Mexican food

Out here Mexican food is as common as pizza in NJ. I'm not exaggerating. There are a plethora of choices. A few weeks ago we went to a place with a work friend and his wife that is famous for good Mexican food...very basic, just good and cheap called Carolina's.






I never said it was nice. I wish I had taken pictures of the hand written CASH ONLY signs all over the walls. And my friend said we really had to go during the day because of the neighborhood. He was right.

Today I decided to forego the 5 minute plank exercise and we went out to Mexican again, this time to a nice, new place near home called Cafe Rio.







This place actually was nice. The concept was pretty much the same at both...you walk up to a counter and order your food and pay. But at Cafe Rio you get a show as you wait, they are making the meals right in front of you as they do at Chipotle...right down to the tortillas. We loved it and will return.


Now, can someone tell me where I can find a decent slice of pizza for lunch tomorrow?





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I...Phone

I don't even have one.
After all I've been the Apple lover all these years.
But guess who has one now...yep, SHE does!



Now I'm not jealous or anything...really I'm not.
I mean, I have an iPad, and a (very) small part of a Mac.
And I have an awesome, Samsung Galaxy Note II...need I say gigantic?
But there's something about this that's just not right.

So when the iPhone 6 comes out and SHE gets one, I'm...I'm...


Gonna celebrate!
Congrats, Vickie. You're now officially part of the smartphone revolution. I'm so proud of you!

(Now if someone can show her how to download her coupon printing app she'll probably kiss you!)



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Amazing grace

Our pastor interviewed Jay Feely, kicker for the AZ Cardinals recently. This guy has an amazing testimony...but what makes it interesting to me is the fact that his life was changed by his own brother, who lived with a severe medical disability very similar to Joe's, except without the vent. Ironically he passed away at the age of 26, just like Joe.

Why this matters -
Jay's story is much like my own daughters, who grew up with this incredibly challenging situation in their own home. Others on the outside probably thought this would wreck his life, just like they thought it would wreck our own daughters' lives. But as we all heard this past month from their own testimonies, and as you will hear if you watch this interview, the results were quite the opposite.

I am so proud of my girls, I could just burst. They are so on track and amazing in so many ways. God gave us the best gift he could ever give in light of our own difficult circumstances...he used a very bad thing for good. Now, THAT'S amazing grace.

You will want to watch this for sure:
http://www.sunvalleycc.com/sermon/jay-feely/






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Exercise

Im pretty sure my oldest two daughters are tying to kill me. Perhaps they think that if they knock me off they will get some small inheritance or something...maybe I never told them that anything I do own goes to their mother.

But if you ask me there is definitely something going on along these lines.

It all started when Danielle was out here and just politely asked me if I wanted to do a workout with her...she is just happily going the workout and Im huffing and puffing.

Im a firm believer that whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger...but...

By the time the video was over I'm lying on the floor barely breathing, and almost past out. Seriously, I could hardly move for like 5 minutes, no 10 minutes. I get up and crawl away.




Then she's not done yet, she keeps sending me these workout videos links from fitnessblender.com. So I set out to do them and BAM...I have near-death experience #2. And 3, 4, etc.... Here are today's -- you'll get the idea.

http://www.fitnessblender.com/v/workout-detail/No-Burpee-HIIT-Cardio-and-Abs-Fat-Burning-Bodyweight-Cardio-without-Burpees/fs/

http://www.fitnessblender.com/v/workout-detail/No-Equipment-Upper-Body-Workout-for-Great-Arms-Shoulders-and-Upper-Back/hk/

http://www.fitnessblender.com/v/workout-detail/Booty-Blaster-Killer-5-Minute-Butt-and-Thigh-Workout-Challenge/ci/

Now this would be well enough, but then Jamie starts with 'Hey everyone, whos up for this 30-day PLANK Challenge"...sending it to her young, energetic sisters and just happened to copy her old, decrepit father. Could you imagine doing a plank for 30 days??!!? So of course I say "I'm in". Now I'm lying on the floor setting a timer for 20 second, then 30...etc.

So if you THINK you're in decent shape, and you want to find out for sure, just hang out with these girls. They will really make a man outta you...or you''ll die trying.

Seriously - I'm heading back to watching Hallmark movies!

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