Misc.

I love my satellite radio. LOVE IT. If you have XM you should know that currently Ch. 51 is all Metallica and Ch. 53 is nothing but AC/DC. Not sure how long it will be this way but I am enjoying it while they are there. Almost makes me wanna grow my mullet back...

This week I drove by our soon to be new house and found an "Under Contract" sign up in front of the house. 3 weeks and it is ours. I cant wait.

I got stopped by the police yesterday. Seems the dealer forgot to put the date on the bottom of my temporary tag. Not my problem. I was polite to the officer and he quickly determined that the car was in fact mine and not stolen. Years ago I had just bought a Camaro (I didnt have a mullet then either)and got stop for allegedly violating the posted legal speed limit. After finally writing me a ticket, the officer asked how fast the Camaro would do. Did he really expect me to answer that? Seriously, what a stupid question.

The Camaro and my new Maxima were both purchased for LESS than the invoice. I am surprised at how many people pay sticker price for an auto. When I had just bought the camaro, some guy pulled into a parking space next to me in a Camaro he had also just bought. His had far fewer options but he paid more than I did, and thought he had gotten a good price. Recently, an acquaintance was looking at my Maxima and told me she is thinking about buying a new car and leaning towards the Maxima. She paid maybe $200 less than the MSRP when she bought her last car and thought that was a good deal. I told her I would tell her how much I paid and what she should pay if she goes with the Maxima.

Last weekend I went to a friend's son's hockey game. He is 8ish and plays goalie. I took Bryson with me to his first game which he slept through... Last week we watched the Thrasher rookies on TV take 2nd place in a rookie tournament. Bryson enjoyed the movement and colors on the TV. I also took him to a Thrashers Town Hall meeting where Bryson got to meet the best mascot ever. I cant wait for hockey season to officially start.

I am now down 26 pounds since June. 2 more weeks of boot camp and I should be below what I am listed on my drivers license... After boot camp is over I'll try to post some before and after pics. I think I am running my first ever 5k Oct 4 (the day after the end of boot camp). Let me know if you wanna join me.

Shout outs

A couple of weeks ago I bought a 2009 Maxima from these people. The dealership that tried to tell me that the sticker price was $5000 more than what it was (and $10k more than what I ended up paying) was here.

After buying the Maxima I went and got the windows tinted here. Ferrari sends their cars there to get customized as do a lot of celebs and athletes.

This summer I have lost 22 pounds through boot camp and an occasional trip to the gym of BTB fitness. I am starting my third and final month of boot camp tomorrow.


Friday I went here and had this guy do my latest tattoo. I will try to post pics of the tat later but it is the footprints taken of Bryson after he arrived and his name above it. I need to get another appointment to get something to tie it in with the ambigram I have below it.

Double Deuce

22 pounds. That is what I have lost since the first of the summer. 2 months of bootcamp and one in between for the birth of Bryson. I'm doing my last bootcamp starting Tuesday. I wouldnt mind doing another after this month's but as you may have read we have purchased another house and it just isnt a close location to boot camp from the new house.

Last week I bought a new pair of jeans because one pair I had was getting thread bare in some areas. I just picked up a pair and started heading to the cashier when something told me I should try them on. I ended up trying it on and then getting a size smaller than what I originally grabbed. I need to get some new belts, too as I looked down and discovered that I am using the last hole. Very nice.

At the start of the summer, I thought maybe 25 pounds would be a good goal but now that I am almost there, I realize I need to go further but let's see what this month holds.

Things we do for our kid(s)

Yes Bryson is only 6 weeks old but we began thinking about school districts, etc for him before he was even here. Yesterday we signed a contract for this house and will probably be in it by mid October.
The fact that it is just minutes from some good friends (including my donor and her family) is just icing on the cake.