Greateight’s Posts
Good morning, everybody!
Woo Hoo is right! So happy it's Friday. I stayed up too late watching March Madness and missed swimming this morning. I've only had 2 voluntary absences since I started going in October, but I needed the sleep this morning. Good game, though.
Today, I'm in the office, CrossFit this evening and more March Madness. We leave for Florida on Sunday morning. Sunday afternoon is the walkthrough, we are going to dinner with the realtor on Sunday evening and we are closing on Monday morning.
I will bring my fishing rod on the trip and need to run a few miles when I'm down there. Marilyn said that her parents are excited to see us, so we will spend some time with them as well.
March 31 is the midpoint of our fiscal year, so I will officially be 18 months from retirement as of Monday. But it's certainly possible that a year's earlier date will be offered in the next couple of months. I guess we'll see.
QOTD: With a decent fitness level, but no supplies, I would be somewhere in the middle. Unless I could join some sort of paramilitary zombie fighting organization.
Breakfast: bagel
Lunch: steak
Dinner: tacos
Have a great day, and a great weekend, everyone!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everyone!
Long day yesterday - woke up at 5:00 AM for swimming and didn't get home from the concert until about 1:00 AM. I'm in the office today, so just trying to power through. Tonight will just be sweatpants on the couch watching March Madness.
Milwaukee is about 100 miles from Chicago, but it's all highway, so only about a 1 3/4 hour drive. The FiServ Forum was a good location, smaller than the Chicago venues. Unfortunately, we did not get to go to Maders, because of the crowds. We went to a forgettable bar for a burger. They did have a Claw Machine that had White Claws as the prize. I sent a picture to Chrissy, but I've never actually had a Seltzer, seems to bubbly.
The two ladies next to us had at least a dozen shots of Whistle Pig - I would not have been able to walk after that.
Concert was great. Ann broke her arm, so sang sitting down but still had great range. And 70-something lady, or not, Nancy whales that Telecaster. Dreamboat Annie, Little Queen, Magic Man, Crazy On You, Barracuda - you guys know them all. Plus covers of David Bowie's Let's Dance and Led Zeppelin's The Ocean and Going to California.
Cheap Trick sounded much better in the smaller arena than in the Rogers Center last year. When we go to Rod Stewart this July, they are also opening.
QOTD: Christmas Tree.
Breakfast: bagel
Lunch: catered
Dinner: Marilyn said she would get me a pretzel and cheese sauce since we didn't get one last night.
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
The chili came out really good, but I kind of messed up when I was scooping mine out. I think that most of the meat had settled to the bottom of the slow cooker and I didn't stir it before I took my portion. So, I got a lot of beans and vegetables yesterday. I guess today's lunch will be the opposite. I certainly wouldn't have been able to have a second portion just to get proportions correct.
Swimming was crowded today. Usually, if I am not done with my whole workout by 7:00, I just stay extra and fini**** but today there were reserved lane swimmers all across the pool at 7:00. I ended up having to leave after 1320 of the 1520 meter workout. Not a big deal, but I do like to finish.
Tonight is Heart. We will leave Chicago at about 4:00 and grab dinner before the show. I am thinking of going to this German place called Mader's. I guess it has been in downtown Milwaukee for 120 years. No doubt that Laverne & Shirley went there after shift. Cheap Trick is warming up. It seems like they warm up for everybody now.
QOTD: Yes, I still use a paper planner to write out my appointments and to do's for the day, week, etc. And always a different color Uniball Pen each year. I think that after I retire, I will stick with the same system. Just the appointments will be different.
Breakfast: bagel
Lunch: Chili
Dinner: TBD
Have a great day, All!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Let 'em be Doctors and Lawyers and such
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
I slept for almost 9 hours last night. I guess the race is catching up to me a bit. My legs are a bit sore today, but nothing too bad. One of our sons asked for chili, so Marilyn is making a bunch in the slow cooker. That should keep us fed for a couple of days.
Tomorrow, we are heading up to Milwaukee to see Heart. I've never seen them play before, so I'm pretty excited. We were planning to see them last summer in Toronto, but they cancelled because Ann Wilson was undergoing chemotherapy. The concert is at 8:00 and Milwaukee is almost a 2 hour drive, so it will be a long evening. We will probably head up at about 4:00 and have dinner before the show.
QOTD: I will dump pretty fast on Ice Cream, so I need to approach it with caution. I'm with Kelly on the Mint Chip train though. Sometimes we eat those fake ice cream cones, Drumsticks, with chocolate chips that they sell in the freezer. The kind that don't melt. I can eat those without dumping. Probably because they aren't real.
Breakfast: Yogurt Parfait
Lunch: Bratwurst
Dinner: chili
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I will have to check out the new flavor. As I got towards 5-k, my legs were saying "Yeah, almost done!" But my brain was saying "two more miles still."
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everyone!
Jennifer, it does sound like you had a great weekend. We had a fun, too fast weekend as well. Wish I could add another day to it.
Yesterday was the Shamrock Shuffle. I had two goals: don't walk, and finish in under an hour. I finished in about 67 minutes, but didn't have to walk any. The first two miles went fast, but then I felt like I was in slow motion and everyone was running by me. I guess I should not be surprised, I only ran 4 times since early December. Cold climate life.
I am signed up for a 10-k in 2 weeks, so I'm really going to try and make an effort to get out and put some miles in so that it isn't so hard. Two things that I loved: the running gloves that Marilyn gave me for Christmas, and the race had a coupon attached to my bib to gate check a clear plastic bag full of coats, phones, etc.
Other than that, lots of March Madness and we went out to dinner on Saturday.
QOTD: I don't drink a lot of coffee. Clementine flavored Bai is my morning stand by.
Breakfast: Bagel
Lunch: catered
Dinner: Steak
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
This had been a long week. Between getting home at almost 4:00 AM on Sunday night/Monday morning, 4 in-office days, and being back at swimming, I am so ready for the weekend!
I did get my full swim workout in this morning, although it was not a thing of beauty.
I am running in an 8-k on Sunday and I need to pick up my race packet at lunchtime today. The race is called the Shamrock Shuffle, and it's in downtown Chicago, so it should be a nice course. Plus I get a free beer.
Aside from the race, I am planning a very relaxed weekend: gym, March Madness, and a lunch on Saturday. Maybe a little fly tying.
QOTD: Accounting and Sophmore English
Breakfast: Bagel
Lunch: Not sure, maybe a slice of pizza
Dinner: Leftover meatballs
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
We started Spring with 3 inches of snow, LOL. But today is the first day of March Madness and Spring is going to happen. I picked Florida in my brackets. I don't know enough teams to pick the favorite and still have a chance to win. But I guess Florida is the second favorite, so I'm probably out on the same theory.
Jennifer, can we talk rabbits? Short of a rifle/casserole solution, what can we do to keep them from eating our flowers? Last year they ate pretty much all of the annuals except for Wax Begonias. They ate, literally, hundreds of square feet of Hosta's.
I always thought that Hostas were a fail safe ground cover, but not last year. I could even hear the rabbits eating Hostas when I went outside. It kind of sounds like celery. If truth be told, we kind of let the Hostas slide because it was a hot, dry summer. But now there are puddles of rainwater. Nobody is going thirsty. And they are starting to eat the Mall Tulips.
Are there plants that they don't like, or are we just going to have to fence everything?
QOTD: I don't usually watch the local news.
Breakfast: Bagel
Lunch: Catered
Dinner: Spaghetti and Meatballs
Have a Great Day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everyone!
Happy last day of winter. It's great to hear this garden talk, I'm ready for everything to be green again.
Between our travel schedule and the pool being shut down for maintenance, it had been three weeks since I last swam, and I definitely felt that this morning. I ended up cutting my workout from 1560 meters to 1240. Hopefully, I will be back to full distance on Friday.
Today, I'm in the office and I have CrossFit tonight.
QOTD: I have not. I would like to plant some vegetables this year, though. I will have to put it on my list.
Breakfast: bagel
Lunch: catered
Dinner: hamburgers
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I'm sorry to hear that, Mary.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
I wasn't as tired as I thought that I would be yesterday. I ended up sleeping about seven hours last night, no nap. Today, I will be back at the gym, so maybe it will hit me then. Because of som in-person meetings on Wednesday and Thursday, today will be the only day that I will be working from home this week, so i will try to enjoy it. Friday I have to be in town to pick up my race packet for an 8-K on Sunday.
The tulips seem to be coming up great, it looks like Marilyn's chicken wire idea worked to keep the bulbs from getting eaten by rodents. And I was wrong, she doesn't intend to move them around the yard until after they bloom this year. We are looking forward to seeing what color everything is and she will devise some sort of labelling system for them.
March Madness starts on Thursday. Actually Tuesday, but nobody pays attention to the 4 play-in games that take place tomorrow. I'm not as big a fan as I once was, but I will fill out a bracket and submit $10 or so. My favorite thing about the tournament is that it takes us through the end of winter. Thursday is the first day of Spring, and by the time the tournament ends on April 7th, it will be full, no doubt Spring.
QOTD: I am pretty happy now. 26 was a great time because I was young and my weight was low, but I gained that back really quickly and was still working and broke. A lot of people on this thread got their weight to normal for a bit around that age, but not for long.
Breakfast: Bagel
Lunch: Sandwich
Dinner: Corned Beef and cabbage
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Kelly, did you see Travis Barker ran a 22 minute 5k last weekend? I guess he got really into running while rehabbing from an accident.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Top of the morning, everyone!
We didn?t get in until 3:45 AM. The way the tennis nationals work is that there is a round robin play on Friday and Saturday and then the top four teams advance to the championship round on Sunday. So coming home early on Sunday is not an option, because if you qualify for the championship round, you don?t want to miss it. Between that, flying east and a 2 hour delay, it was a very late night.
I did sleep 3 hours on the plane and 3 more this morning, so I?m tired but functional. Marilyn?s team went 2-2 in the round robin, so they didn?t make it to the finals. But they had a great trip and we spent yesterday afternoon at the hot tub of the house they rented. So, not only home in the middle of the night but still covered in pool chemicals and sunscreen.
We stayed at the Arizona Biltmore which is one of my favorites. I wish the Thursday and Friday weather was as nice as Friday and Saturday. Also, I managed to do 25.3 at a CrossFit gym in North Scottsdale. It was tough, but I was happy with my score.
QOTD: yes
Breakfast: bagel
lunch: catered
dinner: corned beef and cabbage
Early to bed tonight!
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
He was real, Stevie Ray just wrote a song about him.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
It's pretty chilly here in Arizona, I've been wearing a light coat whenever I go out to do anything. We are still hoping that it warms up enough so that we can get in the hot tub at least.
Yesterday it took over 1 1/2 hours to get through the rental car lines, so I didn't manage to get any work done . Today I am going to have to have to spend a pretty good amount of time working. But, we have a dinner for Marilyn's team tonight.
I'm also going to try and do Open Workout 25.3 while I'm here. Hopefully I can schedule that for tomorrow. If not, I can do it Monday.
QOTD: I watched the eclipse last year and I have tried, unsuccessfully, to see the Northern Lights periodically. I think there is too much light in our neighborhood.
I had a yogurt parfait for breakfast, not sure about the rest of the day.
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Mary, Google Stevie Ray Vaughan, Wille the Wimp.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
I don't have swimming today because the gym pool is being resurfaced. As much as I enjoy it, I have to admit that I was glad to sleep in. The last two days have been very busy at work, today will be busy but not as much so. Fortunately, I am working from home today. We have happy hour tonight and need to leave for the airport at 6:00 tomorrow, so I think that I will try and pack this morning.
8 days of winter and 4 are in Arizona. I think we've got this.
I know that I mentioned this before, but we got 100 tulip bulbs from our local mall in exchange for a food donation last year. Marilyn planted them in our mulch beds under a wire screen to keep them away from the rabbits. They have just started coming up this week, so she is trying to figure out when the best time to move them is. Also, since it was just a drive through, we have no idea which colors are which. But it will be fun to see what we got.
It looks like we will close on our house in Florida on March 31st. We had originally thought about moving it up two weeks, but decided to just stick with the end of the month. The Seller gave us a little discount in lieu of fixing the punch list items, so Marilyn will probably stay the first week of April to get those taken care of. We have two larger items that will need to be done eventually: (1) there are posts for a boat lift, but no actual lift, and (2) the pool needs to be re-surfaced (unrelated to the gym pool re-surfacing above). We need to figure out the timing on those two, but it wont be in April.
QOTD: Nope.
Breakfast: Bagel
Lunch: Turkey sandwich
Dinner: Steak
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everyone!
I tried to load a few more pictures from Palm Springs, but my computer only wanted to load two. Better than none, right?
I walked out of work yesterday and felt the sun and warm breeze, it was gorgeous! And I wore shirts and a tee shirt to drive to CrossFit, no coat, no sweatpants. I'm so ready for spring to get here.
The next two days are pretty busy and then the week ends with a trip to Arizona on Thursday morning. I still have to figure out where I can do 25.3. If worst comes to worse, I will just do it in Chicago Monday morning and drive to work.
QOTD: I'm not sure that I can pick a favorite, I read a lot and in different genres. Generally, Victorian British and French authors are my favorites. I love a long, multi- story novel like Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now.
Breakfast: bagel
Lunch: Jimmy John's
Dinner: meatball sandwich
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I had a corned beef sandwich yesterday, but that was just a prelude.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everyone!
I left my reading glasses in my backpack on the way home from Palm Springs, so right now they are in my closet. Please forgive today's spelling errors, I'm a little bit blurry.
This is going to be a busy start to the week, a couple of clients have projects that need to go out, plus it's mid year review time for our employees. But Thursday morning we are flying to Phoenix for Marilyn's tennis tournament. I will work remotely, but should still get some pool time in, weather permitting
25.2 was a bear. 21 jumping pull-up, 42 jump rope, 21 45 pound thrusters, then 18 jumping chest to bar pull-up, 39 jump ropes, and 18 65 pound thrusters, then 15 pull-up, 30 jump ropes and 15 85 pound thrusters. I finished all but 9 of the 85 pound thrusters.
QOTD: I would like to be a dolphin, swim around and eat sushi. No head pooping for me.
Breakfast: bagel
lunch: catered
dinner: spaghetti and meatballs
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
This week has flown by. We went on a tram ride and a Jeep Tour in the desert. Yesterday, we went to the tennis tournament at Indian Wells. We fly home in the early afternoon. And we reached an agreement on the Florida place. Hopefully we will close in two weeks.
I will post pics next week, but wanted to say "hi " to everyone.
Have a great weekend!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
That looks really good!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
I was pleased with how 25.1 went. My goal was to make it through the round of 18 burpee db jump overs and I got through the 18, plus a few reps into the round of 21. I will do 25.2 on Saturday morning because we are traveling this week.
The rest of the weekend was fun, we had a Burgundy wine dinner on Friday. My favorite course was similar to a beef Wellington- tiny morsels of beef wrapped in pastry with a sauce. It was served over parsnips. The Crème Brûlée with Rose Champagne was amazing also. More CrossFit and TV chilling on Saturday.
Yesterday, we went for herbed potatoes with Raclette. So good, but so filling.
This is just a one day work week because we are going to Palm Springs tomorrow. I was going to take the whole week off, but I will be stealth traveling at the end of next week. Tonight I need to pack.
QOTD: playing with my cousins when I was about the same age (3 1/2).
Breakfast: bagel
Lunch: catered
Dinner: chili
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
Marilyn and my son didn't get bac****il about 11:00 last night, so it was a late night picking them up at the airport. I ended up skipping swimming this morning. I've missed some days because of travel, but this is my first skip since I started in October.
The CrossFit Open starts today. I am hoping to get home in time for the 3:30 class. The workout is 15 minutes of burpees over the dumbbell, jag dumbbell clean and press and walking lunges. It uses a 3,6,9, etc. rep scheme I am hoping to get through the round of 18.
Other than that we are going out to dinner tonight and I would like to get my car washed.
QOTD: emailing for day to day and call for larger matters
breakfast: egg sandwich
lunch: shells
dinner: Burgundy pairing dinner
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
