Happy 2009, goodbye to bloging

I hope everyone has a great new year filled with prosperity, luck, happiness, and all of that other good stuff. I hope that each and every one of you has success with your resolutions/and goals for the new year.

For what ever reason, I am the type of person that needs constant reassurance and positive feedback or I just shut down on what ever I am doing. This holds true for blogging as it does for just about everything else. As an example, I went to my parents house in August and my dad made a comment about how I said I was getting all skinny, but then when I crawled into the hot tub with him he commented that I looked as fat as I always did. I have not been right since, weight loss has taken a back burner, and my exercise regimen has suffered as well. Anyway, I don't want to dwell on that...but it is just an example of how I need to feel good about what I am doing in order to keep up with it. I would get really discouraged with the comments on my blog, 14 posts with no comments was enough to push me over the edge of no return. This problem is further exasperated by the fact that I have a lot more time on most days that others do, and I'd be checking my blog 5 or 6 times a day and would get dejected when there were no comments.

So this is the last post on my blog. Hopefully everyone understands, and know that I wish nothing but the best for all who occasionally glanced my way. That goes for family and friends. Good luck to all and Happy 2009!

Of course the ultimate coup de grace would be to leave a comment about my post about not leaving comments. I can't say that I will never check in and see if there is anything there, but it's not going to be a regular thing. So feel free, just know that it may be sitting in cyberspace collecting dust for days, weeks, even months as I resist the urge to check for comments in OCD way I do things.

Guess I shudda taken a left at Albuquerque!

I'm off to Albuquerque today! I'm headed to The Land of Enchantment to watch my CSU Rams do battle with the Fresno St. Bulldogs. The game is on Saturday at 12:30 PM Mountain time on ESPN (watch...look for me!). This will be the 3rd bowl game that I have traveled to, I went to the Holliday Bowl in 1997 and watched CSU beat Missouri and in 1999 I went to Memphis to watch the Rams lose to Southern Miss. This year's matchup against Fresno is going to be a tough game, they seem to be a good team. The Rams success will hinge on their running game, and supposedly Fresno has some injuries to their Defensive line. Regardless, I'll be there screaming my head off along with my partner in crime....Nick. Nick's wife called me up around Thanksgiving and said she wanted to surprise Nick with the trip, so for the better part of a month she and I plotted and planned this secret trip. We sprang the news to him on Wednesday night, she even went behind his back and got him the day off on Friday for traveling...he had no idea! It was great! If you were to record that conversation, you could play it and use it as an example of the definition of flabbergasted. He was so surprised, I couldn't tell if he was crying, or just on the verge of it. In my mind I'm going to run with the idea that he was bawling his eyes out, but trying to hide it in a manly manner!

Hopefully the two of us won't be returning on Sunday with the same crying but trying to cover it up reaction from the game! Tune in and see!!!

Guitar Hero

So I commented a while back that Guitar Hero is my new favorite. Well I am still lovin me some Guitar Hero. The way it works is the game plays a song and a pattern of colored dots flows along the bottom of the screen. You try to push the corresponding button on the guitar controller in time with the colored dot. Anyway, there are slow/ easy songs and very fast crazy finger flying songs. I found this comic somewhere and it seriously made me laugh....if I was drinking anything at the time I read it I would have snarfed it out through my nose, that's how hard I laughed. I think it is a serious sign that I'm a GH addict!

Fantasy Football bust

This past weekend was the first round of the playoffs for fantasy football. 2 of my 3 teams made it to the championship bracket, and both teams bit the dust HARD! In my league of former work friends from Rochester I got whooped so bad it is embarrassing. In my defense two of my top running backs were injured, that never helps. In my league of friends and family, I lost to my best friend Nick. I beat him in the championship game last season, so I suppose I can at least feel good that he may go on to win it all next weekend. I still hate to lose though!

Breakfast with Santa

We went to Breakfast with Santa this morning, here are some pictures to enjoy!

Cool Quote

This came from the December 9th episode of The Biggest Loser. I think it is a pretty powerful quote for anybody who has ever fought the battle of the bulge, or simply tried to lose a few pounds. Anyway, here it is:

"Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."

Ahhh, kids

So I think this is a funny story....maybe it will make others smile. So I had the kids in the car today and we were leaving the grocery store. This pickup truck turned in front of me and proceeded to take 2/3 of the road and he had plenty of time to move over to his side of the road. I yelled "move that piece of sheep truck outta my way!" Of course I didn't say sheep, I said a different 4 letter word that started with S. Then from the backseat I hear Sydney say "Daaaaaaaaaaaad, you don't yell. You have to use your words, and you have to say please!" I said "oh, really.....so if I said please move your piece of sheep truck, then he would have moved?" And she said, "well maybe but you also shouldn't say sheep!" I laughed and said, "well if I shouldn't use the word sheep, you shouldn't use it either!" She went on to continue the lecture about how we don't yell at our friends and that we always have to use our words. What a smart little sheep she is!

Bowling struggles

We went bowling this morning with some friends, I took the opportunity to practice my hook ball. Yeah. I stink at it! Well I guess I should clarify, my ball has a wicked break to it....I just can't control it! It heads toward the right gutter and then breaks all the way across the lane and hits the 7 pin (far left corner pin). So I tried moving to various dots at the start, but never could get it dialed in. It is hard to work on consistency and moving around to different boards. Anyway, I bowled a game and a half with all hook balls, and then I gave up and went back to my straight ball which was working extremely well today!

So I guess in conclusion I'm not ready to break out the curve in league play quite yet. Maybe next year if I keep on getting the practice in. Check out this guy, he is a professional bowler who uses a two handed grip. It is completely legal and starting to catch on. I tried it today and got even more of a wicked spin on the ball, but that made it even harder to control!

Christmas Lights

I was really busy all day hanging lights....What do you think?



Ok, Ok, my lights look like a yuletide log compared to that. But I really did hang up some lights today. Looks pretty good! Then Bridget, Sydney, and I worked on the Holiday tree (I don't know if it is acceptable to say Christmas Tree)....seeing as I am the most wanted man in Utah, I should really watch what I say!

New Obsession

Guitar Hero. Those are the most important two words in my dictionary right now. I got it for my birthday from Bridget's parents. I pretty much play it as much as I can all day long. I get annoyed when I have to stop, but when I do stop I am still walking around singing the songs! As for the kids they can raise themselves right? House chores....you'd be amazed at how much I am willing to stumble over and how high you can pile dishes in the sink! Ah Guitar Hero, why am I not playing right now????

Back from Colorado

Back from Colorado, and now I need to get my BUTT in gear! Bridget and I were talking in the car trip across Wyoming that I have not taken a complete week off of exercise in nearly 2 years! Well that little vacation is over...got to lose those Thanksgiving pounds before they become permanently attached to my body. I am a little nervous that I'll only be able to make it 30 minutes tomorrow, but I'll press on and get through the full 50!