Running Til it Hurts...

...which it turns out was about 5 minutes the first time I went. I started run/walking a few weeks ago and have been pretty good about going 2-3 times a week for about a half hour. I'm not really pushing myself "to the limit" each time, as it were, but I'm getting better at jog/running for a greater percentage of the time. I'm going for "general fitness" and some weight loss, not a marathon so I figure the most important thing is being consistent.

My cousins started a "Biggest Loser" competition a few months ago that should be wrapping up soon. I thought about participating (Jennifer and my brothers "encouraged me") but it was shortly after starting my new job and I had recently gained 10-15 lbs from the stress about the whole work/money situation at the time (being that I had just got let go from Aradyme) so didn't want to get involved (there was a $30 entrance fee).

Since I've started I've lost about 5 lbs. Hopefully I can keep it up and shed a few more pounds.

New Photo Albums - May and June

I've uploaded a May Album and started a June Album. See the links below!

May 2007

June 2007

It is Done Part 3

Well, the last step in getting my Master's Degree happened this past week, my diploma came in the mail! It was a little anti-climactic as it looks just like my Bachelor's diploma, but says Master instead of Bachelor. I thought it might be a little fancier, but oh well. It is still nice to get the actual piece of paper to confirm I'm actually done (you never know what paperwork might not get filed behind the scenes that might prevent that).

Here are links to some of the previous "milestones" in getting everything finally wrapped up.

It is Done Part 2
It is Done

You might be a parent if...

So I'm trying to catch up a little bit on some of the blog posts that I've wanted to write for a while. So without further ado...

A few weeks ago we went to the Park City Outlet Mall with "the uncles". We didn't mean to spend as much time there as we did, but that was mostly because Andrew and Brian wanted to go to more stores than I thought we'd go to... which I guess I should have expected. While Jennifer and I did get some stuff for ourselves (I got some new shoes and shirts, Jennifer got some more shirts as well), most of what we got was for Tyler and Alex. So, "you might be a parent if..." you spend a lot of time looking at stuff for yourself but end up spending more time buying stuff for the kids.

This experience more or less repeated itself at IKEA last weekend. We picked up a lot of stuff for Tyler and Alex quickly yet spent most of the time looking at stuff for us that we didn't get. Oh well, I guess we're parents, which is a good thing :)

Jeff on Blogger

Jeff has started his own Blog! Go on over and check it out. He only has once post so far, but this seems like a good way for him to keep us updated with what's going on after he moves to Dallas.