So why am I blogging? We'll just to let everyone know that I'm not shirking my responsibilities... (by not blogging the most amazing things that have been happening). We've been going to the gym, nearly daily, and working out at least 70 minutes per day. It is really exhausting, but I feel so good when I'm done that I am starting to believe that it doesn't have anything to do with how great it feels to just stop exercising. I've already lost 2 pounds, but I don't know if that is fat or just water... (but I'm drinking like 4 liters of water per day, so I think it might be fat).
Other than that, I'm getting the house cleaned for when Jason and Heather come this next week.
Molly is at the Gay Prom tonight, and took some class today to finish up her licensing. So I haven't seen her since 7AM, and probably won't see her until midnight.
Tomorrow we're going on a hike and not skiing, but we don't know quite where we'll do the hike. Maybe the gorge? We'll try to enjoy some of the nice weather we're supposed to have tomorrow.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Sunday Hike
This was actually not a hike as much as it was skiiing.
Last Sunday we decided to skip church (Our Lady of Divine Sleeping In) and go and worship the slopes of Mt. Hood instead. We went to a ski resort that we hadn't gone to yet: Timberline. Anybody seen the movie "The Shining"? Well the outside shots of the resort are actually shots of Timberline resort. It was kind of cool, kind of creepy.
Timberline was a pretty amazing ski resort. Beats the hell out of Mt. Hood Meadows, but is more expensive than Mt. Hood "Ski Bowl". The snow was amazing. For those of you who remember the blog post about my first ski trip, you'll remember that I had a great time, but I was dog tired and very frustrated at the end of the day, and missed about 2 hours of skiing because of it. This time (partially due to the great ski conditions, and partially due to all of the excersize that my trainer has me doing) I did not get frustrated at all.
I tried the bunny hill 3-4 times at first... no problems, fell one time. Then I decided to go for the "green". So we found one green trail where we accidently took a wrong turn and ended up on another much-harder green trail instead. Didn't fall once. I felt mostly in control, zooming around down the hills. Later in the day Molly and Linze decided to leave me and Josh Y. to ourselves on the greens to try some "blue" runs. They came back and told us they we're pretty easy. I was feeling pretty confident because I was only falling down maybe once every-other run, and not really getting hurt and not terribly tired. So Josh and I decided to go for it. Now, I'm not going to lie here. I did 4 blue runs. The first time I fell once on the steepest part, but no issues for the rest of the run. The second time, I felt myself losing control, so I parked myself in the snow (a controlled fall, so to speak). The third time I fell once, but just because my one of my ski's hit a small patch of ice when I was going super slow.... after that it was pretty much downhill, though. That last run I was getting very tired, so I fell like 3 times.
All in all, for being my second time skiing, I think I did awesome. I probably didn't look very coordinated, but I felt in control most of the time. I'm looking forward to going at least one more time before the season is up!
Check out these pictures and videos of our ski trip!
Last Sunday we decided to skip church (Our Lady of Divine Sleeping In) and go and worship the slopes of Mt. Hood instead. We went to a ski resort that we hadn't gone to yet: Timberline. Anybody seen the movie "The Shining"? Well the outside shots of the resort are actually shots of Timberline resort. It was kind of cool, kind of creepy.
Timberline was a pretty amazing ski resort. Beats the hell out of Mt. Hood Meadows, but is more expensive than Mt. Hood "Ski Bowl". The snow was amazing. For those of you who remember the blog post about my first ski trip, you'll remember that I had a great time, but I was dog tired and very frustrated at the end of the day, and missed about 2 hours of skiing because of it. This time (partially due to the great ski conditions, and partially due to all of the excersize that my trainer has me doing) I did not get frustrated at all.
I tried the bunny hill 3-4 times at first... no problems, fell one time. Then I decided to go for the "green". So we found one green trail where we accidently took a wrong turn and ended up on another much-harder green trail instead. Didn't fall once. I felt mostly in control, zooming around down the hills. Later in the day Molly and Linze decided to leave me and Josh Y. to ourselves on the greens to try some "blue" runs. They came back and told us they we're pretty easy. I was feeling pretty confident because I was only falling down maybe once every-other run, and not really getting hurt and not terribly tired. So Josh and I decided to go for it. Now, I'm not going to lie here. I did 4 blue runs. The first time I fell once on the steepest part, but no issues for the rest of the run. The second time, I felt myself losing control, so I parked myself in the snow (a controlled fall, so to speak). The third time I fell once, but just because my one of my ski's hit a small patch of ice when I was going super slow.... after that it was pretty much downhill, though. That last run I was getting very tired, so I fell like 3 times.
All in all, for being my second time skiing, I think I did awesome. I probably didn't look very coordinated, but I felt in control most of the time. I'm looking forward to going at least one more time before the season is up!
Check out these pictures and videos of our ski trip!
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| Timberline ski trip (Mt. Hood) |
Monday, April 21, 2008
Kings Mountain
Here are the photos of us hiking up Kings mountain on Sunday, April 13th. I think it is the second highest mountain on the coastal range. (only a about 2 feet smaller than the tallest, which was closed due to "winter storms" whatever that means) It was plenty grueling, believe me! The first leg of the trip was deemed "easier," which was gaining a mere 800 feet elevation gain in the first mile. (I'm pretty sure I was going to die) Then, leg 2, which was 1300 feet in the next mile, but it was leg 3 of .6 mile gaining 900 feet elevation that really earned the "most difficult" rating. You cannot see the steepness in the pictures (despite my best efforts to capture it). You can see all the snow that we hiked in near the top. To be honest, I was very glad about the snow because it gave us a perfect excuse to go slower. Please keep in mind the photos do not AT ALL show how shaky our legs were, cramped our calves were, or how sweaty we got hiking in snow!
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| Kings Mountain |
Baby Lucas
Here are my pictures of my new God Son, Lucas Xavier. I got to visit him in Kansas City several times during the week I was there.
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| Baby Lucas |
Friday, April 18, 2008
Ok, so I'm worthless
Sorry for the lack of updates, but it can't wait any longer. I've had Computer issues, which is why I don't have any pictures of my god son on the blog yet. I have it working now, but now Molly wants to learn how to do the picasa and the blogging for the "Gay Prom" committee she is on, so We're holding off so she can do that. Perhaps tonight.
Anyway, lately I've been swamped with work, of course... then on top of that, Molly and I joined a Gym. Seb inspired me. Not only that, but Molly and I shelled out the bucks for a personal trainer. Molly is very frustrated that she always plateaus and can't lose any more weight no matter what she does. This trainer says that that will not happen with his regiment. He seems like a good guy, and I already am feeling pretty good. Molly is going to quit curves. I've already gone 5 days without a beer... and have sworn it off for the full 12 weeks. Red wine is ok in moderation (2 oz per day). It's enough to keep us from going crazy on the diet, I think. Oh, he also has molly on a 2000 calorie per day diet. Which means that I'll probably be on a 2500 calorie diet. I'll be eating constantly!
Last weekend we hiked up King's Mountain in Tillamook (like the cheese) state forest. It was beautiful, of course, but it was rated 5 out of 5 for difficulty. I was dying on the way up, which is part of the reason we decided to join the gym in the first place. I'll upload the pictures/video as soon as possible (hopefully tonight).
Well, all, Thanks for everyone's hospitality while I was in town. I had a great time seeing everyone. I just wish I had more time to hang out with everyone individually. Perhaps next time!
Anyway, lately I've been swamped with work, of course... then on top of that, Molly and I joined a Gym. Seb inspired me. Not only that, but Molly and I shelled out the bucks for a personal trainer. Molly is very frustrated that she always plateaus and can't lose any more weight no matter what she does. This trainer says that that will not happen with his regiment. He seems like a good guy, and I already am feeling pretty good. Molly is going to quit curves. I've already gone 5 days without a beer... and have sworn it off for the full 12 weeks. Red wine is ok in moderation (2 oz per day). It's enough to keep us from going crazy on the diet, I think. Oh, he also has molly on a 2000 calorie per day diet. Which means that I'll probably be on a 2500 calorie diet. I'll be eating constantly!
Last weekend we hiked up King's Mountain in Tillamook (like the cheese) state forest. It was beautiful, of course, but it was rated 5 out of 5 for difficulty. I was dying on the way up, which is part of the reason we decided to join the gym in the first place. I'll upload the pictures/video as soon as possible (hopefully tonight).
Well, all, Thanks for everyone's hospitality while I was in town. I had a great time seeing everyone. I just wish I had more time to hang out with everyone individually. Perhaps next time!
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