http://robin.carlenonline.com A site about things that peak my interest. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:49:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a post that I have been promising to write for months.  This past summer back when days were warm and daylight stretched until nearly 10pm.  I had the opportunity to ride in a Rat Rod.  What is a Rat Rot you ask?  A rat rod is a name ... http://robin.carlenonline.com/archives/154 That is exactly what I said.  It wasn't that I wanted anyone to leave.  I said it because I had just read something amazing. I am sure you have all heard of Laminin.  But, I am a little slower and just read about it for the first time in my life.  ... http://robin.carlenonline.com/archives/150 Okay, I promised weekly pictures of me on the scale.  The last two weeks have been coupled with stress, a cold, stress, working on our house, stress, a totaled car, stress.  You get the idea.  Now if I were the kind of person that stopped eating during times like this ... http://robin.carlenonline.com/archives/145 I was afraid when I stepped on the scale this week that the needle wouldn't have moved at all.  Not the case.  A pleasant surprise to start my day with. http://robin.carlenonline.com/archives/140 Demo Day 1- I can't believe we have been working on the house for four days now.  Wednesday after in-laws closed on the house we got the keys and started work immediately.  We took out this whole built-in thing underneath the stairs.  It possibly was Harry Potters home while visiting ... http://robin.carlenonline.com/archives/97 It hasn't been an easy week but then again it hasn't been that hard.  At one point I thought that maybe I was starving myself but obviously I am still alive.  I measured almost everything that I ate and was careful to not eat just for the sake of eating.  ... http://robin.carlenonline.com/archives/93 Every once in a while I get on the kick where I just start reading someone's blog which links to another blog, which links to another blog, which links to another blog (you get the idea) and all of the sudden I find something cool.  Often I can't even remember ... http://robin.carlenonline.com/archives/87 You may recall back in March a post about Tricia Lawrenson "getting the call" for a new pair of lungs.  You can read more about the Lawrenson's and their journey here http://cfhusband.blogspot.com/. She received her new lungs and left the hospital only to be diagnosed with a form of lung cancer ... http://robin.carlenonline.com/archives/81 Okay, maybe it's not that good of a deal but it was pretty good.   Craig and I went to JCPenney's today to look at their curtains - there on sale this week.  We need curtains or some sort of window treatments for our four windows in our living/dining area at ... http://robin.carlenonline.com/archives/76 Aren't there two things you never ask a woman?  Her age and her weight. In the last week I have had two eye opening experiences.  Okay, make that three. The first was an old friend found me on Facebook.  As I looked over what he had been up to for the last, ... http://robin.carlenonline.com/archives/68