Mary Got Her Split and Bandage Off

Mary has had a split and big bandage on her left wrist since she had carpal tunel surgey a week ago. The doctor said she is doing wonderful. She was really glad to get that bandage off.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
1322 Steps Today - .60 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
52 Calories Burned.

Mary Spent The Day Caching With Carlin

This was ladies day out. This was a first for Mary. She spent the day caching with our friend Carlin Yonke. They really did a great job helping Brian and I clean up our 100 mile circle. They found caches in Weston, St. Joe, Hiawatha, Topeka, and Lawerence. From all indications they had a wonderful time together.

Today's Stats:
5 Geocaches.
2574 Steps Today - 1.17 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
97 Calories Burned.

Coughing For Over A Week

I've had something going on down in my bronchial area for over a week and coughing my head off every day. This is really getting old.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
4077 Steps Today - 1.86 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
177 Calories Burned.

Playing Catch Up with Kansas City Caches

We went into catch up mode this morning. I'm still coughing a lot but I feel fine. We found 11 cashes around Kansss City today and fixed KCopoly #14 today.

Today's Stats:
11 Geocaches.
10880 Steps Today - 4.97 miles.
3077 Aerobic Steps.
498 Calories Burned.

Prairie Stonehenge Cache

I was sitting home coding some stuff for Sprint when the phone rang and it was my friend Brian wanting to know if we wanted to go help find the Prairie stonehenge Cache. We jumped at the chance to help find a difficult cache. It was hard but we found it. Very enjoyable trip.

Today's Stats:
1 Geocaches.
1666 Steps Today - .76 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
77 Calories Burned.

Hoping to get out a while this afternoon

Still coughing like crazy. I guess we'll stay in again this evening.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
1494 Steps Today - .68 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
50 Calories Burned.

Still Not Feeling Well

My exercise is really getting behind. I'm not walking and my body feels it.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
0 Steps Today - 0 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
0 Calories Burned.

Still Not Feeling Well

I just can't seem to get over this. I'm coughing horribly. It's embrassing.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
902 Steps Today - .41 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
8 Calories Burned.

Still Not Feeling Well

By 10:00 a.m. I was coughing so much that I decided to come home again. I'm working at home as best as I can to keep up with the project.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
728 Steps Today - .33 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
8 Calories Burned.

Went to Work and Came Home

I'm still coughing a lot. I went to work and came home to work the rest of the day because I'm coughing so much that it's embarrassing.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
1685 Steps Today - .77 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
52 Calories Burned.

Caching in KC

We tried to catch up on our caching in Kansas City. We failed to find Cave Springs and didn't make it to Black Bob Island. So we are still behind.

Today's Stats:
10 Geocaches.
4396 Steps Today - 2.01 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
170 Calories Burned.

Not Feeling Well Today

I've really been miserable for the past couple days. My throat is still sore and I'm coughing a lot. We did go to the picnic this evening and managed the travel bug table. Mary did most of the work. I was her helper. We had a good time but I wish I had felt better.

Today's Stats:
2 Geocaches.
2502 Steps Today - 1.14 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
108 Calories Burned.

Too Much Work, Stress and No Sleep

I feel like a zombie. I've been working too many hours and kind of stressed out from the pressure. Now I feel like I'm getting sick. My throat is get sore and I'm coughing and sneezing.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
1958 Steps Today - .89 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
61 Calories Burned.

Working At 2:30 a.m.

I had to get up this morning at 2:30 a.m. and go to work. Things went much better tonight and I was back to bed by about 3:30 a.m. but I could not go to sleep. I laid there until about 4:45 a.m. and gave up and got up and started working on the code for the project.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
5802 Steps Today - 2.65 miles.
3486 Aerobic Steps.
252 Calories Burned.

Worked All Night Last NIght

We had a few problems with our install last night and I ended up working all night and got to bed about 11:00 a.m. this morning. I didn't walk much today.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
190 Steps Today - .08 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
2 Calories Burned.

Working Late Tonight

I had to start working at 8:30 p.m. tonight. We're installing a new project. Still working at midnight.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
5723 Steps Today - 2.61 miles.
2879 Aerobic Steps.
258 Calories Burned.

Pinto Beans for Diner

Mary took the grandkids back to Arkansas and won't be home till Friday. I was tired from work and didn't want to cook or go out so I just opened a can of pinto beans for diner. They were great. I might do that again.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
4928 Steps Today - 2.25 miles.
3029 Aerobic Steps.
206 Calories Burned.

Hard Time Caching In Iowa

It seemed like every where I when today that I could not find the cache. I got very few finds per hour spent caching. A dispointing day.

Today's Stats:
9 Geocaches.
5519 Steps Today - 2.52 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
253 Calories Burned.

Caching in Des Moines

I spent the day caching in Des Moines, Iowa. I had to DNF (Did Not Find) 8 caches today. That may be a record for us. It takes a lot of time to DNF a cache. The ones that I did find were great.

Today's Stats:
20 Geocaches.
10528 Steps Today - 4.81 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
452 Calories Burned.

Mary Went to Arkansas, I Went to Des Moines

I'm going to have to work next week because we're behing on the current project. We had planned to take a vacation next week, but the needs of the bussiness are calling.

Today's Stats:
7 Geocaches.
5668 Steps Today - 2.59 miles.
1264 Aerobic Steps.
249 Calories Burned.

Too Tired To Go Swimming

The kids begged to go swimming again this eveing but Mary and I were just to tired to go again. I've really been working hard and long lately at Sprint.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
1993 Steps Today - .91 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
86 Calories Burned.

Back to the Swimming Hole

The kids (Ashley & Bradley) just can't seem to get enough swimming. We went back to the swimming pool with them this evening. They had a ball.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
5569 Steps Today - 2.54 miles.
40000 Aerobic Steps.
250 Calories Burned.

On The Border With Ashley & Bradley

This was a slow evening for us. The biggest thing was going to eat at On The Border with Ashley and Bradley. Many caches are waiting but we chose to spend time with them. It was a great meal and we enjoyed the kids.

I put out another 100 Possum Trot Brochures in another building at noon today.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
5415 Steps Today - 2.47 miles.
3004 Aerobic Steps.
256 Calories Burned.

Another Evening of Swimming

We spent a long time with Ashley and Bradley at the pool this evening. We had a great time. I think Mary wore out kicking and padding around. I think she got so great exercise. We're getting behind on our caching, but we're have a great time with the grandkids.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
4128 Steps Today - 1.88 miles.
2786 Aerobic Steps.
190 Calories Burned.

Swimming with Ashley and Bradley

Scott and Laura went back to Arkansas this afternoon. Ashley and Bradley stayed with us. We spent a couple hours at the pool with them this afternoon. We had a great time.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
441 Steps Today - .20 miles. I must not have worn my pedometer part of the day.
0 Aerobic Steps.
11 Calories Burned.

All Fenced In

Scott and Laura were here today to help us solve this one. This puzzle cache really gave us fits. We made an error and had to solve it on the road after going into someones backyard to try to find this cache. It was an easy cache after getting the correct answer to the puzzle.

Today's Stats:
1 Geocaches.
9320 Steps Today - 4.26 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
436 Calories Burned.

Leawood Jungle Enable

I spent the afternoon fixing Leawood Jungle. This has turned out to be a lot of work to maintain.

Scott and Laura showed up from Arkansas this evening in time to go out to diner. We had a great time together at the 54th Street Grill.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
3500 Steps Today - 1.60 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
120 Calories Burned.

Leawood Jungle Disabled

It looks like our Leawood Jungle cache is already in trouble. I checked on it this evening and I could not get to it. We'll have to repair it.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
4934 Steps Today - 2.25 miles.
1566 Aerobic Steps.
202 Calories Burned.

Puzzle Caches

This evening we solved two puzzle caches. "Going 'Round in Circles" and "Memorial Cache". Most puzzles really give us fits. We solved these easier than most. Maybe we're getting good at these things. I doubt it.

Today's Stats:
2 Geocaches.
5114 Steps Today - 2.34 miles.
1662 Aerobic Steps.
207 Calories Burned.

3costcoguys Geo-Coin

We lucked out this evening and aquired a 3costcoguys Geo-Coin at the World Trail Cache. We could not find this cache yesterday because of a bad coordinates, but today it was easy with a new coordinates.

Today's Stats:
3 Geocaches.
2772 Steps Today - 1.26 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
127 Calories Burned.

Hard Day At Work and No Cache

This evening we went after a new cache over in Lenexa. The coordinates were posted wrong and we searched a field and could not find the cache. Later it was corrected on the web site and the real coordinates was .6 miles from where we were searching.

I received a new Pfranc Bluetooth adapter for our eTrex. It seems like it going to work great with our Thinkpad.

Today's Stats:
0 Geocaches.
2910 Steps Today - 1.33 miles.
0 Aerobic Steps.
126 Calories Burned.