Friday Mishmash - Kip Edition

Last Sunday I had Jeff take my annual bike pictures - that post will be up on Monday.  But here's a sneak peek:

Kip would not get out of the shot no matter how many times I tried to shoo him away.  So I finally picked him up and plopped him in my bike basket, thinking that would make him want to leave.  No...old Kippers just laid down and got comfortable!  So after a few pictures, I decided to take him for a little bike ride - would you believe that cat stayed in the basket the entire time???  Three laps around my street!  He is so passive - it's no wonder he broke his pelvis in what was probably a garage door coming down on him.  What a nut.

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It's summer and the Watermelon War has broken out.  OK, maybe just in our house...but Jeff and I have both become addicted to watermelon.  There is nothing like cold watermelon for dessert on these days when it's still nearly 100 degrees AFTER dinner.  We buy a seedless one every four or five days and cut it up, storing it in some plastic containers in the fridge.  Well.  It seems that someone, and I'm not naming names here, but it isn't me, has no problem eating an entire container in the evening.  Which leads to someone else claiming another container as "hands off" because she would like to know that the melon is there when she wants it.  Yes, 27 years of marriage, and we are fighting over watermelon.  Maturity, we have it.

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The watermelon thief and Kip.

Kip loves Jeff.  Every morning when he sits down to read the paper, Kip has to jump into his lap and keep him company.  The other night while we were grilling our dinner, Jeff sat down and instantly, Kip was right there.  And as I was outside taking pictures of the food on the grill (what - doesn't everyone do this???), I was able to get this cute shot of the two of them.  I'm thinking of framing it so Jeff can put it on his desk as work.  Too much? ;)

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Speaking of grilling dinner, this was on the menu Wednesday night:

 Zucchini, summer squash and onion (sorry Biz!), ready for the grill.

Holy yum, this was good!  Pork tenderloin and some pineapple rounded out the meal - but I could have had twice the amount of veggies and no meat and would have been just as happy.

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Running Club started back up last Saturday - they are training for the Dallas White Rock half/full marathon.  At first I was going to be all bitter sad about missing out, but guess what they did?  My sweet coaches (and friends) created a position for me!  They knew how much I loved being involved, so they made me the Social Organizer!  Which is right up my alley, considering most things that runners do, aside from running, involves food...so we will be doing frozen yogurt runs after the Tuesday night track workouts, group breakfasts after the Saturday runs, a burger night or two - all sorts of fun things to keep up the camaraderie as everyone takes on this new challenge.  Plus look for even crazier water stations during the benchmark runs - what's that saying?  If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter?!?  Woohoo!!!

I'm also an admin on our Facebook page, so I brought my camera to take pictures of the new group.  I didn't realize I got this cute shot until I saw it later on my computer monitor, but look at the excitement and glee shown in the body language of the two women under the arrow (click the picture to enlarge it) - the whole "what are we about to do?!?" is conveyed perfectly by them, and I just love it!  This is what my running club is all about - taking ordinary people and turning them into RUNNERS!

Half marathon group about to start their first run of the season!

Have a great weekend, and Happy Canada Day to my readers to the north, and Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans!