Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 7:55AM As you know, this blog is not always about diabetes since life is not always about diabetes. So this week I wanted to share a clip from my son's band, Estuarine.
They are playing their first gig this weekend and I am very excited for them. It should be a blast!
Enjoy.
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 8:47AM Today is the official day chosen 8 years ago as Brother and Sister day by my kids. This is also the day Band Camp starts so to make Brother and Sister day awesome my kids decided to observe the day on Saturday instead.
It started with what has become a 4 year tradition on Brother and Sister day. The making of Ice Box Cake. They normally make it in a roll shape but this year they decided to do it in a casserole dish to make it more "cake" like.
After that it was movie time. Gillian got to pick which meant, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
Of course they had to get some swimming in.
The end of Brother and Sister Day was someting they had both been preparing for all week long.
The Chopped Challenge.
We love to watch the Food Network show Chopped. If you are unfamilar with the format of the show, it goes like this. Four chef's get baskets filled with 4 mystery ingredients and have to make an appetizer, entree, and dessert. Each dish is a new round and gets 4 new mystery ingredients. Judges decide who gets to move on to the next round and who gets Chopped! The dessert round is always the last 2 contestants.
So George and Gillian decided they wanted to end the day with the dessert round Chopped challenge.
Jasmine and I came up with the mystery ingredients for the baskets. We wanted to make it difficult for them but not too gross since we were the judges and didn't want to eat anything too freaky.
The ingredients were, Rice Cakes, Nestle's Quik (powder), Pumpkin Butter, and Prickly Pears (Cactus fruit).
Both freaked out at the Cactus fruit since neither one had ever had it before. Watching them run around our kitchen looking for ingredients to add to their creations was hysterical.
I recorded the entire thing but need to edit together all the footage. Me, my wife, and my buddy Jeremy were the judges and let me tell you, it was seriously entertaining.
I am not sure I can pull off putting it together for tomorrow's You Tube Tuesday but if not, it will be next week. So awesome. I also don't want to tell you who wins since that would ruin it.
All and all the day seemed to be awesome. They both had a great time hanging out together and spending the day enjoying each others company.
Friday, August 19, 2011 at 3:36PM What I mean by the title of this post is that you still have time to plan for one of my favorite days of the year.
BROTHER AND SISTER DAY!
The actually date my children chose so long ago was August 22nd which is Monday. Unfortunately, my son has band camp all next week so they decided to celebrate tomorrow.
Come back for a full run down of the days events on Monday.
If you are not familiar with Brother and Sister day, I recommend you check out these posts.
My kids even did a Vlog post about it one year.
I hope you all can find some time to either talk to, or spend some time with your siblings. And of course we all know that brothers and sisters don't always have to be related to us. :)
So are you in? Let me know if you are going to do anything on Monday for Brother and Sister day. My kids would love to hear about it too!
#broandsisday
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 8:56AM After dinner last night I was bored. I have been in a funk about life and stuff for a while and it just kind of creeped up on me.
My mom suggested hopping into the pool.
“It’s too much work. I have to change, and get a towel, and then afterwards I’m all wet and have to dry off and change again.” Yes I was acting like a whiny little baby.
There is nothing like seeing your entire family roll their eyes at you in perfect unison.
I got it.
So, I went into my room to change into my trunks and sent a quick tweet out to the world.
When I finally got to the pool I just stood there frozen.
It must have been at least 15 minutes I was just standing at the edge of the pool deciding if I was going to jump in.
Jump in?
My brain started swirling around. So many things in my life make me extremely happy but there are many things that upset me and bring me down. There are many aspects of my life I want to change, things I want to do, places I want to go (literally and figuratively).
Jump in?
Why at this time of boredom did this moment occur? I just wanted something to do, not have some “moment” while standing in my backyard in swim trunks. It was weird because I did not want to jump in until I decided that I wanted to “jump in” to the things I have been avoiding.
Jump in?
My wife and kids were swimming around having fun. The occasional cannonball provided evidence of acceptable water temperature so I was ready to jump. But was I? I mean, really jump in.
I am ready to jump.
Jump into exercise to prepare myself for the Tour de Cure next year. Jump into school to get a much needed education and degree. Jump into taking better care of my health by seeing all the doctors I should be seeing to make sure I am all good. Jump into life and enjoying it fully with my family and friends. Jump into advocating for people with diabetes and helping to grow the DOC by reaching out to those who don’t have the support we do.
The sky was changing color and the sun was already out of my sight. I looked up at a plane and then down at my family. I closed my eyes and said to myself, “Jumping in means that you are committed to making the changing in your life that you have been wanting to do.” I took a big deep breath, stretched my arms out to the side, then above my head, and then let them drop to my sides. I was ready.
Slowly I leaned forward and dove right in.
The cool water felt refreshing. Rejuvinating. Renewing.
It was wonderful.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 6:00AM I hope that today's clip is not just funny to me because I am a parent. I think it is hysterical!
In fact, I had to subscribe to this channel because I love the humor.
Enjoy!
