I just recently finished reading the third book in the Maximum Ride series. If you don’t already know (I assume you don’t) Maximum Ride is about six children: Max (the leader) is 14 and is a girl, Fang is the same age as Max but is a boy, Iggy is again 14 and also a boy (oh and he is blind), Nudge the motor mouth is 11, the Gasman (or Gazzy) is 8, and Angel is 6 years old and can read minds. Oh and by the way they all have wings and can fly. They each have some special powers but I won’t give away any more secrets. But one thing real quick, just so you know fang has a blog at MaximumRide.blogspot.com so visit any time.
Well where I should start. Max and the rest of the flock escaped from a science lab that they call the school, and are running from the people who work there who they call white coats. The white coats also have another human hybrid called Erasers. They are humans who can turn into werewolf like creatures, and they were trained to hunt and kill. And all of the books tell how Max and the flock are trying to stay alive and save the world.
That’s all I will tell you. If you want to know more then you have to read the books. The first is called Maximum Ride: the angel experiment. The second is called Maximum Ride: schools out forever. The third is called Maximum Ride: saving the world and other extreme sports. And the fourth is called Maximum Ride: the final warning.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Sigh...
Alas...My weight loss efforts are not nearly as successful as they have been in the past. Chad says I don't have the motivation I had before. (My 20 year class reunion). What he is failing to achknowledge is his wife's PRIDE. I DO have the motivation...I have a family reunion in three short weeks! hee hee. BUT, for some reason, it is not enough. I have truly given my all to this effort for two weeks and have not lost a pound.
My husband, (the creep), has lost 11 pounds (or more).
Today I walked three miles. I am training for a 5K in September with some ladies from my church. I have never done anything like that and I am kind of excited. I don't think I am interested in tackling a marathon or anything remotely close, but I can handle a 5K...hee hee.
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Chad and I work out at the gym most days, but once a week I train with the ladies in my ward. Some days I walk to our Wal-mart, buy groceries, and then Chad picks me up. Our Wal-mart is 2.7 miles away. Not too shabby.
Emily did an aerobics class with me a few days ago when Chad had to work late. It was STINK'N HARD, but I loved it. It was especially nice just spending time with my daughter doing something that is good for both us. That same day, while Em and I were exercising, the other kids were down at the pool so following our workout, I got in the pool with the other kids. I LOVE activities with my family that are active and healthy! It makes me feel good...and it is FUN.
Speaking of 'healthy and fun' family activities, today we toured Wheeler Historic Farm in Salt Lake. That was very cool. And a few weeks ago, we toured the Utah Pioneer Historical 'Village'...and loved it so much, we purchased a family pass. I will post pictures from both fun activities at a later date.
As usual, it is LATE when I am posting so I am too tired so scroll through hundreds of photos...fun, but...yurk...Too much work tonight...maybe tomorrow while kiddos nap. Well, I need to put my little darlings to bed. Duncan is spending the night with a friend. Jordan was watching TV, Annie has been at the park next door, and Emily just got home from a Raptor's baseball game.
Tomorrow and Saturday, we are rotatilling (sp?) our flower beds and our garden area. So much for a garden this year. Oh well...next year definitely.
In the words of "Bruce Almighty", LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (to you all)...(That is one of my VERY favorite movies... maybe a little sac-religious (sp?), but PHENOMENOL message..."Be the miracle". Maybe it is from Jim Carrey's movie, "Liar, Liar"...Oh well, that is an awesome movie too. We like Jim Carrey movies for the most part.
Ok, I am rambling now. I am going to bed. Good night all.
My husband, (the creep), has lost 11 pounds (or more).
Today I walked three miles. I am training for a 5K in September with some ladies from my church. I have never done anything like that and I am kind of excited. I don't think I am interested in tackling a marathon or anything remotely close, but I can handle a 5K...hee hee.
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Chad and I work out at the gym most days, but once a week I train with the ladies in my ward. Some days I walk to our Wal-mart, buy groceries, and then Chad picks me up. Our Wal-mart is 2.7 miles away. Not too shabby.
Emily did an aerobics class with me a few days ago when Chad had to work late. It was STINK'N HARD, but I loved it. It was especially nice just spending time with my daughter doing something that is good for both us. That same day, while Em and I were exercising, the other kids were down at the pool so following our workout, I got in the pool with the other kids. I LOVE activities with my family that are active and healthy! It makes me feel good...and it is FUN.
Speaking of 'healthy and fun' family activities, today we toured Wheeler Historic Farm in Salt Lake. That was very cool. And a few weeks ago, we toured the Utah Pioneer Historical 'Village'...and loved it so much, we purchased a family pass. I will post pictures from both fun activities at a later date.
As usual, it is LATE when I am posting so I am too tired so scroll through hundreds of photos...fun, but...yurk...Too much work tonight...maybe tomorrow while kiddos nap. Well, I need to put my little darlings to bed. Duncan is spending the night with a friend. Jordan was watching TV, Annie has been at the park next door, and Emily just got home from a Raptor's baseball game.
Tomorrow and Saturday, we are rotatilling (sp?) our flower beds and our garden area. So much for a garden this year. Oh well...next year definitely.
In the words of "Bruce Almighty", LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (to you all)...(That is one of my VERY favorite movies... maybe a little sac-religious (sp?), but PHENOMENOL message..."Be the miracle". Maybe it is from Jim Carrey's movie, "Liar, Liar"...Oh well, that is an awesome movie too. We like Jim Carrey movies for the most part.
Ok, I am rambling now. I am going to bed. Good night all.
Todd Family Vacation - Summer 2008 Edition
Here are some photos from our summer vacation. This year we went to Reno for a wedding (Chad was the best man at his friend's wedding), then to Vegas to try to drop the kids off the Stratosphere, then to Hoover Dam, then to the Grand Canyon, then to St. George UT for a play at Tuacahn, then back home...whew, just typing that was tiring!
So, here are the pictures:
So, here are the pictures:
Monday, July 7, 2008
For Glynna
I wanted to go on and on about my wife for a bit, if you will bear with me.
When I was courting Glynna WAAYYY back in 1991 and early 1992, I wrote her a couple of poems, cause I am just that kind of romantic guy. =)
One of them, I think, may have been inspired and definitely caught how I felt about her at the time, and still do today. It was entitled "I Wish"...and I wish I had a copy so I could post the whole thing. =)
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But one line has stuck with me till today. It goes something like this:
"I wish
that the paths we've trod,
'though divined by a loving God,
were one."
It is weird, but I honestly cannot fathom not being with her. I have a hard time remembering what it was like before. And now, I think more often of "we", instead of "me".
e.e.cummings wrote:
I carry her heart in my heart. I could, would, never do anything knowingly to hurt her, as her heart is my heart. I know that I, at times, do her harm, but I repent it immediately thereafter and it pains me for days.
I always feel like I had just stepped on a beautiful flower, and bruised its petals. I know that the word, once spoken, can never be unspoken, and I hate when I slip, and say the wrong thing, and I have to see her hurting because of me. I wish I could take them all back. I hope I am getting better.
I feel I don't deserve what she offers to me, but I accept it with humble gratitude. I owe her that, at the least.
I don't take this for granted, even though the oaf that I am, I at times fail to let her know the most important thing...and Jack Nicholson in "As Good as it Gets" said it best:
"You make me want to be a better man."
When I was courting Glynna WAAYYY back in 1991 and early 1992, I wrote her a couple of poems, cause I am just that kind of romantic guy. =)
One of them, I think, may have been inspired and definitely caught how I felt about her at the time, and still do today. It was entitled "I Wish"...and I wish I had a copy so I could post the whole thing. =)
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But one line has stuck with me till today. It goes something like this:
"I wish
that the paths we've trod,
'though divined by a loving God,
were one."
It is weird, but I honestly cannot fathom not being with her. I have a hard time remembering what it was like before. And now, I think more often of "we", instead of "me".
e.e.cummings wrote:
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can
hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
I carry her heart in my heart. I could, would, never do anything knowingly to hurt her, as her heart is my heart. I know that I, at times, do her harm, but I repent it immediately thereafter and it pains me for days.
I always feel like I had just stepped on a beautiful flower, and bruised its petals. I know that the word, once spoken, can never be unspoken, and I hate when I slip, and say the wrong thing, and I have to see her hurting because of me. I wish I could take them all back. I hope I am getting better.
I feel I don't deserve what she offers to me, but I accept it with humble gratitude. I owe her that, at the least.
I don't take this for granted, even though the oaf that I am, I at times fail to let her know the most important thing...and Jack Nicholson in "As Good as it Gets" said it best:
"You make me want to be a better man."
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Nearly 2 weeks in, and I have lost....
I am coming up on 2 weeks of attempted weight loss. I have been pretty good, both in eating and exercising. I have been working on a hybrid of the Weight Watchers Points system and the Body for Life workout program, just because they are both easier for me to do at this point.
I was down 8 pounds at my last weigh-in (every Monday night), but I weighed again Thursday night and found myself down 11. Not too shabby, even though I know it is not necessarily a good thing to lose more than 1 or 2 pounds per week.
I have been going at it pretty aggressively, and, quite frankly, I am concerned about burn-out, somewhat. To help stave this off, I have planned in a couple of watermarks to shoot for. First, my wife has a family reunion in August, and I want to be down 25-30 pounds by then (4 weeks away, already 8 of it gone, another 17-22 to go). I really think I will be able to hit this one.
The other benchmark point is in September, when I may be going to the Eastern Distribution Center (I manage the Western Distribution Center for Cummins Filtration...but that is another post =) to help with a new software warehouse management system. I want to be down another 20 for that.
So I am hoping for 50 pounds by the end of September. I know, this is probably not realistic, but in the past I have not been able to maintain on the simple "2 lbs per week is pretty good" routine, so I figured it was time to shake things up a bit.
We'll see, I guess.
I was down 8 pounds at my last weigh-in (every Monday night), but I weighed again Thursday night and found myself down 11. Not too shabby, even though I know it is not necessarily a good thing to lose more than 1 or 2 pounds per week.
I have been going at it pretty aggressively, and, quite frankly, I am concerned about burn-out, somewhat. To help stave this off, I have planned in a couple of watermarks to shoot for. First, my wife has a family reunion in August, and I want to be down 25-30 pounds by then (4 weeks away, already 8 of it gone, another 17-22 to go). I really think I will be able to hit this one.
The other benchmark point is in September, when I may be going to the Eastern Distribution Center (I manage the Western Distribution Center for Cummins Filtration...but that is another post =) to help with a new software warehouse management system. I want to be down another 20 for that.
So I am hoping for 50 pounds by the end of September. I know, this is probably not realistic, but in the past I have not been able to maintain on the simple "2 lbs per week is pretty good" routine, so I figured it was time to shake things up a bit.
We'll see, I guess.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
The Cuz and her AWESOME BUDS!!!
Hey, y'all!!! Me again!!! Yeah, I know you are bored of me already but I just love blogging!!! (is that a word?) So I'm here to blog about the peoples I met at my sleepover with McCall yesterday. First, and probably most importantly, my cousin, Tara.
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She's thirteen and about a month older than me. SHE'S TOTALLY LAZY!!! And she's INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love her so much she's awesome!!!! One really unique thing about her is that she has an allergy (that I can't spell the word to) to the COLD! She gets hives. Thats what McCall meant about Tara with the whole bumps thing in my last entry. Now, on to McCall. She's probably just as insane as Tara! Maybe even more so. She is twelve but taller than me. She calls Wal-Mart Wally World!!! I think that is so fun! She loves to text!!! And, yes, she texts me all the time!!! Her mom is so AWESOME!!! (not as awesome as my momma, though.) Her dad is almost as funny as my daddy (and that's saying something). Now it's time to talk about McKenzie. She's thirteen. She has sexy fiery red hair!!! haha! I love her she's so fun! She's insane like myself, McCall, and Tara. We all speak in third person a LOT!!!!! Superstar likes speaking in third person!!! haha lol!!!!!!!! I also met a few of McCall's guy buds. There's McKay (did I spell that right?) and Mason (same question) who are brothers and they throw mean water fights!!! It's so fun!!! Then there's Tyler, who is a BIG FAT JERK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But all us girls agree, no matter how mean he is, he is HAWT!!!!!!!!!!!! There's also Tanner, who, is fourteen, and likes McCall, and he's pretty hawt himself! Well, that's it for now! See you very, very soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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She's thirteen and about a month older than me. SHE'S TOTALLY LAZY!!! And she's INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love her so much she's awesome!!!! One really unique thing about her is that she has an allergy (that I can't spell the word to) to the COLD! She gets hives. Thats what McCall meant about Tara with the whole bumps thing in my last entry. Now, on to McCall. She's probably just as insane as Tara! Maybe even more so. She is twelve but taller than me. She calls Wal-Mart Wally World!!! I think that is so fun! She loves to text!!! And, yes, she texts me all the time!!! Her mom is so AWESOME!!! (not as awesome as my momma, though.) Her dad is almost as funny as my daddy (and that's saying something). Now it's time to talk about McKenzie. She's thirteen. She has sexy fiery red hair!!! haha! I love her she's so fun! She's insane like myself, McCall, and Tara. We all speak in third person a LOT!!!!! Superstar likes speaking in third person!!! haha lol!!!!!!!! I also met a few of McCall's guy buds. There's McKay (did I spell that right?) and Mason (same question) who are brothers and they throw mean water fights!!! It's so fun!!! Then there's Tyler, who is a BIG FAT JERK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But all us girls agree, no matter how mean he is, he is HAWT!!!!!!!!!!!! There's also Tanner, who, is fourteen, and likes McCall, and he's pretty hawt himself! Well, that's it for now! See you very, very soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
My own weight loss goals...
I couldn't let the Hive Queen get all the glory by showing off her weight loss, I need to get mine in there too.
I started about a week ago at 281 pounds, which is fine if you are 8 feet tall, but I am not (sadly, otherwise I would be the most famous basketball player in the world). I weighed in last night at 273, so I lost 8 pounds in my first week.
I am doing the following:
Legendary Abs routine. I have worked my way all the way up to level A if you can believe that!
Body For Life weight lifting routine. I like Legendary Abs and Body for Life because they are pretty short, but effective. And heaven knows we all have tons of time every day to put in a 4 hour workout.
Treadmill 20 min, 2X per week and 60 min, 2X per week. This is actually a modified version of the 20 min routine recommended in the Body for Life exercise regimen. I mix it up between going fast on a low incline and going relatively slow on a steep incline. I like the steep incline better as I feel it more in my glutes. HAH!
So stay tune as I recapture my girlish figure. Pictures may follow. View them at your own risk. I will probably have to post an indemnity waiver with the pics.
I started about a week ago at 281 pounds, which is fine if you are 8 feet tall, but I am not (sadly, otherwise I would be the most famous basketball player in the world). I weighed in last night at 273, so I lost 8 pounds in my first week.
I am doing the following:
Legendary Abs routine. I have worked my way all the way up to level A if you can believe that!
Body For Life weight lifting routine. I like Legendary Abs and Body for Life because they are pretty short, but effective. And heaven knows we all have tons of time every day to put in a 4 hour workout.
Treadmill 20 min, 2X per week and 60 min, 2X per week. This is actually a modified version of the 20 min routine recommended in the Body for Life exercise regimen. I mix it up between going fast on a low incline and going relatively slow on a steep incline. I like the steep incline better as I feel it more in my glutes. HAH!
So stay tune as I recapture my girlish figure. Pictures may follow. View them at your own risk. I will probably have to post an indemnity waiver with the pics.
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