This Weeks Update [4/17/16] - Finally Riding Outside!

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]


Hi All,

We had an awesome end to the week with "ride outside weather" both days this weekend!

First Outside Ride of the Season on 4/16/16.

Earlier in the week, I headed to Oswego to spend the afternoon with Matthew at the Senior Graduation Event (also known as where you- the parents - can make the nearly last investment in their undergraduate's education by buying a cap and gown and diploma frame).    Besides for a lot of standing in line, it was a nice afternoon and we received our 6 "golden" tickets to graduation (1 more than in Willy Wonka).  Matthew did point out that the actual tickets are white - but it is exciting to see him this close to finishing. Matthew will be graduating with honors from the honors program and magna cum laude based on his GPA.  Hard to believe there are only 4 weeks until graduation! Seems like a fast 4 years.

It was a wonderful weekend for riding.  Yesterday was good - riding outside with long sleeves and some head wind.  Today was great - short sleeves and no wind to get in the way - only sore muscles for me :-).

Ride 4/17/16

Miles for the week 65 (24 outside!), miles for 2016 - 1,031, and total miles 16,595.  [Besides the first outside rides of the year, we passed 1,000 miles this week.]

Take care,

Zelma

This Weeks Update [4/10/16] - Great Doctor's report

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]


Hi All,

It was a great week as we once again got good news from Steve's CT scan.  Dr. Friedberg greeted us with "It's a very good day" on Tuesday.  It was nice not to have to wait through the normal administrative formalities to get the results.  I guess they figure by now, we've been at this long enough that they can get right to the results.

Anyway - the scan showed no evidence of anything new and the spot they zapped with radiation in September continues to shrink.  Steve doesn't have to have another scan until the end of September, so we are looking forward to enjoying an appointment free outdoor riding season.  Now if the weather would cooperate!

We had enough snow last week that the daffodils were buried. Currently forecasting snow changing to ice tonight.  Hopefully this week will be the last of it and spring will return to stay.

We did finally get back to doing puzzles.  Attached is the picture from today's efforts.

"Whaler's Bay" by Charles Wysocki from Buffalo Games & Puzzles

Miles for the week 75, miles for 2016 966, and total miles 16,530.

Take care,

Zelma

This Weeks Update [4/3/16] - Belated April Fool's from Mother Nature

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]

Hi All,

We have a belated April Fool's prank going on with snow today and a forecast of 3-6" tonight.  Hopefully, they are wrong about the last part, but there was enough snow today to cover the ground and the birds were glad that Steve is keeping sunflower seed in the feeder.

I took GJ and one of her friends out to dinner to celebrate her birthday.  We went to our favorite restaurant the Bad Apples Bistro. I had mentioned it was her birthday when we sat down so they put a candle on her dessert.

Steve had his routine CT scan earlier in the week.  We'll get the results on Tuesday.

Miles for the week are 63, miles for 2016 are 891, and total miles are 16,455.

Take care,

Zelma

This Weeks Update [3/27/16] - Happy Easter and Happy Early Birthday to GJ

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]


Hi All,

Matthew's spring recess has come to an end and GJ and I took him back to Oswego today.  He made good progress on his various writing assignments.  He also received his first round of thesis comments back from his adviser.  More to do on that this week, but as he says, feedback was good (aka not a complete do-over).

While Matthew was home we celebrated an early 86th birthday for GJ today.  Her actual birthday is on the 30th (Wednesday).

Miles for the week are 63, miles for 2016 are 828 and total miles are 16,392.

Take care,

Zelma

This Weeks Update [3/20/16] - Matthew Home for Spring Recess

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]


Hi All,

This week seemed to fly by.  Friday, Matthew came home.  He has a week off from class for "spring recess" - which looks more likely to be better known as writing boot camp.

The time so far has been spent trying to put the last pieces of his thesis together.  The house looks like a thesis disaster zone with books, binders, printouts, laptops and the printer covering all the surfaces in the kitchen and the front room.  My proofreading eyes are also starting to cross.

Fortunately, Granny Joyce has been making us dinner, so Matthew has not had to disturb his work zone.  After his thesis is sent off to his adviser in the morning, then there are 5 more writing assignments to start on. :-)

Miles for the week are 77, miles for 2016 are 765, and total miles are 16,329.

Take care,

Zelma

This Weeks Update [3/13/16] - Thinking Spring

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]


Hi All,

It was a quiet week.  We did get a mid-week teaser with record warm weather [75F on Wednesday the 9th]- a little rain and wind and a lot of being at work deterred any outside riding. Can't say I was glad to lose an hour of sleep this morning, but it was nice to see that it is still light outside after 6.

The puzzle for the week was picked because it looked to me the most like spring.  :-)

"Uncle Jack's Topiary Tendencies" by Charles Wysocki from Buffalo Games & Puzzles

Miles for the week are 63, miles for 2016 are 688, and total miles are 16,252.

Take care,

Zelma

This Weeks Update [3/6/16] - Pretty Quiet Week

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]


Hi All,

This week was uneventful and as I sat down to write this note, I thought I can't wait until we have an outside biking picture to attach instead of a puzzle. :-)

Maybe we will get lucky and our relatively mild winter will turn into an early spring.  Next week's forecast is predicting at least 1 day above 60... now if it could also not be raining.

This week's puzzle is another one from Steve's archives.  The ground in this one was deceptively hard.  [The process was also complicated by me knocking over Zelma's wine onto the puzzle about half way through. -Steve]

Miles for the week are 62, miles for 2016 are 625, and total miles are 16,189.

Take care,

Zelma