Back in September I set for myself a few physical fitness slash lifestyle goals with a juicy reward playing the role of ‘carrot’ as a motivational factor to push the whole get-in-shape and eat-better masochistic agenda I implemented around the same time. Six months on I would qualitatively rate my results as a pass, though [...]

December 30
Don’t call it a New Year’s Resolution, exactly. Call it — well — I’m not sure.

Day 30: Knuckle Sucker beats Thumb Sucker, or so we’re told…

I was sitting around watching television on Friday night thinking how good it felt to get outside and get some exercise. I flicked over to this odd [...]

December 28
With only a few days left in this blogging marathon, I once again found myself back home and spared with a relatively quiet day to catch up on some much needed down-time. It’s funny, though. We’ve been scooting about the province, visiting at and with a variety of people, and celebrating [...]

Lately, I’ve been into the whole “sitting on an exercise ball as a chair” thing at work. Apparently it’s supposed to help improve posture, balance, and circulation. More likely it probably just makes me look like a bit of a tool who sits on a giant, inflatable, purple ball instead of the two-hundred dollar [...]

I admit. Progress has been slow.
First, the whole treadmill thing has me in a bit of a bind. It works. Sporadically. But sporadically is more akin to frustration when one is depending on something for sheer reliability. I was spoiled by the gym. Those high-end treadmills leave one with something to [...]

I’ve officially moved into the continuing class for Tai Chi as of last night. This means that rather than rushing through the 108 movements one-by-one for the mere sake of simply learning them, I show up an hour later and get to practice and refine those movements and ACTUALLY get some fitness benefits as [...]

Just to be completely oddball about this whole fitness thing, I’ve decided to make it both more concrete and more abstract all at the same time. Concrete? Assign a quantitative goal. Abstract? Attach said quantitative goal to a random fiction and put said fiction into an electronic format.
Huh?
I’m a quantitative goal kind [...]

Two thousand seven is the year of incremental changes. A nudge here. A bump there. A baby step along the path to enlightenment. I’ve discussed this before. Maybe not directly, but I’ve discussed it. And with one month down, it’s time to start episode two: RUN.
As sad as it [...]

We’re contemplating deck. Specifically, we’re contemplating how and when to build one. We paid a visit to the hardware store last night, scoped out the options, chatted with a friendly, helpful service-guy, and bought a little bit of hardware to start the initial processes of a straight and true support structure. Advantages of [...]

We’ve discovered a new behavior management tool for Sparkle. When it comes to going places she is not supposed to go, she has been getting a little more bold. More often, we’ve been finding a half-chewed rawhide on our bed or catching a ‘bad-little-puppy’ standing up on the couch looking out the living [...]

My theory is this: for every doughnut / cookie / nibble / snack / et cetera that I skip (in other words, avoid consuming) for the next many weeks prior to our departure, gained is one more guilt-free strudel / pomme frites / bratwurst / et cetera in which I can partake whilst roaming about [...]

company
You probably already know this because you’ve either been some lately, or you are going to be some soon. Somehow we’ve had a lot of people round to the house in the last week (two, three, four) or so. This is good. It keep Karin sane. Thanks for all your assistance. [...]