he first sunny, hot day of the tri series. The morning initially brought drama when Kristi realized she had forgotten her goggles, but Josh came to the rescue and raced home to retrieve the necessary equipment. Crisis averted, Kristi headed out on the swim and, for the first time this season, she managed to not be the last person into T1 - success at last! The swim was followed by an enjoyable bike ride and a steamy run. The great personal cheering squad (as seen here - yay!) and the ability to pass other folks in her wave gave Kristi the competitive drive to keep on truckin' - you never know, she may get into this sport someday after all...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Success
This past weekend was Race #5 in the Gatorade Tri Series in Elwood. It was a nice day - t
he first sunny, hot day of the tri series. The morning initially brought drama when Kristi realized she had forgotten her goggles, but Josh came to the rescue and raced home to retrieve the necessary equipment. Crisis averted, Kristi headed out on the swim and, for the first time this season, she managed to not be the last person into T1 - success at last! The swim was followed by an enjoyable bike ride and a steamy run. The great personal cheering squad (as seen here - yay!) and the ability to pass other folks in her wave gave Kristi the competitive drive to keep on truckin' - you never know, she may get into this sport someday after all...
he first sunny, hot day of the tri series. The morning initially brought drama when Kristi realized she had forgotten her goggles, but Josh came to the rescue and raced home to retrieve the necessary equipment. Crisis averted, Kristi headed out on the swim and, for the first time this season, she managed to not be the last person into T1 - success at last! The swim was followed by an enjoyable bike ride and a steamy run. The great personal cheering squad (as seen here - yay!) and the ability to pass other folks in her wave gave Kristi the competitive drive to keep on truckin' - you never know, she may get into this sport someday after all...
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The Kail Arrival
After a few relaxing days in Sydney and Katoomba, Ed and Myra made their way to Melbourne late Friday night to begin their visit with us. The weekend went swiftly by as we caught up on everything that has be happening on our respective sides of the globe and we acquainted Ed and Myra with the area. Then Tuesday morning they headed off for a week in Tassie and will be back again on Friday for the remainder of their stay in Victoria.
Highlights of the weekend included brekki and shopping at the Prahran Market, checking out the city from the Rialto Tower, taking part in Chinese New Year celebrations, exploring the Art Market, participating in a hands-on opal cutting demonstration at Lightning Ridge Opals, and enjoying laughs at the movie 27 Dresses.
For more photos from the weekend, click here.
Highlights of the weekend included brekki and shopping at the Prahran Market, checking out the city from the Rialto Tower, taking part in Chinese New Year celebrations, exploring the Art Market, participating in a hands-on opal cutting demonstration at Lightning Ridge Opals, and enjoying laughs at the movie 27 Dresses.
For more photos from the weekend, click here.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Kristi's New Do
A couple months back you got to see Aussie-Josh so I decided it was my turn to try out a new look. This past weekend I headed to a recommended stylist in the CBD and, 4 hours later, I came out with much shorter, blonder hair. Below are the before, during, and after pictures. I have to say that the streaks of white through my hair weren't exactly what I was expecting (that picture doesn't really do it justice), but the stylist continued to insist that I would come to love my new 'Fun Melbourne' hairstyle :)
In other news, you may be wondering how the triathlon series is going that I told you about back in November. Well...not so great which is why I haven't really said much about it! A quick recap of the last three events:
Race #2: After only running once between the first triathlon and the second I felt so unprepared that I chickened out and skipped Race #2.
Race #3: This race was in early January just after holidays/travels/family visits, and again I was bad and only ran once between the date of Race #2 and Race #3. This time I couldn't justify skipping out since I had paid to do the series, so I showed up and raced. The swim was awful due to rough waters - it turns out they pulled 65 people out of the water that morning, so I guess I should have been happy to just finish even if I was last out of the water again. I managed to pass a few folks on the bike and run, which were slightly more enjoyable than the swim (although it did rain - what is it with me and the weather on race day?)
Race #4: This past weekend was yet another race. I had trained a bit more (at least 3 times!), but with the move it hasn't been ideal. Race morning I learned that the race was longer than a regular sprint tri - a 16 mile bike and 5 mile run instead of the regular 12 and 3 - not great news for me. Fortunately I had the best swim of the season thus far (which means I swam the whole way without choking on too much saltwater and doggy-paddling), but I still ended up last out of the water. I didn't have a great bike or run, but I somehow managed to finish without stopping or walking.
I'm beginning to think this tri series wasn't such a good idea for me - we've been so busy and it has just taken a back burner - but maybe if I actually trained I might enjoy the sport a bit more in the future. The next race is in two weeks time and I can't imagine much will change between now and then, but I'll let you know how we go.
In other news, you may be wondering how the triathlon series is going that I told you about back in November. Well...not so great which is why I haven't really said much about it! A quick recap of the last three events:Race #2: After only running once between the first triathlon and the second I felt so unprepared that I chickened out and skipped Race #2.
Race #3: This race was in early January just after holidays/travels/family visits, and again I was bad and only ran once between the date of Race #2 and Race #3. This time I couldn't justify skipping out since I had paid to do the series, so I showed up and raced. The swim was awful due to rough waters - it turns out they pulled 65 people out of the water that morning, so I guess I should have been happy to just finish even if I was last out of the water again. I managed to pass a few folks on the bike and run, which were slightly more enjoyable than the swim (although it did rain - what is it with me and the weather on race day?)
Race #4: This past weekend was yet another race. I had trained a bit more (at least 3 times!), but with the move it hasn't been ideal. Race morning I learned that the race was longer than a regular sprint tri - a 16 mile bike and 5 mile run instead of the regular 12 and 3 - not great news for me. Fortunately I had the best swim of the season thus far (which means I swam the whole way without choking on too much saltwater and doggy-paddling), but I still ended up last out of the water. I didn't have a great bike or run, but I somehow managed to finish without stopping or walking.
I'm beginning to think this tri series wasn't such a good idea for me - we've been so busy and it has just taken a back burner - but maybe if I actually trained I might enjoy the sport a bit more in the future. The next race is in two weeks time and I can't imagine much will change between now and then, but I'll let you know how we go.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wilsons Promontory
This Australia Day weekend we decided to head to Wilsons Promontory, a beautiful national park in the southernmost point of Victoria. Our 3-day weekend was cut in half due to increased workload and looming deadlines at Josh's work, but we made the most of the holiday time we ended up with.
We had booked an outstation campsite near a remote beach for Sunday night. After a well
deserved sleep in Sunday morning, we packed the car and enjoyed the 3-hour drive through the country to the Prom. We began our 10km hike into the Oberon Bay campsite around 2pm with overcast skies and threats of rain, but fortunately the clouds blew over and we had a easy walk in on a super-highway
track. We set up camp, explored the beach while braving the wind, cooked dinner on the campstove, made friends with some kids from the next campsite over, and identified all of the things we forgot (a clock, flashlight, playing cards, and Kristi's contact case). Before hitting the sack we had a great conversation with some fellow Aussie campers.
Monday we awoke to a beautiful sunshiny day.
We packed up camp and headed out on our 8km hike back to town. This day of hiking was a bit more challenging as the track followed the coast around two bays and the sunny day made for much warmer temps, but the scenery was spectacular and made for a lovely day. After we picked up the car we made a stop at Squeaky Beach (appropriately named for the noise the sand makes as you walk along the shore) to have a dip in the ocean and wash off some of the dirt. Then we were back on the road to Melbourne and to work - yay for a wonderful break with no phones or computers!
More photos will be up on flickr soon...
We had booked an outstation campsite near a remote beach for Sunday night. After a well
deserved sleep in Sunday morning, we packed the car and enjoyed the 3-hour drive through the country to the Prom. We began our 10km hike into the Oberon Bay campsite around 2pm with overcast skies and threats of rain, but fortunately the clouds blew over and we had a easy walk in on a super-highway
track. We set up camp, explored the beach while braving the wind, cooked dinner on the campstove, made friends with some kids from the next campsite over, and identified all of the things we forgot (a clock, flashlight, playing cards, and Kristi's contact case). Before hitting the sack we had a great conversation with some fellow Aussie campers.Monday we awoke to a beautiful sunshiny day.
We packed up camp and headed out on our 8km hike back to town. This day of hiking was a bit more challenging as the track followed the coast around two bays and the sunny day made for much warmer temps, but the scenery was spectacular and made for a lovely day. After we picked up the car we made a stop at Squeaky Beach (appropriately named for the noise the sand makes as you walk along the shore) to have a dip in the ocean and wash off some of the dirt. Then we were back on the road to Melbourne and to work - yay for a wonderful break with no phones or computers!More photos will be up on flickr soon...
Moving Days
We have been busy this past week moving house, but now we're back online and have taken a few photos of the new place to share. It will take some time to get used to our pepto-pink hallway and cozy living area, but we're getting settled in and have almost all of the boxes unpacked. Interestingly enough, the day after we left our Port Melbourne apartment it made the news with a celebrity drama.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Headless Chooks
Wow - this has to be one of the worst months we have had for number of blog postings in quite a while! Its been a whirlwind here with work, moving, trip planning and preparing for more family visits. Josh's project is starting to get busy as people realise there isn't much time left before the whole thing has to work smoothly and be a 'finished product'. Kristi's work has also been busy as her office relocates and is still working out the kinks from the merger. At some point we'll have a massive photo-dump onto Flickr, but it will probably have to wait until we're in the new place. Both our home computer and our external hard drive crashed and it looks like we're going to have to send them to Forensic Data to see if they can save our pictures and old files. It won't be cheap but we really don't want to lose all the memories if we can help it. It may be time to switch to Mac to see if a change in platform keeps pictures safer.
On top of all that, as many of you know we are moving next week since our current landlord has decided that he wants to actually live in the place and no longer rent it out - bummer! We'll be moving away from the beach and into more of the city, but will still be close to parks and markets so it should be a good change. With the move comes a new address for everyone to start remembering, though our Vonage number will remain the same so don't forget that. Please note that we won't have anyone to accept packages for us, so if you send something larger than a letterbox let us know so that we can be looking for it.
Josh and Kristi's new address:
403/539 St. Kilda Road
Melbourne, VIC 3004
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Time to go pick up the moving van and start the official moving process. This weekend is the only one we have before February and we knew we didn't want to try to move everything during the week. Kristi is taking a short-course this weekend to learn more about massage - so far so good and Josh is already reaping the benefits of the new skills. We couldn't have planned it much better for moving since now Josh can get a free massage after loading and unloading boxes all afternoon!
On top of all that, as many of you know we are moving next week since our current landlord has decided that he wants to actually live in the place and no longer rent it out - bummer! We'll be moving away from the beach and into more of the city, but will still be close to parks and markets so it should be a good change. With the move comes a new address for everyone to start remembering, though our Vonage number will remain the same so don't forget that. Please note that we won't have anyone to accept packages for us, so if you send something larger than a letterbox let us know so that we can be looking for it.
Josh and Kristi's new address:
403/539 St. Kilda Road
Melbourne, VIC 3004
View Larger Map
Time to go pick up the moving van and start the official moving process. This weekend is the only one we have before February and we knew we didn't want to try to move everything during the week. Kristi is taking a short-course this weekend to learn more about massage - so far so good and Josh is already reaping the benefits of the new skills. We couldn't have planned it much better for moving since now Josh can get a free massage after loading and unloading boxes all afternoon!
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