Thanksgiving Eve Day

Just a few thoughts...

Our sales team provided us a home cooked brunch for our division and it was the bomb. It was fun chillin' and being able to enjoy each other's company and not worry about answering the phone for a spell.

I am very grateful for my job. A few of you have had to hear me complain about it from time to time but when all is said and done, I love it. It's a beautiful place. Here's a skyview.

I love my co-workers and trades, my freedom, my triple wide trailer that my office is in, I do love my homeowners, some more than others :), I love that I work for a home building company that is secure enough for me to stay employed, and I love that they tell us to put our God first, our family second, and our job third.When we came back from our wonderful breakfast one of my co-workers laptop was stolen from his office. The sad thing is we can almost guarantee who it is and it's quite sad. We have a personal friendships with most of our trades and it's very disturbing that someone would disrupt that because times are tough.

But it's material and we aren't going to let that ruin our Thanksgiving weekend.

Pictures of the 30k

The pictures go in this order. Start, mile 4, mile 9, then finish.

A few races under the belt

During my training for the CIM I've entered a few different races just for change of scenery. On 10-26-08 I did the Folsom Four Bridge Half Marathon. I was on schedule for a 16 mile long run that day so before the half I went to the trails and got 3 miles done. I saw Holly and Jeremy there too. Good times.

Then last weekend, 11-8-08 I did the Clarksburg Country Run 30k, (18.6 miles). My training schedule was for an 18 mile run and I thought that extra .6 miles would be fine. The run was along the country roads right by the Delta. It was so windy my neck was sore for two days from leaning into the wind. I had a hat on and didn't want it to get blown away. I won't lie it was a tough run. They had the officials there so you could wear head phones because the roads were open to traffic. It was a safety thing. Running under 3 hours without music was HARD. Clarksburg High School is the school my mom retired from. I also worked there for a year after my mission. I saw a few runners that were students during my time there. I chitted the chat with them for a brief time. Once again no music so I didn't have anything better to do. :)

This weekend another 18 miles to do but I'll have to get creative to get that amount here in Manteca.

Pulte Good-byes 11-7-08

Once again there was another lay off at work. Its tradition to go to Kelly Brewery for "last supper".

Russian River Wine Tasting - DD 11/1-2/08

Floyd and Brent had booked me awhile ago to be the designated driver for the weekend of wine tasting in Santa Rosa. I usually do it for them every year with a car load of fun folks but it's generally a day trip and not weekend. It's very fun, they have food that goes with the selected wine. The wineries treat the DD's with gratitude, they always have a non-alcoholic beverages. This picture was taken outside of one of my favorite places, very homey.

This year we had a van of 12 full of fun people. Brent and Floyd met a couple on a cruise and some of their friends and family came to CA to enjoy.

We had a great time. On the way back to the hotel on our last day we were singing along to Neil Diamond, Sweet Caroline. It brings out the best in people.