It seems lately that we’ve fallen into a pretty consistent pattern of activity for our Saturday mornings. Let me describe this morning for you as an example of a typical Saturday at the Wilkins’. We rolled out of bed in a panic at 5:55 because we had screwed up the alarm clock and missed our [...]
Archive for the ‘cold weather’ category
Saturday Morning Rituals & Panera Bread
December 5, 2009A turn for the better
March 4, 2009After our last round of really horrible weekend weather, we finally got a turn for the better today. Missouri weather in February and March can be really painful. Over 60 degrees one day and barely hitting the freezing mark the next. Unfortunately, it seems like we get into patterns where all the good weather is [...]
Pursuing my goals!
February 2, 2009My cycling goals for 2009: 1) Stay Safe 2) Have fun After not having ridden for an entire week, and very specifically ignored chances to ride over the weekend in spite of the fact that the weather was gorgeous because of the water and slush still on the roads, I decided last night that the weather [...]
Starting the year off right!
January 2, 2009After running, then riding to work this morning, I was sitting in the locker room peeling off all the layers and dreaming of warm weather again. You know the kind of weather I’m talking about….the kind where you just wear cycling shorts, a sleeveless jersey, socks, and a headsweat to keep the rivers of perspiration out [...]
Unscheduled!
December 30, 2008Don’t you hate it when you can’t sleep? Last night I had one of those nights. I laid there for what seemed like hours worrying about becoming the owner of a Jeep that I don’t want. Kids….I’ve got one that something like this would never happen to, and one who does crap like this all [...]
