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May 10, 2008
Merry Berry Month of May
There is a chain of resturants in the Pittsburgh area called Eat'n Park that several years back had a little jingle called "The Merry Berry Month of May". It sung the praises of strawberry pies and cake and shakes. It was quite catchy. And O LOVED it. Mostly because O loves strawberry pie. But he knew all the words to the jingle which is quite a feat because song lyrics aren't usually something he's too good with.
ANYWAY - O and I still call May the "Merry Berry Month of May" and every year I get him a strawberry pie from Eat'n Park. This year I picked the pie up on Tuesday while he was at a track meet. When he discovered it in the refrigerator that night you would have thought he struck gold. He danced around and did a little jig and then proceeded (as he does each year) to cut the pie into 4 pieces. Yep, a huge pie cut into 4 HUGE pieces, one piece each night for 4 nights. I don't like strawberry pie so it's all his. Never have to worry about the pie going bad, that's for sure! ;)
I was thinking about all this this morning while I was eating THE best strawberries in the world. Wow - May really is the merry berry month!
But apparently it's also a very rainy month. I think the past 10 times I've run it's been in the rain, including this morning. My running shoes don't have any hope whatsoever of drying. Ever. But you will be happy to know that my cycling shoes did dry from last Saturday. Now they just stink. :) Oh well, it was bound to happen since I never wear socks when I wear my cycling shoes. That makes for one seriously stanky pair of shoes. They should get together with my racing flats who also seriously stank. Imagine opening up the suitcase after those two have been snuggling up next to each other in the hot cargo compartment of a plane. Or after sitting in a hot car trunk for hours. Okay...I'm starting to gross myself out!! :)
ANYWAY, my run was good this morning regardless of the rain. It was one of those days when you actually have to RUN a little to get the heart rate up. I love those days! Usually I'm holding myself back but today I got to RUN. I looked down at my watch at one point and it told me I was running 6:57 pace (and my HR was still in it's low aerobic zone). I did a double take. "This dumb thing has to be broken", I thought! (and no, smarty pants, I wasn't running downhill :) So yes, it was one of those good days. Of course for every one of these days I have one of those days when I'm running slow and my HR is high and I look at my watch and think "this dumb thing has to be broken!" :)
Meanwhile, O is out cutting the grass because it's approximately 5 feet tall. It grows so fast! And over the past week or so there hasn't been one dry day to cut it. So he's cutting wet grass right now because it's supposed to rain again tomorrow and if he doesn't cut it today, we will be baling hay instead (and we don't have a hay baler and furthermore, baling hay is really hard). I'm sure he is frustrated because our lawn mower gets upset with wet clumped up grass (but we can't complain because it's a hand-me-down from my grandparents and it was free!). I might need to buy another strawberry pie to comfort him... :)
Hope everyone has a wonderful day - in the merry berry month of May! (sorry, I couldn't help myself)
Posted by beth at May 10, 2008 12:26 PM
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My dumb HR monitor is broken half the time, I swear! ;) I'm envious of the wonderful running, sounds lovely!! Have fun! - rr
Posted by: rachel at May 10, 2008 7:13 PM
In the merry, berry month of May (the month of May),
There's a deal at Eat'n Park every day (ev-ery day).
Berry sundaes, berry shakes,
Berry pies, berry cakes.
In the merry, berry month,
The very, merry month,
The very, berry month of....MAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!
I claimed to my one class that I could eat a whole pie in one sitting. I'm hoping I don't have to back that up any time soon....but I guess half of a pie would be doable!
Posted by: O at May 10, 2008 7:57 PM
I so wish I was enjoying some strawberries and feast of berries in May! Your posts always make me think of that movie "Here on Earth" when you talk about your town/neighborhood...
I am so happy your fitness is getting so strong and building so fast. love the hard work when it pays off!
Have fun eating berries!
Posted by: at May 10, 2008 9:17 PM
When I was growing up, I would watch fireworks on July 4 from the Eat'n Park parking lot near South Hills Village. When I first told my wife that, she thought I was referring to a park, "Eaton Park."
Posted by: brian at May 12, 2008 8:29 AM
I love Eat-n-Park! Their "smiley face" cookies are the best. I can totally picture that strawberry pie. Yum! My absolute favorite place to eat in Pittsburgh is Mad Mex. Do you ever go there? I have yet to find anywhere that even comes close to their type of food.
Posted by: mira at May 12, 2008 8:20 PM