05 July 2011

Granny's Gadgets #25, a bike ride and GIANT kites!!!

So I'm a little late with our gadget this week...you should now by now that I am that person who is annoyingly 3 to 5 minutes late pretty much all the time. Sorry. It's how I was raised. It's an issue I struggle with and endeavor to correct, but I no longer beat myself up about it... unless it makes me miss a plane or something :P

How many de-followers can I get for that one?  ;-)  I'll let those of you who stay know tomorrow.

My post-Apocalyptic training run on Sunday and my wonderful, sunshiny-with-a-cool-breeze-blowing recovery bike ride yesterday filled most of my free time the last couple of days, leaving just a minute (literally) to film the gadget in action but no time to download it and post it. My sincere and humble apologies to all four of you who expect a new gadget video every Monday.

My bike ride was just what I needed after that cataclysmic ordeal on Sunday. It was the total opposite... cool, calm, breezy, easy and fun! I rode for longer than I have in over a decade... a whopping hour. My butt didn't hurt until the very end. I did get a flat tire somewhere around these awesome kites at my turnaround, but the tires are fat, sturdy mountain bike tires and there did appear to be a little bit of inflation going on, so I just kept going since I was headed home anyway.



You can see the people on the ground for size comparison...
yes, the tiny white dots under the big yellow kite...
these kites are HUGE.

I returned home from this beautiful morning ride to a house humming with activity... my husband is so amazing... he had these kids working! Laundry, cooking, cleaning disastrous rooms... it was incredible and so needed and so appreciated :)

Usually I wait until the kids are in bed to do the filmwork... whether a gadget or a barefoot outdoor activity... but tonight I had my intricate dinner prep filmed 'cuz I used the gadget in real life!

Here it is:


And if you want to know who is screaming in the background...


it's a new phase.

It can't end soon enough.

13 comments:

  1. Bike rides and kites, doesnt get much better then that

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  2. Funny how they love to hear their little voices! My daughter just has tiny outbursts so far...hope she doesn't get carried away! :)

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  3. Oh thank heaven I am done with THAT phase! You are a good woman, I think I would have beat some children with that strainer! :)

    Holy crap that's a big kite....awesome!

    I have not had a chance to read off of the long report from yesterday (stop posting so often!! :) but will this evening!

    Happy Tuesday!

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  4. Oh my gosh, those kites are HUGE!! And your screamer is really cute :)

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  5. The last time I saw that gadget was at my grandma's. You nailed it.

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  6. love these kites!!!

    hey doesn't this look like the gadget from France

    http://www.highcountrygardens.com/catalog/product/A0291/

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  7. That kite is AMAZING! I want one so bad!! I'm not even sure how something like that can fly.

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  8. should NOT have watched that with Dash. He can recreate her pitch perfectly.thanks

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  9. WHOA, those kites are amazing!!

    I tagged you on my blog today! Go check it out!

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  10. I'm amazed at your ability to take a video and not get your face in it. But, I guess you got your lady bits, so that is a win!

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  11. Granny's Gadget looks like something from 'Children of the Corn'...!

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  12. Wow...those kites are huge! And, quite the screamer!

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  13. That scream made me laugh out loud!! Hilarious (but probably makes you want to stick bamboo shoots under your fingernails). I actually LOVE that gadget and think I want to buy one--anything to have one less than thing to clean! That little gadget can go in the dishwasher and no more washing the colander. Sounds fabulous :) Thank you for sharing that with us at Rub Some Dirt On It!

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