This has been one of those good weeks. I did 3 inspections today [one for a $600 fee!] and I have 3 more for sure this week. I got 2nd in my AG at my first ever triathlon and 45th overall out of 150 individuals. My wife and I found a house we liked, put an offer on it, and it was accepted, so now we're homeowners again! And our loan approval ( Read more... )

Well folks, today is my first triathlon ever. I'm pretty excited about it and I'm anxious to see how well I do. I told Brynn that a realistic time for me is sub-1:30. My goal that I set a few months ago is 1:18 but I don't know how close I will be to that. A lot of it hinges on how long the swim ACTUALLY is. Some sources say 800m, others say ( Read more... )

To take a page out of Brynn's book I'll update about a dream I had last night. I was arriving to my first triathlon [don't know where... seemed like the neighborhood Kyle South lives in for some reason] and I saw my old buddy Jeremy [who my parents were talking about the other night]. I wanted him to experience a triathlon and I just happened to ( Read more... )

Friday: Tennis with the Ziegenfuss men at 3:00, followed by dress rehearsal at 6:30, dinner afterwards, the party at Jake's until 1:30AM. After that, become foster parents to Barry, the two-week-old kitten. Spend the next 2 hours figuring out how to feed him, make him poop and pee, and teach him how to be a real cat, buy formula and bottle and ( Read more... )

I started working a little after 9:00 today. Took probably a half hour to eat some lunch [I don't keep track of it since I don't have to], it's 3:00 and I've already made $311.59. Next week I'm back to banging down doors to get some more clients. I'd like to double my income so that Brynn doesn't have to work if she doesn't want to. THAT is how ( Read more... )

We are the proud new owners of a gold 2001 Saturn L300. Power windows, locks, seats, remote keyless, tilt, cruise, CD, leather, sliding moon roof, dual heated seats, rearview mirrors & rear window, and traction control. Kelly Blue Book says the dealer can charge almost $9,000 with those features. We paid a little more than half that. $5,284.00 ( Read more... )

Missed our morning run on Friday.. Too tired! Morning comes early for some reason. Anyway, I went swimming last night in the 25-yard pool. It hardly feels like you can get into a groove before you have to turn around and go back. I really like the Southwest YMCA a LOT better. Anyway, I did a 200-yard warm-up and then a 25-lap main set [1250 ( Read more... )

After biking about 3 miles of the Mayor's triathlon course I remember thinking to myself, "And I want to do this for six more hours? Good thing I have over a year to get ready!" Brynn and I did three laps on the course today. Not sure on total mileage, but average speed was almost 17 mph. Max speed 31. Total time: 45:44. After the first loop ( Read more... )

Ran this morning with Brynn. Last night's goal was for anaerobic endurance. This morning was a different story... First off, it was pretty chilly so I wore my sweats and my black Reebok shirt that Brynn got from the Goodwill for $0.99! Very very sweet deal, probably the best deal on clothing I've ever seen, really. So it was chilly. And I was ( Read more... )

Friday Brynn and I had the boneheaded idea of running 9 miles in 90+ degree heat with very little shade. D'OH! I stopped running at like 8.8 miles because I had just had enough. We ran for almost an hour and 50 minutes. We've run 10 miles faster than that before! Something about that heat just killed us. Plus it was at the end of a work day ( Read more... )