Away from the Gym

This week was an off week for the team, but being the team that they are they wanted to do something together and a little different. So they suggested they come to my house to swim, tye-dye, and eat. Fortunately it was a very warm day, but nobody swam. They were too engrossed in their new project. Some had never done any tye-dying. I spread a couple of canvasses on the patio and they gathered to create. Taylor was clearly in charge. She had purchased the supplies, but everyone else had to bring the article they were going to tye-dye. The dogs, Mattie and Honey, were very interested in what was going on as all these people sat in a circle on their patio. Honey, the yellow lab, still has remnants of dye on her paws. Mattie, the black lab, is too black to see any color. It was quite a creative circle. I am excited to see the end products. I have already seen Taylor's. She used her ODAC Championship shirt and it came out really neat. Next blog may be a team tye-dye photo.

It's Spring!

I do enjoy the spring. I love looking at grass, trees, plants, and flowers that have been dormant through the winter months begin to take on color and explode almost before your eyes. One can truly have an appreciation of God's beauty by paying attention to that new growth. And speaking of growth, Lindsey and Jillian are beginning to grow their hair out now after having almost 10-inches cut from each of them for Locks of Love. They, along with Mrs. Klauer, went this past Sunday to get their long, beautiful hair cut in order for them to give. Reese was present and they all still look great. We are proud of them for this worthwhile contribution. It won't be long before their hair will be grown out again.

Back from Indy

The WBCA convention and Final Four was a little different this year. Indianapolis is a great city to host such an event and you can tell they are used to doing it up big in most areas. The convention center is enormous, probably big enough to hold several conventions at once. It was very cold, rainy, and windy the whole time we were there. Thankfully I was inside learning some new stuff and could use the skywalk to get to the center. The games were exciting and who would have thought anybody but Connecticut, Stanford, or Tennessee would be in it. Good for those teams that surely believed in themselves and fought through lots of adversity. Conseco Fieldhouse was rocking with Notre Dame in the Championship--green everywhere. And, of course, Saturday night the whole city was wild with Butler advancing to the men's championship.

I participated in the 4Kay run/walk on Saturday morning in 30-degree temps. It was at the Indianapolis Speedway. I was elated to get a chance to walk that monster track being the Nascar fan that I am. The 2.5 mile track was impressive.