More Fun!

At Lake of the Ozarks we visited Capn' Ron's fer supper. We need to have more fun! That's why I've adopted "Talk like a Pirate Day" as one of my fave holidays! I first learned of it last year, while we were out in Vegas (Baby). It just seems like the word Vegas needs to be followed by Baby for some reason - like "We're goin' to Vegas Baby!" Back to pirates. Talk like a Pirate Day started thanks to a column by Dave Barry a few years ago. Plus the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series - most popular in the last decade. Also pirates are a group (not counting the evil modern-day pirates) are one group we can't get in trouble by imitating. Arrrgh - it's interestin' to do! I've got me eye patch to be puttin' upon me face. 

Paul and I did a 10 mile training walk this a.m. - the DM 1/2 Marathon is coming up October 18. This will be my second time (first sans uterus) and Paul's first event. Last year I trained harder - since I was home and could work out with my homies. This year I had trainus interuptus due to my hysterectomy. And it's way harder to workout after 9+ hour workdays in DM and without peer pressure - yes even at age 51, peer pressure can be a good thing. Missing from my DM experience. 

Joan is a wonderful roomie, but she's no Deb - spurring me on to better health. During our walk, out Prairie and across Townline to Osage to Howard and back via lots of side streets took 2.5 hours. My tootsies were a bit sore by the end, but I felt pretty good. My goodness, who wouldn't on a beautiful Saturday. And it's Balloon Days in Creston so we got to see a few balloons during the walk. They were way south and east of town though, so once we got back into town we didn't see them again. We also came across someone's lost cell phone, which we plan to drop off at the law enforcement center. When I got home I discovered a lovely pirate mask Cynthia Wolf dropped off (stuck in a plant out front) when we got home. I'm lovin' be home and it's football season - lots to watch on TV. And my little puppy is by my side. Fingers crossed that the Clones show up at today's game at Kent State. We'll be hugging our radio!

Aaaar, talk like a pirate

Above - our guy pirates in the hot tub at our Vegas rental home last year.

One of my new fave holidays is coming up in some 20 days. National Talk Like a Pirate Day - September 19 - the birthday of my oldest sis Susi, and a buddy Christine. Plus my co-worker's son Trent who will be 4.

I learned of this holiday just last year when I was out in Vegas - my first trip ever to sin city. We went with 2 other couples (the same Dee, Don, Sharon and Al that we did last weekend with - hmmm alcohol, trips it's a common theme with all of us) for the ISU football game there in September. God knows ISU doesn't make it to many bowl games, so we decided to treat that game as our bowl.

S&A rented us a beautiful 4 bedroom house in Vegas for the long weekend - Thur - Sun. It had a pool with a hot tub. Paul and I won the lotto for the master bedroom - with its own huge closet and bathroom. But the whole place was pretty nice.

We were just getting situated when I got a call from someone I know in the trash biz - Sara runs the landfill in the Pella area. She mentioned to me that it was talk like a pirate day the next day. And that got us going for the whole weekend. Aaar, me mateys!

We mostly hung out by our pool (beverage and book in hand) that weekend. But we also saw some sites of Vegas, Henderson, Hoover Dam and old Vegas. We rode the roller coaster drunk, attended the ISU pregame party at Hooters that was one big Clone lovefest. I took pics there.

The game was pretty good, though the outcome was a heartbreaker in typical Cyclone fashion. We tied it up only to lose in OT. They actually serve alcohol at games in Vegas - there are no topless showgirls there but you can get Jim Beam! We made due tailgating in our rented van - pulling the back seat out to relax in. We saw some people we knew in the crowd - there were something like 10,000 fans there.

My Facebook page is set up in Pirate English, which is amusing to me. I know I'm a bit wacky for a 51 year old wench...