Where Have I Been??

It's been a few days & I must say... I'm going bananas. The parentals went on vacation & I'm taking care of work. So it's up early & doing a whole bunch of crap. I don't even have time for a break, which is why there has been no posts & probably wont be any until next week, when things are back to normal. Anyways, since I had a few minutes at the end of work I decided to write this quick post. I need to run to the bank now, but I'll give you a quick update on workouts. Things are going well, starting to see a little more results. Still not eating the best, which if I was, I probably would be a lot happier with what I see. But that's my own fault. But I'm almost done with week 6 so I'm almost half way through. Still doing it, even waking up @ 2:30 a.m. to take care of business... that I must say, is dedication!! Well I'm off... Till next time!!

A Quickie...

Ok so I've got to be quick. I've got some things to take care of. Here is a update on this mornings workout. Legs!! UGH!! Enough said. Actually heart rate monitor proved that it doesn't get me going as much as the other exercises. But it was tough & I did it. The new thing will be working out tomorrow also. For the past month, Saturdays have been sleep in/rest days. So this is going to be new. But I look forward to it. It's been tough waking up the last few days. Damn alarm goes off & I feel like laying there. That hasn't happened in a long time. Sorry this is so short, but I'll try to do better next time. Till next time...

Thursday... One Day Closer To Friday!!

Wind. That's what was blowin yesterday. It started about 2:00 p.m. The clouds rolled in & the rain picked up, w/ wind blowing the rain sideways. It was a miserable day to be out on the roads, conditions weren't the best. What made it bad, was that the first half of the day was beautiful. So if you didn't pay attention to the weather channel, you had no idea that the weather was going to change. Then I heard on the radio on my way north, that there was a accident by my exit & that the back up was 15 miles long. Since I was headed in another direction, I figured I would just take backroads home. Even that was packed. It took me 2 hours to get home. But my wife stayed on the freeway & apparently it cleared up a little so it didn't take her that long. Luckily I had some good music to listen to. What you might ask?? Just a random mix that I burned of my favorite songs of the moment. A little Usher & other stuff. Sorry, actually drawing a blank right now. It's sitting in the car so I can't just pop it on & listen to it so I can write it down. But I'll put a playlist on here eventually, when I figure out how to do it & people who actually read this can click on it & listen. I don't know, is that even possible??
Workout this morning!! Chest, shoulders & triceps. It was a tough workout, lasted about 10 mins more than the last three days, but I felt it. My triceps especially. The combination of the workouts really blasted that part of my arms. It was a weird feeling, because it was nice & tight. So all I wanted to do was poke at them or look at them in the mirror. Made me feel vain. UGH!! Now I know what my cousin felt like every time he passed a mirror. Did I mention how much I love ringer t-shirts?? HAHA!!
Well I better head back to work. Break time done!! Till next time...

Restaurant X...

First off, this is my opinion of this particular place. I actually like the restaurant franchise, just that every time we have eaten there I haven't been pleased. It could be just the one in my area, but this is my rant about it.
I'll call them - Restaurant X. It is a nice family friendly place. Some might even dress up & make it a date night place. But majority of the time the wife & I have tried to eat there, we have been disappointed. Our appetizers are great, but when it comes to the main entrees that we've ordered... there is usually more to be desired. We usually end up saying that the next time we go there, we will only order the appetizers. Which never happens. Then we try again & again... & again. I'd say that 95% of our visits haven't been that good. But for some reason, we still try. Then comes the commercials & this is why I'm writing this rant. We've seen several commercials, including the most recent, that have promoted some good looking dishes. Again, we are usually disappointed that our "local" restaurant either isn't carrying the current special, or just doesn't seem to know how to make it. Disappointment. So the most recent commercial had two of our favorite dishes advertised. One with sausage, which my wife loves... & one with chicken, which under current conditions is what I should be eating. I tried to turn the channel during the commercial, but my wife made me rewind it. I knew what was going to happen. We were going to convince ourselves that we should give them another shot. To which we did... last night.
The place was PACKED!! We waited a good 15 mins. for our table... we better NOT be disappointed. I've already invested too much into this venture. We order our usual appetizers, which is the best part of the meal. Then comes our specials which we saw on TV... I take my first bite & ... OMG!! It was good!! My wife was also pleased with her dish & for one night, we were right to give them another shot. I didn't eat the whole thing because it was probably not good for me, but I felt great eating there... until I saw the bill.
I'm not a big fan of giving places that I haven't been happy with, second chances... But for some reason I'm open to giving this place a shot. Maybe it's because its my wifes favorite type of food, maybe it's because I love the appetizers. I don't know... but I'm sure we'll be back there sometime in the future.

As for the workouts this morning... It was good. I got about half way through before I really felt the work. It was on my bicep cable concentration curls that I felt pumped. Still hovering around 190 lbs. But I ain't gaining... so that's a plus. Well I better get back to work... Till next time...

Is It O.K. To Cry??

I hate leg days!! I'll just come out & say it. No tiptoe'n around it. Today obviously was leg day & it killed me. I guess it didn't help that I thought it was back & biceps, but apparently I was wrong. Which is a good thing, because then I would have talked myself back into sleeping in instead. My legs felt like noodles after. It was horrible. The worst part for me was the leg curls, because I had to do 30 per set. 90 total!! UGH!! I even used light weight, 45 lbs. Oh man... I wanted to cry. Luckily for us, our workout room is our garage so I can make a little noise. The wife hadn't come down to join me yet & I was glad, because I didn't want her to see me close to breaking down. But it's done & I feel good now. Oh, I didn't mention that after my brutal leg session... I had to do 30 mins. on the elliptical. OMG!! Ahh enough whining already...
It's raining again here in the Pacific Northwest. I knew the sun wouldn't last for long. Not that I'm complaining. I was just making conversation. That might cancel my sons baseball practice, but not my daughters track meet. I'll be sitting in the wet stands for that.
Ain't nothing else really going on. We still don't know our next hockey game, but that wont be til this weekend. We have nothing baseball related. Couple of the guys want to practice tomorrow, but again, that depends on the weather. Well I guess I better stop this nonsense & head back to work!! Till next time...

The Day After...

A great & wonderful weekend... the sun was shining & we enjoyed every moment of it. My son had baseball & soccer again on Saturday, so there was a lot of vitamin D to snag. A brief summary of the weekend...
Friday went by so quickly I don't even remember what happened. Oh, wait, shopping for birthday gifts with the wife. Then listening/watching the Bruins vs. Flyers... Amazing comeback by the Philadelphia Flyers.
Saturday was spent outside watching my son play his sports. Then it was off to a birthday party for a little while. Then the wife & I attended the Washington Stealth game. It was the N.L.L. Championship. What a game!! The Stealth came back to beat the Toronto Rock & win the championship. Confetti was falling while a huge celebration was going on on the field as well as in the stands. I was happy to witness such a event in our backyard. It was also shown live across Canada, then showed the day after across the U.S. So I got to see myself on t.v. a few times.
Sunday was a chill day. I did have a hockey game in the early evening, which we won 2-1. That was also a fun & exciting game. We didn't score the game winner until a minute left in the game. So the weekend ended on a high note.
Monday... New workout today. It took me roughly about the same time as the others, but this one was definitly tough. It felt good though. I was sweating hard & I still feel pumped 5 hours later. I just need to work on eating better, because thats what it's all about. I'm doing ok on that, but not as strict as I should be. Well break time has come & gone, so I better head back to work... Till next time...

A Month Down... Two To Go!!

Whoohooo... End of the month & I feel good. Look a little better, but I know there is more work to be done & looking forward to what the next month will bring. I actually slept in for 30 mins. So I got a later start on my workout, but it was still a productive one. I felt like I worked harder today than I did yesterday, I sweated more, but my heart rate monitor told me otherwise. Oh well, who am I to argue with a machine.
I did pick up a new pair of shorts yesterday, since the 32's I bought the other day keeps falling off. What a problem to have right?? So now I have 31's & they are snug. The goal is to get them to fall off also. I don't want to go too much, but it is kind of nice. It'll make me clean out my drawers & get rid of crap I don't wear or can't wear. The wife would be happy about that.
The weather has been wonderful the past few days. The sun has been shining & I've actually had to crack the windows of the car. I hope it stays like this for the baseball/soccer games I'm going to be attending this weekend. Both of them my sons of course. I do have a hockey game on Sunday though, looking forward to that. Ahhh what else can I ramble about...
Can't seem to think of anything. So I'll just wish everyone a happy weekend!! Till next time...

Busy Thursday...

I knew waking up that today was going to be a busy day. Sprung out of bed at 3:30 a.m. & immediately went downstairs & started my workout. Straight from workout to shower & into work. Catering all morning, it felt like it was never ending. But now its settled a little & I have a break. So I'm quickly trying to type this in so I can continue my hectic day.
Got my new workouts sent to me yesterday afternoon. I think the next few weeks will be tough, I might actually die. Looking at what he wants me to do is just insane. If I'm not ripped by the end of this program, it's not his fault, but mine. The last few days I've been really seeing visual results & that has gotten me a little more excited for things to come. So seeing this schedule scares me, but has me pumped at the same time. I think there is a little fear because during one of those weeks, I have to hold down the fort at work & so it's really throwing a wrench into workout times & I'm stressing on how I can do what I'm doing & not miss anything. I figure I would do what I normally do, just not think about it & let it all fall into place.
Remind me to talk about my idea for 2011. I've been a Tri-athalon hater because of some friends & I'll explain in the post for my 2011 idea. But I did find another activity/race if you will, that I'm interested in. Again, it will be mentioned in that future post. I just wanted to get that out as kind of a teaser.
GO HABS!! Great game 7 yesterday. Ahh let see... Need to go shopping this afternoon, a little grocery & a little clothes, since some is not fitting right. A nice problem to have... Shows that my hard work is slowly paying off. I think that is it for now... Got to head back to my busy day... Til next time...

Rest Day Wednesday...

The plan was to wake up the usual time & do something other than sleep. I bitched about not being to wake up last Wednesday & decided I was going to change that this weekend. Did that happen?? NOPE!! I slept until I had to come in to work, which happened to be a little earlier than usual anyways, so the original plan would've worked out perfect.
Another rest day, another disappointment. The only positive is I'm still hovering around the 190 lb. mark. I even ate like shit last night as I had a big breakfast for dinner. I've got to stop that shit if I want to look like my mind imagines. Maybe I'll get on my spin bike this afternoon even though I'm supposed to be resting.
We did take a nice walk in the afternoon yesterday since the weather was nice. We forgot our sons baseball stuff so we couldn't do practice. We took them on a nice walk/bike ride instead. There is a bike trail a few minutes from the house so we packed up our sons bike & let him ride ahead of us. It was nice, I brought the camera & got a few shots in the process. The walk & taking pictures definitely relaxed me. The rest of the night was uneventful.
No plans for tonight, maybe just catching up on some projects that need to be done around the house. Ahhh I forgot to email my trainer yesterday. Doing that in a sec. So I best be going... Til next time...

Hockey...

We played our first game of the new season last night & boy was it a doozy!! We ended up winning 4-1. I netted the GWG ( game winning goal ). Took a beautiful pass from the right corner & one-timed it to the left of the net. It was a fun game. Had new linemates & we clicked right off the bat. Lot of great passing & opportunities, but their goalie stood on his head to keep it a 4-1 game. It could've been 8-1 easily, well 8-4, our goalie was amazing too. Got a bruise on my knee & apparently at some point in the game, I jammed my pointer finger on my right hand. UGH!! That made workouts this morning harder...
Speaking of workouts... Today I've got to send a email to my trainer for my next two weeks. I'll be finishing off a month on Friday!! WHOOOHOOOO!!! Looking ok... not even close to where I want to be, but I see progress & that is good.
It's supposed to be another pretty, sunny day today. My son has baseball practice so the nice weather helps, but my desire is to head home & SLEEP!! But I guess I could nap in the sun while he is practicing. That could be good. Maybe I'll stop at the store on the way home & pick up a nice picnic type blanket so I can do that.
Other than a fun hockey game last night & a tough workout this morning, nothing is really going on. Kind of that usual typical Tuesday that I've mentioned before. So I wont bore you with anymore typing... Til next time!!

Pic of the Eagle...

This is one of two eagles circling over my house. It was a amazing sight.

Monday, Monday...

It is a gloomy Monday. Compared to the great weather we had over the weekend, one would say the weather SUCKS!! But not me. I personally like the overcast, not too cold, not hot weather. Plus rain or shine, life doesn't stop happening because of the weather. So why not embrace the weather, rather than let it bring you down. I think I have posted about the weather before so I wont drag it on.
Week #4... I've gained 3 lbs. over the weekend. Didn't eat well, plus the "rest" days don't help. Workout was good. I upped the weights on a few of my lifts. The 25 reps on my 4th set is still killing me, but I'm enjoying the work.
The weekend was ok. Nothing done on Friday, busy day on Sat. Baseball & soccer pics for my son, with a game thrown in early in the day. Then it was off to a friends house in the evening to watch UFC 113. <--- if you want details, click there. Why waste my time typing a summary when you can read it somewhere else, assuming you are even interested.
Sunday was Mother's Day. It was a nice sunny day. Spent a little time with the parentals. But then a friend & I went out to a ball field & did some baseball drills to help me with the upcoming season. For only a hours worth of work, I was dripping with sweat. It was great. The highlight of the afternoon was watching two bald eagles soar above my house, doing circles like it was looking for something to eat. I sat & watched them for a few minutes, even snapped a few pics. I'll post a pic in a bit.
Tonight... The new hockey season starts... I have a game @ 9 p.m. Excited about that. Well better head back to work. Til next time...

YES!!

Alarm went off @ 3:30 a.m. It was hard to get motivated this morning. I finally got my ass out of bed & into the bathroom to weigh myself. It is said that if you weigh yourself in the morning, after you use the bathroom, that will be your true weight for the day. My motivation came back when the scale read 189.4 lbs. WHOOHOOO!!! Finally, a few days late, but I'm below 190. How long will that last?? Hopefully I wont get above 189 for a while. I wrote it on my calendar, got dressed & hit the weights.
It's Friday again. This weekend looks to be a little less running around than last weekend. I have a feeling that by the end of the weekend, we'll be just as tired. Son has baseball & soccer tomorrow, so that fills my Saturday. Saturday night is MMA fights on pay-per-view @ a friends house. Other than that... my weekend has some rest time sprinkled in. Unlike last weekend where I didn't have time to think, it was from one place to another... I get tired just thinking about it.
Ahhh brainfart. Just seems like my brain is not even working to fart. I've been going through the motions all day. Being nice outside doesn't help. Well I better get back to work since I can't seem to come up with anything else to vent or talk about. Til next time...

New Hockey Season...

Whooohooo... the new hockey season starts on Monday. I'm excited about it, as you can tell. It helps that hockey gets my heart going & I burn a lot of calories during the game. But that is just one of many reasons, its not even the best reason. Won't be listing them at this time. Would have to be the subject of it's own post.
I have to bitch a little about yesterday, just to get it off of my chest... Really I don't care, it gave me a afternoon to myself. But it was a little frustrating. So, we were supposed to have baseball practice yesterday. The weather wasn't cooperating, but it wasn't bad. I stayed later than usual at work so I could keep checking the emails to make sure that practice wasn't cancelled. Since I live up north, its a long drive for me. Knowing that, I stayed down in the area. I waited til I couldn't stay at work any longer, checked the emails & saw nothing. I picked up my son, dropped him off with mom & his sister, then headed down to Ballard. I was early, so I wasted time at a sporting goods store. Still early, I sat & watched tee ball practice, soccer girls & three 12 year old boys pitch & throw at each other. I text'd the wife... "Its actually bright & sunny down here!!" Because they were supposed to come with me, but because the weather might keep them trapped in the car, I sent them home. 6:30 p.m. came & went... Nobody I recognized. I waited a few minutes longer before I asked myself if I was at the wrong field. So I text'd the person setting it up to see if I was at the right place. Turns out, I had just missed his email cancelling practice. Now here I was down at the ball field, nice weather, but no practice. UGH!! So I'm giving Fry's a special shout out for making my afternoon better... & if you don't know what I'm talking about, then you have either just stumbled upon my blog & haven't started from the beginning or you just don't remember. Check out the earlier post about Fry's... HERE!!
In the end, it worked out. I did waste some of my time, but I'm not sweating it. I got a few things I wouldn't have done out of the way, so I'm trying to be positive. I did send out a email this morning replying to the cancellation of practice. I was a little snippy, but not much. The irony is... with me complaining about getting down there & having no practice & how I wanted to work on things sooo bad... I can't make Saturdays practice... haha!! Well I better get back to work, enough bitching...
Oh, workouts today went great. Still 190 lbs. I'm finding this new routine is taking me a hour & a half, so that's been good. It was a little easier ( by far not easy though ) to get through. Definitely feeling it!! Til next time...

Another Damn Rest Day...

O.K. so I'm thinking that the next Wed. "Rest Day" I'm going to wake up at my normal 3:30 a.m. & instead of working out. I'm going to play video games or do something else. These last few "W/R.D." I've had trouble waking up after my extra hour & a half of sleep. That brings me to the experiment for next week to see if that works.
There is baseball practice this afternoon. Well, weather permitting. It'll be nice to get some field work in. Last week we got to get some hitting in, so it'll be nice to work on other aspects of the game. Question is... how many people will be showing up??
Ahhh well there isn't much else going on. Pretty lame "Hump" day. I guess I shall head back to work... Til next time...

Another Day...

Wow, what a afternoon yesterday. The wind was howling, it flickered our power off a couple of times & blew some branches all over the roads. But on a good note, I watched two great hockey games.
This mornings workout was a good one. Still tough to do my final set of 25 on each exercise though. Ohhh... got my spinner bike yesterday, spinner or spinning, who the hell knows. Actually click on this ---> Spinning/Spinner - to see the bike I got. So my program has me use either the elliptical or Spinner bike for my cardio. I've been using the elliptical til this morning when I decided to use the Spinning bike... OMG!! That fricken thing kicked my ass!! I must say, it was well worth the $399 I spent on that damn thing. I was sweating & my legs were burning... & thats only for the 17 mins. my cardio requires, although it is after my workout. But those Spinning DVD's it came with, has you doing like 40 mins of that shit. I couldn't even imagine.
Uhh... my stomach is making weird noises so I better go figure out what my body needs. Til next time...

Hockey, Birthdays & Erotic Art...

I know, I know... what kind of title is that?? Well thats what went on this weekend. I'll start off with that, then go into my workout from today. It was killer... UGH!!

Hockey - The G.S.H.L. Spring Tournament was this past weekend. We combined the Icelagers & Black Katz together to form the LagerKatz. The team was good, I must admit, we had some players. But we had no idea where we would be placed & how good the other teams were going to be. Game #1 - Friday @ 9:15 p.m. vs. a team from Tri-Cities. Wow!! I guess there isn't much to do there execpt play hockey, if you are a hockey player. The team was outstanding. They man handled us. This team could pass & man, they could block passing lanes as well as shots. It was a clinic. But apparently they were only like this against us, but still...

Game #2 - Sat. 2:30 p.m. - What a difference a day makes... We jumped out to a 5-2 lead before winning 6-5. We let up in the 3rd, but kept them from winning the game. It was a great game for me, being it was my sons birthday, I scored 2 goals & had a assist for a 3 point game.

Game #3 - Sunday, 11:00 a.m. - We were going up against a 0-2 team, a win would get us into championship game. What did we do?? Did we come out on fire like the previous game?? Or did we play down to our competition?? If you said #2, then you'd be right. We had a 2-1 lead when we let them back in with 2 soft goals. Soft because they shouldn't have been goals. They weren't breakaways or great wristshots or hard slapshots. They were weak shots that should've been prevented. Don't get me wrong, I ain't placing the blame on certain people, we all take the blame. I was on the ice for one of those goals, so I'm guilty too. I'm just sayin...

So that free'd up the afternoon for me to make my sons birthday party...

Birthday - May 1st was officially my sons 5th birthday. But our schedule had us so busy, we couldn't officially celebrate it then... We had to get my daughter to her orchestra competition @ 11 a.m. ( Thank you to my mom for helping us out with that, just sorry we had to miss it ) My son had a baseball game @ 11:30 a.m. Then we had to pick up our daughter, get lunch, then make it to soccer. While at the park, my son was able to eat & open his gifts before playing his first soccer game. He scored the first goal for his team, so very proud. Oh!! He also went 1-2 & had a put out at 3rd in his baseball game. So while we were watching his soccer game, I was on the sidelines putting on my hockey gear for my game @ 2:30 p.m. It must've looked weird for the other parents to see that. But that helped me stay later to watch the game & then hurry to make my game. Sunday we celebrated his birthday. It was a last minute thing. Apparently another boy in his daycare shares the same birthday so his mom called & offered to share a party @ Jump Planet. The party went good. I wasn't there for the first part of it since I had a hockey game, but I was able to get my stinky ass there in time for the cake & presents. He had a great weekend & thats all that mattered.
Erotic Art - Saturday night, we experienced S.E.A.F. for the first time. What is it?? It's the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival. It was great!! We enjoyed ourselves a lot. There was a lot of great art & people watching at its best. I would go into detail of the event, but there is a no picture rule so I'm making this a no details post. But it is worth it. There was art, dancing & various "shows"... not what you are thinking... but that could've happened later after we left. People were dressed, or not dressed, depending on how you look at it... in really cool outfits & it was well worth the price of admission. Which for us, was free... thanks to a good friend of mine!! We are definitely going back next year. Click on the link above if you want more details...
Oh before I forget...
Workout - UGH!! Today was tough. First off, I was disappointed with my weekend. My goal, with all the hockey I was playing, was to get to the 180's by Monday. That didn't happen. I was actually back up again to 196 lbs. UGH!! So I hit it hard this morning on the first day of the new plan for the next two weeks. It was brutal. 3 sets of the exercises, 1-5 reps... then set #4 - 25 reps... It is expected for you to lower the weights so you can make it the whole 25. But it's still brutal!! I woke up a half & hour earlier ( 3:30 a.m. ) just because I didn't know how long it would take me to do this. I'm glad I did & my alarm is now set at that time... UGH!! But it'll all be worth it in the end!! Well I better get back to work... Til next time...