Newsletter: February 2011

March 17, 2011

Dear Max & Jake, The months seem to be passing by much too quickly. As a child you are always told how quickly time passes, but you never believe it because it seems like forever until your next birthday. Well the older you get, the faster time goes by and you begin dreading the day [...]

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Newsletter: January 2011

February 21, 2011

Dear Max & Jake, At the beginning of a new year it’s hard not to look back and reflect on things. As I said goodbye to 2010 I couldn’t help but look back and see what our life was like this time last year. Jake, you were taking your first steps and quickly growing into [...]

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Perspective

February 9, 2011

Every person has a story, a point of view and perception of the world. Our background and our life experiences shape the way we see things, the way we approach life. Sometimes we have a difficult time relating to one another because of how differently we see things. We all have our insecurities, our strengths, [...]

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Keep On Keepin’ On

January 16, 2011

Life is going to happen, whether you want it to or not. I think at one point or another perseverance has been a necessity to accomplish something in life, even to the most non-goal oriented person. Perseverance isn’t just continuing to pursue something, but continuing in spite of difficulties and obstacles. Maybe you were working [...]

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A Good Day!

January 11, 2011

This morning I was on a mission. The boys and I ate our breakfast, got dressed, and then we got in the car to go to the gym. But I made one big mistake today, letting the boys wear their rain boots. So help me if I’m ever dumb enough to let that happen again. [...]

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A Change in Plans…

January 9, 2011

So I started working on my weight loss/fitness by beginning The 17 Day Diet last Tuesday. So I stayed with it all week, but I had a raging headache almost everyday. Not being able to have any complex carbs just kills me. It’s brutal. The only carbs I could have was from specific fruits and [...]

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The First Day is Always Easy

January 4, 2011

Whenever I start a new “diet” I always have an easy time with the first day, or even the first few days. The thing about eating healthy in general is that you have to plan ahead, and you just set yourself up for failure if you don’t. So I went to the grocery store yesterday [...]

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My Weight Gain & The 17 Day Diet

January 3, 2011

So you may have heard of “The 17 Day Diet” on TV. It has been on the Dr.Phil show as well as The Doctors. I went ahead and decided to order the book at the beginning of December just to see what this diet was all about. I know that it’s very cliche to decide [...]

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A New Year, two-thousand eleven

January 1, 2011

There are so many thoughts racing through my head as I think about the beginning of a new year and the end of an old one. Like most people, this is a time of reflection for me. I start to look back and think about all the things that have happened in the last 12 [...]

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Why Me?

December 30, 2010

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Why me? When I first think about this question my mind immediately thinks of people that blame God for the bad things that happen in their life. Perhaps people encounter misfortune, death of a loved one, or loss of a job. No matter what the circumstance, the [...]

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