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Wii fit day 26

July 28th, 2008 8 comments

Internal dialogue coming back from post office late today:

“Man, I am wiped. And hungry. I want something bad for me. I’ve been so good. I should just get some orange chicken from Panda Express. It won’t kill me. I’m tired, I’m allowed. No, we’ve got food at home, and payday is on Friday, and we’re working so hard on bills and fitness… okay. I don’t need that chicken. For that matter, I didn’t need that mocha today, but oh well. But I’m tired, I’m just going to go home and weigh in, and if I’m up, I’m up. Whatever.”


Woot! Five pounds down since starting!

Only 40 to go. Okay, let’s not think about that. Five pounds down! Yay! I’m sure a plateau is approaching, as it’s very difficult to find time to go out and run in the summer watching Em, but I’ve got her going to a kid’s “Little Gym” type place on Friday morning, so that’ll help.

Running with the wii fit is tough on my calves. However, it’s also fun, now that we’ve discovered some Easter eggs in the routes. When a dog passes you at the beginning, quickly overtake your guide and start following the dog to unlock new routes – that sort of thing.

For those wondering what the peak in the middle was, this may be TMI, but here you go. Hey, I ain’t perfect.

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Simucon

July 28th, 2008 14 comments

I think this year I may skip Simucon.
And here’s why.

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Home Mysteries

July 28th, 2008 2 comments

Our family is continuing to slowly de-clutter the house. It’s the home that I grew up in and later purchased from my folks, so I know most of its little nooks and crannies, but apparently not all of them. Yesterday we tackled some drawers in the kitchen, which led to these little discoveries.


Gold stamps plastered to the inside bottom of a drawer in our kitchen. It’s tough to make out, but the writing beneath George Washington reads, “Your Golden Opportunity To Save.” Which store gave these out? Were these being saved up for something, or just randomly shoved in a drawer? Were they deliberately pasted there by me as a toddler, or accidentally plastered down by water damage? Who knows?


Found on the side of a drawer in our kitchen while we were cleaning. These are both local numbers. This is neither my mother nor father’s handwriting. The house was built in the early 60’s, and my parents or I have occupied it pretty continuously since. Maybe some numbers a workman had to remember? A couple of love connections?

My mother tells me that she and my father didn’t buy the house until ’68, but I recall that my deed says it was built in ’60 or ’63. There’s plenty that could have happened in the five years before it passed to us. Who knows what other mysteries we’ll find?

Shelf liner (non-adhesive) now covers the gold stamps, and I didn’t scrub off the phone numbers. They can be little mysteries for the next homeowner after we eventually move out.

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