Skydiving Video

On the right side of my blog I've added my 2005 skydiving video. I still think it's pretty cool, hee hee. If you want to watch it, please pause the music player on the left first by double-clicking on the "II" pause button. Otherwise the audio in the video clip will interfere with the music on the left. Enjoy! By the way, the dive took place on March 6th, 2005... 13,000 feet (and falling) over Perris, CA.

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SD's Ethnic Dining Scene

The Belgian Frie? A restaurant specializing in Belgian "french" fries??? Being a connosseiur of french fries, it will be my sworn duty to check out this french fry restaurant in PB to make sure it's okay for everyone. ;-p I've said more than once that I love food. There are many new ethnic restaurants opening in San Diego. We're going to the annual Taste of Hillcrest again in a couple of weeks. We've gone for a few years now and it's a great way to sample all the great restaurants in Hillcrest. This KPBS webcast describes the SD ethnic restaurant scene, and profiles many ethnic (Belgian, Moroccan, Australian, Ethiopian, French, Afghan, Turkish, Vietnamese, etc.) restaurants.

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Running the AFC Half

Todd and I are planning to run the America's Finest City Half Marathon in August. He's never run more than maybe 5 miles. I've done the whole 26.2 mile marathon, but it's been 6 years and since then I've only run 5K races. So we'll be starting at about the same place. Training will be 3.5 months starting in May. I got a weekly training schedule from Runner's World and we'll be following that. I'm looking forward to running it because the course is beautiful and scenic. I also found a website where you can plan out running routes and it tells you exactly how many miles it is. And if you put in your current weight, it'll also tell you how many calories you'll burn for the run based on the mileage. It is so cool and I've been playing with it to plan out some running routes. You can save your routes by the way. I've also mapped out some of my regular running routes and now I know the exact mileage. Isn't the web fun? You stumble onto all kinds of cool stuff.

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Tuxedo Cat

We have this stray cat that hangs out in our backyard sometimes. She's black with some white on her chin, chest, and paws. Because of her coloring, I call her the "Tuxedo Cat". I thought I was being clever, but my husband found this in Wikipedia. Can you believe it? I guess all black and white bicolored cats with low grade spotting are called "Tuxedo Cats"! And I thought I was being original... bummer!

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Learning HTML and CSS

Ok, I've been fixiated all weekend on changing my blog and making my blog look nice. I've learned so much from trial and error. Now if my family or friends want me to design a blog for them, I can do it!

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