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Yearly Archives: 2011
I am a much poorer man today.
Day 130 of 1000. (Not weighing until January 5) Count ‘em. Not one but two driver’s licenses to play havoc with our insurance bill and college savings plan.
Christian and I go to the library
Day 126 of 1000 (212.2 lbs.) Christian and I went down to the Hill Library at NCSU while everyone else went out to what is arguably the busiest day of the year at the mall. Why anyone would do that … Continue reading
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One hurdle crossed, seven more to go
Day 125 of 1000 (212.2 lbs.) I cannot believe that I weigh less today than I did yesterday. We had TONS of good food sitting around all day including pizza and candy. It must be the salad and the rigorous … Continue reading
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Saturday night!
Lauro and Conchita work on our annual holiday puzzle… While Lorena, Kelly, and Christian make chocolate pretzels for meeting!
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Shopping
Day 124 of 1000 (no scale, but will weigh and post when I return home – 212.5 lbs. Ouch but better than I thought) Today, the kids and I will go shopping, just the three of us. It should be … Continue reading
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Filipino Food
Day 123 of 1000 (Blew it big time on Filipino food – it would have been ungracious not to! I will weigh again tomorrow) Our very, very good friends May G. (who works in China), Mary Lou G., and their … Continue reading
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Home tonight
Day 121 of 1000 (no scale, OK but not as good as yesterday) Man, this shaming thing to get myself to lose weight is a GOOD thing. I actually think of the fact that I am going to have to … Continue reading
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First customer trip
Day 120 of 1000 (no scale, but doing good!) I am over here in Charlotte again with my first trip to visit a customer on the schedule today. It is a great little problem–pretty easy to solve, but pretty hard … Continue reading
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Blogging on the road
I can now post here from my phone! How cool is that!?!!
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First photo with Droid X2
Day 118 or 1000 (213.0 lbs.) I was down to 211.5 lbs yesterday, but fell off the wagon a little when the family hung out together yesterday evening. Time to get back on the wagon. There is a little gym … Continue reading
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My new Droid X2 and Bojangles
I ran into a Bojangles restaurant on the way home from Charlotte this evening. My new company had given me a brand new Motorola Droid X2. I tried to figure out how to the GPS as I waited for my … Continue reading
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Kelly and Christian get accepted at NC State
Day 116 of 1000 (Still no scale!) Christian wrote the following on his Facebook page: We are pleased to notify you of your acceptance into the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences – Applied Mathematics for the 2012 Fall semester. … Continue reading
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First day on new job was great
Day 115 of 1000 (No scale at hotel to check lbs., but did GREAT on not eating too much) I am not going to have a lot of time to write today because I am in training. I will also … Continue reading
Off to my new job in Charlotte!
Day 114 of 1000 (211.6 lbs.) I am heading to Charlotte early this morning for my first day of a new job. I will be driving quite a bit more and flying a little, but it will be nice to … Continue reading
They are studying hard now!!!
Here are Kelly’s multivariable calculus notes that she texted to me from her review class.
My last day at Bioptigen
Day 113 of 1000 (212.8 lbs.) You will notice that I was shamed into putting my weight back up again (Thank you, Wendy–hold my feet to the fire!) The problem now is that today is my last day of work … Continue reading
Finals week and Economic Animation
Day 112 of 1000 This week is finals week at Wake Technical Community College. Everyone in the house except me studied for finals. I worked on a project for my new job which involved mostly study about a new product. … Continue reading
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Tagged animation, Inkscape, Linux, macroeconomics, Nikon, Wake Tech
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Education in the West
Day 111 of 1000 The kid’s friends, Mike and Nestor, came over to the house yesterday to study for their multi-variable calculus test for 4-5 hours. I got to talk to them a bit. Both of them want to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric G., Europe, government school, private school
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