Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Texas Mile Rant

It's that time again ~ time for another Texas Mile! This weekend will be our 9th...10th? Texas Mile in Goliad, Texas. We are expecting beautiful weather for this event.

Roger plans to ride the old turbo Busa and Jen will be riding yet another 'different' bike - a ZX14 Kawasaki (turbo) named Ranger - fastest Kawasaki on earth...literally. That said, we are anxious and hoping for some great results.

This raises a question - why, with all the great motorcycles that we have in our possession, have we not named any of them? Or have they (Jen and/or her dad) named them and just failed to share that information with me? (This happens on occasion, but when I find out they get the 20 question interrogation method of torture.)

I remember 'The Green Monster' - a green Kawasaki that Jen rode in a few AMA races a couple of years back. But that is not a name, just a label (that bike truly was a monster in the worst way).

And speaking of naming things...Will, have you named your kayaks? (That one you let Jen paddle seems to offer quite a wild ride on occasion...) What about that little white truck of yours? Or the Neon for crying out loud - that car HAS to have a name! I haven't named my little silver Mazda either... I am so disappointed in myself - how does someone have anything that long and not have a name for it? Names people! names! I need names!

Ranger IS a name. (Stephanie Plum fans take note - we will see if this Kawasaki named Ranger lives up to the Ranger in that series of books...I have serious doubts about that!) To be continued...

Greg Williams riding Ranger: Fastest Turbo ZX-14 in the WORLD!! 232 MPH

Friday, October 9, 2009

Missing That Silly Cat


I still find myself looking for Adagio when I walk through the door, half expecting him to whisk past my feet and out the front door. There are no longer chunks of Adagio fur on the floor, no pieces of cat food scattered around his bowl…no cat bowl. No litter box. No insistent meowing and no fur ball of a cat rubbing his face in mine while I am trying to read or work on the computer...

How on Earth can I miss something so totally annoying?

**sigh**