Friday, October 25, 2013

i don't know what to title this one ...

I finally managed to get a pic of my amazing (and patient) boxing coach darryl!  Isn't he adorable!?  We have a great time  training and have become pretty good buddies - dealing with our mutual friends and the drama in their lives!!


friday afternoon club pic!  poor little poopy-pants is growing some new fangs so she's been pretty miserable the past couple of weeks.   she did manage to stop squawking for the brief moment we took the picture though!


saturday i JUST beat the rain - did a sweet 2 hour run through the single track in albion.


sugar shack!  i never did make that fucking hill on my bike way back when ...


shot from above the pond ...


and hay!  look who i ran into!  billieeeeeeeeeeeeee and wayne!  they were nice enough to humor me for a picture!


it was really nice in there - really quiet!


love this one ...


then sunday after mass with father jimmy, i did an easy 45 on the humber valley trail.


another gorgeous fall day - sky was amazing!


clouds ...


finished the week off feeling strong! 


have a great weekend everyone!  me and duncan are going to go chop down a tree so i don't freeze to death this winter ...




Monday, October 14, 2013

first week at the farm ...

the big move has been made.  i feel very disconnected.  duncan asked me last night how the new place was shaping up.  i told him it was pretty much the same as when he was over the day i moved in.   boxes and stuff everywhere with just a few essentials unpacked.   it is getting better though.  and of course, when i'm feeling messy, i just 'man the fuck up' and go lift some heavy shit ...


thanks to these people, i am able to keep relatively sane!  


so here are a few shots from the farm.  my two guard dawgs - jackson and sienna.  just try coming into my place uninvited ...


my balcony - can you say spoiled ...



from the living room - if you look to the left you can see 'mister ed' ...


another shot of the balcony off my bedroom ...


i'm pretty sure i'll get used to this though ...


and of course, my favorite form of therapy - my trails ...


pulled on the hokas saturday and headed up k2, through glen haffy and north of 9 for a couple hours of dirt running.


love milkweed.  reminds me of walks with my brother ken back in peterborough.



saturday night was kind of a pylon reunion!  the captain's wife threw a retirement party - 30 years on the fire department - and actually invited us clowns!   even bart and laaaaadies man showed up!  can't believe moonie kept his pants on all night ...


ohmygawd!  sunday mass just about killed me.  did some REALLY heavy deadlifts with my awesome friend lisa - 36 of the suckers at 225lbs.  man my back was tight after that!!!


because my cuz karen lives 'north' of 7, i readily agreed to make the trip to barrie for an amazing turkey dinner cooked by her hubby jeff!  after stuffing myself with way too much food, i rolled away from the table and just hung out there for awhile!   love that we've stayed connected!

and finally, went back into cfb monday morning for some snatch practice and thrusters with the boys!


i leave you with this - kind of applies to a lot of things in my life ...


happy turkey day !!!


Tuesday, October 1, 2013

last week in the treehouse ...

 uh oh!  a fat bike sighting!  does this mean winter is just around the corner ...




our favorite gym rat 'poopie pants' got baptized last weekend - can she be any cuter !!??


did some fairly heavy back squats last week and of course just HAD to sport the latest t-shirt from 'lift big eat big' ...


another great friday night club pic!  jason 'I' forgot the memo about making a face ...


and it was kind of a sad day on wednesday -  i trained my last client at the treehouse.  very fitting that it was my super ironman friend janette ...


saturday was just an amazing day!  after getting duncan to help move the gym into bolton, i got out for a couple of hours on the bruce.



look up !


the pirate stream ...


awesome shot of the sun going down ...


the birthday tree ...


messing around ...


hanging around ...


basically loving life ...


and i leave you with this ...