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- The Bathroom seems to be the nexus of activity in my house. Must be where all the fun happens!
Wordless Wednesday – Battleship
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Author Archives: Durante
Tuesday – About Me, Baby Pics
It's Tuesday, and I thought it appropriate to carry on the story from last Tuesday.
I was born in the mountains, but the nature of the blessed north is that you cannot settle there until you've proven yourself. It was approaching the time for my Father to prove himself.
I spent the early days being a child, I have only flashes of memory of that time, like pictures of pictures that you only had a glance at a long time ago. The early days were, of course, idyllic I went from small to less small, and all the while feeding at the fountain of knowledge so that some day I could grow up to be… more.
Weekly Update 2/20/2012
This last week feels like it was the lake the surrounds the island that is the present. I don't mind watching time stand still, but it is dangerous, it gives me time to think.
Here are the things I've been thinking about:
- Vacations
- Parenting
- Sleep
- Nutrition
- Work
- Singing
- Dancing
- Taxes
- Prayer
See the connection?
My favorite post this last week was the one about Prayer, it's a lesson I'm trying to teach the children, and I think it's coming through.
I hope you had an amazing week.
Something like Parenting Advice – Steam Cleaner
As a Father of four I've learned a lot over the years, and some things I've learned the hard way. Hopefully I can help you learn things the easy way.
One of the lessons you'll learn early in parenting is that 'Children are Messy" it seems obvious, but even though it IS obvious, you probably won't get a steam cleaner for your baby shower. The humble lesson is this:
The baby won't come out with a Steam Cleaner (probably), if no one loves you enough to gift one, love yourself enough to get one. (I'm not even talking about the deluxe version.)
That's my second part of "Something like Parenting Advice"
Kettlebell Week 7
One of the biggest problems I've had from using the Kettlebell is that as your metabolism increases, your appetite increases. It's been difficult this week to fight some of the hunger urges as my body has gone into this new level of ravenous NEED for food. A typical day has me eating breakfast, and a couple hours later I take a drink of my raw vegan shake, then again a couple hours later, finishing the thing shortly after work. I get home and go a couple of hours without anything, and by the time I have dinner ready I'm past thought for how hungry I am. I have a couple of solutions, I bought more containers so that I can have more smoothies available, but I also need to pick up a real blender so that I can make enough quantity of these things to keep me going strong.
The greatest benefit I've found so far from this exercise is that it's efficient, my whole body gets a workout, and when I'm done I feel exhausted from head to toe. I still believe other exercises are nice to throw into the mix, there's always room for running. But in about ten minutes I can really work out my body. I haven't found anything as quick and effective at helping me keep in shape while working a full time job and chasing the children from one activity to another.