Fat bottomed girls on bicycles (and a meme)

It is another beautiful day here in Illinois so I was motivated to get up off my big butt and go for a bike ride this morning. Little E rode her bike to school this morning so I rode her to the corner and then we went our seperate ways. I did a quick 3.5 miles around a neighboring golf course community and then decided to see if I could also ride to my gym. It is located in a shopping center about 2 miles from my house. With the exception of one killer hill, it wasn't too bad of a ride. Fortunately the busiest road on the route has a bike path along it so I don't have to deal with traffic.

Ironically the act of actually riding a bike TO the gym is evidentally an oddity. The bike rack is located directly in front of the windows that all the cardio machines look out toward the sidewalk and parking lot. After locking up my bike and entering the gym all eyes on the machines turned toward me and gave me the oddest look. Granted, I had a bad case of helmet hair and I was wearing my baggy "Have you given your Big Dog a hug today?" t-shirt but still. It was like they'd never considered riding an actual bike in the real world before instead of plugging in headphones and watching tv while exercising. They should all be thankful that I wasn't wearing the official cycling nerd uniform of spandex shorts and a cycling jersey, I would excuse a lynch mob if I went out in public wearing spandex in my current shape.

Anyway. I calculated that I rode approximately 8 miles total, did 20 minutes of upper body weights, a set on the ab machines all in about an hour. I also had a good excuse to jump in the pool when I got home to cool off. I won't count the two half-assed laps back and forth toward my exercise quota, that would be silly.

Knitting meme after the jump
Snagged this meme from Labradorable (btw, I vote that as the cleverest blog name ever. But I'm biased toward dogs/labs)

Mark with bold the things you have ever knit, with italics the ones you plan to do sometime, and leave the rest.

Afghan
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Domino knitting (=modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Baby items
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Slippers
Graffiti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Continental knitting
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
Knitting to make money
Button holes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colours
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cosies...)
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items)on two circulars
Olympic knitting
Knitting with someone else's handspun yarn
Knitting with dpns
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dying yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Knitting two socks on two circulars simultaneously
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener BO
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO
Entrelac
Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with self patterning/self striping/variegating yarn
Stuffed toys
Baby items
Knitting with cashmere
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mits/armwarmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Rug
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair accessories
Knitting in public