Getting The Backyard Ready
Today we pulled the weeds and mowed the lawn. Just getting it ready for Saturday.
What’s on Saturday? It’s Jacob’s 8th Birthday Party, and we’re slipping and sliding.
Think they’ll still help me when they’re teenagers?
LarryLar
Feeling Good Don't Cost A Thing
Loot Bags
I’m in charge off the loot bags for Jacob’s Birthday party. I want to something original, nothing off the shelf.
I’ve gotten a few ideas off Google. But here’s what I came up with.
I went to Dollarama. They have these red and white popcorn buckets. Those will be the loot bags. The contents will contain a package of microwavable popcorn and some other goodies, according to the child’s gender and age. Do up some labels in Photoshop – Voila!!
Pretty original I think?
How Long Does It Take To Get Six-Pack Abs?
Nice article from Muscle Hack.
You’ve Been Invited To Google Voice
If you haven’t already heard about it, Google Voice is a service that makes using your current phones much better!
Here’s what it offers:
- A personal phone number that rings all of your existing phones when people call
- All of your voicemail in one inbox with unlimited online storage and free voicemail transcripts sent to your phone and email
- Low-priced international calling to over 200 countries and free SMS
- Other powerful features like the first phone spam filter to protect you from unwanted callers, the ability to ListenIn on your voicemail messages while they are being left, conference calling and more
To learn more about Google Voice before registering, visit: http://www.google.com/voice/about
Please note that Google Voice is only available for sign up in the US.
We hope you enjoy Google Voice,
The Google Voice Team
Thanks Google, you got me real excited. However I live in Canada!!
If you live in the US, and would be interested in the invite. I’ll gladly forward it to you. Don’t know if it’s specific to my email, but you’re welcome to try
Back To Work
The back feels much better. Not 100% but 100% better.
Michael Jackson – R.I.P.August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009
If you know me, you’ll know what a big Michael Jackson fan I am. At my wedding their was lots of evidence of this. I never got a chance to comment on his death, and I won’t. All I want to say is – I still can’t believe he’s dead and every time I hear one of his songs, I feel sad. I do believe you’re in a better place, and now, you can finally rest. Thanks Michael for all the amazing music you provided us. Here’s a few pictures I put together with, probably my favourite Michael Jackson song.
What A Way To Spend My Vacation
Tuesday I woke up feeling fine, then around lunch, my back started to hurt. WTF!!
It got progressively worse as the day went on. I woke up Wednesday, and I couldn’t move. I called my chiropractor, and got an appointment at 2pm.
He made me do some stretches and some resistance holds to try and find exactly where the pain was. He ended up giving me a massage similar to the Dr. Ho system and some Therapeutic Ultrasound.
The result was my muscles felt really tight. I spent about a 1/2 hour there. He told me to come back on Thursday, if there is no improvement. I think he would of done Acupuncture.?
Thursday I woke up about the same, but not worse. I ended up going to Shoppers and getting Robaxacet. They seemed to help a bit.
Friday still about the same, but popping Robaxacet every 4 hours. So I took the kids to Wonderland – Big Mistake.
Saturday I woke up, couldn’t move, ended up at Emergency at 8am.
Result, spasms on the lower right side of my back. Got a cortisone shot and some heavy duty drugs.
Saturday night, I feel much better, and it’s back to work tomorrow.
Never made it to Wasaga Beach. There’s still a month before school starts, we’ll make it down before the summer ends.
Officially On Vacation
Not doing anything special, just take it easy and spend time with the kids. Wonderland, maybe drive up to Wasaga Beach.
One week of R&R.
XBox 360 Live
Jacob got an XBox 360 Elite last Christmas. Since then he’s been playing offline, and as far as I can tell, enjoying himself.
Recently he’s been bugging me to get XBox Live. Did some research, and thought why would he need this, I’m not really interested in putting more money in Microsoft’s pockets. He eventually wore me down and I got him the Gold Subscription. Funny the system came with a 1 month trial of XBox Live Gold, but never looked into it.
We went to Best Buy, something new I learned as well, there is a Gold Subscription and Live points. Anyway I ended getting him the 12 Month Gold Card plus 1 Month Bonus.
Boy was I wrong, if you own an XBox 360, you need XBox 360 Live. It would be like skiing on a concrete hill. Sure, it’s doable, but you’re missing out on all the fun. I never thought I’d ever pay for a subscription service for online gaming. But I’m seeing how much fun he has playing with friends and meeting new people from all over the world to play and challenging them to a game.
Microsoft knows how to make money.
Taking A Break
I’m taking a break from the gym. I’ve been going about 3 times a week, but the diet sucks. I’ll get back in there hardcore in September, 5 days a week including cardio, I haven’t been doing any cardio at all.
I’ll admit I’ve gained about 10 pounds, and not the kind of weight I want to gain. I’ll be posting an updated picture of myself at the end of August to use as motivation.
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So tonight gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf
And just enjoy yourself
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