Part of the reason I have neglected blogging lately has been due to my efforts to spend time with my niece and nephew, enjoying my new SO relationship and being being in love, meeting new people and getting out and around in my new city to see what it has to offer. Here's some of the adventures I've been up to:
1. Weekend in Asheville, NC with Mr. Pilot - Amazing food, art galore and the Biltmore Estates tour
2.Taking part in a new bookclub through MeetUp- books read:
-Offshore by Penelope Fitzgeral * not good at all
-Agenda 21 (read on my own) by Glenn Beck ***.5
-All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr ****
3. My apartment complex had a wine and cheese night which had great food and I got to meet some cool people that live here. They also had door prizes and I won a gift card out to eat!
4. I was a mentor for the Girls On The Run race/program and ran with an awesome 5th grader during the race. She came in 1st place for her school. Mr. Pilot was the best and came with me and we volunteered to help with parking before the race. We had to be there at 5am which was way to early and it was freezing out. He was such a trooper!!
5. I started participating in a Sat. morning running group. They run a couple of different distances but a few weeks ago without training for it I ran 10 miles with them. It was a bit painful towards the end but I was so proud of myself. I plan to go again this week if I can get rid of my sore throat and congestion.
6. I'm signed up for the Myrtle Beath 1/2 marathon in March and Mr. Pilot and I are planning on signing up soon for the Disney World Star Wars 1/2 marathon in April. Stay tuned for more news on that one!
7. I just recently joined an Arts and Craft Group on MeetUp. I was suppose to go to the first event Monday night but I had a wicked time flying back from NY Monday. I could have driven the distance in the time it took to fly. Needless to say I didn't get back in time to get to the MeetUp but I can't wait for the next one!
Stay tuned for more projects and adventures...
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
New Adventures
1. I purchased a Groupon for Indoor Rock Climbing a couple of months ago. I eventually found a partner in crime that was willing to try it out with me. My friend Marcy and I went for the first time to Rock Ventures; http://www.rockventures.net/. For $12 each we received all necessary equipment and were taught how to climb including the commands (which I think I've forgotten half of them already-oops).
What we didn't know is that we would each be given a 15 min. lesson on how to belay. Then we would be considered certified and would be able to off on our own in the building and rock climb. I had brought my camera expecting us to take pictures of each other climbing but this did not happen as the person not climbing was the belayer and no way was that person going to take pictures while they held your life in their hands (literally).
Anyway, this required a lot of trust in each other and we did pretty good. I was pleasantly surprised at by my own strength (I mean I know I'm Wonder Woman but I did things I didn't think I would be able to). I climbed to the top of 3-4 different rock walls that were different levels of difficulty. I scaled walls that jutted out requiring me to leap up with only one hand secured in a spot and I didn't fall. Perhaps most importantly though is that I didn't drop or injure my friend while be the belayer! We both appreciated that!
2. While at the South Carolina zoo; http://www.riverbanks.org/, over Christmas they had a couple of critters out that you could could touch. While my nephew bee lined it to the snake (yuck!) while I headed toward the baby hedgehog. I've seen very cute pictures on Pinterest of hedgehogs but have never seen one in person. Boy they are really cute and small. The one I handled was called Pins and it's sibling that wasn't present was called Needles. (get it- pins and needles/hedgehogs- hee,hee).
Anyone know anything about hedgehogs? Can you purchase them as pets? I was thinking this might be an actual commitment I can make to having a pet. I know they are nocturnal so I wouldn't have to worry about a pet being lonely since I work a lot. I know their poo looks like rabbit poo so I think I can handle that. Not sure what they live in though (cage of some sort), or what they eat or where you can even buy one or anything else about them. Hmmm...this may require more investing.
What we didn't know is that we would each be given a 15 min. lesson on how to belay. Then we would be considered certified and would be able to off on our own in the building and rock climb. I had brought my camera expecting us to take pictures of each other climbing but this did not happen as the person not climbing was the belayer and no way was that person going to take pictures while they held your life in their hands (literally).
Anyway, this required a lot of trust in each other and we did pretty good. I was pleasantly surprised at by my own strength (I mean I know I'm Wonder Woman but I did things I didn't think I would be able to). I climbed to the top of 3-4 different rock walls that were different levels of difficulty. I scaled walls that jutted out requiring me to leap up with only one hand secured in a spot and I didn't fall. Perhaps most importantly though is that I didn't drop or injure my friend while be the belayer! We both appreciated that!
2. While at the South Carolina zoo; http://www.riverbanks.org/, over Christmas they had a couple of critters out that you could could touch. While my nephew bee lined it to the snake (yuck!) while I headed toward the baby hedgehog. I've seen very cute pictures on Pinterest of hedgehogs but have never seen one in person. Boy they are really cute and small. The one I handled was called Pins and it's sibling that wasn't present was called Needles. (get it- pins and needles/hedgehogs- hee,hee).
Anyone know anything about hedgehogs? Can you purchase them as pets? I was thinking this might be an actual commitment I can make to having a pet. I know they are nocturnal so I wouldn't have to worry about a pet being lonely since I work a lot. I know their poo looks like rabbit poo so I think I can handle that. Not sure what they live in though (cage of some sort), or what they eat or where you can even buy one or anything else about them. Hmmm...this may require more investing.
Here's the pic I keep seeing posted on Pinterest.
Here's the one I saw at the zoo.
3. A couple of friends and I got together and went to a Nighthawks game which is the professional lacrosse team for our city. You can check them out at; http://www.knighthawks.net/. I'm embarrassed to say but I've never been to a lacrosse game before, so that is why I decided to go. It's even worse because I work at a college that has both Men's and Women's lacrosse teams. Shhhh...don't tell anyone.
Anyway this was an interesting outing. It was held at the large Blue Cross Arena and it was jam packed. It was right before Christmas and was a preseason game so all tickets were free. You could donate a new toy that would go to children in need to help them have a brighter holiday so I did. The game was actually pretty exciting to watch. It was fast paced and you really had to follow it. This was a 3 hour experience...was getting a little tired toward the end, but it did go into an exciting overtime. My one complaint was that by the last half hour I started to get a headache that only got worse due to loud game horn constantly blowing, people shouting and cheering, feet stomping, sport horns blowing by spectators and believe it or not cow bells! It was sensory overloaded. Never the less I would check out a game again in the future should the opportunity arise.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Other Creative Ventures
Here's some of the other creative things I've been up to in the community:
*The Susan B. Anthony House- www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/ We took a field trip there for the end of our year bonding experience. I had never been there and it was a very neat experience.
*The Reel Mind theatre and film series about mental illness- www.thereelmind.com/ I juried the art show Metamorphous that was in the Memorial Art Gallery exhibit hall prior to the showing of the documentary Crazy Art which was really good.
*Aerial Arts-www.aerialartsrochester.com/ which I did through a Rochester Meet Up Group: www.meetup.com/Get-Off-Your-Couch-Rochester/ You can check out a short video and other pics in my previous blog entry.
*Lilac Festival- www.lilacfestival.com/ which is a 10-day free festival in Rochester with a lot of music, food, arts and crafts and lilacs to view or rather not so much to view this year due to the warm weather so early.
*I joined a book club on the Rochester Meet Up Social Readers group and went to the first meeting today where we hung out and talked about the book "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos. This meet up group can be found at: www.meetup.com/The-Rochester-Social-Readers-Meetup-Group/ Everyone was friendly and fun.
***Stay tuned for the continuous summer adventures.... next up- The Best of Europe 2012.
I leave this Wed. 5/23 for an 18 day trip abroad where I'll be heading to London, Heidelberg, Amsterdam, Lucerne, Florence, Venice, Rome, the island of Capri and up to Paris. If I can find wifi I'll try to post pics along the way!
*The Susan B. Anthony House- www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/ We took a field trip there for the end of our year bonding experience. I had never been there and it was a very neat experience.
*The Reel Mind theatre and film series about mental illness- www.thereelmind.com/ I juried the art show Metamorphous that was in the Memorial Art Gallery exhibit hall prior to the showing of the documentary Crazy Art which was really good.
*Aerial Arts-www.aerialartsrochester.com/ which I did through a Rochester Meet Up Group: www.meetup.com/Get-Off-Your-Couch-Rochester/ You can check out a short video and other pics in my previous blog entry.
*Lilac Festival- www.lilacfestival.com/ which is a 10-day free festival in Rochester with a lot of music, food, arts and crafts and lilacs to view or rather not so much to view this year due to the warm weather so early.
*I joined a book club on the Rochester Meet Up Social Readers group and went to the first meeting today where we hung out and talked about the book "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos. This meet up group can be found at: www.meetup.com/The-Rochester-Social-Readers-Meetup-Group/ Everyone was friendly and fun.
***Stay tuned for the continuous summer adventures.... next up- The Best of Europe 2012.
I leave this Wed. 5/23 for an 18 day trip abroad where I'll be heading to London, Heidelberg, Amsterdam, Lucerne, Florence, Venice, Rome, the island of Capri and up to Paris. If I can find wifi I'll try to post pics along the way!
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