Running!

Thanks to my great supporters Maja, Johanna, Jonte and Benke, and my local running group, Mojo Runners, for a good run at the State To State Half Marathon in Oxford, OH, this weekend. My time was 1:35:38 being the 10th overall woman and 2nd in my age group.

And thank you, Benke, for the wonderful evening at downtown Cincinnati, Sept. 27, 2008 - our 11th wedding anniversary. We had a absolutely world class dining experience at Jeff Ruby's. Maybe the three course dinner plus a beer with nachos as starters and a creme brulé at the end was the secret recipe for the running success the day after? Have to try it again!

//Hanna

Ike strikes West Chester

Back in Ohio. Whoooaaa! A pretty windy day this past Sunday, Sept. 14. 35 m/s (80 mph) over our little corner of the world. I don't think anyone really thought Ike would bother to come all the way this North! We'd just arrived on our little field trip with the neighbors when the wind was getting a little bit too heavy; cracking tree branches and your eyes and ears buried in dirt. Half of the corn fields were flying in the air... Benke had the time of his life on the windy patio (there is no bad weather, just bad clothes!).

Besides the damage on the property (The Landings was badly hit!), about 700.000 people in this part of the US was out of electricity for 1-4 (at least) days. We've been very fortunate to only be out of power for 2 days, but the schools are still cancelled to this day, it's hard to find gas, the shells on the grocery stores are half empty, people buy huge sacks of ice and I don't think it's only for the Coke this time. We've had some nice and cozy moments in candle light and neighborhood get-togethers over the barbecue.

See Ike in action: http://picasaweb.google.com/Sandelowskyalbum/Ike#