Marathon

Congrats to my brother Jacob, for completing his first marathon on Saturday. Jacob ran the Salt Lake City Marathon in 4:21. I think this is awesome, and is something that I will never be able/willing to do. Also, when he told me that he set his goal based on his determination to beat Oprah's time, I swelled with pride and respect. Good job Bro!

Daddy's Home

I get one of two greetings from my two year old son when I get home from work.

1. Yay, Daddy's home, hugs for everyone.
2. Finally, my manservant has returned, fetch me some milk and a fruitsnack.

I never know which is coming.

Confused indifference

Danyael and I like to get in the hot tub in the backyard from time to time to relax. We have to wait until the kids have gone to bed, then we will get in for awhile before bed. Last night we decided to get in, put the kids to bed, waited the mandatory time till we thought they were all asleep, and went out. Our hot tub is located in the yard right across from our kitchen, and there is a door there that goes from the kitchen to the yard, so we can see the kitchen pretty well. After we had been in the tub for about 15 minutes, we see Andrew wander into the kitchen. He has stretches where he will get out of his bed and have to be put back in bed a few times before he will fall asleep, but we thought he was asleep before we went outside. He was wandering back and forth looking for us, into the kitchen, over by the stairs, into the front room, back to the kitchen, back down the hall towards the bedrooms, with a confused look on his face. He never went downstairs, probably because the lights were off, and just wandered around for a few minutes. Then he started moving chairs in the kitchen, but gave up on that. We were in the tub watching this whole think and cracking up. Then he went back down the hall towards the bedrooms, and didn't come back out. We thought he might find us because we leave the door from our bedroom to the yard cracked a little bit so we can hear if either he or Megan is crying. We didn't hear anything, and he never came to the door. After a few minutes of not seeing him in the kitchen, we had to go back in to see what he was up to. He was lying on our bed, watching TV, without a care in the world. We thought he would be more concerned that his parents were missing, but nope, he just starting watching TV. Little stinker.

Sweet Nectar

I decided towards the end of 2009 to give up soda for the year in 2010. I didn't drink alot of soda before, at least not compared to some, maybe a 3-4 cans or bottles a week, but I thought it would interesting to see if I could do it. I did do it, aside from one lapse in January '09 where I had an italian soda at Olive Garden because I forgot. Its not like I went without anything good to drink. I had lemonade at restaurants, I had Minute Maid Cherry Limeade at work if I needed something to drink. For Christmas this year, I told Danyael that I wanted Cherry Coke in my stocking and she obliged. I drank it on New Years day with my lunch, and it was really really good. I did miss it. This year I am going without candy. I can have cookies, cake etc., but no candy. So far so good.

Towards the end of the year when I was talking to people about looking forward to soda, the question came up, if you are just going to start drinking soda again, what was the point of stopping at all? You didn't really give it up. What is the point of going without candy for a year if I'm going to expect Reeses and Butterfingers in my stocking this Christmas?

I don't really have a good answer for those questions. For the year I went without soda, I suppose I consumed less calories. Lemonade is at least somewhat better for me than soda, and the Cherry Limeade has no calories, but that was only a partial reason for going without. Eating no candy is not meaningful if I am eating chips and cookies, which I'm not intending to eat more, but you never know. I guess the answer is partly because I know its good for me, at least somewhat, and partly because I want to see if I can do it. Is denying myself something good for me? I don't know. But even not having good answers to those questions doesn't make me want to change my mind, so I'm going for it anyway.

See you in 11 1/2 months Reeses.

2010

I never posted what I was thankful for in 2010 this last fall, so here goes, in no particular order, and not including the obvious family, faith etc.

1. Fantasy football
2. Disneyland
3. Netflix
4. Good movies (True Grit, HP7, Ironman 2)
5. Football
6. Candy
7. A smaller waistline
8. My baby girl (had to make the list)
9. BBQ
10. Good books (Bartimaeus, Koontz)

Sports Consumer

I think its a little crazy how wrapped up you can become with sports. You can care just a little too much, become a little too invested in a given team or player. This came to a head for me over the weekend, when I had one of the top 3 worst sports weekends of my life.

1. BYU got killed.
2. Broncos lost at home.
3. I was eliminated in my own NFL survival pool.
4. I got absolutely creamed in fantasy football.

I was kind of depressed on Sunday night as the Jets defense failed to net me the points I needed for my fantasy team, after already going through defeats 1-3.

Today, I am still upset, but have a little more perspective. The season is long, BYU and the Broncos can bounce back. The Broncos are actually playing better than most thought they would. Fantasy is won over the season, not won or lost in one day.

Why do we get so wrapped up in these teams? So passionate about a game?

I don't know, but I love it, at least some weeks.

Fall

August is over, rejoice!

I love fall.


Football, cooler temperatures, football, approaching holidays, and football are a few of the reasons.

My favorite time of the year is here!