I did it
Cat
So, I did it yesterday, the Women's Minimarathon, in just under 1 hour
without pushing myself too hard. It was great fun, conditions were ideal
for it, and it was exciting to be part of that huge mob of 30,000 women
(including a few draggies).
I would like to put on record my grateful appreciation of those among you
who generously sponsored me financially for the benefit of the Irish
Hospice Foundation or have made donations in other ways, (they will
recognise themselves) as well as those who encouraged me morally. Both were
equally appreciated.
I have yet to count the dosh, but I think I am just short of 2 grand - which
is not bad for a late starter who hobbled for a few weeks before the event.
Might do better next year, and who knows, might even persuade a few girls
and boys to don the rara skirts and make up a co-ed SCIteam ???
Cat(h) (pigs have been known to fly, on occasions)
Cat
Cat(h)
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Shamrockman
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KateH
That's awesome......2 grand? WOW!
Congrats again! I think you should start signing up the fellas very
soon........some are gonna need plane tickets, etc.
KateH
Ergoge the Niffirg
She's not in the picture. I can't see any bare midriffs there.
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Egoreg
Never ask a Donegal man to translate for you
Niall O'Keeffe
<cathy_ie@(spamfree)yahoo.com> wrote:
>So, I did it yesterday, the Women's Minimarathon, in just under 1 hour
>without pushing myself too hard.
>...<snip>
Well done! Excellent work :)
Nice job on the fundraising...
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Niall O'Keeffe
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jrduffy
18th row - third from the right?
J Duffy
KateH
Wow......where've YOU been?
KateH
Cat
KateH <hock...@innw.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Cat wrote ...
> > So, I did it yesterday, the Women's Minimarathon, in just under 1 hour
> > without pushing myself too hard. It was great fun, conditions were
ideal
> > for it, and it was exciting to be part of that huge mob of 30,000 women
> > (including a few draggies).
> > I would like to put on record my grateful appreciation of those among
you
> > who generously sponsored me financially for the benefit of the Irish
> > Hospice Foundation or have made donations in other ways, (they will
> > recognise themselves) as well as those who encouraged me morally. Both
> were
> > equally appreciated.
> > I have yet to count the dosh, but I think I am just short of 2 grand -
> which
> > is not bad for a late starter who hobbled for a few weeks before the
> event.
> > Might do better next year, and who knows, might even persuade a few
girls
> > and boys to don the rara skirts and make up a co-ed SCIteam ???
> > Cat(h) (pigs have been known to fly, on occasions)
>
> That's awesome......2 grand? WOW!
Well, a handful of small "corporate" donations made up the bulk, but
friends, colleagues, and other people whom I expertly browbeat into it were
most generous indeed.
> Congrats again! I think you should start signing up the fellas very
> soon........some are gonna need plane tickets, etc.
> KateH
>
Well, there's the excuse so many of ye have been waiting for to take your
first ever holiday in Paddyland. I have almost convinced my sisters...
working on the bros now - just trying to explain the concept of the need for
false boobs and to shave their legs. They're a bit hesitant.
Cat(h)
>
KateH
> Well, there's the excuse so many of ye have been waiting for to take your
> first ever holiday in Paddyland.
I'd take any excuse........it's true! :)
I have almost convinced my sisters...
> working on the bros now - just trying to explain the concept of the need
for
> false boobs and to shave their legs. They're a bit hesitant.
I can't imagine.
KateH :)
jrduffy
Just got in from gardening. Why, did I miss something while I was gone?
J Duffy
jrduffy
>
> No, I think that's Sr Des..
>
> --
Of course. Didn't recognize him in drag.
J Duffy
Cat
"Niall O'Keeffe" <postm...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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Thank you :-) Really, people were very generous, and it was not difficult
raising money for a charity people know and many can relate to.
Cat(h) (your kind sentiments apply to all 31,000 women who
ran/walked/crawled)
KateH
> KateH wrote:
> > Wow......where've YOU been?
>
> Just got in from gardening. Why, did I miss something while I was gone?
Absolutely not......except the terrifying story of Tommy skinny
dipping.......you did see that, eh?
So, how's the garden? All planted? All weeded? What are ya growin' this
year?
Kate(unabashedly nosey)H
jrduffy
Came back to a lot of weeds after two weeks in the States. Growing a bit
of everything. Trying some nictotania to see if the slugs will get
hooked on it.
J Duffy
docaay
Nicotania is one of my favorite weeds...errr, flowers to grow.
You can do almost anything to them and they come back for
more...kinda like Unki.
Doc
jrduffy
>
> Nicotania is one of my favorite weeds...errr, flowers to grow.
> You can do almost anything to them and they come back for
> more...kinda like Unki.
>
> Doc
I'll have to let them know that. They look the same now as when they
went in 4 weeks ago. None of the center sprouts have sprung.
J Duffy
docaay
Aww, you've been too kind to them. Go out and abuse them
royally...GoldenArse is a good example.
Doc
(sorry to hear that. Maybe it's the Midwestern arrogance. :))
KateH
> KateH wrote:
> > So, how's the garden? All planted? All weeded? What are ya growin'
this
> > year?
>
> of everything. Trying some nictotania to see if the slugs will get
> hooked on it.
My slugs love the stuff....it gets up about an inch tall and
disappears.......I've been told that the "N. alata" will "grow like a weed",
but I've yet to be able to get it established.
You growin' veggies? I'm trying some (new to me) heirloom tomatoes this
year.....Green Grape and Brandywine. And I didn't plant potatoes this
year........first time in ten years, probably.
Where'd ya go in the states.....or is this old news?
Kate(still being nosey......I guess)H :)
KateH
> Nicotania is one of my favorite weeds...errr, flowers to grow.
> You can do almost anything to them and they come back for
> more...kinda like Unki.
Damn......I knew someone was gonna say that.
Kate(killer of small flowering weeds)H
jrduffy
>
> My slugs love the stuff....it gets up about an inch tall and
> disappears.......I've been told that the "N. alata" will "grow like a weed",
> but I've yet to be able to get it established.
>
> You growin' veggies? I'm trying some (new to me) heirloom tomatoes this
> year.....Green Grape and Brandywine. And I didn't plant potatoes this
> year........first time in ten years, probably.
>
> Where'd ya go in the states.....or is this old news?
> Kate(still being nosey......I guess)H :)
I went to Washington to talk Sen. Jeffers into defecting from the
Republican party. Given the cheap airfares I needed an excuse to go.
Seems to have been a worth while trip. No the Mrs. is doing the vegs (or
so she promises). I need flowers for still life paintings.
J Duffy
docaay
>
> Damn......I knew someone was gonna say that.
> Kate(killer of small flowering weeds)H
Well, you know, perhaps it *is* the Midwestern arrogance.
Doc
KateH
> Well, you know, perhaps it *is* the Midwestern arrogance.
Nope.....it's the slugs.
KateH :)
KateH
> I went to Washington to talk Sen. Jeffers into defecting from the
> Republican party. Given the cheap airfares I needed an excuse to go.
> Seems to have been a worth while trip. No the Mrs. is doing the vegs (or
> so she promises). I need flowers for still life paintings.
Cool.......I didn't know you were a painter! :)
I grow those big, blousey, old fashioned roses.........and tons of bulbs.
That and everywhere you look there's a different kind of
Johnny-Jump-Up/violet/pansy. My flower garden has escaped the yard and
invaded the vegetable garden, though. Good luck to your wife in the veggie
patch!
KateH :)
O Siadhail
>I did it yesterday, the Women's Minimarathon, in just under 1 hour
A fine feat ye did there Cat, congrats!
(ll ynoT tsaflebX)
"The rest are so boring I can't even remember their names." - Ger@r.d
jrduffy
>
snip
My flower garden has escaped the yard and
> invaded the vegetable garden, though. Good luck to your wife in the veggie
> patch!
> KateH :)
Better that than the other way around. Unless you go for that colored
cabbage look.
J Duffy
docaay
What's up with that? Stuff looks like an escapee from a bad Star
Trek set.
Doc
(assuming you are referring to kale? How's the bog, Duffy?)
jrduffy
The bogs fine. Dredging a practice lane for this years snorkeling
competition. We had a great day with magnificent clouds today here in
Clare. The lads of Treannahow are still marveling over the power of the
splitting maul I brought back from the States to crack open stumps. May
start importing them if I get a few more orders. Have to figure out how
to ship them here though. I got more than a few looks strolling through
the airport with the thing.
So did you ever get to see Bono? Inquiring minds want to know.
J Duffy
KateH
> KateH wrote:
> > invaded the vegetable garden, though. Good luck to your wife in the
veggie
> > patch!
>
> cabbage look.
Ah well......I'm an untidy gardener and do have lettuces in the foxgloves up
by the house.....haven't grown that spritzy winter kale, but I've got purple
cabbages.
Kate(does that count?)H
Haven't you seen you seen Ros Creasy's books on Edible Landscaping? :)
Séimí mac Liam
minimum.
KateH
> Trust me when I tell you to keep your consumption of foxglove to a
> minimum.
Oh, you mean digitalis? The drug/poison that REALLY gets the heart movin'?
Don't eat the delphiniums, sweet peas or bleeding heart either.
KateH
Séimí mac Liam
upset tummy might be alright.
KateH
> KateH wrote ...
> > Séimí mac Liam wrote
> > > Trust me when I tell you to keep your consumption of foxglove to a
> > > minimum.
> >
> > Oh, you mean digitalis? The drug/poison that REALLY gets the heart
> movin'?
> > Don't eat the delphiniums, sweet peas or bleeding heart either.
>
> Not to mention the nightshade, though a little in the eye or for an
> upset tummy might be alright.
Practising medicine w/out a license again..........ehhhhhhhhhh Nutman?
KateH :)