Readers’ Workouts – 4/21/15

by Carol4 Comments
So, here are my steps for the week. I missed my goal one day, but overall I did pretty well. And here's my current workout plan. I just finished week 12, except I totally missed my long run, which is not good. Next week, I'm skipping to 14. Tuesday - 1 mile walk with the dog. 5 mile run on the treadmill. 20 minutes lifting weights at home. Wednesday - Parts of a workout from Self using a 10-lb plate and then about five minutes of ab exercises. Thursday - 35 minutes on the elliptical Saturday - Ran a 5K. You can read about it here. Monday - 1 mile walk with the dog I almost always listen to audiobooks while I'm walking and running. This week I've been listening to The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan, which I'm loving. How was your week? Readers’ Workouts is hosted by Joy at Joy’s Book Blog. Thanks!  ...
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Quarriors

by Carol2 Comments
When I get to the tough letters of the alphabet, I tend to turn toward our games shelves, and Q has to be one of the toughest. Therefore, I present Quarriors from WhizKids. Here's the blurb: A unique blend of strategy and chance featuring a revolutionary dice building game mechanic! As a Quarrior - a mighty mystical warrior - only you have the power to capture dangerous quarry from the untamed wilds! But your rivals plot against you! They will send their own Creatures and Spells to destroy your Quarry before you can deliver them to Empress Quiana and claim your reward! Summon your Creatures and protect them from your foes and you will earn Glory for yourself. The first player to earn enough Glory will be hailed as the Champion of the Empress. I think it's a fun games. It's kind of deck-building, but with dice. You "buy" dice and add them to your stack and sometimes you are allowed to remove some. It's a...
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Pittsburgh Pirates 5K Home Run

by Carol8 Comments
This morning I ran in the Pirates Charities Home Run 5K. It was a blast, as usual. It's a nice, fairly flat course, half of which runs along the river, that ends in PNC Park. The place was packed, there were 3623 finishers, it is organized very well with staggered start times. It does tend bottleneck at the end, with runners entering the park to get to the finish line and those leaving not in much of a hurry. After the race, there is so much food - hot dogs, chicken sandwiches, some other kind of meat sandwich - ham or sausage, I think, bananas, cookies, chips, donuts, and water of course. I'd tell you about before the race, but we got there right on now due to some unanticipated construction on the parkway, Bang for your buck, this has to be one of the best 5Ks. It's an awesome morning, runner get a free ticket to one of the next four home...
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Ohio

by Carol5 Comments
I've lived in Ohio for most of my life, but have yet to see any of these "World's Largest." Maybe I should fix that this year. in Frazeyburg in Cleveland in Sugarcreek in Columbus in Newark What interesting roadside stops are in your area? This is my O post for the A to Z Blogging Challenge.  ...
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Nightingale

by Carol1 Comment
"The Nightingale" was the first fairy tale I though of for the letter N. It was written by Hans Christian Anderson and published in 1844. "Something, it appears, may be learnt from books.” "The Nightingale" tells the story of a Chinese Emperor who learns from a book about his land that there is a bird in the woods just outside his garden who sings so beautifully it is truly the treasure of the kingdom. When he orders a nightingale brought to him, a kitchen maid leads the court to where the bird is found. On the way, the courtiers hear a cow and frogs, and the girl has to tell them those are neither is the song of the nightingale. When asked, the nightingale agrees to appear at court. The Emperor is so delighted with the bird's song that he keeps the nightingale at court in its own golden cage. It is let out occasionally, but can only fly with ribbons attached...
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