i found my pants!

You may have noticed since it's gotten cooler, I'm wearing these nasty, baggy jeans in every picture. That's because I couldn't find my pants. My one sister always gives my clothes to her twin, so I just figured the twin had them, and they were gone. Today while walking I got an idea and it panned out. Yeah!

First and foremost it's Columbus Day. I don't really care about Columbus, but it's also my sister Barb's birthday. And for the greatest gift ever she is going to become a great-grandmother. that's both exciting and terrifying. I am not old enough to be a great-great aunt. Though everyone knows I'm a terrific one.

So after calling Barb and singing Happy Columbus Day to You, everyone finally arrived. We headed to Easton to do the Palmer Bike Trail. We picked this trail because it was paved, and hopefully the leaves would be dry after days of rain. For the most part they were. The black walnuts, on the other hand, were still quite the hazard.

We parked off Land Mine Road, at the park, and headed east to Easton. The original plan was to turn around and go back, past the car, and continue west. When we arrived at Easton High, I said the trail continued to Wilson, and we decided to go further. At Northampton Street, the trail goes downhill and then back up the other side.

Lydia asked how far we had gone. Bonnie told her. I warned her there was a long hill if we continued. But continued we did. Down the hill, and along the path to the football field. That's where we turned around. The next hill would have taken us to the Pump Park trail.

After returning to the car, we continued to walk to the playground. No walk is complete without swings. Two minutes after we arrived a horde of teenagers showed up. They took up all the swings except the one Bonnie was sitting on. Really? Don't they have a mall to hang out at?

Park plans foiled, we returned to the car again. Our total mileage was about 5.5 miles.

After a stop at the far for eggs and pumpkins, we headed home. Adonis was waiting for his walk.

Tonight, after supper I remembered to look for my pants. I dug out my winter "drawer" clothes and there they were. With all my long sleeved t-shirts. I can retired these baggy jeans after they are washed.

Oh, and the package I told you about yesterday. Still AWOL.

no more pink sneaks?

I've been noticing for awhile that my pink sneakers are shot. Just look at the bottoms. From what I read you have about 600 miles in a pair. I'm well past that I'm sure. Sadly I just bought them in February or March.

So I said to the roomie, "wanna go for a ride in the car?" Amazingly she said yes. So off we went to my favorite sneaker store New Balance. A corporate sponsor of the 3-Day, all their shoes are made in Massachusetts. That's right. We still make a couple things in America and I'm buying them.

As you've seen in many posters my sneakers are pink. A percentage of the sales go to Koman. I'm looking at the clothes and the clerk asks if I need assistance. I point down and say "Need these in a 10."

"Pink has been discontinued."

"What?"

She shows me gray. "They have plenty of pink". The thought behind the color change is that the pink gets dirty quickly. Personally I don't mind dirt, but I guess others did.

I was disappointed but I bought them. They also had a sneaker slide in the same gray, much less pink, but the insole has the Koman logo. Guess my shopping trip can go in the budget as philanthropy!

While I was browsing I found this shirt. Now if you've ever sat in one of my classes, this typeface —hobo—is on the never-use list. (Morris Fuller Benton, 1910.) It has been miss-used and abused so badly since the advent of personal computers. Clearly this is warped for effect.

I was also looking at pants. During the summer I've been wearing my regular shorts. I have yoga pants and knee length pants that I wear. However, neither of them are really practical for Zumba, or Stretch and Tone, or any type of group aerobic-like class. I need shorts. I want them tight, but not spandex. And I want pockets. I kept going back to these and leaving them. They were a bit pricey. Finally, when the clerk asked the inevitable "will there be anything else?" I said "yes". Then I asked her about how they fit. That's when she told me they have a built in panty! She said they are form fitting but not tight. They move with you, but won't stick to you. And they aren't baggy. I bought them. Both the t-shirt and the pants fit like a dream. The shorts are exactly what I wanted. You'll see them tomorrow. I'm wearing them for the Iron Pig 5K.

When we returned home I sat down at the computer to type this up. The roomie says, "if they discontinued your pink shoes, maybe you can find them on the internet." Some days she's so smart. I searched. I found. I bought. The girl who three years ago did the 3-Day in Birks, now has three pair of sneakers.

Now I just need to find out in NCC is still recycling the old ones. If worse comes to worse I can take them to the Nike store in Tannersville. They always have a bin.