Happy Memorial Day

We just returned from an amazing weekend trip in Nantucket. This was our first visit and we could not have picked a more beautiful weekend. Although it was foggy and rainy Friday night when we arrived, we woke to bright, sunny skies every other day. The weather was clear, sunny and warm with temperatures in the high 70s to low 80s.


On Saturday, after enjoying a breakfast of fresh fruit and granola (provided by our inn keeper), we walked around the town checking out the shops, museums and art galleries. The island is so quaint! All of the homes are large and have shakes on them. In the afternoon, we returned to our bed-n-breakfast, The Century House  for cookies and rest. That evening we got to see Nantucket in party-mode for the holiday weekend. We decided to eat at The Tavern down at the Marina so that we could see everything. It was a lot of fun and food was great. Garrett loved his lobster rolls and I enjoyed the catch of the day - not sure what it was but it tasted great!!!

Sunday, we decided to rent bikes and explore the island. We wound up biking about 20 miles and saw some amazing beaches. We started by going to Surfside Beach, about a 3 mile ride from town. This beach had a ton of waves (hence the name!) but the water was chilly! We put our feet in but that is about it. Then we biked out to Sconset, where we had a picnic at the beach before biking to the Sankaty Lighthouse. By this point, we were a bit tired so we biked back to town. We had such a great time on the bikes that we decided we will have to purchase some so that we can continue the fun. We got back to our B-n-B around 4 PM, just in time for some cookies, showers, and relaxation before going to the White Elephant for dinner. It was a great place, overlooking the harbor.

Sadly, today we had to return home, but not before we spent another couple of hours enjoying the island. It is a wonderful place and we highly recommend that you visit there at some point. We only wish we hadn't waited so long to do so.

On another note, we want to wish everyone a Happy Memorial Day! We hope your weekend was a wonderful as ours!

Back to running!

Well it's official, I am running again!!! I had a followup appointment with my surgeon on Monday and he gave me the go ahead to try running again (with strict instructions to not go overboard). So on Tuesday, my physical therapist had me run on the treadmill and it was AWESOME!!! I'll admit, it felt a little weird at first and I had a slight twinge of pain for the first minute or so, but once I got going it felt great! He only let me run for 9 minutes (3 of which he made me jog slowly while holding on - that takes coordination!) but I loved every minute of it. He is going to let me run a full mile tomorrow - I cannot wait! We have to get me up to 3.5 miles by June 15th when I am taking part in the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge in Boston. It is such a great race, starting at the Boston Common, running down to Fenway Park and back. Last year there were 14,000+ participants! Then Garrett and I have our first 5K of the season two weeks later. I'll keep you posted on how it goes!

Garrett's first blog

Nikki is making some big time progress in therapy and will probably get to run again as early as next week! We are both really excited to get back to running 5Ks and the weather is finally starting to shape up so the timing is perfect.


Salem made a new friend today while we were tackling our post-flooding jungle of a lawn today. Our new neighbors have a baby rotwieler who had escaped from his captivity in their garage somehow and decided to come play at our house. The two of them were exactly the same size and one would think that they would make great friends but ole Salem got a little skittish around the pup and decided that the claws needed to come out. We ended up having to get him safe inside behind the screen door and go find our neighbors to make sure they knew where their pup was. Hopefully they do a better job of keeping him inside because the little guy is way too small to be out on his own roaming the neighborhood.

Nikki got to go to one of her frind and coworker Kate's bridal shower this afternoon in Wellsley. She had a great time and our gift was a huge hit. Can't go wrong with a martini shaker and all the fixins to make some cosmos. Have a good week!

Spring has sprung at the Fisher's

What a great weekend we have had. Yesterday was a little too drizzly to work in the yard so we decided to do a bit of Spring cleaning inside before our dance class. Yes, Garrett and I go to ballroom dancing every Saturday evening, and I must say, we are getting pretty good. So far we have learned the Fox Trot, Waltz, and Hustle. Last night we started learning the Tango. Now we just need a good wedding to go to so we can show off our moves


Today, it has been very sunny and clear so we finally got to work in the yard and start planting the vegetables in our garden. We finished planting the tomatoes, peppers and herbs. Hopefully next weekend we will be able to plant the zucchini and squash.

Spring has arrived!

It's hard to believe we have only been home from vacation for a couple of weeks. I think we're both ready for another one! Work has been keeping us extremely busy (reason that we didn't add an entry last week). In some ways, it is nice to be busy because the time passes quickly, but when we don't see each other until 10 every night, it gets a little old! Fortunately, we are planning a mini-vacation to Nantucket over Memorial Weekend. Can you tell we are trying to see everything in New England before we move? Once we do that, the only thing left is NY City, hard to believe we haven't done that one yet! We met a great couple in St. Lucia who live in the City so we are hoping to visit them sometime in December.


On another front, we got our car back yesterday and she looks fabulous! She even has the new car smell still. I am so amused that is took nearly four weeks, cost thousands of dollars, and on the receipt, the body shop describes the work as "minor repairs." Go figure!

For those curious about the "knee saga," it looks like I may get to run as early as next Saturday. I am so ready! Now that the weather is getting nice, I want to get out there. Even Garrett has started going for runs outside. I told him he picked a fine time to start doing that. I think it is a bit insensitive, but he claims he is just making sure he will be able to run with me in the races, yeah right :) This week consisted of three brutal physical therapy sessions. I think Dutch takes pleasure in causing me pain. However, I can't be mad when I see how much progress I am making. When I started this whole ordeal six weeks ago, I could barely move my leg, now I can fully straighten it, and I'm bending to about 140 degrees. The bending is the hardest and most brutal part of therapy (I have no shame, I scream out loud for all to hear) but I'm getting so much better and I can attempt running when I can bend 145 degrees. Since I was only at 128 degrees on Tuesday, I think (and Dutch agrees) I am progressing very quickly and should be there by next Saturday. Of course,I think I could jog now but Dutch wants me to wait, and then when I do start, I have to do it on a treadmill in front of him. He is such a slave driver! Oh well, I'm done until Tuesday.

This weekend, assuming the rain stays away, we are planning to work in our garden. The strawberries and raspberries look great already. Now we are planting the veggies. We love having fresh fruit, vegetables, and herbs during the summer. Sometimes I think it would be nice to live in a climate where we could have our garden year round. Then again, I would probably miss the snow. Can't win :)

Hope everyone had a great Cinco de Mayo yesterday!