I am so stoked for tonight!!! Tonight is a blue moon, and if you don't know what a blue moon is, it is the second full moon in a month...not the color blue. It's also a delicious beer. This is where the term "once in a blue moon" came from, and to honor the blue moon, I am going to do something I haven't done in a while.
Tonight I am hanging out with friends I haven't seen in forever. I also joined a gym...to get my ass in shape. I am also taking a break from drinking for the entire month of Sober September. I also started going back to my ballroom dance lessons, and I started a boxing class. I am doing all this not only to honor the blue moon, but to get myself healthy.
I challenge each of you to doing something you have been wanting to do, but let the opportunity slip by. Do something fun. Do something for someone. Do something for yourself. After all this open window only comes around ONCE IN A BLUE MOON!!!
Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Sober September
Hello All,
Sober September has been a tradition for me for four years, and I want to invite you to join me this year. Much like Lent, I give up alcohol for the 30 days of September. Its fun last year I did nothing else, but give up drinking and lost 19lbs. Well this year is different. Due to all the life changes I have run into this year, I am not only giving up my beloved rum, but I am exercising (for the first time in a long time), eating healthy, and taking my vitamins.
September 1st is the kickoff to a whole new me. Sobered up and working out, my goal is to shed 60-70lbs...not in the month of September. Hopefully this Sober September will push me towards a better, healthier lifestyle.
Don't worry I'm not an alcoholic, I just do this for fun, and I think my liver deserves a nice vaycay. But, when October hits, I would like you all to join me in a toast to sobriety and healthy living. Also just because I won't drink this month, does not mean I can't go dancing! I am a very strong willed man and that won't phase me in the least. Plus I love to get my swerve on!!!
BTW when No-So-Sober October hits, I plan to be at least 20lbs down so try to keep your hands off me. :-)
"May the odds be ever in your favor."
Steve
Sober September has been a tradition for me for four years, and I want to invite you to join me this year. Much like Lent, I give up alcohol for the 30 days of September. Its fun last year I did nothing else, but give up drinking and lost 19lbs. Well this year is different. Due to all the life changes I have run into this year, I am not only giving up my beloved rum, but I am exercising (for the first time in a long time), eating healthy, and taking my vitamins.
September 1st is the kickoff to a whole new me. Sobered up and working out, my goal is to shed 60-70lbs...not in the month of September. Hopefully this Sober September will push me towards a better, healthier lifestyle.
Don't worry I'm not an alcoholic, I just do this for fun, and I think my liver deserves a nice vaycay. But, when October hits, I would like you all to join me in a toast to sobriety and healthy living. Also just because I won't drink this month, does not mean I can't go dancing! I am a very strong willed man and that won't phase me in the least. Plus I love to get my swerve on!!!
BTW when No-So-Sober October hits, I plan to be at least 20lbs down so try to keep your hands off me. :-)
"May the odds be ever in your favor."
Steve
Friday, August 24, 2012
Under Construction
This blog and my life was put on hold this week and will be under construction for the rest of the weekend. See you on Monday!!! Have a wonderful weekend!!!
Friday, August 17, 2012
Vitamin F
(borrowed from an unknown source, but I mean every word of it!!!)
Why do I have a variety of friends who are all so different in character?
How can I get along with them all?
I think that each one helps to bring out a "different" part of me. With one of them I am polite. I joke with another friend. I sit down and talk about serious matters with one. With another I laugh a lot. I may have a drink (or 5) with one. I listen to another friend's problems. Then I listen to another one's advice for me. My friends are all like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. When completed, they form a treasure box. A treasure of friends!
They are my friends who understand me better than myself, who support me through good days and bad days. We all pray together and for each other. Real Age doctors tell us that friends are good for our health. Dr.. Oz calls them Vitamins F (for Friends) and counts the benefits of friends
as essential to our well being. Research shows that people in strong social circles have less risk of
depression and terminal strokes.. If you enjoy Vitamins F constantly you can be up to 30 years younger than your real age. The warmth of friendship stops stress and even in your most intense moments it decreases the chance of a cardiac arrest or stroke by 50%.
I'm so happy that I have a stock of Vitamins F.! In summary, we should value our friends and keep in touch with them. We should try to see the funny side of things and laugh together, And pray for each other in the tough moments.
Thank you for being one of my Vitamins!
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Why do I have a variety of friends who are all so different in character?
How can I get along with them all?
I think that each one helps to bring out a "different" part of me. With one of them I am polite. I joke with another friend. I sit down and talk about serious matters with one. With another I laugh a lot. I may have a drink (or 5) with one. I listen to another friend's problems. Then I listen to another one's advice for me. My friends are all like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. When completed, they form a treasure box. A treasure of friends!
They are my friends who understand me better than myself, who support me through good days and bad days. We all pray together and for each other. Real Age doctors tell us that friends are good for our health. Dr.. Oz calls them Vitamins F (for Friends) and counts the benefits of friends
as essential to our well being. Research shows that people in strong social circles have less risk of
depression and terminal strokes.. If you enjoy Vitamins F constantly you can be up to 30 years younger than your real age. The warmth of friendship stops stress and even in your most intense moments it decreases the chance of a cardiac arrest or stroke by 50%.
I'm so happy that I have a stock of Vitamins F.! In summary, we should value our friends and keep in touch with them. We should try to see the funny side of things and laugh together, And pray for each other in the tough moments.
Thank you for being one of my Vitamins!
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Jury Duty
SUCKS!!!
OMG this week I am stuck at jury duty. No computers or phones allowed...so basically I am literally dying of boredom.
To look on the positive side of things, they did not need me Monday. Today I had to go in, but it was up against a sexual offender...and you all know how I feel about THOSE PEOPLE!!! Don't get me wrong I am single and a little sexual assault at the office or the club is always welcome. JK!!! But, to rape anybody or molest a child is a major No!! NO!!!
The judge babbled on about the case which only made my bias towards the guy grow stronger. He was just lounging back in his office chair, rolling his eyes, and it ticked me off! At one point he spun around and looked us all in the face, and at that second I knew he was guilty. I worked in a sexual offender wing in a psych ward for a couple years. I know that "crazy eye" look. If you don't know what I am talking about look at the Colorado shooter.
Anyhoo the judge made us come up one by one and we stated why we couldn't serve. I simply said "I used to work in a sexual offender's ward, and it would NOT bode well with the defendant if I were on the jury." DISMISSED!!!
Hopefully I won't have to go in the rest of the week, but if I do I hope I get a good case. Fingers crossed!!!
OMG this week I am stuck at jury duty. No computers or phones allowed...so basically I am literally dying of boredom.
To look on the positive side of things, they did not need me Monday. Today I had to go in, but it was up against a sexual offender...and you all know how I feel about THOSE PEOPLE!!! Don't get me wrong I am single and a little sexual assault at the office or the club is always welcome. JK!!! But, to rape anybody or molest a child is a major No!! NO!!!
The judge babbled on about the case which only made my bias towards the guy grow stronger. He was just lounging back in his office chair, rolling his eyes, and it ticked me off! At one point he spun around and looked us all in the face, and at that second I knew he was guilty. I worked in a sexual offender wing in a psych ward for a couple years. I know that "crazy eye" look. If you don't know what I am talking about look at the Colorado shooter.
Anyhoo the judge made us come up one by one and we stated why we couldn't serve. I simply said "I used to work in a sexual offender's ward, and it would NOT bode well with the defendant if I were on the jury." DISMISSED!!!
Hopefully I won't have to go in the rest of the week, but if I do I hope I get a good case. Fingers crossed!!!
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Daily Inspiration- How To Stay Young
HOW TO STAY YOUNG (Borrowed this from someone)
1. Try everything twice.
On one woman's tombstone she said she wanted this epitaph:
"Tried everything twice. Loved it both times!"
2. Keep only cheerful friends.
The grouches pull you down.
(Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches!)
3. Keep learning:
Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever...
Never let the brain get idle.
'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.'
And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud.
Laugh until you gasp for breath.
And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with HIM /HER.
6. The tears happen:
Endure, grieve, and move on.
The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.
LIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love:
Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever..
Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health:
If it is good, preserve it.
If it is unstable, improve it.
If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips..
Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is..
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
I love you, my special friend.
11. Forgive now those who made you cry.
You might not get a second chance..
12. Share this with someone.
Remember! Lost time can never be found.
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
1. Try everything twice.
On one woman's tombstone she said she wanted this epitaph:
"Tried everything twice. Loved it both times!"
2. Keep only cheerful friends.
The grouches pull you down.
(Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches!)
3. Keep learning:
Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever...
Never let the brain get idle.
'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.'
And the devil's name is Alzheimer's!
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud.
Laugh until you gasp for breath.
And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with HIM /HER.
6. The tears happen:
Endure, grieve, and move on.
The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.
LIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love:
Whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever..
Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health:
If it is good, preserve it.
If it is unstable, improve it.
If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don't take guilt trips..
Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is..
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
I love you, my special friend.
11. Forgive now those who made you cry.
You might not get a second chance..
12. Share this with someone.
Remember! Lost time can never be found.
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
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