March goals and another travel week

Leave again on Monday for Washington DC. I'll be back Thursday night. This should be my last business travel week until July.

It was a busy week this week. Coming back from Phoenix (which I will share with you later in the post) and having to play catch up at work made the week go by very fast. I did get a bit of good news on Friday that after 14 years in the same desk location, I'm moving into a new space. It's not a cube, but not a full fledged office with a door..it kinda in between, but it's more private than what I've had. I'm going to start looking for a reasonable piece of art for one of the walls since I will be looking at it for the next 7 years.

My goals for March are as follows:

1. Lose 4 pounds
2. Start to organize the stuff I want to put on Craigslist
3. Paint the downstairs guest bathroom and update the faucet & hardware.

#1 and #2 are carryovers from February. I didn't lose 4 pounds in February, but I did lose 2 pounds, so each month I'm going to shoot for 4 pounds until I hit my goal. I did do quite well in getting to the gym. Now if I could get tape my mouth shut...LOL!


Had a really good time in Phoenix the week before last. The weather was super great, but it was nice to get out of the Iowa weather. I was there with a really fun group of people and we made a point of getting together after work a couple of times.

Our first night after a day of testing was spent at Alice's Cooperstown, a restaurant owned by the rock artist Alice Cooper. It's right across the street from the US Airways Center and the place ROCKS! The menu was wild and I decided I MUST order THE BIG UNIT. What can I say?



It's buns were toasted and I had sides of sauerkraut and baked beans and it also came with fries. It was actually a pretty good deal for $12.99. There was no way I could have eaten the whole thing. I *think* I may have finished a fourth of it without the bun and shared the rest with my friends.

I couldn't leave without purchasing a t-shirt for Fred and would have got myself one, but the one I liked they didn't have in my size.

Fred had a great first week at his new job. He thinks he's really going to like it and can't believe his good fortune. Connor attended a middle school dance Friday night but said he didn't dance with any of the girls, just "moshed" with his buddies...we're going to try and get to Shutter Island tomorrow. I've been wanting to see it since it came out, but I also have to get back to the gym, get some grocery shopping done and get ready to watch the Oscar's. I'm rooting for both Avatar and Up and I sure hope Jeff Bridges wins Best Actor. Best Actress is tough because I'd like to see both Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock win.