That was a very good ad, Minnie....must say that it sure seemed easy for those moms to wake up those kids...
Welcome back, Tris! Always good to have returning rowers back on board.
Another episode...
Back in a long ago day, there was a televised showing of a parody of the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea." Only this one was called Once Upon A Mattress, and I think a movie was actually made of it years later. Once Upon A Mattress starred Carol Burnett, who was playing Princess Winnifred (Fred for short), a gal from the swamps that the Prince wanted to marry (this was pre-Shrek the movie). Oh no! cried the parents...and a test was devised to see if she was really, really a true princess. If she could feel that small disturbance under ALL those mattresses, well then...she was a Princess, and thus marriage-worthy. (How did they ever come up with that one?!). Where am I going with this? Well, yesterday I decided new pillows were needed. My previous attempt at getting just the right pillows had ended up with the new pillows exiled to the guest room, and the old pillows happily retrieved from the closet. A year passed, and once again I decided to go hunt pillows. There are stores in the US where you can find WHOLE rooms full of pillows of every shape and size, and I won't even go into all the types of fillings. But pillows are very specific things for each of us...and I know that you have all been here. Into the closet went the old pillows, into the pillowcases went the new ones. Unfortunately, the new ones called up memories of Once Upon A Mattress. These pillows were not for neck support...they were for neck pain! So today, the more scientific approach of take a tape measure with me to see if I can replicate the "favorites." If not, another room is getting some new pillows...I know, goofy bunny trail, but true...
On a more serious note, I was thinking about Baz's quote about rowing until we're done, even when it's boring or we want to do other stuff. And we do that because rowing and all the other exercise things that we do help us CONTINUE to do the other things that we want to do. Bruce is getting ready for base camp of Mt Everest. bg is getting ready to train for an obstacle course run...even though she's already navigated some pretty serious obstacles in life (as many of our team have done). Many are trying to keep up with some really, really adorable grandkids. We have so many adventures that are still out there to find, conquer...and to get other people interested in doing these things for the fun that's out there is stellar.
And so ...because we're into adventure...I was hoping that this next year,
we could head back to the moon...unless you all insist on returning to earth first. What say you?
Season meters as of 363/366 = 203,858,087 m
Total meters on the day = 1,114,999 m
Oars in space (participation) = 26 percent
MILESTONES...Bragging Rights...Celebrations:
5.75 MM Michelle
4.8 MM Rosi
4.7 MM Jim
2.65 MM Katerina
2.6 MM Ross
1.85 MM Brian
950 K Greg C
550 K Tim P
450 K Peter G
Thanks to everyone who rowed with us today!
Steven D 857 m
Gene H 1,500 m
Mario Jackson 1,500 m
Sunny 2,300 m
Marty 2,560 m
Diana 3,000 m
Zander 3,000 m
Tammy 3,300 m
Elton 4,000 m
Sam 4,500 m
Roger 4,900 m
Paul B 5,000 m
Harold 5,001 m
Jeri 5,015 m
Peter G 5,157 m
Marie 5,500 m
Robyn 
m 
David T 6,000 m
Fritz 6,658 m
Stephen N 6,723 m
Anita 7,000 m
Rivka 7,500 m
Sarah 7,500 m
Jim 7,519 m
AJ 8,209 m
Christa 8,500 m
Rosi 
m
Baz 10,000 m
Brian 10,000 m
Ross 10,062 m
Greg C 10,591 m
Bruce 10,905 m
David A 11,996 m
Bernie 12,009 m
Tim 12,070 m
Ronnie 14,000 m
Ed 15,000 m
Michelle 15,000 m
Walter 15,000 m
Cathie 15,780 m
Jay 18,000 m
Richard T 21,097 m
Minnie 21,297 m
Katerina 22,000 m
Ron 23,097 m
Jodi 30,591 m ... great update!
Tris 678,251 m
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