St. Louis

I am visiting St. Louis this week to set up a company that we recently purchased. I have to say that I like St. Louis much more than I like New Jersey - but so far the visit to St. Louis has not been totally successful.

The server that holds most of the data does not want to turn on (THIS IS BAD!!) so we are having fun with that while trying to convert all of their other stuff and get them up and running... what a mess....

Anyway - I will be back in Kalamazoo at the end of the week and am looking forward to taking a break from my travelling for a bit.

Hope all is well with all of you.... see you soon.

Detroit Marathon - The Results are IN....

It was a cold morning on October 21st as we stood in a line longer than the one for the new rollercoaster at Cedar Point... what were we waiting for you ask - to use the porta potty of course it was the morning before the race..... the bad news is Kim didn't quite make it to the front of the line before the 7:15 start.... Bad planning on our part.

Of course we also stayed up all night celebrating Jess' birthday on the Murder Mystery Train ride that we went on - it was a great time... but we were all a little sleepy the next morning fo the race...

Anyway - the day warmed up quickly for those running the full and half marathons and the first leg of the relay... but for us Relayers who had to wait - it was a little chilly.

The race was amazing - there were 16,108 runners and it was a great day...

Here are the results....

Marathoners

Ann Maltby - 3:43:27

Gualberto Claros - 4:23:26

Phil Amsterburg - 4:31:41

Phil got the award for best tie-dyed shirt!

1/2 Marathoners

Jenny Maltby - 2:08:59

Cindi Hunter - 1:54:27

Relay Teams

Maltby Marathoners 5:36:41

Maltby's - This one didn't have a time in the resulsts but they beat the Maltby Marathoners by quite a few minutes....

New Jersey

Just a little tip I learned this week that I thought I would share with all of you....

NEVER NEVER NEVER visit New Jersey...

I had to go to good old NJ to hook up a company that Stryker bought - let me just tell you I have driven in Chicago and Detroit and I would take either of those at rush hour over NJ any day

The driving is crazy here - there are like 6 lanes and people drive with their windows down so they can scream at eachother... nothing like driving in Fulton where we leave the windows down so we can chat about the crops and the weather

Nothing against the friendly people of New Jersey... but I really hope to never visit again (or if I do I hope to be able to afford a driver :-)

The Countdown Begins

Well,

I will have to say that the countdown begins... T - 4 days until the big marathon.... I am actually only running a little over 5 miles which I am happy about because I have not been training for any more than that. But Kim's husband Phil and Kim's sister Ann are running the ENTIRE 26.2 miles and I say good luck to them (I also secretly think they have lost their minds) but anyway - here is a picture of a banner that Phil's soccer team made him for the run... I think it is cool so I thought I would share it with you. Good luck to all the runners of the Detroit Marathon on Sunday!

Breast Cancer Walk

Saturday was the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk....

The weather was not as bad as predicted and it did not snow (unlike last year)

We all had a good time and over 2500 people showed up to support the cause.

I would have to say Tula was the hit of the walk as people were stopping and taking pictures and petting her the entire time! Who can blame them :-)

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Hey all,

It is October - which means it is time for the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. Kim & I are team captains at Stryker and WE NEED YOU! We need walkers for the walk which is this Friday the 13th in downtown Kalamazoo (I think it starts at 8:00 a.m.)

So please come out and walk with us - it will be fun! Also if you wish to donate to the cause - I can help you with that.

In addition to donantions - we are also having a Pampered Chef Party where 15% of the party goes to the MSABC cause. If you wish to purchase anything just go to this link and purchase the items - they will be shipped to me @ Stryker and I will deliver them to you.

http://www.pamperedchef.biz/masnari?page=host-search-results&showId=1271046

In addition we are also selling Pampered Chef “Help Whip Cancer” kits that include a knife, measuring cup and spatula – these are great as a gift or for yourself and they only cost $20.00 (the best part is $10.00 from each one goes straight to our MSABC fund).

Let me know if you are interested.

Running & Other Fun

Hey all,

I know I haven't posted in awhile - have been really busy working with Bill & doing other fun stuff.

Opening season of bow hunting has come and gone and it has been way too hot to do much hunting - Bill & I went a few times - but nothing much was happening. Probably will get better now that it is cooling off.

On October 21st Kim, Jess & I (and some of Kim's family) are running a marathon as a relay race... it will be fun... this weekend Kim & I convinced Jess to go running with us in Fulton - I don't think she was very happy with us - but I think she might talk to us again after the marathon :-)

My favorite niece and nephew are doing great - Cole is in 1st grade and loves it - he even rides the bus home sometimes and he has Linda Crotser (my old bus driver) as his driver!!! Lexi is learning more and more words and loves the kittens at my parents house - she likes to chase them and catch them - then she throws them down and chases them some more - she calls them kee-kee.

Hope all is well with you and your families - talk to you soon