I'm Married to a National Champion!

Peter posted what is below on Google+ a few days ago. I told him to scream it from the mountaintops, but he thought that was unnecessary. I told him to post it on his blog, but he didn't feel it was appropriate content or something. I told him to do a guest post on my blog, but he didn't seem too excited about that either. So, I decided to make the world aware of my husband's accomplishment by cutting & posting his post below! Enjoy!

I've found an activity that is random enough and has low enough participation that I can perform at an elite level. A couple weeks ago I found out that the US National Trail Orienteering Championships were going to be held just down the street from where I live and anybody could participate for a $25 fee. I'd never done trail orienteering, though I had done regular foot orienteering before. I figured I might as well try it as something different. Somehow I won. Yes, I am the current reigning US National Trail Orienteering Champion. Seriously. I'm not joking. I beat the four members of the US national trail orienteering team that were there. You can see the results here: http://orienteeringusa.org/us-teams/trail/events

Also, if you are interested in what trail orienteering is, you can go to:http://orienteering.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Technical-Introduction-to-TrailO-for-Experienced-Foot-Orienteers1.pdf

Edit: They took the results down for some reason from the Orienteering USA page, but they can still be found here:
http://1923877662989710021-a-1802744773732722657-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/2011ccof/home/convention-information/convention-events-results/2011USTOCTrail-Oresults.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crBioCEzWe1dhFLSSW0JYnuiL4OJREiYuXmJy7-8sud0bufdeNCsYlcUy38ItdjyZ8128cuOkCOBOOD4-8vOr0EpnfeHhOswVBZOo02pM5pQNh8UDwn5wFBDbMgPvhwBXHEvs9yydwLADqAb1WuXTnCnt0Ahqeeu-klVvfImEYJWfdBYD49amLTgtXge2g4moXQKM_dWpizcDLvBd5Wv5rBWZcG25Vz1N-dvOTeLFwdCniCwTsGApZwQizePF_h00ValvgKQIhgrIPaMyZWD8i6MkXwr1lNjjbyOsPU6EBCmpvD5e0%3D&attredirects=0

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So proud of him!

Now I'm just waiting for the sponsors to start knocking down our door!

A Brief Update

July was a pretty jam packed month. Three days after returning from Nantucket we headed out to New Orleans for my friend's 30th birthday and the fun hasn't stopped since...

Crappy pic of Bourban Street... where a man would be shot 24 hours later

We hung out in the garden district for a while one afternoon

St. Charles St. Cable Car

Parakeets at the NOLA Aquarium

Wearing my fedora & feeding a parakeet... 'cause that's how I roll

Peter & some fish

Steamboat we took a ride on

Peter & the birthday girl

New Orleans Pharmacy Museum!

Famous Acme Oyster House

Stuffed Soft Shelled Crab! Mmmmmm!

Can't remember what this was

And here's the rest of July in pictures...

My flower CSA continues to deliver

Flower shot!

Rochester Air Show

Rochester Air Show

Rochester Air Show

Rochester Air Show

Rochester Air Show

Happy Family Time with Mom

Rogers' Family Reunion

Girl Cousins

Only married cousin & her hubby

How Muffin spends 95% of her time

The garden continues to grow

Bacon continues to be eaten

And so do avocados...

And avocado plant (3rd attempt) is now underway

Visiting Some Cuties in B-lo

After working 75 hours in 8 days I finally had a day off on Thursday, and was excited to head out to Buffalo to see some of my favorite people & meet a couple new faves!

First stop was to meet my friend Jenny's new baby girl, Claire Ann! She was actually born the day after Juliet. She weighed in at a whopping 5 lbs 15 oz when she was born & was still quite the little peanut when I finally met her at 13 days old...

Me & Claire Ann

I could just stare at that little face all day!

I'm kind of obsessed with teeny tiny baby feet!

After leaving Jenny's I headed over to my brother's to meet another little girl- Baby Ellie! Ellie is another little peanut, weighing in at barely 2 lbs!

Can I take her home with me?!

What do you mean, "No?"

Proud dad & his baby girl

"Put me down! I want to play!"

Bye Ellie! I'll be back soon!

I Have a New Niece....

Her name is Ellie....

Yes, my brother adopted a kitten... a girl kitten... and named her "Ellie".... and being the crazy cat lady that I am, I approve. I'm pretty sure that my mother's thought on this kitten is that my brother will now never find a girlfriend, but she looks like a chick magnet to me!

Perhaps you feel I misled you with the title of this post... maybe you know that there is another little girl that's recently been welcomed into this world....

This is baby Juliet. Another new niece. My brother-in-law & sister-in-law's new baby girl! I just love this picture of her!

... OK, I'm gonna have to end the post here since the cuteness factor is already exponential & I don't think I can handle much more!