Friday, May 13, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Year of Change!
Hey everyone, quick break from the amazing Mongoose so I can talk about me again, not that I'm vain or anything. This last year has held quite a lot of historic milestones for me and I figured I would recap the old and update the new! So hold on tight, because here we go.
The first and most exciting item on the list would be quitting smoking. Did it almost 8 yes 8 months ago. After smoking for over half my life, it seemed like it was finally time. Thankfully I had my partner in crime as my partner in quitting so we were able to help each other through the process. We used the patches and in about 3 weeks I was off of those too. Quitting actually ended up being way easier than I thought it would be. I am sure it had a lot to do with having a great support system, a great b/f going through it with me and finally just actually really wanting to quit. So kudos to us, almost 8 months strong...and growing!!
As you can imagine, after quitting smoking, food became quite a nice replacement and we began fanning the flames of foodie-ism (for lack of a more dramatic word). You can follow the fun over at my other blog, www.foodiefoodiebangbang.blogspot.com. GO ON, you know you want to check it out. We have been having a blast trying new things and trying old things in new ways. It really gives you a nice way to relax and unwind from the day. Plus it is just really amazing to eat crazy things that you made yourself. When was the last time you made pasta from scratch?? OR made your own teriyaki sauce? So you really should take a minute and sign up for the food blog and this one if you aren't a follower already.
Those of you who have known me for any length of time know that I am never without a Dr. Pepper in my hand. Always always always had a soda. I drank the stuff like it was water for as long as I can remember. But guess what?? Since this blog is all about change, I can now report that I have broken the hold it had on me as well. About a week ago I really cut down and was just having a tiny bit in the morning and then again after work. But now I don't even have any in the house at all. Now I will say that if I go out to eat or I am in a setting where there is soda, I may have one, or I may not. But now water has replaced soda as my constant companion. GO ME!!
Rounding out the list is something that I always swore I would never do...running.
Between quitting smoking and finding a new love for food and probably a little bit of getting older, my last trip to the doctor revealed that I had broken the 200 pound barrier. YIKES!! I'm 5ft9 on a good day and apparently 200+ isn't where I need to be. Richard and I have been doing walks most nights for quite a while now and whenever he mentioned running I always laughed just a little. But now, in the spirit of change, we have switched from walking to running. I'll admit it took a couple days to be excited about it, but it is funny how most days I look forward to our run. Like cooking, it is a great way to relieve stress and talk about your days. We aren't breaking any speed records yet, but the fact that we keep doing it and are now running over 3 miles with no walking breaks is quite exciting. Gotta give Richard total props for bringing it up until I went for it. I think he made me think it was my idea and it tricked me, but however it happened, I'm glad it did. Can't wait to do an actual 5k run!! Should be amazing.
Well thanks for reading my retrospective blog entry today (blogging is a new addition this year too) and keep on reading and I will keep on posting. Leave comments and feel free to share links on your favorite social networking sites. I won't discourage more exposure.
MIG
The first and most exciting item on the list would be quitting smoking. Did it almost 8 yes 8 months ago. After smoking for over half my life, it seemed like it was finally time. Thankfully I had my partner in crime as my partner in quitting so we were able to help each other through the process. We used the patches and in about 3 weeks I was off of those too. Quitting actually ended up being way easier than I thought it would be. I am sure it had a lot to do with having a great support system, a great b/f going through it with me and finally just actually really wanting to quit. So kudos to us, almost 8 months strong...and growing!!
As you can imagine, after quitting smoking, food became quite a nice replacement and we began fanning the flames of foodie-ism (for lack of a more dramatic word). You can follow the fun over at my other blog, www.foodiefoodiebangbang.blogspot.com. GO ON, you know you want to check it out. We have been having a blast trying new things and trying old things in new ways. It really gives you a nice way to relax and unwind from the day. Plus it is just really amazing to eat crazy things that you made yourself. When was the last time you made pasta from scratch?? OR made your own teriyaki sauce? So you really should take a minute and sign up for the food blog and this one if you aren't a follower already.
Those of you who have known me for any length of time know that I am never without a Dr. Pepper in my hand. Always always always had a soda. I drank the stuff like it was water for as long as I can remember. But guess what?? Since this blog is all about change, I can now report that I have broken the hold it had on me as well. About a week ago I really cut down and was just having a tiny bit in the morning and then again after work. But now I don't even have any in the house at all. Now I will say that if I go out to eat or I am in a setting where there is soda, I may have one, or I may not. But now water has replaced soda as my constant companion. GO ME!!
Rounding out the list is something that I always swore I would never do...running.
Between quitting smoking and finding a new love for food and probably a little bit of getting older, my last trip to the doctor revealed that I had broken the 200 pound barrier. YIKES!! I'm 5ft9 on a good day and apparently 200+ isn't where I need to be. Richard and I have been doing walks most nights for quite a while now and whenever he mentioned running I always laughed just a little. But now, in the spirit of change, we have switched from walking to running. I'll admit it took a couple days to be excited about it, but it is funny how most days I look forward to our run. Like cooking, it is a great way to relieve stress and talk about your days. We aren't breaking any speed records yet, but the fact that we keep doing it and are now running over 3 miles with no walking breaks is quite exciting. Gotta give Richard total props for bringing it up until I went for it. I think he made me think it was my idea and it tricked me, but however it happened, I'm glad it did. Can't wait to do an actual 5k run!! Should be amazing.
Well thanks for reading my retrospective blog entry today (blogging is a new addition this year too) and keep on reading and I will keep on posting. Leave comments and feel free to share links on your favorite social networking sites. I won't discourage more exposure.
MIG
Friday, May 6, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Love can build a bridge....
but only blood, sweat and tears can build a damn fence.
As most of you probably remember from a previous post, we had quite a storm a couple weeks ago in which we lost about a third of our back fence. When I finished the posting I was waiting on estimates from two separate crews to see about replacing the fencing all together. I am not sure, but I can only imagine that after a big storm rolls through, doing damage to fences all over town, that magically their prices increase because you don't really have any other choice but to pay it. The two quotes I got were for $2600 and $3300. I will give you a moment to process the amount of non lubricated screwing that I felt was going on here. Not only were these amounts well above budgetary constraints, they were also, in my opinion, highway robbery.
As most of you probably remember from a previous post, we had quite a storm a couple weeks ago in which we lost about a third of our back fence. When I finished the posting I was waiting on estimates from two separate crews to see about replacing the fencing all together. I am not sure, but I can only imagine that after a big storm rolls through, doing damage to fences all over town, that magically their prices increase because you don't really have any other choice but to pay it. The two quotes I got were for $2600 and $3300. I will give you a moment to process the amount of non lubricated screwing that I felt was going on here. Not only were these amounts well above budgetary constraints, they were also, in my opinion, highway robbery.
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