Happy New Year – 2010

Well, I know that I have said this before, so take this with a grain of salt.  I resolve to blog a little more this year.  I know that won’t be hard, because I haven’t been posting lately, so anything will me more. 

I just have a few things for this year.  We should be debt free in February if I calculate things correctly, and nothing major needs to be fixed/replaced.  Of course, if you follow the Dave Ramsey plan for more than 1 year, you are likely limping everything along, waiting to get all the debt paid off.  That is how I feel right now.  In addition to needing newer vehicles, we need a new refrigerator(all the drawers are broken in ours, plus it’s a side by side with a broken ice maker).  We also are planning on finally starting on the basement.  It will be nice to have that second bathroom, finally!

Also this year I need to lose some weight.  We bought a treadmill for Christmas, and I have been using that for the past week.  So far I have gained 4 pounds.  Not exactly going the right way!  But I will persevere.  I have lost the weight before, so I should be able to do it again.  It has just as much to do with what I eat.  So I am also going to watch what I eat ( as it goes into my mouth.  HAHAHA).

That is all for now.  I will right a little more later.  The Walnut and I are going to a Gopher hockey game tonight, so that should be fun.

Home Alone (2)

I am still home alone.  But the week is half done, so they will be back soon.  I feel bad for my wife though.  She has all the kids, one is sick, and they are at a place where the only thing to do is swim, watch TV or play with the other kids.  Since one child is sick, no swimming.  You think about that.  1/3 of the activities involve water, but since one kid is sick, no swimming.  Good thing Grandma is there.  Of course, I am sure that taking 8-10 kids under the age of 10 to a pool by yourself is no picnic.

The Pecan is ill.  My great wife took him to Urgent care in Brainerd last night.  He has a double ear infection.  I didn’t even think he HAD double ears, just two single ones.  Who knew?!  He also has a little wheeziness(sp?) in his chest, so he gets the nebulizer again.  Except that the nebulizer is here at home.  My wife is a great adventurer, and decided to wait until DARK to take him, thus getting herself lost.  Luckily, I was home with a fast internet connection and was able to help her on her way.  On a plus side to that, I got to talk to her for quite a while, something that I don’t usually get to do, even when she is home.  So I am thankful for that. I am also thankful that all my children are healthy and that the Pecan will be ok in a few days.

Oh, about those posts from my Seattle trip.  I am still thinking about that, but secretly hoping you will all forget about it.  Here is a synopsis. Train, train, train, flat North Dakota, Montana, Washington.  Seattle (YEA). Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain.  Repreat backward.  That is ‘bout it.  Hope you all enjoyed the trip.

Home Alone

I am home alone, at least for this week.  Everyone else is at Breezy Point, swimming and having a great time.  I have to work, so I stay home. A little break for me too.

My foot is healing, but still not all together better.  Since it is such a nice day today, temp in the upper 50’s and sunny.  I tried to take one last ride on the bike.  I haven’t ridden for almost 3 months.  I went about 2 miles.  I don’t really have the up motion in my left foot back yet, so shifting was hard, and it hurt, so I guess I will have to wait until spring.  I just parked it, but in some gas stabilizer and will take out the battery and cover it for the winter later this week.  I was really hoping that I would get a nice ride in today, but also, it was not meant to be.

Another of my tasks this week is to try to fix the dip in the floor trusses.  I have a couple of jacks set up, and hopefully over the week I can raise it up to level.  I will be nice to not have everything roll off the counters all the time.  Measuring liquids will be much easier also.

Sorry, no updates about my Seattle trip today.  I don’t have the pictures on the computer, and my wife took the laptop on vacation.  It will have to wait.

Have a nice day. That’s all for now.  Off to get some more stuff done around here.