Hello Old Friend

Wow, talk about not following my 2009 post with anything useful at all :-) See, I said I had nothing clever to say.

So, let me recap 2009 if I can.

The year was consumed by too much focus on work and many long hours. We did have some very nice vacations; Lake Louise, Munich, Salzburg and Vienna again. No matter how many times we go to each location, we enjoy it very much and always find some new fantastic things to do & see.

Then there were the things that did not go so well. More illness in the family than we'd like. Short term, but still it reminds us that we are all getting older, time is short, precious and should be enjoyed to the fullest.

To that end, I finally had a physical and passed with mostly good results. I am overweight, no surprise there. My cholesterol is too high, by 7 points - which is not as bad as I suspected.

I used the visit to the doctor as a launching pad to start using all that expensive gear we have in the basement. I think people call it a "gym" or "workout" - terms that are foreign to me :-) 6 or 7 years ago we sprung for good home quality hardware for the home exercise room. We had gone through the less expensive items from Sports Authority and other stores - they wore out fast and were not great quality. So we started shopping at Fitness Resource and have really good equipment. But I got lazy and sat around too much, put on 40-45 pounds, made excuses as to why I didn't have time to exercise...

Now I'm going at it harder than I ever have and the results are showing already. I'm going to try and stay on my strict schedule and see if I can get back down to 210-215 where I was back in 2003-2004.

Stay tuned...

Happy 2010 folks.