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"The moments of
happiness we enjoy take us by surprise.
It is not that we seize them, but they seize us." |
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"The
early bird gets the worm. The night owl snacks on early
birds."
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| Dog
Breed |
Vizslas
   
Other breeds I like: Standard Poodle, Cesky Terrier,
Boston Terrier |
| Web
Site |
Great
Dane Club of America (neat music!) |
| Font |
fontdinerdotcom
by Stuart
Sandler (used
in Rusticu headings) |
| City |
Prague,
Czech Republic |
| Travel
Destination |
Anywhere
in Europe |
| Movie |
Four
Weddings and a Funeral |
| Foreign
Movie |
Amelie |
| Book |
The
Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| Magazine |
Old
House Interiors |
| Newspaper |
The
Onion |
| Tool |
The
Adjustable Leather Hole Punch
(replaces the Pick Axe) |
| Vehicle |
Honda
"Element"
(Mini Cooper & VW Bug too) |
| Perfume |
Angel
Lolita
Lempicka (changes monthly) |
| Flowers |
Oriental hybrid
lilies, tulips, poppies, hollyhocks, hibiscus |
| Article
of Clothing |
(Other
than sweaters and leather jackets)
White Turtleneck (winter); White T-Shirt (summer) |
| Brand
of Sweater |
Icelandic
Design |
| Gemstone |
Cabachon-cut
Moonstone (it's not the most
colorful nor expensive stone, but its
iridescence fascinates me) |
| Color |
Lime
Green & Orange -
Neither color looks the greatest on me, but that doesn't stop me
from buying clothes & shoes in these colors!
Former Favorite Color that I still like a lot:
Purple
- I am the originator of "Penny's Purple Fortnight
Plus" where I wore purple to work every day for 3 weeks (it
started out as 2 weeks, but I had more purple to wear.) |
| Soup |
Smoked
Salmon Corn Chowder from The
Soup House |
| Food |
Crabmeat
Vermicelli from Bob Chinn's Crab House |
| Cheese |
Bleu
(Since I'm from Wisconsin, "Cheese" gets its own
category!) |
| Pizza |
Drags
in Rice Lake, WI, words cannot describe it. |
| Chocolate |
Country
of
Origin:
Belgium
Coconut &
Chocolate: Fannie May
Trinidads
Milk Chocolate Cream: Hughes
Puddings (Oshkosh, WI)
Milk Chocolate Meltaway: Seroogy's (De Pere, WI)
Russell Stover Easter Egg: Truffle
Commercial
Dark:
Dove Promises
Ice Cream
Treats:
Dove Bite-Sized Dark/Cherry |
| Desserts |
Dairy
Queen Krazy Krunch cones & Coconut Dream Pie Blizzard
& Pumpkin Pie Blizzard; Kopp's
Frozen Custard (Spumoni); Breyer's Mint Chocolate Chip ice
cream; tapioca pudding; coconut anything; Ben & Jerry's
anything; Edy's Grand cones |
| TV
Shows |
Cesar
Millan's "The
Dog Whisperer", La
Femme Nikita
( USA
Network & Oxygen
), The Pretender, Crossing
Over, The Andy Dick Show. |
| Play |
Mamma
Mia, to which I traveled to London with my sister in 2000 to see.
Saw it again in Milwaukee in July 2002!!! |
| New
Group |
Crash
Carter, a band from the San Diego, CA area
I listen to their "Red Buttons Blink" CD while
running on the treadmill with the goal of making it to the last
song of the 55-minute CD, "Better Than Myself" w/o
stopping. |
| Composer |
Dvorak,
a Czech composer after whose symphonies I named my Vizslas |
| Male
Singer |
Frank
Sinatra |
| Female
Singer |
Patsy
Cline |
| Group |
No
Mercy |
| Greatest
Hits |
ABBA
Gold |
| Lounge |
"Danke
Schoën" by young Wayne Newton |
| Pop |
"Dizzy"
by 98 Degrees |
| Country |
"Man,
I Feel Like a Woman" by Shania Twain |
| Classical |
"The
Bartered Bride" by Bedrich Smetana
(especially the Dance of the Comedians)
The Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (close
second) |
| Movie
Soundtrack |
St.
Elmo's Fire
(also like "My Best Friend's Wedding" and
"Kramer vs Kramer") |
| Radio
Station |
I've been flipping
around lately! |
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"When your dreams
turn to dust, vacuum!"
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Penny's #1
Pet Peeve:
Being treated in a manner that is DISRESPECTFUL, DISMISSIVE,
DISCOURTEOUS &/or DEMEANING (unless I deserve it!) |
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Penny's #2
Pet Peeve:
People NOT taking responsibility for their actions.
Even worse? Trying to blame it on someone else.
Worse yet? Trying to elicit an apology from someone
else for their error. And the worst? Lying about
it. Either grow up or take your childish games
elsewhere - I have no tolerance for that crap. |
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Penny's #3
Pet Peeve:
Moochers, slackers, lazy people, thieves, pickpockets &
sheisters. Get off your lazy butt and contribute
instead of sucking resources out of the either the companies
that pay you, the government, &/or the hardworking
people of the world. You have my disgust, not my pity. |
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Penny's #4
Pet Peeve:
Lame apologies. Example: "I'm sorry you're
upset by what I did." instead of "I'm sorry
for what I did and that it upset you." I do tend
to hold grudges and would like to be more forgiving and even
tried guided meditation to help me become more kind and
loving (it didn't work). However, how can I forgive if
a person does not ask for forgiveness or even admit to doing
something that needs to be forgiven? |
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Annoying
repetitive noises like CRACKING GUM, chewed ice, gnawed carrots
and crunched chips and popcorn which I had to drown out
every day at work for hours thanks to an insensitive co-worker..."When gum you be
crackin', courtesy you be lackin'!" |
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Cracking
knuckles (gross!) |
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Women's
blazers, skirts, dresses, pants and shorts that do NOT have pockets! |
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Taxes -
filling out the forms AND paying them. |
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Radio
commercials or sound bits or songs with the sound of a car horn beeping OR
a siren in them. |
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Cleaning
the house AND the
house being dirty (not a complementary pair) |
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People
who mooch off of others or the government:
"There is nothing more dangerous than someone who
thinks oneself a victim.
Victims feel it's within their rights to walk all over
everyone." |
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Long
toenails on dogs |
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"No
Dogs Allowed" signs |
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Big,
fat, green caterpillars, wispy-legged centipedes, and red, shiny
centipedes |
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Burdock,
Buckthorn, Honeysuckle, Box Elders, dandelions, thistles,
skunkweed, stinging nettles, Creeping Charlie |
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Saddlebags
in the thigh region (mine, that is) |
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Too-tight
fitting clothes on me and anyone, especially chunky monkeys |
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Pickles,
mustard, canned pineapple, yams, rutabagas, liver |
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Buying
a new car (the process, not the end result) |
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Intentional
Exercise, though I do like Incidental Exercise (dog agility,
refinishing antiques, walking to work with heavy bags and
computers, SHOPPING, walking the dogs, etc.) |
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Loose
socks that slump down into boots when walking |
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Wedgies,
especially with nice new undies! |
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Wet
shirt cuffs like after washing dishes. |
Phooey
People
"Some cause happiness
wherever they go; others whenever they go." |
| Traits
I admire: Intelligence, confidence, honesty,
perceptiveness,
loyalty, humorous, tenacity, empathy, altruism,
appreciativeness, candor, sincerity, humility, creativity (BTW,
most of these describe Rob!) |
| Gum
Crackers |
or
"Noise Slobs" as I refer to them. |
| Loud
Chewers |
Another
form of "Noise Slob", those people who eat popcorn,
carrot sticks, etc. with their mouth wide open for the world to
hear! |
| Knuckle
Crackers |
Another
yuk! |
| Arrogant
Egomaniacs |
Insecure
people with fragile egos who can't admit they make
mistakes and blame other people or things (like software,
weather, weird set of circumstances) when they do and whose mode of
operation is to cut other people or things down. |
| Poop
Leavers |
Slobs
who don't pick up after their dogs. |
| Animal
Abusers |
What
kind of sick sick soul could hurt a defenseless animal? |
| Female
Image Busters |
The
too-skinny Barbie doll, super models, beauty magazines, and
anything else that wreaks havoc on a young woman's self image. |
| Cigarette
Butt Tossers |
People
who throw cigarette butts everywhere. |
| LOUD
Harley Riders |
We
like quiet Harleys, but people
who drive obnoxiously loud motorcycles make it hard to
enjoy our yard which borders a highway - their
"tradition" rudely disrupts our outdoors environment.
Especially impressive are bikers who wear earplugs when they ride
and those who need to blast their stereo extremely loud in order
to hear it over their engine. Really really
impressive. Really. |
Bad
Drivers
Jeeper |
People
who don't check their blind spot before changing lanes, cut others
off, drive like maniacs or TOO SLOW, idiots who don't know that
merging traffic has the right of way, and those who don't use
blinkers. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three, four and more times, I'm a fool. |
"Let us be glad of the good
things we see and hear and feel,
and forget what may appear disagreeable." |
| Click
here for Honetor Holiday 2005 Photos |
| Alvin |
Dad.
The tall, mild-mannered,
easy-going, retired municipal auditor, a fellow lover of the
McDonald's Breakfast Burrito, seemingly the only trait I inherited
from him! |
Esther |
Mom.
The short, impatient,
generous ex-teacher who loves buying presents for all the kids and
grandkids. Diagnosed with Breast Cancer at age 69, she is
looking forward to many more years of enjoying life as a cancer
survivor. |
| Brian |
Bro.
My mild-mannered brother
who worked many years as a farm hand, but since he was hit by a
car, has endured a long recovery process. |
| Emily |
Sis1.
My high-strung,
super-achiever, perfectionist pharmacist sister who has the
sweetest daughter in the world (Helene) and a spoiled son
(Oliver). |
| Sarah |
Sis2.
My low-strung,
never-tan-enough sister with a million nicknames from when she was
a little girl (Judy, Jude, Wren, Guernsey, Schnookums, Schnuffy,
Beebee, Trotsky, Looden, etc.) who always has the hippest clothes and
hair-dos! I always got to give her perms and French braid
her hair in funky ways when she was a little girl. She used
to emulate EVERYTHING I did as much as she HATES to admit it now -
she even WRITES like me! Her peeviest pet peeve is poor
grammar. Anyways, we should have went skiing alot more in
Denver and could have saw another movie after "Life is
Beautiful".
From Sarah: "I do admit I
wanted to be you, but since maturing into my own person, I now think you
have freakish tendencies. [HUH?!?] I've graciously moved around so
much for my husband's jobs. I'm trying to keep [Penny] trendy. I
enjoy traveling with [Penny], but 5 days with just [her] seems to be my
threshold - and 4 days would probably be perfect. Finally, my
loyalty to Wisconsin-based teams: Badgers, Packers, Bucks, (not
much into Brewers, but maybe my first visit to Miller Park will reel me
in). The real "finally" should say how I could eat just
McDonald's and Drag's and be happy."
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| Randy |
Emily's husband, who is
as non-verbose as I am verbose. He already has his Masters
Degree in Metallurgical Engineering from UW- Madison (smarty pants), is a fanatical Badger and Packer fan, and is on the
never-ending quest for that perfect engineering job. He
loves GSPs as much as I love Vizslas. |
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Oops! Almost forgot
hubby Rob
who shares my deep affection
and affinity for our dogs, but that's about it for common interests!
Fishing? Watching football? Golfing? Watching TV?
Running? Lifting weights? No thanks! |
 Niece
Helene aka "Angel" |
From my sister Emily (Helene's mom) August 1, 1999:
Helene
misses you, Penny, quite a bit. She tells me today
"I like Grandmas and grandpa and all my aunts and uncles but
I like AUNT PENNY the best-I just like her the best." |
Lenie's April 6,
1999 EMail to Aunt Penny:
Hi Aunt Penny
>From hhelllleene (she typed it herself!)
Helene:
Did the Easter Bunny come to your house?? He came to mine
and hid eggs
outside.
I missed you when we left.
How are your doggies.?
I miss you and I'll hug and kiss you and love you forever.
I went to an easter egg hunt at the park.
Thank you for the little doggy shorthair and vizsla.
I like my new school in Columbus.
Pretty soon we are going to the Columbus Clipper games.
I got the Easter Bitty baby outfit from the Easter Bunny.
I love you so much I can't stop thinking about you Aunt Penny.
Bye Helene |
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OK
Oliver, as long as I get good reports from you mom and
Helene, I'll won't list the naughty things you used to do
here.
Oliver has been
christened with more nicknames than his Aunt Sarah.
Here are some: Jerry, fudd, squantz, fuddwardsquantz,
Smoochacov, ollie, silverback, stripeman, stripemaster.
Ollie is a sports
fanatic, plays soccer, hockey and golf.
No matter how good Fudd
is in sports, he'll never get better than me in Gameboy Tetris! |
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Imitating Buelow Nov
21, 20004
Mom & Dad before his
Class Reunion July
3, 2004
Family Weekend in Rice
Lake Sep
24, 2004
Honetor Altmann Family
Photo Nov
21, 2004
Penny & Vivvi at
Agility Lesson Nov
15, 2005
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here for Honetor Holiday 2005 Photos
Web Site
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"When
just being together is more important than what you do, you are with a
friend." |
| Jill |
The
most organized and methodical person I know, she has an amazing
mind. Owner of Neela's other girl puppy "Addie",
our Buelow and Vivvi's sister. Jill has traveled with me
all over the Midwest (Kansas City, Twin Cities, Belvidere &
DeKalb & Amboy, IL, and many others!) to attend dog shows -
we're nuts! And now she has 2 baby twin boys to adore as
well. |
| Mary |
Quite
the sweetheart and dynamo - works full time AND has hobbies that
includes horses, Vizslas, rug hooking, decorating, parenting,
reading... where does she find the time? She had her
own 2 baby twin boys to adore as well! |
| Darlene |
...who shares
my love of dogs and antiques (we're addicted!) - does anyone have
an antique dining room table to sell? |
| Debbie
#1 |
A
Vizslaphile who owned Zoe's littermate brother Alex (sadly, both
have passed) and who drove
with me TWICE to Louisville, KY (with all 4 of our monsters in an
extended cab pickup) and is STILL my friend. |
| Debbie
#2 |
My fantastic
(and patient) agility instructor who owns dogs of a breed called
"North American Miniature Australian Shepherds".
The name is bigger than the dog! |
| Joy |
Another
Vizslaphile, Zoe's breeder, and one of the kindest breeders ever; Joy never says anything bad about
anyone or anything (I know, it has not rubbed off on me
unfortunately) |
| Sue |
Yet another
Vizslaphile and agilitizer who has such a dry, hilarious wit I'm
surprised she doesn't live in Flagstaff |
| Liz |
A
combustible
co-worker and co-miserator and systems designer extraordinaire
with two darling daughters Emily & Megan! |
| Marie |
A
co-worker & friend who volunteers countless hours to the Channels 10/36 public
auction (and sucked me in too, by the way!) She's been on
countless exotic vacations and I've been on...zip. Yup,
I'm jealous. |
| Sandy |
A
co-agilitizer
with her BC Dax and GS Max, and whose woodworking skills, tools,
and machinery I covet...she made me my agility dogwalk, teeter and
tire jump, and is helping me make 6 more jumps & a pause
table...she cuts wood for me when my antique refinishing or house
refurbishing or remodeling projects demand it but I don't have the
tools |
| Gail |
An
ex-co-worker who loves to spend hours making delectable desserts
BUT NEVER EATS THEM (you can't have her-she's MY friend!)...she's
also responsible for increasing my awareness of how anti-women
society still is |
| RobAnn |
An extremely
intelligent ex-co-worker and fellow dog lover (hi Timmy, Billy,
& Pow) who I miss at work and think of often - she's also a
Microsoft-Certified VB developer! And I got to increase her
awareness of how anti-women society still is! |
| Therese |
A
happy,
faultlessly nonjudgmental ex-co-worker who had the big heart to
leave work to be a full-time mother to cutie-pie Alec and sweetie
Kyle. |
| Frank |
Well, he's
just Frank, the best I've ever seen...(and a Teradata and Oracle-certified
DBA - the best DBA I've ever seen!) And UNIX certified twice
over. And a former Harley owner. And a very good friend,
though he won't admit likewise. Boo-hoo... |
| Howard |
A
co-worker
whose cubicle is next to mine, and who attempts to keep me sane
and objective and calm (an impossible task, as you all well know!)
and can hold a worse grudge than Penny- Keeper-of-the-Grudge,
causing me to work hard to never get on his bad side. |
Mike
#1
aka M!-Pal
(I'm Pen-Pal) |
A
clever old Irish Catholic friend from my home town of Rice Lake who keeps popping in and out
of my life and who has lots of brothers and one sister. I
took swimming lessons from Bill and sat next to John's wife Lisa
who played bass clarinet in band at RLHS. Great marathon
runner and cross country skier too (he's a Birkie
regular). He upped and
moved away to the Twin Cities - which means I'll probably see him more!
I DO see him more regardless of what he says. |
| Mike
#2 |
An amazingly
bright and hard-working ex-Taiwanese (now American! Yeah!)
who taught me how to swing-salsa a little and whose boxes are
STILL in
my attic. My partner at the 98 Degrees concert too. AND who
bought me the first hot tea that I ever drank - Jasmine Tea from
Intelligentia in downtown Chicago. |
| Christian |
A
tall, dark, handsome big flirt from Germany with a great accent who I met many years ago at a
PowerBuilder (software) conference in Florida. He always
makes me feel special: his March 2006 Email states "You
[look] like Ive met you the first time in Florida - beautyfull. The years past you without any
harm." He has a
wife and two lovely children and still finds time to Email me
here & there. |
"Our prime purpose in life is to
help others. And if you cannot help them, at least do not hurt
them." |
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Fixing
up our 1917 farmhouse & outbuildings
●
Refinishing antiques
●
Painting - faux finishes
● Sewing curtains
● Scraping, priming/linseed oiling exterior windows &
trim
● Chipping brush
● Flower gardening (but not since Zoe died)
● "Archaeological Digs" - saving the farm
history I find buried
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Milwaukee
Public TV Fundraising Auction
●
Acquisition Volunteer since 1998
●
Liaison for Mukwonago-area Businesses
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Central Wisconsin Vizsla
Club (CWVC)
●
Member since 1995
●
Board Member: 1997-1999
●
President: 2000-2002
●
Treasurer: 2002-2004
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Not Renominated to the Board: 2004
●
Friend of the CWVC: 2004
●
Newsletter Editor: 1999-2004
●
Webmaster & YahooGroups Moderator: 1999-present
●
Hunt Test Secretary: 1999-2000-2001
●
Specialty Show: Chair 2000, Sec'y 2001, Committee/Awards
2002-2004
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Events Day Coordinator: 2001
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Agility Fun Match Proposal Coordinator, Committee, Volunteer: 2002-present
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Annual Photo Contest Coordinator, Calendar Compiler: 2000-2004
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Historian/Documentarian: 2002-present
●
Meetings Committee: Chair 2000, Committee 2001-2004
● Pet Fair & World of Dogs CWVC Booth Staff:
1998-2006
● Membership Assistant: 1998-2004
(maintained
the database, produced all listings, ballots, labels, renewal
forms, compiled statistics, etc.); Membership Committee (added
Newsletter Subscription)
● Ottawa Field Trial Association: CWVC Delegate
1999-2002; Hunting Seminar Coordinator 1998-2000; Work Day
Volunteer
● Breed Issues:
Breeder Listing Guidelines
Committee; Rescue Evaluator & Transport
●
Other Volunteerism: Field Trial volunteer; Membership
Committee (added Newsletter); create
brochures & forms & guidelines documentation; Fun Day
Coordinator/volunteer; Annual
Awards committee; created advertisements for Nationals; purchased and had blaze orange hunting vests
screenprinted; etc.
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WI-IL Agility
Group (WAG)
●
Newsletter Editor: 1999-2003
● AKC Sanctioned Match Chair: June 2003
● AKC Trial Chair:
September 2004, September 2005,
September 2006
● AKC Trial Grounds
Chair:
July 2005, July 2006
● Web Site Redesign, Webmaster: 2004-present
● Other: Raffle organizer, cleaning, trial
volunteer, AKC Accreditation Committee |
Vizsla
Club of America (VCA)
●
Member since 1995
●
VCA Nationals Attended: 1997 (Florida), 1998
(Nebraska), 2000 (Massachusetts), 2001 (Illinois), 2003
(Charlotte, NC).
●
2001 Logo & Merchandise Committee Volunteer:
interfaced with artist, designed order forms, created web page,
worked with vendor, packed pre-orders, staffed sales booth,
boxed & sent post-orders, coordinated leftover sales,
compiled committee report
● 2004 - Membership Committee
● 2003, 2004 - VCA Board Member Nominee
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Tracking
Club of Wisconsin (TCoW)
● Members
since 4/17/05
● Attended
2-Day Introduction to Tracking Seminar
● Volunteer
& Tracklayer at June 4-5, 2005 AKC Match
● Tracking
Test Chairperson, May 6-7, 2006 |
Dog
Training
● Agility at Deb Hansen's & WAG
● Obedience at K-9 OTC of Menomonee Falls, WI and Foster's in Antioch, IL
● WAG Ring Rental in Spring Grove, IL |
 Running
"Women are like
pantyhose - the older they get, the more they start
running."
●
1-MILE: Ran my first mile on Oct 4, 2005
● 2-MILE:
Broke the 2-mile mark with a 2.1-mile run on Oct
24, 2005
● 3-MILE:
Broke the 3-mile mark with a 3.2-mile run on Nov
19, 2005 - my 42nd Birthday!
● 4-MILE:
Broke the 4-mile mark with a 4.1-mile hilly &
windy run on Jan 2, 2006.
● 5-MILE:
Broke the 5-mile mark with a 5.0-mile windy run on
Feb 5, 2006.
● 6-MILE:
Broke the 6-mile mark with a 6.2-mile run on Mar 5, 2006.
● 7-MILE:
Broke the 7-mile mark with a 7.2-mile run on Apr 3, 2006.
● 50
Total Miles: Nov 25, 2005 in
Appleton, WI in sub-zero windchill
● 100
Total Miles: Dec 26, 2005 in
Appleton, WI in balmy 35-degrees
● 150 Miles: Jan 19, 2006;
200 Miles: Feb 14, 2006;
250 Miles: Mar
13, 2006; 300 Miles: Apr 3, 2006; 350 Miles: Apr
27, 2006; 400 Miles: May 21, 2006; 450 Miles:
June 17, 2006; 500 Miles: July 10, 2006; 600 Miles:
Sep 21, 2006; 800 Miles: May 10, 2007. 1000 Miles:
Nov 28, 2007.
● COLDEST
RUN:
2-mile run in 4 degrees (-8 windchill) on
Dec 5, 2005, 8pm (also on only 2 hours of sleep the night
before)
● WETTEST RUN:
May 17 evening jog - we got caught in a downpour at the 2.5
mile mark!
● LONGEST
ROAD RUN:
6.2 miles on March 5, 2006 in SNOW
● LONGEST
TREADMILL (and therefore most boring) RUN: 7.2 miles on
4/3/06
● MOST
SCENIC RUN:
5.2-mile run on the Lake Michigan Lakefront with M!-Pal on
3/27/06
● UPCOMING
RUNS:
None planned at the moment...
● FIRST FUN RUN - 5K:
Samson Stomp, Milw Zoo, Jan
15, 2006 - finished w/ 10-min miles! "The miracle
isn't that I finished . . . The miracle is that I had the
courage to start."
● SECOND FUN RUN -
8K: Steve Cullen Healthy Hearts,
Feb 11, 2006 (Wauwatosa, WI) - Finished in 49:14 (official time is
49:27 - we didn't reach the start line for 13 seconds after the
gun) - the course was 100% up and down hills (last one was steep
up) and it was SNOWING.
● THIRD FUN RUN -
5K: Waukesha
Trailbreaker, Apr 1, 2006 - Finished in 28:51 (official
time 29:04) or 112/198 total runners, 26/74 women runners; 5/8 in my sex/age
class. Cut 2 minutes off my first 5K time in January 2006
- 9:20 minute miles. Rob ran the 5K with me because he
sprained his ankle a few weeks ago and couldn't keep up training
for the Half Marathon.
● FOURTH FUN RUN -
8K: Crazylegs
Classic, Apr 29, 2006 - This was not a FUN run, it was
torture. Time: 49:11 which is a miracle with all the
hills, especially the big windy one after Mile 1. Rob ran
with me. Cloudy
& cool, rain held off.
● FIFTH FUN RUN -
5K: Chocolate
Chase, May 20, 2006 - This was a small, fun run. Time:
28:38 which is my speed PR so far (9:13 min miles). I ran
this run alone - Rob was golfing and my friend had to work.
● SIXTH FUN RUN -
5K: Mukwonago Village Run, June 10, 2006 - Very
small run, flat course, 50 degrees. Time 27:42 - new speed PR (8:55 min miles).
● SEVENTH FUN RUN -
4M: Lighthouse
Run, June 17, 2006 - Lots of racers, 80+ degrees &
breezy, hilly & pretty course. Time 39:30. Last
2 miles felt better (faster) than first 2.
● EIGHTH FUN RUN -
5K: Super
Run, June 28, 2006 - Got stuck in a pack of slow runners the
first mile (narrow course) and Mile 1 time split was 10:30
(yikes!), made it up big hill no problem, picked up the pace
before Mile 2 and passed about 50 people in the last mile or so
(I remember passing someone I know shortly after I sped up and
there are 44 runners between our finish places). Time
29:52.
● NINTH FUN RUN -
5K: Northwestern Mutual Roots & Wings, July
23, 2006 - Slow start w/ large crowd and progressively narrowing
path, long uphill at end. Mile 1-9:30, 2-18:17, Finish
28:09 (9:04 min miles) - 12 of 47 runners in my age/sex group.
● TENTH FUN RUN -
3.6M: Milwaukee
Lakefront Marathon RELAY TEAM, Oct 1, 2006 - I had Leg 2
(shortest leg) - 3.6 miles. Time 31:43 (8:49 min miles).
Rob and I ran with David & Giselle Knutson (in that running
order) and took 2nd place of 41 Mixed Relay Teams (and we're all
about 40 years old and both women have been running less than a
year)!
● ELEVENTH FUN RUN -
5K: Milwaukee
Discovery Run, Oct 28, 2006 - Even pace whole race; placed
2nd of 22 in my age/sex group (F40-44).Time: 27:57 (9:00 min
miles).
● TWELFTH FUN RUN -
5K: Mukwonago Village Run, June
9, 2007 - Time: 29:30
● THIRTEENTH FUN RUN -
5K: Harvest
Moon Run, September 26, 2007 - First race I ran with a
friend - Sherrie. It was a beautiful evening for a run!
Time: 29:34 (9:31 min miles)
● MOTIVATION:
Proving that older can be BETTER!
● PHILOSOPHY:
Run however far you can
as often as you want at whatever pace feels good.
● EARLY
MANTRA: "You're
old and fat and ugly, Your running is a fluke. All those
jiggling parts, Make me want to puke."
● NEW
MANTRA: "You run for miles and miles, You're into
it long term. All that cottage cheese, Now's Tofu - Extra
Firm!"
● LINKS:
See Rob's web page for his
and my favorite running links
(The
photo above is one of the reasons we bought a treadmill - on
3/2/2006.
Photo Dec 3,
2005)
|
Web
Site Portfolio (All
gratis, of course!)
●
Rusticu
Vizslas (this web site)
● Honetor
Altmann Family
● Central
Wisconsin Vizsla Club
● WI-IL
Agility Group - Spring Grove,
IL USA
● Jackson
Pet Hospital - Jackson, WI USA
● Old
English Sheepdog Club of America Health Committee
● Chaminade
Women's Chorus - Appleton, WI USA
(my mother-in-law's
choral group)
● Herd
of Us Mini Aussies - Burlington, WI USA
● Mukwonago
Village Run - Mukwonago, WI USA |
| Shopping
- click
here. |
"Recognition is the greatest
motivator. Everyone appreciates being appreciated." |
| High
School |
Rice
Lake High School - "Warriors" - blue
& gold |
| College |
University
of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
- "Blugolds" |
| Graduate
School |
Marquette
University - "Warriors" - blue
& gold |
| Residence |
Mukwonago
- "Indians" - blue & gold |
| Profession |
Computer
Systems Analyst - FRS |
| Employer |
AT&T
(again) as of Nov 2005
Southwestern
Bell Communications (SBC)
Formerly Ameritech, Wisconsin Bell, AT&T
I have a 21-year perfect attendance record.
Really! |
"Life is not measured by the
breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away." |
Sweaters
I own a gluttonous quantity
of these warm, cozy apparel items. Cotton, wool, llama, alpaca,
cashmere, even YAK! |
| Links |
Lots
of sweater links "As Seen on TV" |
| Michael
Simon |
Awesome
web site, clever clothes |
| The
Country Ewe |
Sweater
shop in Canandaigua, New York |
| Icelandic
Design |
Designers/knitters |
| Kaffe
Fasset |
Artist,
Author & Sweater Designer Extraordinaire |
| Peruvian
Connection |
Offering
exquisite original art knit garments in autumn, winter, and spring editions. |
| Andes
Gifts |
Alpaca
sweaters & clothing |
| Moose
Mountain |
Carries
my fav brands - Icelandic Design, Christina Foley, etc. |
Yugoslavian
Knits:
MWool
Mariana's
Loewe
Design |
Icelandic
wool sweaters hand knit in the mountains of Yugoslavia (The Loewe link
is broken - I wish I had saved the owner's EMail - now I want a
sweater even more!) |
Clothing
Always in search of the best
bargain ever... |
| Leather
Jackets |
I
have a unreasonable number of leather & suede & shearling coats
& jackets. |
| Clarks
Shoes |
The most
comfortable shoes - and well made in England too! |
| Lands'
End |
Quality
classics from a Wisconsin-based business (stuff you buy when you pass age 25 but swore you would
never wear at age 24) |
| Jockey
International |
Another
Wisconsin-based manufacturer of quality garments - they invented
the man's brief! |
| Eddie
Bauer |
More
classics from Washington State |
| LL
Bean |
More
classics from Maine |
| Sierra
Trading Post |
Closeouts
on high quality stuff - cheap! |
| REI |
Recreational
Equipment Inc. - from Seattle, Washington - check out their Outlet Store
too. |
| Sahalie |
Formerly
"Early Winters". Cute high-quality casual and fitness
wear. |
| Liz
Claiborne |
Check out
what's new for the season, then wait until the end of season to get it half-off |
| J.
Crew |
Classics
updated to appeal to the younger crowd. |
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