183.8 on the scale!  I'm mostly swinging between 183 and 185 the last several days- or maybe weeks, I'm not minutely tracking it- but I intend to make a big push...or, just a consistent one, as I hope to be at or below 178 for my birthday in late November.  This SHOULD be easily achievable for me, AS LONG AS I DON'T OVERINDULGE THE KIDS' ( Read more... )

The new Frigidaire dishwasher is fantastic!  The cycle Amy uses takes over 2 hours to run, but everything comes out *gleaming* when it's done.

Amy has gotten Carissa involved in American Heritage Girls: it's an organization that serves as the female equivalent to Trail Life- which itself is the Christian equivalent to Boy Scouts.  On top of that ( Read more... )

Friday was a "short" workday- by about 15-20 minutes- because the contractors we're working for/with decided to leave a little early, but forgot to tell us until they were just about out the door.  So, they actually left the job site while we were still packing up and cleaning up our areas.  What would've been a departure time of 45 minutes "early ( Read more... )

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As many of you know, I was/am NOT a high-speed-low-drag type of door-kicker, but I am friends with a few who were. This guy says a lot of things those friends of mine would also tell me, in varying contexts ( Read more... )

First, some shooting vids ( Read more... )

I continue to feel mildly better, and the workday wasn't terrible. Reports around here are talking about an early high pollen count hitting a lot of southern states (likely due to the unbelievable rise in temperatures- my car really did tell me it was 80 degrees out today!); I am not normally hit all that hard by allergies and the timing is ( Read more... )

Dad called me yesterday to chat for a bit: it sounds to me like he has a lot more energy and life in his voice than I heard out of him before he started physical rehab. Maybe that's because of the rehab; maybe it's because he's been forced to realize his impending* mortality and wants to get more out of life; maybe it's from being free of smoking ( Read more... )

Barrett is finished with his physical therapy appointment schedule for treating the Osgood-Schlattler disease. He's already stated that his knees are feeling much better- the pain is rare, and if it comes it doesn't last very long. We are going to remain vigilant in reminding him to do his prescribed exercises for the next several weeks, though: ( Read more... )

I enjoy these short updates, kinda. Even if it includes bad news ( Read more... )

I told a few people about The Shift already while at work today and Monday. Not patting myself on the back about it, of course; just getting the word out to attract attention to a good production. The more I think about it, the more I appreciate how well-done it is. Regardless of whether the movie makes it onto one of our streaming services, I ( Read more... )