| Re: Saturday Chat 03.22.14 |
Subject: Re: Saturday Chat 03.22.14 by biggrizzly on 2014/3/22 13:25:53 Good Morning Gurus!!! I had a telepathic connection that indicated you all wanted to see some photos of my Miata!! Well you guys mostly hit every reason for my non-participation right on the head. I mostly try to keep up with things on FB as I only have enough time between work and fun to do so much social networking online!! LOL The weather here has been pretty crappy and the Corvette has only been out and about a couple times since the OC Boardwalk cruise back in November. It needs a re-tune or something. Last night I did take it out to the grocery store to pick up a few things and it was idling high and running pig rich. Yah - that JOB... keeping me very busy these days. Gonna get busier too. I'm now officially Project Manager and am studying to take the PMP exam the end of Jun or early July. As Tommy stated yesterday, the commute is not better, but we are entertaining the idea of moving closer to my work. Id rent out the house here in Chesapeake Beach and probably just downsize to a smaller rental house closer to work. The beer brewing continues to be rewarding! I have won two competitions in the past six months. One for an IPA and the other recently for a Christmas Spiced Ale that may be featured and brewed large scale by Widmer Brothers. My Gingerbread Spiced Ale is one of five beers that made it to this level and will be judged this week. The winner of this round will go to New Hampshire to brew their beer large scale for a special release. Timing is not so good for a spiced ale, as we are on the cusp of spring and summer beer brewing already. Anyhow its fun and good to know that my beer can actually be recognized outside of this household! I will also mention, for nothing less than sharing or fueling a debate as I usually can... I have lost 70lbs since last October and still slowly losing a pound or so every other week. Slow going now, but still working. All I have really done different now is I have started eating real foods. No boxed foods, nothing with added sugars and no enriched grain products. I have embraced whole fat foods and reduced carbohydrates. I get most of my 80-100 carbs per day from vegetables and of course a few beers on the weekends. I have essentially gone NSNG, except I won't give up my beer!! After I lost the first 35-40lbs I started picking up my activity levels again and started jogging and riding my bike again. Really have not felt better in many years!! I hope I didn't put you to sleep but, since Matt dredged me up from FB last night I thought I'd stop by and say hi. I will have to say that you guys are very consistent and I do miss the morning banter. But I just don't have time in the mornings to get online, and by the time I get home in the evening I'm pretty shot. Take care and hope it soon starts warming up for all of us!! |
