A Great Vacation

Wow! What a great vacation - right now we are resting on Tybee Island in GA. Here a few photo's from our adventure in Mickey's world.


Rhino encounter in Animal Kingdom


Tiger in on our Trek



The Baseball Man on Main Street in Magic Kingdom



I got to ride a Segway.

Atlantic Ocean

Our stop at the Ocean - Junior never tires of playing in the sand. We will stop on the way back too - we packed the sand toys for the trip back.







My beautiful wife.

Vacation

Yes! The start of Vacation - we just spent 6 hours on the road. I was doing my best to not be "driven" on a schedule - I think I have done really well so far. I figured we would be up and on the road by 9am. Then I was reminded by my bride that I need to not have a schedule, we have all day. So I said we would get on the road between 9am and Noon. I figured that would leave a three hour window to get on the road.

We spent all of yesterday gathering our clothes and all the odds and ends. We spent last night having a Disney marathon, Walle, Ratatouille then off to bed.

Junior was up at 6:30 this morning and we were on the road by 7:30 am - Looks to me like junior is ready to see Mickey!

We have now settled into our hotel in lower GA and are enjoying the comforts of our suite!

Good and Bad

The good is that we head out for vacation very soon. The bad is that after my mother has been in a rehab hospital for a the past few weeks they have now determined that she needs to be moved in to a nursing facility. So I'm going to enjoy our family's vacation, and when we get back I will address helping her move out of her home. Of course she is 700 miles away, but it will work out.

I don't think I'll be blogging during vacation - I'm starting to get discouraged about this blog thing - I'm not looking for validation, just a few followers who may find my experience intersting. Found some at home mom with two followers and she only has blogged nine times - man!

How to have a Successful Personal Fitness Program.

This is prompted by the fact that I am obviously not going to be in shape to run a road race for my 40th Birthday. With all that has been going on, Cub Scout Summer Camp, Boy Scout Summer Camp, Emergency trip to see my dad. My training schedule has been demolished. So here is my idea on how to get in shape.

1. Don’t even set a goal. But if you decide to set one, make it obtainable. Like moving from your favorite chair to the refrigerator, and back to your chair, we could call this a complete circuit.

2. Don’t let things like your spouses schedule or your child’s needs stand in your way. Of course proceeding in this selfish manner for any length of time will result in not having a wife or child(ern) to care for, but don’t let that slow you down.

3. Don’t invest in expense work out equipment. First off check with a neighbor, chances are they have some lying around that they don’t use, just barrow it. In addition you can count the lifting of dog food bags, grocery bags and book bags as part of your muscle training.

4. Don’t get hung up on organic health foods, veggies and fruits. Just eat what ever you feel like, don’t be concerned with cholesterol and fat content. If you don’t read the label it doesn’t exist.

5. Finally make sure to invest in the proper attire, this is essential. Spend as much time and money as you need to looking the part. Then once you have the proper wicking shirt, shorts and color coordinated MP3 player, not forgetting your base layer as well as making sure that you also have the proper footwear. You’re ready for the next step, heading to the grocery store and buy all that junk food. At least you’ll look good doing it.

Really, I want to stick to a fitness program, but just like a job does, life tends to take priority. But to be honest I don’t think I will take my own advice on this one. When we get back from Vacation I’m going to have to re-join the YMCA, junior needs to get back into shape too. Then I will try again to get into shape to run a road race, it will just have to be before I’m 41!

The joys of Ebay

Over the years I have bought many things on Ebay, but I also have enjoyed selling too. For the most part I just sell the things that we don’t use anymore; I usually set my price really low, just in hopes of getting ride of it and making sure that I cover my shipping costs. It works out fine, once and a while I mess up on the shipping cost, but if the item sells for a good price, I’m still okay.

Whenever I’m looking for something to buy, like an old movie for Christmas, Ebay is the first place I look. I can waste a lot of time running from store to store in town, and never find what I want. I’ve never been one to settle for things, in fact I just hate the phrase “it’s just not possible”, that makes me more determined to do or find what ever it is I’m after. I don’t know if that is my American heritage or that I’m just stubborn.

Over the past few weeks I’ve been a serious Ebayer, selling anything around here that has lost its usefulness. What is really great is the fact that when I do sell something I usually get more for it than I could have imagined. In the past I have sold items and managed to pay for our homeschool curriculum for the whole year. I sold a few odds and end this year and bought some of our homeschool materials as well.

In my book, Ebay is one of those sites that can be very useful. After vacation I’ll start my Christmas shopping, last year I had a great find for my bride, something I never would have bought in the store, I found her a TinkerBell purse, she loves bags and purses. So I’ll have to see what is out there for this Christmas.