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I've been meaning to come in here for quite some time now and provide at least some sort of update. I have noticed the page has been blank for a while now and I'm sorry for those that used to visit it regulary only to find nothing has changed. I used to do that for other people's sites until I started using www.bloglines.com. Excellent service Check it out. Anyway the only reason I am here writing this is because I got a few spam comments. I currently delete them and close the comments on the entry manually which seems to be working ok so far.

So summer is fading away here and although some might not believe it, Jen and I are actually quite pleased. We are not used to constantly feeling sticky from the humidity. Now the temperate is even getting to below 20 at night! At last a good night's sleep. We do have an A/C in our bedroom that we sometimes leave on overnight, but utility costs are high so we are a little careful. Actually on utilities, I got a rude shock the other morning when we ran out of hot water. Turned out we totally ran out of heating oil and the boiler in the basement went out. That last sentence should be very foreign to an Australian, and I like to use that as an excuse of why it went out. Anyway after getting it filled back up and getting it reprimed and relit, we were $377US poorer.

On the Labor day long weekend, the usual end to summer, we went camping in New Hampshire. On the Saturday we climbed Mt Mondanock and on Sunday we went to the State fair (yee hawww). Check out the photos at http://dbradby.net/gallery/newhampshire. Mt Monadnock was meant to be a hike, but when I have to use my hands, it's a climb. The state fair was fun, but the big event was Jen drove the 40 mins to get there. No probs. Easy isn't it?

The Half Marathon is getting closer and I am trying to focus on doing longer runs on the weekends. Last weekend I got Jen to drop me out near Lexington on the Minute Man trail. This trail is the supposed route Paul Revere took to alert the revolutionaries that "The British are coming!". Now if you're like me, then you thought Paul Revere was simply character from a Beastie Boys track, apparently not so, and I'm learning that now. Anyway, I had a great run home knowing that there was no way I could give up and turn around. I just kept going and going. Turns out I misjudged the track length and I was home in 58 mins and had only done 10km. This weekend I plan to hit that 10 MILE mark.

The more diligant among you will realise from the above that Jen now has driven alone. She drove herself home after she dropped me off. Well it didn't take long and she is sending me links for cars she wants to buy. We are looking for a VW or Saab .... for around $500, and we will find one!

Well things are getting cooler, the leaves are starting to turn an amazing array of reds and oranges, so we plan to head out to Vermont and do some "leaf peeping" of the famous New England Fall.

Stay tuned .....

Posted by dbradby at September 16, 2004 06:39 AM