Romanais Blog

August 19th, 2019

19/8/2019

We got up this morning to rain. It rained for most of the day too. Warm but very wet.

I have been reading a library book "Keep on Running" by Phil Hewitt about a man who runs marathons. Very inspiring as I cannot even run for 90 seconds without almost keeling over! (Tomorrow is week, 3 run 1, fingers crossed the rain stops before then).

I also finished my blanket - five rounds of border completed today. Amazing what you can do when you cannot due a lot else because of the rain.

It finally finished raining after tea so we went for a walk around the block to find a flat route for our run in the morning. We cannot manage anything uphill at the moment!

Raining again now at 9.30pm. listening to the rain on the caravan roof while we are cozy in bed is very relaxing!

August 18th, 2019

18/8/2019

Today was week 2, run 3. We were up early for a run before breakfast. We had to do -
* a 5 minute warm up walk
* run for 90 seconds
* walk for 2 minutes
repeated for five times
* a 5 minute walk to cool down

Marks phone crashed so he has no stats. Here are mine................

Before lunch we pulled the caravan out for a few nights. It has been dry but cold. Anais finished her axis cube.

BBQ for tea. After tea we went for a walk down the main road to Tesco and the C0-OP and back along the back roads.

Currently sat cozy in bed starting to crochet the border to my blanket.

August 17th, 2019

17/8/2019

Anais was up early to make Roman a boiled egg and soldiers for breakfast.

Mark put the new soak away in which took all day as he had to dig a huge hole and knock some bricks out.

I made THIS honey cake.

No crochet today but I did sew all the ends in to the little triangles and to the blanket. just the ends on this corner to sew in now and then i can join the triangles.

No run today, its a rest day. Looking forward to tomorrow - week 2, run 3.

August 14th, 2019

14/8/2019

Up at 6.30am again and out the door for 7am for the week 2, run 1 which looks like this.

Roman came too on his bike. Anais pulled the covers over her head when we asked if she was coming too!

Here are my stats. It does not include the five minute warm up and cool down at the end.

Marks stats. He can run further and faster than me.

Pictures Roman took at the park.

I got this far with Persian Tiles today. I'm taking a different approach and joining at the end of each day instead of the monotony of saving them all to join at the end.

August 13th, 2019

13/8/2019

Romans friend Corey came round today.

Mark has been getting boiler quotes come back so we need to decide who to go with and when to get it fitted.

Done these today.

August 11th, 2019

11/8/2019

More rain today so we took the opportunity to go and get all of Romans school uniform and shoes.

The boiler keeps tripping the electric so we need a new boiler. Need to look into that this week.

The hoover broke, Mark managed to fix it.

We did a 1.75 mile walk tonight (run day tomorrow).

Another one round done on twelve tiles.

August 10th, 2019

10/8/2019

Today was week 1, run 2 of couch to 5K.

Roman finished his crochet rocket.

I made a chocolate orange cake.

The next round done

August 09th, 2019

9/8/2019

Roman has been at the amigurumi again, today he started to make a rocket, to be finished tomorrow!

Three rounds done on Sophies Universe and part ten finished.

I got this far with Persian Tiles.

Mark and I went to buy some running trainers each (he doesn't have any and yesterday I wore Anais' old PE trainers which are size 7.5 and I am size 6!)

After tea and in between the rain showers we went for a walk. (No running today - you have to have a days rest in between each run).

August 08th, 2019

8/8/2019

Roman has been crocheting again, he made a monster.

Two rounds done on Sophie, got to the end of round 77.

New project started, 5mm hook, pattern HERE.

The next round done on four Persian Tiles.

This evening Mark and I did something we have never done before - went for a run! Kind of! We decided we like walking (mainly walk a lot on holiday) so we are going to do the "Couch to 5K" and get fit.

We are both feeling it in our legs this evening but the view from the top of the hill was lovely.

August 07th, 2019

7/8/2019

Roman finished his crochet robot and has now started a crochet monster. He can master a magic ring and understands the principles of increasing and decreasing with amigurumi.

Well done Roman, its an excellent likeness! xx

After tea we went for a walk to stretch our legs as we haven't been out since Sunday. We walked around the yachting pool and then decided to walk to Bournville and then decided to walk to the Co-op and back again.

I made this...................

............and finished the same round on all of these.