The Billyunaire

Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop

2008-09-11T09:07:00.000-07:00

Rachel and I went to The Antique Sandwich Co the other day for open mic night. Our neighbors are really good friends with someone that was performing there and it sounded like it would be a good time, live music and antique sandwiches, how could it not? The place was pretty full when we got there we managed to find a spot to sit next to our friends but kind of ended up sitting by ourselves. We ordered sandwiches and a drink and prepared to be musically inspired. There was quite the line up that night, something like 20 people back to back performing and when they read off the names I realized that Alina was like 4th up. I wasn't prepared for what I would see next. The Scatman was introduced, I thought what and interesting name I wonder what he's all about. He got on stage with an American flag and continued to try to lay on him correctly but he kept twitching and moving around in his chair so it kept falling off of him. He grabbed the mic and I don't think I caught one single word he said for his opening or his lyrics, it was hilarious. I was laughing to myself when I realized that nobody else was laughing, then I felt Rachel's hand on my back and when I looked at her she was crackin up. I caught a glimpse of my friends Chad and Jordan and they were laughing as well, but that's it... everybody else was quite. I decided that I needed to take some pictures of this so that I could blog about it and show you all this guy. Alina performed a couple people after that and while I was listening to Alina I realized that the Scatman was pulling out his video recorder and started taking video of Alina! I got pictures.

Scatman

Scatman - close up

Alina jammin out

Alina Jammin out - close up

Scatman taking video of Alina

Slurpies and Park

2008-09-05T10:27:00.000-07:00

The other day I was talking to a neighbor-friend of mine and he was drinking a Slurpee from 7 Eleven and I was able to get a taste of it's greatness. As my taste buds exploded with joy I thought to myself, I need to get more of this goodness in me! I told Rachel that we were gonna get Slurpee's and go to the park. After heading up the street to 7 Eleven and creating a concoction of frothy goodness that your taste buds would leap out of your mouth for we took a journey over to Bradley Lake Park. We found some parking and good spot to drink our Slurpee's and eat our hot dogs. Soon we realized that we were cold and packed up our stuff and headed out. We made a brief stop by the swings and I got some great pics of Rachel on the "toddler swing" (We were told by a 4 year old on the regular swings that she was on the toddler swing).

Slurpee + Swing = Joy

Lost shoe!

7 Eleven Slurpee model

Weekend with DMB

2008-09-02T11:16:00.000-07:00

Hey all, Rachel and I went to go see Dave Matthew's play at the Gorge this weekend and it was incredible! I took some shots on the way out there on my iphone and 1 while we were there. Check it out!

Rachel - chillin

Billy - Chillin

Sweet weather shots

Thug face

Dave Matthew's Band

We had such a great time hangin out with friends and listening to awesome music. We were able to stay with some friends of ours that have some property out in eastern Washington so we stayed the night Friday night and then came back on Saturday. Of course our weekend didn't end until Monday night - Labor Day weekend!

Positive Person

2008-08-18T11:55:00.000-07:00

Man I love summer time. It's funny that in Washington we spend 8-9 months in the dark and rain with most people complaining about the weather only to get to summer where people then complain about the heat. I've figured something out. People complain. I don't want to be known as the guy who always has something negative to say or is always criticizing. I'd rather be known as the positive guy who is always encouraging. I've found something else out. It's a choice to be positive or to be negative. I've recently found myself being negative in some areas of my life and when I realized this I decided to stop. Not that I don't have it in the back of my head still but I know that if I don't turn those thoughts into words, I won't give those negative thoughts oxygen to breath. I can choose to think and speak differently about the situations in my life. I can choose to be a positive person.

SunButter!

2008-02-20T15:25:00.000-08:00

My awesome wife Rachel is allergic to Peanuts - like deathly allregic. This is an issue because to me if you can't put ranch dressing on it you can put peanut butter on it, I love it! I realized when we started dating that I had to give up the peanut butter goodness that I loved so much becuase if I ever happen to have some peanut residue in my mouth and I kiss Rachel, she could... well... die. We were at the store on Saturday and I thought to myself, they've gotta make something that Rachel can eat that doesn't have peanuts in it but is like peanut butter and viola, SunButter came into my life.

So imagine when you eat a peanut... then when you eat peanut butter, there's that creamy sticky goodness in the peanut butter. So now think about eating a sunflower seed... then think about it in a creamy & sticky texture - that's SunButter. I made a SunButter and jelly sandwich the night I bought it and I was impressed, it's actually pretty good. I'm excited to see what else I can make with it. Currently they have 6 flavors, so I think I'll get the creamy next time instead of the Honey Crunch. YUM!

You can color your very own SunBuddy HERE.

Here's my SunBuddy, doesn't he have an awesome quote.

I'm thinking about buying the SunBuddy t-shirt from the website for Rachel. Hahaha.

T-Shirts @ Work

2008-01-11T09:28:00.000-08:00

So the dress code changed at my work on January 1st where instead of dressing business dress and occasionally business casual we are now allowed to dress casual. I don't mean we can now wear shorts and flip flops but we can wear t-shirts, jeans and tennis shoes every day. It's awesome. It's funny because I don't see to many people actually wearing t-shirts... I think that I may be the only one, do I care? NOPE! The dress code says I can, so I do.

I kinda fell like Jennifer Aniston's character in Office Space where she had a minimum amount of flare that she had to have on her vest at work. Because she had the minimum her boss was like... so I see you have the minimum... what does that say about you? She's like, "so you want me to wear more flare?" The dude can't say she has to wear more all he does is uses the suck up that has 50 million pieces on as an example of him expressing himself. It's awesome... if you haven't seen that movie you need to, it's a great depiction of what cubicle life is like if you've never worked in a cubicle environment. My point is... I feel like I'm supposed to still be dressing nice, like business casual, but I'm not gonna. I'm dressing casual because the dress code says I can. So yeeeaaaa... about those TPS reports.

I Love Dick's

2008-01-04T14:47:00.001-08:00

Dicks Drive in.. that is. Check out their website!

Seriously, I friggin love this place. I wish they would put one closer to where I live. I don't really like driving all the way to Seattle to get 2 Dick's Deluxe's, some fries and a shake. They have 5 locations in Seattle and one in Spokane.. yep I know you're thinking what I'm thinking... Let's go to Spokane, eat at Dick's and then rob the place... seriously... Spokane?

I'm a Hero... A Guitar Hero.

2008-01-04T14:17:00.000-08:00

So on New Years Eve I played guitar hero and fell in love with it! I had heard about it here and there but thought really nothing of it but when I went to a friends house for New Years and peeps were playing I had to give it a shot.. I didn't put it down for hours. I woke up on New Years Day with a mission. Buy Guitar Hero. After spending about 2 hours going from store to store only to find out that it was sold out everywhere Rachel thought that it would be a good idea to call our local Fred Meyer and guess what? They had it. They were sold out of Guitar Hero 3 so we ended up getting the Guitar Hero 2 bundle (guitar and game). I didn't stop rockin until midnight, it was awesome.

My birthday is coming up on Tuesday and I'm hoping that I can get Guitar Hero 3. I feel like a child again, asking for games for my birthday and spending my Christmas money on them haha.. If I get the bundle for Guitar Hero 3 then I'll have 2 guitars, then I can battle people and play 2 player mode...

10" of freshie

2007-12-19T09:23:00.000-08:00

You guys.. I was in powder up to my knees yesterday. It was awesome.

I took the day off of work yesterday to hit Crystal Mt. At the beginning of the season I attended a Warren Miller film in Tacoma and got a bunch of free stuff, one of those being a free lift ticket to Crystal on a Tuesday. The lame thing was that there was only 6 Tuesday that it could be used, 3 in December and 3 in I think March. The past 2 Tuesdays Crystal has hardly had any snow so I've put off going until the last one available in December and thank God I did. I checked the snow report on Monday night and there was 33" at the base but when I checked Tuesday morning it was at 43"! It was beautiful. Besides that fact that it snowed all day while we were up there, the visibility wasn't to good at times and there were 55mph gusts of wind at the very top of the mountain blowing snow in your face like daggers the day was awesome! I went off a ton of jumped and landed more than I didn't land which is a sign that I'm getting better and for the first time I landed a jump with a grab.

I'm back to work today and wishing that I had about 6 more hours of sleep, my body is beat and all I can think about it getting back up there. I can't wait for the day that I don't have to wake up in the morning and go to a job. When I can wake up, look at the snow report, see that there's new snow and decide that it would be a good day to go to the mountain. I don't think that day is to far away, and I'm siked! (now that's a word I've never spelled out before) Our business is grown steadily and financial Independence is closer than ever.

On another note. I wanted to let you all know that I like the way that Ibuprofen tastes. I don't eat it or anything but if you've taken it before I'm sure you can remember the taste that it leaves in your mount after you swallow it. I just took this hurkin 800mg Ibuprofen to get rid of some of this pain I'm feeling from getting up yesterday at the mountain.

You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!

2007-12-14T11:59:00.000-08:00

If didn't already know.. when I was in 5th grade I was shot in the eye with a bb gun by my brother. We had a genius idea to have a bb gun war and shoot each other. Well, I got shot in the eye. Thankfully the bb didn't go into my eye and cause me to lose my eye, but it didn't injure me and blurred my vision in my right eye. If you look at my right eye you can see a little black spot in it and it's pretty cool, it's a good conversation starter.

Well there.. now that we have that out of the way, I was browsing around the world wide web today and saw an add for a marshmallow shooter! I thought to myself - now wouldn't it suck to have had my eye shot out by a marshmallow shooter? I wonder how many marshmallow shooters will be under or are already under Christmas trees right now and how many marshmallow related injuries will follow?

If you look closely you can see the little marshmallows in the chamber. It holds 25 Marshmallows for non-stop fun!

So apparently these marshmallow realated toys are quite a big deal. They're actually trying to cover the world in marshmallows. I like the Bow & Mallow - how creative!

It's a Deep Burn...

2007-09-07T10:23:00.000-07:00

I've been working out this week in the mornings at 5:30. It's feels good, I usually get to work and think to myself, dang.. I've already done a lot this morning. I've had the hardest time getting consistent with working out in the past, it seems like everytime I would get on a rythm something would happen that would cause me to get off. I had a shoulder injury in the winter that has been the biggest deterant, I got all sick for a while and then had like 2 migranes a week, then I ended up with a crazy work schedule for the past few months. I've made the decision though that I'm not gonna let anything get in the way of me this time. My shoulder isn't feeling good these days and I probably should go see a doctor but I just don't want to deal with it right now. I'm determined to get fit.

Holding a Baby

2007-08-20T13:35:00.001-07:00

So i did it... Overcame the awkwardness of holding babies. Well maybe not all babies, maybe just Kaydence. I actually had a great time with her, and find myself thinking about how awesome she is, and how I want to hang out with her again. We're pretty much best friends now. I got some really great pictures of her and I, I'll be sure to post them on here as soon as I get them. It's so weird that some day she'll be all grown up and I'll be able to tell her "I remember bouncing you on my leg."

Miniature Humans

2007-08-17T15:30:00.000-07:00

So my sister Alicia had a baby girl a few months ago. She was living in North Carolina when she had her so I've never had the opportunity to meet the little thing. Her and her husband just moved to California about 3 weeks ago and she just so happens to be visiting in Washington for a couple of weeks. Tomorrow, I'm gonna be hanging out with it. I'm not gonna lie you to you... Babies kinda freak me out. there's something about them being all small and fragile. They cry if you look at them wrong, they'll barf on you & drool on you if they so desire. They just do what they want. It's just kinda weird. I think the thing that wierds me out the most is hold a baby. I've never really known exactly how to do it... every time a friend of mine has done the "old baby hand off" to me I'm left there with this wiggling little creature all paranoid that something crazy is about to happen. This is what goes on in my head:

Oh here we go again...

Yep I'm hold a baby.

This is awkward.

Am I holding it right?

This has got to be uncomfortable for this thing.

This is uncomfortable for me.

What if I drop it? Yikes.

I'm weirded out.

What if someone sees me all weirded out about holding this thing?

What if someone sees me all weirded out about holding this thing and then I drop it?

Alright this seems to be working.

I'm cool.

Just hanging out.

Me and the baby.

We're like friends.

Why is the baby starting to cry?

Why won't this baby stop cring?

Will someone please take this baby away from me!

So.. I'm gonna have to get over this whole babies are weird thing one day so I decide that tomorrow will be the day. I will learn how to hold a baby and be comfortable doing it.

Back to School?

2007-08-16T16:10:00.000-07:00

I reciently have really desired to know more about the Bible and to be able to effectivly share my faith in Jesus Christ. I did a search for online Bible college's to just see if there are any online classes offered and if there are how much would they cost. I ended up coming across Ames Christian University, read about them and decided that I would join their online school. They offer free online self paced classes and if you desire to get a BBS or a BA you can. Their program is increadible, you have the ability to take the free online classes or pay $20 per class, of the sames classes, and they will be accredited. There are a total of 22 different classes equalling 87 credits toward the 120 credits needed for a Bachelors in Biblical Studies. Upon completion of the free classes I will be given a certificate of completion and if I choose to at any time I can pay for the $20 fee for each of the 22 classes and earn 87 credits towards a degree. I don't intend on ever getting a degree, I was just looking for a way to get some great inexpensive education.

I am currently on chapter 5 of my first class, Old Testament Survey, and am learning a lot. I'm really excited about growing.

Head Pains

2007-08-13T14:30:00.000-07:00

I've been waking up in the morning with a dull headache and if I don't do anything about it right away I end up with a full blown migraine headache. Yuck. This has been happening for about 5 weeks now. The crazy thing is that it's been happening every Monday and then maybe 1 more time during the week.

Let's consider a couple of possible reasons for these headaches:

1.) Is it because I got glasses and my eyes aren't used to the correction?
2.) Is it because my body doesn't want me to work anymore?

Let's examine these.

#1
When I was in 4th grade my brother Mark and I has a BB Gun war and I ended up getting shot in the eye. Yea.. you know the proverbial, "you'll shoot your eye out!" Well I am part of the reason that that saying is still around. My eye... got shot out. Well kinda, I still have my eye but my vision is all messed up. In 8th grade I ended up getting glasses. I wore them all day but when I got home from school that day my head was pounding so hard that I was crying.. needless to say, I didn't really wear those glasses anymore. Throughout the next 9 years I ended up getting a couple more pairs of glasses but again, never really wore them. 2 Months ago, I got the great idea that I should get glasses again. How could instantly improved vision not be at the top of my list (thank you Brain Regan)? I ended up with a really cool pair but now I'm getting migraines again! I'm in a hard spot, should I try to figure out if I can keep wearing the glasses and try to figure out a way to heal the migraines, or do I toss the glasses?

#2
This most likely isn't the reason why I am experiencing migraines but I thought that I should list at least one other reason why I might be getting them.

Aliens?

2007-08-08T10:35:00.000-07:00

Guys, I was researching Area 51 today and guess what I found out? The closest city to Area 51 is Rachel, NV! Check this out, Rachel is located on Extraterrestrial Highway! Do you know what this means? I hope you have drawn the connectino already - MY WIFE RACHEL... IS FREAKIN ALIEN!

I have yet to have the opportunity to interview her but I know once I do, I'm gonna learn some stuff. And when I do... I will know more about aliens then you do.

Nuff said.

Time Flys

2007-08-04T09:29:00.000-07:00

I'm not where I want to be, but thank God I'm not where I used to be.

Website Issues

2007-04-03T10:22:00.000-07:00

Ever since billyunaire.com stoped linking here I haven't posted anything.. it's been lame, lot's has happened and I haven't wrote about any of it. A friend from work started to host this blog when it started so that I didn't just have to do a domain transfer.. when you looked at the URL it said billyunaire.com about 4 months ago I got a text message from him and it said that I will have to go back into godaddy.com and change my settings so that I can forward the address to here, I went in and tried to do it but I ended up messing some stuff up so I did nothing. Today I was on google and saw that I was signed in and said to myself... I should post something. So here we are.

What are you fighting for?

2006-12-18T16:16:00.000-08:00

I'm fighting for the person who never got the chance to be cool, the person who has a great heart and wants to do something great with their life, the one who knows that they were created for something great.

I'm fighting for the person that doesn't really believe in themself, the one that has their head down, half smiling as you walk by not knowing if you will smile back. The person who is holding onto hope, believing that someday they will be somebody.

I'm fighting for the person who is looking for sombody worth following. Who is sick and tired and being lied to. The person who hates where their life is going and is looking for a way out.

I'm fighting for the disabled people who never had a chance to walk or talk.

I'm fighting for the champion that's looking for a race to run, the one who is looking for an opportunity to get rid of the lid, the person that wants to get paid for the work they do and not for the level that they're at.

I'm fighting for the single mom or dad, who wants to create a better life for their child.

I'm fighting for the soldiers that put their life on the line for my security and my freedom.

I'm fighting for the mom and dad that want to leave a legacy. They want to have their children start life on their shoulders, they want to break the line of mediocrity in their family.

I'm fighting for the person that grew up well with morals and great character, have been given a inheritance from their family but want to create there own success, the person who doesn't want to live in the shadow of what their parents did.

I'm fighting for the person who feel's like they've done so much wrong in their life and want to make a change, the person who want's to believe that they are better than their past.

I'm fighting for the people in my life that belived in me when I didn't belive in myself, the people who have offered a hand down when I was reaching up.

I'm fighting for my wife. The most amazing person in the world. A woman who could have had any man she wanted but choose me. A woman who loves the Lord with all her heart. A woman of integrity and character. She deserves the best and I will give her the best.

I'm fighting for Jesus Christ who died on a cross for my salvation. Everything I am and everything I will ever be is because of Him. He saved me.

Holiday Season

2006-12-13T14:52:00.000-08:00

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Trips.

2006-11-21T12:54:00.000-08:00

Canceled the snowboarding trips that Rachel and I were going to take... It really sucks but I knew that it was the best thing to do. We have a lot of responsibilities right now and taking the time and the money to go on 2 snowboarding trips was just not a good idea. I really am bummed out about it, I was looking forward to going but I know that in the future we will be able to go on trips whenever and wherever we want. I plan to still do something special for Rachel I just don't know what yet.

Life is good..

Great Decisions...

2006-11-07T15:45:00.000-08:00

I realize that everyday is just another day to make great decisions. I know what kind of life I want to live and what kind of legacy I want to leave behind, and I am willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen. Does it have to do with how much money I will have in the bank? Nope, it has to do with how much money I will be able to give away to causes bigger than me. Does it have to do with how many people I can impress? Nope, it has to do with how good and faithfull I am as a servant of Jesus Christ. Simply put, I want to spend my life giving to others what they cannot give to themselves. I want to be everthing that Rachel deserves in a husband and more. I want to be an incredible father who passes on his values his children... I want them to start life on my shoulders, doing more then I ever could. I want to share a business with people world wide that symbolizes the greatness of the human spirit, that stands for God, family and freedom, that stands for all the things that I believe in. Most important, I want to make my God in heaven proud of me. I want him to look down from heaven at me and know that when it comes down to it I will walk the valleys and climb the mountains, I will fight the battles, I will do the things that are aren't cool, that I will be everything He wants me to be. I will be standing when the smoke clears.

Do you know the freedom that you have when you allow Jesus Christ to free you from your sin? If not I encourage you to accept Jesus Christ into your heart, accept the fact that he died on the cross for your salvation and experience a joy that you have never felt before. Talk about great decisions... This is the greatest one you will ever make.

This is truth.

Whistler in Januray!

2006-11-06T10:50:00.000-08:00

Guess who's planning a trip to Whistler in January?
ME!

Oh shaz you guys.. here's the scoop as of now.

I have been on 2 trips to Canada with the company called Destination Snow based in Canada. Both times have been incredible! I was thinking to myself the other how I would love to go again this year and I would love to have a ton of friends come along so I called up the company and checked to see if I could put an event together. Turns out that in late Januray Destination Snow was already having a trip to Whistler leaving from Tacoma!!!!! All I have to do is tell more people about it... no hassels on garenteeing them a number of people or nothin, all I get to do is what I love to do best! PROMOTE! so check it.

We will be departing from Tacom on Friday, January 19th and returning on Sunday Januray 21st.
We ride up and back on these rad motor coaches watching movies & playing games.
We stay 2 nights at The Coast Whistler Hotel
We get a 2 day lift ticket to Whistler/Blackcomb
Cost... $300.00

Everybody needs to come and everybody needs to bring somebody with them!

Phones...

2006-10-30T11:47:00.000-08:00

I traded my T-Mobile MDA the other day for a Sidekick 3. I really really enjoyed the MDA and all of it's jazzy features but I missed the Sidekick's userfriendlyness, e-mail, & IM. I am sad that it is a little beat up and I'm trying to find a way to fix the dings in it by buying some replacement parts or something... all is well.

old phone

new phone

Spending time learning

2006-10-19T13:56:00.000-07:00

There is so much to learn about so many things... I origionally just wrote a blog about the differnent religions that I have reciently been studying but I realized that it was going to be to long so I deleted it. So in an attempt to let you know what religions/beliefs I have started to study I have provided a simple list.

- Catholosism
- Calvinism
- Scientology
- Evoluntionism

F.E.D.

2006-10-09T11:30:00.001-07:00

Life changing weekend ya'll.

Business/Resort Life

2006-09-26T13:26:00.001-07:00

Well here I am at the Couer d'Alene Resort, what a beautiful place. I will be sure to post some pictures. Although I am here of State Farm business there is still a good amount of time that I will have to myself... most of that time I am thinking how I wish Rachel would be here with me. I have the opportunity to enduldge in quite the cusine while I am here. I don't have the time right now but at the end of my stay here I will be sure to write about the food that I have been able to eat and the experiences that I have had. As of now I bid you farewell until a later date and time.

Gibberish

2006-09-20T13:51:00.000-07:00

What's goin on?
I leave for Couer d'Alene on Monday morning for a State Farm event that I am supprting.. It just so happens to be that it is not the most convienient week for me to be gone. Both of my main business mentors are doing invite only meetings that I was invited to and becuase I am out of town I won't be able to make it. Bummer...

Blogging
On a totally different note, I am thinking about changing from Blogger to Wordpress, they offer many more options. I created an account with them but haven't made the change yet.

What up with the trip?
I haven't talked much with Robin about the cruise that she got Rachel and I. I know that she said that we can go anywhere, anytime but it looks like there has been some problems with December and the cruise line that Rachel and I selected. I know that it will all work out and I just realized today that that means that we are only 3 months away from the cruise.

How's that camera?
As you know we bought a camera and the story goes like this. We recieved it on a Saturaday and started taking pictures right away.. right off the bat we noticed that the quality of the photos it was taking was very weak. We continued to take pictures and realized that this camera also eats batteries, we took like 50 pics and the batteries were dead... lame. We made a decision to return the camera. I went the website on Sunday the day after we got it and the camera had gone down $40 in price! What's that all about? Then I went the website on Mondy and the camera wasn't anywhere to be found. I researched the return policy and found that there is a 10% restocking fee if we returned the camera which isn't much.. I just didn't want to pay that. I contacted the company they said that as long as we purchase another camera they wouldn't charge us the fee. I've been looking at other camera again, and getting more into the reviews, I think I may go with the Fuji Finepix F30. We'll see what happens.

The Billyunaire Way

2006-09-11T12:19:00.000-07:00

So... I've decided that someday, I don't know when, I will write a book. What will it be named you ask? The Billyunaire Way. What will it be about? Honestly, I don't know. I am open to feedback though so please, provide me with some suggestions.

I thought about this about 2 weeks ago... I was at my desk here at work and I said out loud, "I'm going to write a book one day" and Krystal, my co-worker, siad and you can name it The Billyunaire Way. Brilliant! I loved it and ever since have had a sticky note on my monitor that has that title on it.

Suggestions please...

Wasted Goodness..

2006-09-05T13:50:00.000-07:00

I really have a hard time wasting food.. that may account for my overweightedness (points for making up a word!). Today... I woke up late and had to rush out the door, while scrambling to get ready I realized that my clock was 20 mins fast due to our recient power outage. Even with a 20 minute difference I was still running later than my normal schedule. I realized that I needed to grab some lunch so what other than some tasty instant oatmeal! I got to my car and found out that my starter who waged war with me about a year ago gave up!!! I was so excited!! I had finally won the battle I killed my starter! After realizing the consequences of not having a starter I had to drive to work in the beater (there really isn't a better name for it, but Rachel and I still love it as though it was our own). That was my morning. Now back to food... After eating my wonderous lunch of Cup-a-noodle and blueberry's and cream instant oatmeal I was informed of some pizza that was up for grabs without even thinking I had polished off 3 pieces. Now after eating the pizza I thought (tip: think before you eat) Did I really need to eat that pizza? Nope.. I sure didn't but I did. There was actually 2 pieces left when I left the room that the pizza was in and I really wanted to take those with me. As I sat down at my desk I realized that I didn't really even want to eat pizza but I had to because #1 It was free, #2 It was free, #3 I didn't want someone else to have it, #4 I didn't want it to go to waste. This is really sad. I'm full.

What up B?

2006-08-31T10:36:00.000-07:00

Whoa been a while since I've wrote anything on here. I've been busy with work and business and haven't had the chance to talk about nonsense for awhile.. bummer huh.

Updates?
Anywho.. Working out has been great I've been able to make it in the gym every Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 5:30am to get my swim on, it's feels great! Now waking up in the morning doesn't feel great but being healthy sure does.. and with Rachel waking up with me it's a breeze, mornings at our place are rediculous.. filled with sleep deprived humor on my side and Rachel's just natually funny.

Another thing that has been on my mind of course.. is that cruise. Oh man.. I've been talking with Robyn (The rad friend that's hooking Rach and I up with a free cruise) everyday trying to see if the cruise in December is going to work out.. pray that it does. Also, Robyn just offered us the opportunity to go to Whistler in February for free! Turns out she is planning to go up there with her boyfriend and asked if Rachel and I would like to come along. I love snowboarding at Whistler! As you know.. I'll keep you posted.

An answer to your prayers

I've been looking at cameras and plan to be purchasing one in September.. you know what that means.. MORE PICTURES!

Back to the Chiro?

2006-08-24T10:40:00.000-07:00

I wake up some mornings with some pretty bad lower back pain and it really sucks. I injured by back when I was a Junior and then again when I was working for the City of Federal Way. Turns out that there isn't anything that any doctors can do. I spent a few months visiting a Chiropractor and it REALLY helped, I don't think I ever didn't believe in them but if I ever had a doubt, that was taken away after visiting Dr. Steve Wilson in Dupont they guy was fantastic! It has been months since I have been to the Chiropractor and I've been starting to experience some pain in my lower back again (the reason why I am at home right now and not at work). I know that I am having the pain because I have not been doing the stretches that he asked me to do nor have I paid attention to my back when I am lifting things... no good.

My Plan
After working out from now on I will spend 10 minutes stretching my lower back. I really don't want to do this but I know if I don't I will continue to be in pain and let alone end up being 50 and flippin crippled.

I bid you good day.

All Aboard!

2006-08-23T14:28:00.000-07:00

Oh man.. I can't get my mind off of the cruise that Rachel and I are going to be taking in December. I constantly go to the Caribbean in my imagination, although I have never been there I have seen many pictures and I look at them all the time. Allow me to share them with you.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands

St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua)

Castries, St. Lucia (St. Lucia)

Bridgetown, Barbados

Chlorine eyeballs.

2006-08-22T13:16:00.000-07:00

So I started the workout "regime" if you will... I decided that I will be in the pool at the YMCA for sure every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning. I have my friend Forrest coming with me so that I can stay accountable and also so that he will strech my limits.. he's good at doing that. I remember a time when I almost barfed after a hardcore shoulder workout... oh man.

Is Rachel coming with you?
Rachel came with me to the gym on Monday and as Forrest and I swam laps she hopped on the elliptical. As I stated in my Understand this post, It is so much easier for me to get up when she gets up with me so I hope that she continues to get up with me in the mornings.

Got any rad pics?
Nope. I really need to get a camera other than my phone.. I saw an awesome sunset last night in Tacoma and when I took a picture with my phone it did an injustice to the beauty of the sunset so I decided to banish the photo from my phone forever.

Yes, I take notes off of cd's also.

2006-08-21T15:15:00.000-07:00

Below are some notes that I took while listening to Battles & Victories by Brian Houston, Pastor of Hillsong Church in Australia.

Psalm 34:19 - Many are the afflictions of the righteous BUT the lord delivers him out of them all.

1.) How have you been speaking?
David says, "I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be continually in my mouth" this was a commitment even in the face of his struggle.
James 3:8 - The tongue is an unruly poison.
The Devil wants to frame your words. He wants you to speak negative.You can speak what's going on in the inside, but that will never help anything. Chose to speak life.

2.) How are you feeling?
Don't accept or embrace how you feel.Psalm 34:2 - My soul shall make it's boast in the Lord, the humble shall hear it and be glad.
We can so easily live out of the way we feel and never challenge it. Challenge the way you feel, chose to feel better.
David started to challenge the attack on his soul, "my soul shall magnify the Lord" Make God huge!
When you magnify God you push aside the defeat of your own world.
Psalm 139:14 - I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 13:2 - David says everyday I have this sadness in my heart. Do you ask sometimes how long do I have to keep encouraging myself?

3.) How do you look?
Where are you looking, if you look in at yourself you get miserable and introspective, if you look around you start seeing the unfairness, you look at the life you have and the life that others have and you get envious.
Psalm 73 - For I was envious when I looked at the prosperity of the wicked.
When you look to God you will be radiant.look at Him, show him your best smile. (message)
Don't where your negative emotions on your face.

4.) How's your appetite?
Are you still hungry for God and the things of God?
Disappointments can affect your appetite.
Psalm 34:8 - Oh taste and see that the Lord is good.
If you want to see the goodness of God we have to keep the taste of God.
The Bible says taste and then see. Don’t wait for the good to come before you taste.

5.) How's your spirts?
Good, bad, broken?The Bible says a broken spirit is like a city without walls.
Psalm 34:18 - The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
A Crushed spirit is like having a city without walls, anything can come in and go out.

Cheg it...

2006-08-17T09:24:00.000-07:00

10,000+ square feet 8 months and under budget... crazyness.

The Wolgamott Estate.

A look at the house from one of the fire pits.

Me and my red hot smokin wife spending time with the best of the best.

Waking up

2006-08-16T10:08:00.001-07:00

I seriously have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning.. I set my alarm for 5:30 so that I would have enough time to get up and hit the gym. When my alarm went off I was like oh hells no! I rolled over and cuddled up close with Rachel and fell back asleep. I was hoping to only have hit the snooze button once but then all of a sudden it was 6:45 and I had to get up to go to work. Rachel got up and went to the restroom... it is so much easier for me to get up when she gets up also.

Whatcha eatin?
I had a meal replacement bar for breakfast and plan to have one again for lunch! yum! I have some left over jumbalyia (sp?) OH MAN!!! I just realized that I have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my drawer, Dylan hooked it up yesterday! Oh man this is going to be awesome, I think that it has been like almost a year since I've had one.

Finished the PBJ
That was glorious.

Understand This...

2006-08-15T09:38:00.000-07:00

I made a decision to eat good food from now on.. I went to Burger King last night and had one of the best burgers ever but I woke up this morning feeling like crap! I took a look in the mirror and realized that I've added to many pounds and it is time to do something about it. I thought that investing money in expensive suppliments then I would feel negligent to not go and work out but it turns out that that is not the case. I need to set a goal, so I will. I decided that I will be in the shape that I have ever been by December (the month that I am planning on taking Rachel on the cruise that Robyn bought us) I can't imagine being on a cruise ship around a bunch of other people trying to get a tan and just being all fat.. gross! So I will be working out in the mornings from now on.. Monday-Friday I'll be in the gym from 6am - 7am, swimming for 30 mins and lifting for 30 mins. I need to put up affirmations and pictures so that I stay on task. With all this said, I'm sure that I will be talking about this more for the next couple of months.

I will take pictures of now and I will then take pictures in December.. MAN that's a good idea!

Pile of Blog..

2006-08-11T08:26:00.000-07:00

So I was thinking this morning.. should I use this for more than just a great way to share my wonderful food stories? (crap.. I forgot to take a picture of the tiny piece of cake that I just ate oh man you guys this cake was wonderful, strawberry cake with stawberry cheescake frosting). I also just realized that I am going to have a problem with posting pictures from here at work.. you see I can't plug my phone into my computer.. something about how my phone and all of its radness is to rad for my computer. I don't want to have to take pictures here at work and what not and then have to spend valuable time at home posting them and junk when I can do all that here at work on my breaks. There must be a way.

Seriously though...
This blog thang is going to be pretty cool.. I got Dylan hookin me up this weekend I had to give him all of my passwords and junk so that he can do his thing, I sure hope he doesn't go through my profile and turn me into a 59 year old waitress from Quebec looking for a good time. I may be pretty cool though, it could be like my second identity it's going to be the talk of the town.

Brad Wolgamott?
I hope that everyone who reads this blog gets to someday have the opportunity to meet Brad. Rachel and I are going over to his house tonight with a group of only 18 people for a business coaching session. Will there be food? Oh yea.. when we booked this he said that he'll hook it up with some steaks and some burgers. turns out that he will be out there doing some coaching for his little league babeball team The Northwest Shockers from 5pm-7pm tonight and after that he is going to be meeting with us. Rachel and I are going to be heading up there early, hopefully getting there around like 5 so that we can watch him coach his team and hang out. I will be sure to gather pictures.

So here we are... I'm starting a blog.

2006-08-10T14:20:00.000-07:00

Oh man... I realized that I now have a space to write all of my thoughts and that sort of junk.. I know that I could have used my myspace to do this but it just isn't the same. This all started today when Tim told me that it would be a great idea if I was to create a blog about all of the meals that I eat, that I should take pictures of my meals post them and write about them and stuff. I thought to myself.. self.. that is a good idea. So I went out on a quest to purchase a domain and create a website.

So what's the problem son?
I came to the realization that I won't be able to just buy a domain and then create a website.. turns out there is a lot that goes on, on the backend. Not that I didn't really know that but I didn't know that it was going to cost more per month to host a site and all of that jazz. Dylan.. my homie here at work said that he's gonna help a brotha out, I guess he knows how make it happen. Shake and Bake.

Where will this go?
I have no clue man.. I'm just in it for the ride.

Am I asking to many questions?
Yes.

What is your favorite color?
hhhhhh....