Vendetta creation

Not me (its Cam Watt), but it's my wetsuit creation - the Vendetta. I like this photo because you can see the little dimples and I'd rather be in Australia creating wetsuits. This wetsuit is awesome, and you can read more about it at www.xterrawetsuits.com. I'll be racing in one at IMC next month.

Hula Hoop on the Roof

I think this hula hoop only cost $1.99 at Vons. Rip picked it out herself while we were shopping the other day. The woman in line behind us had the gall to say to me: "Don't you think that's a little too big for your daughter?" Boy, talk about minding your own business. What I should have done is turned to Rip and told her: "That woman says No Hula Hoop." The screaming would have caused the woman to have a heart attack.

$1.99 is probably some of the best money well spent. We've hula hooped in pink bedroom, on the couch, watching TV, on top of Stevie (or whacking her head), and on the roof. On the roof is probably the best, and so this is a phot of us finding the perfect place to hula hoop on the deck upstairs.

Bloody Nose - Ripples meets the Badger

I'm "in charge" of Ripples and Stevie every Monday and Wednesday morning. Not that I'm not in charge of them at other times, but on these days my wife hangs out with some surfer-dude at the gym while I am responsible for making sure that the kids are up, fed, etc..

The Badger Hinault went on to win the TdF after a bad crash and a bloody nose. That was the lesson I was trying to teach Ripples the other morning.

She didn't cry. In fact, she has a very high pain tolerance.

La Jolla

In mid-March 08, I abandoned ship (e.g. quit my law practice), purchased a pair of shades for Liz Stevie, and moved to La Jolla, California. Here, I'm working with my former law partner, Brian, who was thrown overboard last July 4, 07, making the fastest triathlon wetsuits known to mankind.

I'm racing Ironman Canada in almost exactly 1 month, and I'm going to try to blog every day until then.