Weekend Update

I'm so happy that it's the weekend. I had to go into the school today to work with the Director on accreditation paperwork (we can't get anything accomplished on it during the week). We spent four productive hours working. We hope to finish on President's Day when …

This Is What Total Peace Looks Like

The day Angela and I were celebrating our five year anniversary, we decided to hike in the Cascades. We hiked Bandera Mountain. It is approximately 8 miles total. Around 3 miles into the hike, you have two choices. You can either scramble up the rocks and boulders …

Get Well Soon!

We are happy you are feeling better, Dad! We hope you feel better soon, Vicki! We are sending lots of love and positive thoughts your way. We love you both!

Completing One of Our Goals

Angela and I decided to complete the goal of going one week without eating processed foods. We have had a few discussions on what this means to us. I decided I wanted to complete this goal, mostly because I'm in the middle of a plateau (I've been in a 2 pound weight …

A Funny Memory

So...my nose is way too full right now. I have a terrible cold that seems to get worse as the day progresses. I want my nose back!

I started laughing this morning, thinking about my cousin, Sam. He is the youngest, after me, by 15 years. His parents are Microbiology …

Our Beautiful New Niece!

Angela and I took a quick trip to Dallas to meet her sister's new daughter. Ruby is a beautiful baby. We got to hold and snuggle her all weekend. She is full of smiles and has found her voice and loves to tell us everything! We both fell in love the moment we saw …

25 Random Things About Me

Okay...so I've seen these all over the place and thought it might be a fun thing to do. Some might come as a surprise to people...most probably won't.

1. I quit my job with the insurance company to write full-time (while we were going through fertility treatments). It …

Quick Update...

We are getting ready to leave for our flight this morning...

A few things I am thankful for:
1. My partner and I still have jobs in this economy.
2. We get to meet our beautiful niece this weekend and spend time with family.
3. I weighed in this morning (a day early, due …

Weekend Update

It was a busy, quick week for me. We had Pre-School Preview night where about 40 schools had booths. We had a great turn-out and have already scheduled some tours with people we met that night. It was fun working the booth with Jeannine. I learn so much from her …

This and That

Angela got stopped on her way home from work this evening. Luckily, the police officer was quite friendly. We need to get our old car in to have the electrical system checked. Apparently, the brake lights were flickering and the middle light wasn't even on. We'll …

Saturday Rest

We went out and met some people from Microsoft for breakfast at our favorite breakfast place, Coastal Kitchen. It was yummy!

I am not going to blog each week about my weight loss. Instead, I am going to list how much weight I have left to lose in the right column on …

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Best Hairstylist Ever!

I love my hairstylist, Nikki (she also does Angela's hair and Angela loves her too). She has seen us through the many colors of the rainbow. She found my first larger amount of gray hairs (Angela found the first two and we thought they were the only ones) and told me …

2009 Weight Loss

The past two weeks have not been good weight-loss weeks for me. I'm not concerned about it, but I do want to set my weight-loss goal for 2009. My birthday is on May 25th. I would like to lose the last 30 pounds by my birthday. I think this is a good goal. …

New Recipes

We found a few new recipes we liked over the past week or so. I thought I would share them today. We are terrible at remembering to take pictures of the food. This is something I would like to improve on this year. The Beet and Walnut Salad was amazing. I highly …

Waiting for the evening to arrive...and friends...

Our friends, Beth and Amber, asked if we would host a blind Champagne tasting this evening to celebrate New Year's Eve. We said "yes," so we are waiting for them, along with two other friends, to arrive. A couple of them have to work until 9:00, so we'll start a …

Weekly Weigh-In...and other things

Let's just get it out of the way and say that I gained 1.5 pounds this week. I don't know where it came from. I ate worse than usual on Christmas Day, but other than that, I ate my normal meals. I worked out 6 days this week, but didn't push myself as hard as usual. …

Goals for 2009

I know...I already have 101 goals I need to work on over the next two years. Angela and I have nine goals we would like to accomplish over the next year. They are environmental goals. We've been reading a lot about environmental issues and watching some …

Happy Holidays!

I hope that each and every one of you have had a wonderful and safe holiday! I hope it was spent with loved ones. We spent the day with Angela's Mom and Step-Dad, along with two of our close friends. It was difficult not to see Angela's Dad and Step-Mom, but we got …

5-7-5

One of my 101 goals is to write 5 poems. I decided that my first poem would be a Haiku about Buddy. I will write several before moving on to the next type of poem, but I wrote one tonight that I wanted to share and will use as my first poem.

orange hue of sunshine

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