Happy Monday?

Yes, Happy Monday. I had a reasonably successful weekend to kick off my birthday, 8/21 so if you haven't already mailed my present I'll be accepting presents at the door of our house (with or without pants on) but definitely with pants on at my desk at work.

This just in, i may have to be in the city tomorrow at our sister agency on my actual birthday, I'm going to attempt to reschedule this. More news later.

Busy times these days. Been enjoying the summer with the kids. Finished another round of classes (fire 2) at the Bergen County Fire academy, aced the State Exam and then breezed through the Physical Evaluation a couple of weeks ago. Finished shooting a few spots for one of our clients and just wrapping up post production. Also finally finished the deck and the backyard, a few pavers shy of totally finishing the patio and the new fence is in and done. It's been a busy summer. Looking forward to enjoying a few days at the beach and then taking a week off to spend with the kids and some friends on Long Beach Island. Will update with pics soon!

Buh-Bye Backyard!

Permit for demo has been approved! Say goodbye to the asphalt in the backyard. Finally. I'm so excited that I'm not even dreading all the work I have to do.

Demolition crew arrives 8am on Monday, hoping that the deck and shed are gone by the end of the day and that the asphalt is all gone by Tuesday the latest.

Hopefully we'll be able to find a nice, shiny, new and BIGGER shed this weekend and it can be delivered in a few weeks.

Check-List:

- Empty out Shed

- Clear off Deck

- Clean out under deck (ugh)

- Put all kids wagons, cars, bikes, balls in basement

- Order new shed

- Build foundation for new shed

- Shop for hard-scaping and soft-scaping

- Design New Deck (Yay!)

Can. Not. Wait.

Go time.

Down a few pounds and training is coming along slow but steady. Finally registered for some races starting with a St. Party's day 5k in town and the Spring Lake 5 miler. My knee is feeling better and no more excuses as the Giants say, I'm all in!

Rocky: On love

Rocky can teach you a lot more than just how to get back up after you've been knocked down

Paulie: You like her?

Rocky: Sure, I like her.
Paulie : What’s the attraction?
Rocky : I dunno… she fills gaps.
Paulie : What’s ‘gaps’?
Rocky : I dunno, she’s got gaps, I got gaps, together we fill gaps.

MLK

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." 

- Martin Luther King Jr.

Bungee Jumping in Croc infested waters.

I've been to this bridge in Zimbabwe and had the opportunity to bungee jump off of it a few years back. I've always regretted not doing it. This morning this article makes me regret it a little less. I'll fight a crocodile, but not by choice.

Bungee Jump article

4 year old birthday party favors

How about we just keep it simple and every kid who comes to the party gets a $5 bill?

“If you only do what you know you can do...

...you never do very much.”

I really need to get back in shape, it's not going to happen on it's own so I went for my first run of the year today. Set my alarm early this morning, hit the snooze button and went right back to sleep.

Sooooo I hit the treadmill at work during lunch. It was much more painful than I remember, mostly because I'm almost 20lbs. heavier than the last time I ran on the treadmill. Had healthy lunch and I've been trying to stand up from my desk at least every 30 mimnutes. It's not much but it's a start!