Hopeless! LOL

I give up! It seems it is impossible for me to get on here and update when I promise I will. Either the site is down, or my computer is deadly slow or ... Oh well, I am on here now so let's make the best of it!

Training is going reasonably well for Team in Training. I walked in a 10K race in Jamestown CA on Saturday. After a long down hill stretch from the school through the main street of town, it appears that every other hill only went up!! Honest, that's what it felt like. There were some short down hills paired with some very long uphills. I need to get better at hills for sure before I head off to my marathon. It took me just over one hour and forty one minutes to finish the 6.2 mile course. I was too tired to remember to look at the clock as I crossed the finish line! However, I did finish strong and could have gone on for a while yet though I definitely need to figure out what kind of nourishment I need to take out on these longer walks. Luckily I had some Sport Jelly Bellys with me (yes, there is such a thing!) and they helped a lot. I have a really hard time dealing with GU or sport gels, I just can't get past the texture, they make me gag!

Fundraising is definitely an issue at this point. I am only 25% of the way to my goal of $4901 for the Alaska marathon. I have to recommit on April 10. Once I recommit, I am responsible for the full amount, whether I fundraise it or it comes out of my own pocket! Ouch! I do have a fallback position, I can switch to the Seattle RocknRoll Marathon which requires $3100 in fundraising but ... after this past weekend, I am not looking kindly at a hilly course. Hopefully, I will be able to raise enough to go to Alaska.

This weekend, Saturday to be precise, I will be doing my first prize drawing for those who have already donated. You get one ticket for each $25 you donate and the prize this weekend, if a knitter wins, is a skein of Wollmeise sock yarn. You will have a choice of Iris Siberica (should be on its way to me now) or Koralle im Meer (Coral of the Sea). Both colors are gorgeous! The Iris has blues and yellows and I think maybe green, while the Coral is deep blue, teal, orange, ... well, you are going to have to see them to believe them. Maybe I can get a picture in the next couple of days so you can get an approximation of what they look like. I am still working on a prize for the non-knitters. A Blue Diamond Almond gift basket is in the works and we will see what else I can come up with.

Don't forget that the knitter who donates the largest amount will win a Wollmeise Sock Club shipment. I think they will have the option of choosing this current shipment (yummy!) which they can see or choosing what's behind Door Number 1, the final shipment, choosing it sight unseen! That should be fun.

I am still working on that knitting project I mentioned last post. Can't post a picture cuz it is a gift but the size is worrying me. It just doesn't seem large enough. I may end up ripping it all out after blocking if I am not happy with it but that's okay, it is an easy knit and one I enjoy. I just got some very bright fuschia colored cashmere to make a shawl or stole for my cousin who is suffering from multiple myeloma. She, like me, is usually quite warm so she doesn't need something to keep her warm, just something bright and cheerful. The yarn is gorgeous, now I just have to find the right pattern, something in laceweight, a very fine laceweight I might add. Hmm, I have got to figure out somewher to take some pictures. You just have to see this yarn!

Anyway, that's all for now. I will post the winner of the drawing here on Saturday as well as emailing them. Take care all.