Weekend Recap: Bikes, Puppies and Flowers. Oh my!

Several random musings from the weekend :)

Sunday morning, Russ did his first bike race.  It was a 54 mile course with more than 4,000 feet of climbing at 7,500 feet.... I'm exhausted just thinking about it.

With all the triathlons Russ has done over the last five years, he has become a pretty proficient rider and it's exciting for me to watch him compete. :) 

Next up: a triathlon on our wedding anniversary (... I think I must love him), the Los Alamos Triathlon in August and the Oklahoma City Redman in September.

This is the rose bush that came with the house and in the last week it has exploded with blooms! I know at some point in time we'll need to trim it back, but right now I'm loving the riot of color.

Here's the other rose bush, it looks dead except for a handful of yellow roses and a bird's nest. Not sure what to do to help this one.

I grew this flower from a seed; it's the only one that's bloomed so far and I was so excited when I first saw it! Now if the rest of them would bloom, that'd be awesome!!!!

Isn't he cute cuddling with my sandals?

I have a kitchen table!

Last night, Russ and I loaded up the dogs to go to Santa Fe and do some shopping.

Since we got most of our living room furniture on Wednesday, I've been working to arrange the room and it was time we got our kitchen table (we were getting pretty tired of eating dinner off of TV trays).

We went to World Market in the Railyard District (near REI, Russ' favorite store). I'd been looking on their Web site and found a few different options that I wanted to check out. Fortunately, they had my perfect table!

http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4024725 

It's beautiful! Dark, heavy-duty wood with two shelves underneath.

World Market also has a huge variety of sodas, candy, snacks and wine to choose from. Yum! I know where I'm going next time I need to feed  a group of people. :)

Roxy couldn't figure out what Russ was doing when he was loading the table and stool boxes into the back of the  truck.  She had to keep her eyes on him no matter what awkward position that put her into... 

 Here's the table in our house. :) 

(Please ignore the wood wall, I'm planning on covering it with curtains.)

After getting the table, we went to REI because Russ needed a new bike... I know, I know, he has bikes (yes, plural) but his road bike, which he'd had for six years, finally bit the dust this week.  AND, of course, he needed that bike for a race this weekend... bummer.

Here he is trying out the bike at REI.

 

 It always amazes me how fast he can get to a sprint.

 Yay, bikes and tables!