January 7, 2012

There were 2 posts published on January 7, 2012 (this is page 1 of 1).

Family mountain biking

The weather was a beautiful, balmy partly sunny and 70 degrees, so we took advantage of it by heading out for the mountain bike trails at Lake Crabtree for a little exercise. We had an absolute blast!

Travis had impressed me earlier this week with the way he was riding the hills around the “creek” area after school. That showed me he might be ready for some off-road biking. Turns out not only he was ready, but Hallie as well!

We hopped off our bikes to watch people play in the field and soon found ourselves wrapped up in an impromptu soccer game with a kid and his family. Before we knew it it was approaching 5 PM and we had biked and run far longer than we ever expected we could!

It was a fantastic family day and a great antidote to the brutally-cold start we had to the week. Gotta love winter in North Carolina!

Laptop disaster

Last night I was lunging towards a misbehaving dog when I knocked my laptop onto the floor.

Oops. Fortunately only the hard drive appeared to be damaged, but the fact that the drive was less than a month old made me feel really, really stupid. On the plus side, I had a backup that was less than a month old so I didn’t lose much.

I’ve got a new drive which I’m loading up with my old files right now so I’ll be back up and running again in no time. And from now on I’ll be a bit more careful!