Simple Randomness

It’s Almost August?!?!

I just looked at my calendar today and realized that it’s almost August!

What happened to the summer?!  There were a lot of things that I wanted to get done but haven’t.  Time flies by way too fast when you’re having fun I guess.  But then again, I didn’t have as much fun as I wanted to either!

Ok, I guess it’s time to get back to some good time management and make sure that I still finish what I wanted to.  The problem is that I’m a natural procrastinator.  But I have to admit that I am getting better at it!

Does anyone else struggle from procrastinatoritis?

Trying to Gain Weight

So I’m going on a new exercise program to actually gain some size.  One of the key things is eating a LOT more food.  This is one area that I never really gave enough attention to, and now that I’m trying to eat a lot more I can see why it makes such a difference!

Just yesterday I went to the gym and did some heavy squats and other things.  Normally I feel like I got some exercise, but for some reason yesterday I felt a real difference.  I don’t know if it was just because I have been eating more so there is more for my cells to work with, but it felt great.

Anyway, there’s an insight into the personal life of Dan and what I’m up to!

Six Year Anniversary

As of this coming Sunday, my wife and I have been married 6 years!  Have we had our bumpy spots…definitely.  But we’re still together, and that’s what matters.

One thing that I’ve learned over the last 6 years is that a marriage doesn’t always just go great.  You have to actually work on it.  When I first got married I really didn’t understand what that meant.  And to this day I’m sure that I understand it 100%, but I do know that you have to give it real attention.  Otherwise things just die.

I’m excited for the coming years.  I think we still have a lot of growing to do, but I’m excited for it.  I love my wife.  So I guess you might say that this post is somewhat dedicated to her.  Six years isn’t that long looking back, and I’m looking forward to the next 60+!

To Be Close or Far From Family…

So my wife and I go back and forth on how we feel about this, but lately we’ve really been feeling that we would like to get away from family for awhile.  Family is nice and all, and they make great babysitters, but sometimes the drama is just too much if you know what I mean!

It’s funny because we also switch back and forth between which family we’re the most annoyed with.  So we’re thinking maybe it would just be good to get away completely for a few years or something.  We’ll see what happens.

Anyone else have problems with family?  Really, it’s not like any thing major has happened, but sometimes it really just seems like it would be really good for us to get away and be our own family for awhile.  Of course, then we would probably have to deal with visits…. now I’m wondering which is worse!

My Little Sister Had a Baby!

My only sister, my little sister, just had a baby yesterday!  And for her size he was a big one.  She’s about 5′3″ and the baby weighed just over 8lbs.  So big she had to have a C-section for it.

It’s exciting!  This makes the 3rd baby in our family this year including my own baby boy.  And all have been healthy and are doing well.  It’s just weird to me that my ‘little sister’ is now a mom, but I’m sure I’ll get over it soon enough .

Well, I’m actually off to the hospital to see the little kid for the first time!

Ever Have One of Those Days…

It seems like lately I’m just having a lot of days where I’m just dragging! I mean, some good things are happening and all right now, but I’m having a hard time staying motivated and positive about a lot of things.

Now normally I can trace it back to something, but I’m having a hard time doing that this time. Hopefully it’s just a short phase…cause I got plenty to do.

Actually, I think one of the big things for me right now is that I’m not getting enough sleep. I really need to set myself some sort of a curfew and then actually stick with it!

Anybody else have any ideas or had this type of problem before?  Any ideas on how to get out of it?

Kids Are Great…

One thing my wife and I agreed on this weekend is that my oldest son, who’s really only 2 1/2, is already showing a lot of qualities that he’s very much like me.  My wife even said that our other son is showing signs as well.  Here’s what she means:

• Both of them will randomly just think they’re really funny, but no one else is sure why…
• Our 2 year old could be happy in a locked phone booth with a broken phone, I’ve said the same of myself at times

Well, those are the only two that I can think of right now.  But really, kids are great.  We’re lucky to have two very happy little boys that are so cute with each other.  Our oldest son Brennen will walk up to our other son and say, “Oh hi Marshall!  Marshall’s awake!  Haha, Marshall funny!!!”  Then he’ll give him a kiss on the nose or something.

I have to admit that I’m really not very close to any of my brothers.  I’m sorta close to my younger sister, but all of this really makes me hope that my kids grow up as good friends and true brothers.  I don’t have much experience with that myself, so I’m hoping that we can teach our kids to be that way.

Random Little Inspirations

Every now and then I’ll notice some random thing (go figure ) that makes me think about being better or working hard to be the best I can be. This morning I had one of those experiences.

I went to the gym this morning and was getting ready to do some squats when I saw a girl in there working out with a trainer that only had one leg. And she was working just as hard as anyone else with her trainer. It just made me think, “Man, she’s only got one leg and she’s still doing the work. I’ve got no physical problems like that and yet I’ll make excuses left and right.”

That was a physical, working out type example. But sometimes I get other examples as well that might motivate me in other ways. Like when you see someone who might be challenged or handicapped in some way doing well in school or business. I don’t ever think that I’m better than any of these people, but it just makes me think about how they might have so many reasons and good excuses to just sit back and let things happen, or complain, or whatever. But they don’t.

Things like that just motivate me to want to be better. They make me want to do my best and not make excuses or complaints. I admire those people who no matter what their circumstances always push on. Thanks for being a great example!

Baby Sleeping More Consistently

A week or two ago I wrote that my baby had slept through the night. Well, it turns out that was a fluke. But now he’s sleeping through the night much more consistently!

It’s amazing how much sleep really affects you, and I’ve found that I don’t really appreciate that until I don’t get as much! It’s true what they say that the first 3 months of having a new baby are the hardest. After that you get more sleep so you can better deal with everything else!

He’s a cute little guy though. Very smiley and happy, which also makes things a lot easier.

So anyway, that’s the baby update for today!

My New Exercise Routine

So I think I mentioned before that I’m working on getting back on a fitness routine, but I just wanted to report that it’s going great! Lately I’ve been getting and doing pushups with the Perfect Pushups 3 days a week and then also doing some resistant band exercises and situps at least 2 times a week.

Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I’ll be able to start going to the gym again, but that all depends on how my schedule really works out. The biggest area that is lacking right now would have to be the legs. It’s hard to do good squats when you’re just using resistance bands… But the good thing is that you really can still get a pretty good workout at home without much special equipment!