of our garden, we're growing raspberries, sunflowers, & a cherry tree (also unpictured: blueberry bushes)

Around the front of the house (the veggie garden is in the back), we have a more "natural" garden with aspen trees & wildflowers. A few close-ups of the wildflowers...

The entire wildflower area

A view of the "natural" garden area. In the future, we'd like to make it a more low-maintenance area - take out some of the grass, create a bigger river rock garden, plant a few more drought-tolerant local plants, & put down mulch.

Behind the largest aspen tree we have mint growing & have already been able to enjoy mojitos with mint from the garden. Yum! :)

Garden

Our garden has been doing very well this year & we've already been able to enjoy fresh lettuce, spinach, & broccoli. A few snapshots:
The beautiful arbor Steve designed & built (the plant growing up the side is hops - we'll be able to use our homegrown hops in homebrew beer!)

A side view of the garden

Garden from the front (the arbor is directly to the right of the garden) - we have corn, onion, carrot, broccoli, tomato, anaheim/serrano/poblano peppers, spinach, and two types of lettuce

*Note: these pictures are from several weeks ago. Everything is much taller & we have made some changes. The lettuce & spinach reached their peak, so we pulled what was left & have planted two tomato plants, one melon & one acorn squash plant in their place. When other plants reach their peak & we have more open rows in the garden (such as carrot & onion), we will plant another round of cool weather veggies that we will be able to harvest closer to the fall (i.e. more lettuce, spinach, etc).

We love having fresh veggies! Every year that we garden & the better we get at it, the bigger I want to make our yearly gardens. :)

Workouts

Sun
4 mi run (includes stair repeats)

Mon
Cycling class

Tues
PowerFlex class (class using free weights)
Run 0.50 mi warmup
6 X 90 seconds on
0.75 mi cooldown
(Total ~3 mi)

Wed
21-15-9
60# deadlift
Knees to elbows
25 pullups
Cycling class

Thurs
Run 1 mi warmup
3 X 400M sprint, 90 s off, 800M sprint
1 mi cooldown
(Total 4 mi)

Lake DeSmet

Last weekend, Steve & I took the dogs to Lake DeSmet to play around & enjoy the hot day.

We brought along Steve's kayak & whenever we got close to shore, the dogs would jump in the water & try to catch us.

My absolutely favorite picture of the day: Guinness starting with the "zooms," Brewer following suit, & Gidget chasing them (although she doesn't usually understand what's going on, she just follows). :)

Workouts

Sun
4 X 25 walking lunges
25 20# deadlift (had to improvise & use a duffel bag full of books)
25 situps

Mon
0.25 mi run
4 X 0.5 mi run
30 25# dumb bell swing
15 pullups
0.75 mi cool down

Tues
100 squat, 100 knee pushups, 100 situps, 100 supermen

50 stair runs (No desire to go to the gym or go for a run, so I used the stairs from our basement to the kitchen...)

Back to the grind

Since the 30K, it's been tough getting back into the Crossfit/Crossfit Endurance workouts. I was teaching more classes this past session at the Y (they break up class schedules into 5-7 week sessions; i.e. certain class schedules will run for 5 weeks, a week of no classes usually falling around holidays, and start back up with a new session after the "break week") & it was harder to find the energy for other workouts. Now that Summer Session #1 has ended, I'll be able to get back into a CF/CFE routine.

Mon
2 cycling classes

Tues
Rest

Wed
2 cycling classes

Thurs
Strength training class (20 reps/machine followed by 8 reps/machine)

Fri
4 X 50 squats
25 pushups

Sat
Rest

Another dog picture...

Why bother sitting up to eat when you're perfectly comfortable lying on your bed? And yes, she's eating out of an old Cool-Whip container. What can I say, we're classy folks.

Whoa buddy

I was looking through old photos & don't remember taking this picture, but had to share it with everyone. Sitting in the back is Guinness, to his right is Gidget, & the very odd looking beast in front is Brewer. Take a very close look at Brewer's face. I can't begin to describe this dog's personality, but his face in this picture sums it up.