The Year in Review: 2006
This year was marked by a lot of moving. Many people in my life had to move this year.
Brenda and I moved this summer into our dream house. Becky and the kids moved into a single family house also. My sister Amy and her family moved to to their new house. My neice Emily and her family moved into Amy's old house. My townhouse that she lived in is ready for sale!
That is a lot of moving, not to mention painting and carpentry and cleaning.
--What will next year bring?
Total Package '07

I am joining my good friend Mr. Jer in his project for 2007:
Total Package '07
This will be a complete review and tune-up of our lives. I have already started on my fitness efforts. The key to the Total Package '07 is that it involves the mind, body and spirit.
--Keep an eye out for updates on the plan.
My Favorite PC Desktop Wallpaper of the Year
Selling the Rental!
Last week the inside was repainted top to bottom. It is amazing what a simple coat of paint will do. Today Brenda and I started working on a long list of little things. We made a run to Lowes and got supplies, a huge variety of things.
Wednesday and Thursday I will finish up on the inside of the house. Friday I will be working outside. I will be painting the remaining trim, repairing and power washing the deck.
I hope Friday or Saturday we will have the carpets cleaned professionally!! Then it will be ready to go!
I can't wait to sell it.
--Motto for '07: Simplify
Fearless
The Christmas Movie Festival has begun...
Today BR and I will watch many movies and eat Shrimp.
It begins with The Lady in the Water, directed by M. Night Shyamalan!
I liked this movie a lot. It is a simple bedtime story. An excellent one. He is such a good craftsman on his movies. I will own them all as they come out.
Now if only I could figure out who borrowed them all!!
--More to come!
Peace on Earth, Good will toward men
It is early Christmas morning and very quiet as I have my coffee and cranberry muffins.
BR is sleeping in and I am here to wish the world a Merry Christmas.
I wish a happy holidays to those young men and women in Iraq, Afghanistan and other dangerous places around the world who want nothing more than to be home in their beds in America tonight.
I will be thinking of you today.
--Peace on Earth, Hope, Love.
BR is sleeping in and I am here to wish the world a Merry Christmas.
I wish a happy holidays to those young men and women in Iraq, Afghanistan and other dangerous places around the world who want nothing more than to be home in their beds in America tonight.
I will be thinking of you today.
--Peace on Earth, Hope, Love.
Birthdays and Antiques
My daughter Cady shocked me with a present for my birthday.
She picked me out this Oliver No. 3 classic type writer!
I had her with me as I was shopping for the perfect gift for Brenda. Little did I know she was watching me and the items that spoke to me.
--And Gray got me the Die Hard Trilogy on DVD!!
Birthdays
Currently I am at 239 lbs. I have lost 46 pounds so far.
We are doing a shrimp platter on Christmas day. A pot luck on Dec 30th. Lots of wine and beers and festive action.
--I can't wait for the Rice Crispy Treat action!
Cookies of Doom...
We got a package today from Brenda's parents.
I opened it up. The good part is that it smelled soooo good I actually had a couple cookies!!
The bad part was the package was actually for her brother Steven and his family! Anne and Mark had presents in there!
--But the cookies are awesome!
I opened it up. The good part is that it smelled soooo good I actually had a couple cookies!!
The bad part was the package was actually for her brother Steven and his family! Anne and Mark had presents in there!
--But the cookies are awesome!
It's a Wonderful Life
We watch it ever year. It makes me misty in the same scenes every time I watch it.
As we were watching the scene in this picture where the guy says, "Why don't you kiss her in stead of talking her to death?!" BR paused the TiVo.
--So I kissed BR. Soundly...
Texas Monthly
Diet Status
This weeks weigh-in was 241lbs. That is a loss of 44 pounds so far.
If I can get through the next 2 weeks and just maintain where I am, I will be happy!
--I am eatin good on my B'Day!!
If I can get through the next 2 weeks and just maintain where I am, I will be happy!
--I am eatin good on my B'Day!!
RIP Peter Boyle
Barnes and Noble and Cabins...
I was wandering aimlessly looking for random goodness and found this excellent book on Cabins.
After we sell the townhouse next month I'll be having a long talk with BR.
--Probably while scratching her back...
My friend Kim has a B'Day today.
God Help Me Please
I am in the middle of a sleep over, birthday party, for my daughter Cady, with ten kids all together.
She is turning 13.
What the hell was I thinking?
Ten pre-teens, filled with pizza and sugar, running amok with my video camera.
Only one fight so far. Hurt feelings already resolved.
Thank the makers my ex-wife Becky is here. She is totally amazing with these kids!
--BR is great also. Between the two of them I might survive...
She is turning 13.
What the hell was I thinking?
Ten pre-teens, filled with pizza and sugar, running amok with my video camera.
Only one fight so far. Hurt feelings already resolved.
Thank the makers my ex-wife Becky is here. She is totally amazing with these kids!
--BR is great also. Between the two of them I might survive...
Merry Christmas Charlie Brown!!
Every Christmas I must watch the Charlie Brown Christmas Special.
It makes me wish for snow and time with friends and a Christmas Tree to Love.
Now you can buy the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree!
--God I love the Internet!
Weight Loss Update
I am completely back on track for my diet. I lost another 2 lbs this week.
Thanksgiving day I enjoyed myself and ate what ever I wanted. I wanted lots of pie. I got what I wanted!
I didn't lose any wieght that week but didn't gain any either. Back on track. Doing good.
--I need to buy a new belt...
Thanksgiving day I enjoyed myself and ate what ever I wanted. I wanted lots of pie. I got what I wanted!
I didn't lose any wieght that week but didn't gain any either. Back on track. Doing good.
--I need to buy a new belt...
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
--Great stuff!
Long Spoon Lane by Anne Perry
--Anne Perry is great! London in the late 1800's!
P is for Peril by Sue Grafton
Dr. Missing is a respected doctor running a nursing home. He left work and never showed up anywhere. There's money missing from his savings and where is that passport? He's disappeared before but he's been gone an awfully long time. His first wife thinks the police could be doing more. Everybody thinks he's dead.
--Kinsey is Hott!
Dark Assassin by Anne Perry
--I love the depth of description of the settings in these books.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Today we did a very BIG project. A new fireplace surround.
We found this beautiful, antique, oak, fireplace surround at a small store in Manassas a few days ago. BR and I were talking about doing one from the beginning when we bought the house. The existing one was a total yawnfest. This was exactly what I had imagined for the spot. All oak, double mantles, beveled mirror, and the perfect spot for out manger!!
We Bought it and installed it today.
It is not really the final install because we also need to replace the gas fireplace insert. It works but it is not good. It doesn't look good, doesn't give off much heat. It is hard to light.
But now it has an awesome new look.
--Notice the beautiful woman reflected in the mirror...
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