Happy Birthday Dad!

I miss you so much.  Hard to believe it has been 8 months.

This weekend I am going to have a Rusty Nail in your honor.

Then maybe some Royal Clown!!!

End of January

As January draws to a close I am down 11 pounds this month.  On top of the 20 I lost in January. That puts me at 31 pounds.  Mind you I have done this via diet alone.  I have not exercized at all.   I realllllllllyyyyyyyy  need to start.   This weekend work effort will at least be able to be done from home, so I don't have to worry about all the snacks that will be available at work.   This weekend Deb is gone on a GIRLS trip, so I am on my own.  Fun Friday night, I think I will do my grocery shopping for the week tonight.  My guess is that the store will not be that crowded.

Near the End of January

Went to cardiologist Monday.  He said that if I can lose the weight and KEEP IT OFF, he would like to take me off the blood preasure medicine.   This is strong motivation.  My project is 52 days from going live.  We have a Dress Rehersal this weekend.  What that means is that we do EVERYTHING that we will be doing the weekend we go live.  I am hoping that after these 7 weeks I can get some of the stress out of my life.  Bowling was interesting last night.   A friend of mine shot 300 - 211 - then started the last game with the first 10 strikes then threw the 11th shot a little wide and the ball came up high and he left a 4-7 and picked it up.  He shot 288  for a 799 series.  He knew that he needed the 9 count, so you could see his disapointment as soon as the 2 pins were left.  I shot 656 but CHOKED in first game.  Oh well. 

I am below 290, so around 30 pounds lost.  Good news is with the Bears out of the Super Bowl, I will not even watch the game, so not tempted to eat there.  I need to go get my knee looked at.  I should start walking, but I have not got motivated.  I wish it were a little warmer.   I really did like the running when I was doing it.   So I want to get back to that.

New Year - Goodbye 2010

Last year was a Yo-Yo year.  Started the year off right with Traycie and Jayson getting married.  Soon after that things CHANGED.  Dad had to go to dialysis then on Feb 25th our lives turned upside down for the first time with my Mom's accident.  June 1st was the next flip with my Dad passing away.   Fast forward to Dec 30th.  Things WAY UP.  Niece Reese was born at 8:08 PM to my little sister.  There were troubled times durring her pregnancy, but we know Dad was up there making sure everything went right.  The perfect ending to that day was the 10 minutes I spent "videoing" everyone in Traycie's room with Reese just inside.   The reason "videoing" is in quotes was because I did NOT have the record button pushed.  Ironically DURING the taping I even asked Traycie if she wanted video or me to take pictures.   This is SOOOOOO a Dad thing to do.  So I really felt as though just me watching it through the video was his way of "seeing" what was going on.  I think that he took those 10 minutes or so and now has them for him to view at all times.   I really wish he was here to be Grampa for Reese, she will never know how much he would have loved her.  

So Traycie is in to PINK, so is my wife.  So Reese is already SPOILED with TONS of pink clothes from Debbie. 

Now about me.
I have lost the Holiday weight.  Now I just have to workout and get back on diet.  Have not been eating alot, but I have not been following the 1,500 calories either.

Got a keyboard for Rock Band 3 for Xmas.  I AM GOING to learn to play.  My goal is to spend an hour a day learning.