Heather's Three

Heather's 3 today. We sent her on a treasure hunt for her presents as soon as she woke up. She received:

• A Barbie video--12 Dancing Princesses
• A fairy doll
• Cinderella III DVD

Heather is a fun little girl, and is very much a girl. She loves to dress up as a princess, or take care of her 5 "Hailey" babies. She also does not like to kiss Daddy when he is not cleanly shaven. Quite often when I ask for a kiss I will hear, "No, you're scruffy!"

Happy Birthday Heather!!!

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Not much to see here...Move along. In the famous words of "Oingo Boingo" "it's just another day.".

I don't get that excited for my birthday. Not sure why. Ever since I had kids I have seen my birthday as less and less relevant. Perhaps it is because I am comfortable with my life and what I have. Who knows, but needless to say I just don't get that excited.

Yesterday my good friend Scott and I went out to lunch at "Wallaby's Smokehouse" at 131 S State in Lindon, UT. It was good, not as good as I remember, but still good.

Tonight we had Pier 49 Sourdough Pizza which was good and Jen made me a chocolate cream pie, which if Jen made a crust from scratch would beat my Mom's pie (sorry Mom).

Jen asked me a couple day's ago what I wanted for my birthday, and to be honest I couldn't think of anything so I told her not to worry. So it was with great surprise that she got me something very good--a 80-hr TiVo Series 2 Dual Tuner DVR. I had been wanting to get one for a bit but couldn't get myself to pay for the subscription service. But since I didn't buy it, and we got a $180 rebate on the box, we bought a 3 year subscription, thus allowing us to purchase the TiVo subscription at the lowest possible monthly price. In looking at the wiring schematic, the cable signal is split inside the box and the output is via either coax, S-Video, or composite outputs. I set it up to output to my TV on S-Video, and split the video cable to my TV and TiVo, thus allowing me to record two shows simultaneously and watch a third if I so choose.

For being just another day, Jen and the kids made it a good day.

Taylor's 8!!

Today Taylor is 8, and he is pretty excited about it. He has been talking about it for quite some time. As per our family ritual he woke up to a bouquet of balloons, a box of donuts, and a clue to his first present. Each present he found had a clue to the next present. In all Taylor got 5 gifts:

• Boy Scout Uniform and Wolf Book
• Green Scriptures and Case
• A Watch
• An Arts and Crafts magnet set (of some sort)
• A Calvin and Hobbes book (he loves these)

Taylor is a great kid--full of life, and loves to tell jokes. He is a bright kid that does well in school. He is very excited to be baptized and to start cub scouts. And Saturday he starts his trumpet lessons.

Love you Taylor, Happy Birthday.

Waste in Washington

I am a regular lurker at digg.com and came across the following article detailing the work that Senator Coburn has undertaken during his tenure as first a Representative and now as a Senator. It is a very good read, and a rather depressing look at the state of affairs in Washington D.C.

Month One

So it is the first Monday of February, one month from my resolution to lose weight. How am I doing? The first 2 weeks, due to illness, I didn't exercise, but did adjust my eating. For the past 3 weeks I have exercised at least 4 times each week--I am working on getting that up to at least 5 days. I feel better. I am eating better, and am generally more happy.

I am somewhat disappointed in that the last 2 weeks I haven't lost any weight, but I need to remember that this is a long term goal, not a one month sprint. I have put into place the eating and exercise regiment that will help me meet my goals (and probably exceed them) by the end of the year.

Total weight lost: 9.8 lbs

Current weight: 279.0