Category Archives: General

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 →

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 →

Lauro and Conchita work on our annual holiday puzzle… While Lorena, Kelly, and Christian make chocolate pretzels for meeting!

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

I can now post here from my phone!  How cool is that!?!!

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 →

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 →

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 →

Day 104 of 1000 The studies continue.  I am at work on a programming project for my future job, while Lorena, Kelly, and Christian continue to prepare for one last mid-term and all their finals.  We ran by KFC on … Continue reading →

He HIGHLY recommends it.   ThinkPad X220t Processor      Intel Core i7-2640M Processor                (2.8GHz, 4MB L3, 1333MHz FSB) Memory         8 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM                1333MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM) Display … Continue reading →

Day 79 of 1000 Christian and I often talk about what he will do for his career.  His plan is to study hard stuff, find something he likes and go from there.  He has pretty much rejected the idea of … Continue reading →

Day 78 of 1000 Kelly tries to resist Dave’s fruitcake We went to a Wednesday night bible study with a guy named Dave D. when we lived in Albany, Oregon in the town of Jefferson.  Shortly after Thanksgiving the first … Continue reading →

Day 76 of 1000 We returned to standard time this morning so I really should be sleeping instead of writing this post.  I went to bed early because I was tired.  That is why I am up writing this blog … Continue reading →

Day 71 of 1000 The need to pay for a class that is worse than worthless is a frustration.  The kids’ Argument-Based Research writing class is a required class.  All I felt was a sense of relief when Kelly texted … Continue reading →