A Moleskine Sketchnook arrives and Julyathon Day 11 (not really!!!)

YAY! I have a moley--A Moleskine traveling sketchbook--again--it just arrived a little while ago!!! What a wonderful treat to see all the glorious artwork IN PERSON--it's so beautiful in the flesh--or--in the paper and ink etc. I'm afraid my photos do not do it justice!!!!

I couldn't take it outside to photograph as I often do--because it is POURING RAIN!!!

Speaking of rain, we are STILL digging out from the mess created by two floods, but we are slowly regaining some portion of normality. Still, I may need a full month to complete the moley.

You can click on this image to see it bigger. I did not choose what pictures went where, it was done randomly by Picasa. If I have time, I may post more because there was so much to enjoy. One that is not well-represented in this collage is Roma's Vietnam post, which was wonderful. I was trying to get the words so they could be read, but it didn't work out. Go here to revisit.

As Far as my Julyathon, well, I've been too busy to blog, BUT I've walked every single, or jogged, or biked or both or all three, at least 45 minutes a day and often more. I haven't missed a day--and I've done my exercises and yoga etc. Every day EXCEPT today--it's been raining too hard--but hopefully, before the day is over, I will complete my 11th day of daily walking or running or biking. Which of course is sort of sill, because I've been doing this EVERY DAY ad infinitum.

We had a big birthday bash for my granddaughter, Rachel, and then we had company all week. So there was some good busyness mixed in with hard cleaning and repacking etc.

This morning, I took Piano boy to the doctor. That wasted the entire morning. UM--OK, maybe not a waste, exactly, but it took MUCH more time than it should have. And while I was there, I started a new book--always dangerous, as I tend to get sucked into them.

Julyathon, Day 1 (Not really)

So I got up and put on my running shoes and jogged for 15
minutes--after the heart monitor went off for a tachyacrdia attack.

I walked or jogged every day in June by one, and the day after I
missed, I walked twice. 45 minutes a day (or more) every day, except
one day was zero and the next 90 or more. (It was more).
I just don't have time to post about it every day. And I don't look
any different because I've been walking or jogging every day for
years. It's nothing new or special.

We are still sorting through boxes that got flooded in our two
basement floods--the house is a disater, and we have company coming!
This is just ONE of the reasons why I haven't been posting much.
I hope all is well with YOU!

The picture is one I did in my round 2 Moleskine, which just came back after being gone a year and a half.

I just learned that we have an ozone alert and are supposed to avoid exertion and outdoor activity.

walking tracker app, Run Keeper, on iPad

Tuesday, 6-7-11 10:52 AM I am trying out a new (to me) iPad app for tracking walking speed and distance called Runkeeper, but it does not work well on the iPad for a variety of reasons.  This iPad does not have 3G and apparently, either does not have a GPS or the GPS requires the Internet or the GPS doesn't work well.  The iPad doesn't work well for writing while walking.  It is heavy and awkward and the keyboard poops green.  The keyboard is missing vital keys for serious word processing, such as navigational arrows and a forward delete button. The screen is hard to see in the bright sun. The heaviness and awkwardness of the iPad (compared to the Psion, which I love) makes my back hurt trying to write while walking. I have to lean back or something to counterbalance it. There is also no tab key.

I have been walking 40 minutes, and it says I have walked .32 miles at a pace of 2 hours for one mile, which is wrong. I am a slow walker, but not that slow!  I've walked over a mile, I"m not sure how much over a mile.   At the end, it says I walked 51:36 and .6 miles.  Uhh, duh!  That is not correct--useless app for iPad!!! It might work OK if I walked up and down my short little driveway for 45 minutes!!!

Then I got an email from RunKeeper:

• This is a RunKeeper FitnessAlert to let you know that you achieved the following milestones with your most recent walking activity. 

It has my farthest distance as .6, but I actually walked MUCH father than that. I walk farther than that EVERY DAY!  DUH!!! I guess I have to spend a LOT of money if I want to enter the digital cloud age for walkers.  I need an iPhone or iPad with 3G and an upgrade to RunKeeper elite--NOT!  I have a watch and that is good enough for me right now!!!