Critter’s Krib

It’s been a while since I have hit the gym heavily enough to make me feel like I have really been doing anything worthwhile there. I’ve been wanting to get back on P90X, but just haven’t been able to motivate myself to do it.

Now, if you haven’t heard about P90X, then you obviously do not watch late night TV, loaded with infomercials. But do not dismiss it just because it is sold on an informercial. It is a great, kick ass program.

Meegan and I were talking about P90X the other day, and we decided to go through it together. That way we could motivate each other.

And so we did…

Last week was our first week on the program, and it is just as I remembered it; ass-kicking!! The week left us both sore and tired, but in that you’ve actually done something kind of way.

And as I did before.. I will post my 1,30,60, and 90 day pictures here. I fell short when I did it last time, and even though I lost over 30lbs. I did not follow the program as strictly as I should have. This time will definitely be different. We will be pushing each other to the end!

I would be quite happy to lose 10lb. and gain 5lb. I am done with the days of wanting to be ‘huge’, I just want to be healthy, fit, and trim!

so… uh.. pictures after the jump.

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Yes and no.

Phoenix is at a new daycare that has cameras that can be accessed from the web. And don’t get me wrong, this is definitely a cool thing. It is pretty amazing that I have the ability to login from my desktop or my phone and see what he is doing.

At the same time it — I only have Phoenix every other weekend, with a few visits during the week — makes the time apart suck more.

( I blurred the other child’s face to protect (his|her) identity! )

See, that’s how up to date I have been lately. Sad, I know. You should know that I always have the best of intentions. I always want to do an update and let you know what is going on in our oh so exciting lives… no seriously.. I do! pfft.

Not much kicking now, though. We had Katie (my ex-wife) and her family, along with some other friends over for a grill out on the 4th. It was a tame, but fun evening. I guess the whole getting older thing removes a bit of wildness from family gatherings. I did have my first beer since returning from England in May. It was noice!

Talon is doing well. He is enjoying his summer vacation, and spends as much time as possible at the pool. He is quite proud of his tan, and the fact that he doesn’t ‘burn anymore’. He also spends a lot of time playing with a neighbor girl named Cassidy, but he’s still in that phase where he won’t admit to liking her The two of them are very cute together.

Phoenix is doing good. He isn’t quite doing the ‘growing like a weed’ thing, but he is growing. He is ‘talking’ up a storm, of course his strongest words, of course, are ‘NO’ (complete with a head shake), ‘Shoes’, and ‘Out’. His sitter has been teaching him sign-language, which he uses quite a bit.

I’ve moved him out of his crib and into Talon’s old race car shaped bed. He loves the bed, but it does take me going back into his room a couple of times when it is bedtime to ask him to get back into bed.

Me… It’s pretty much the SSDD… I /did/ get a new bit of ink last week. It’s the old ColdFusion logo.