NewTAN's Third Law of Motion (Page 13)

not sure if you are just venting, but let her fly back and you continue on with the vacation!

Venting a little, but it does get aggravating that it's always SOMETHING...  When I plan a vacation, I forget about work and deal with it when I get back.  Guess when you go from gig to gig, you don't have that luxury. 

bewbs

That is all.  Carry on.

Great movie!

Sorry, I haven't been on TAN in days.

That's scary close to where I work... 

Anyway...  There is a Las Vegas Athletic club south of you that may give you a day pass to check it out, but I'm not sure.  There is a gym a Sahara and Cimarron that used to be a 24hr fitness that's something else now.  I never been there so I don't know if they let people in for a day.  The YMCA always lets you buy a day pass, but I don't know about one in that area.  Running in Red Rocks is always an option!  And free!

Made some slow cooker pork loin the other day.  Pulled pork with dark sweet cherries, balsamic vinegar, and honey.

I don't want to brag too much here, but that schtuff was so good, Meatloaf would totally do "THAT" if it meant he could have some.

TAN?

IKR?  Come on people lets liven it up a bit!!!

I have nothing exciting to report but I am pretty boring

I can say that if a couple pulls up to you in a van and offers you two 50 inch TVs and they say they are hott and need to get rid of them, don't buy them!

Sounds like fun??  I had a week of incredible stupidity last week.  It was staggering. Details in my blog. 

So, the only news for me is that Eliza & I are looking at houses.

We're going back for a 2nd look at a 19th century farmhouse on a half acre of land  tonight.  The floors are a little sloped, so I've been trying to find a structural engineer to come take a look, but I'm pretty sure that we're going to write an offer on it anyway, and just make it contingent upon inspection.

Pretty excited... this thing was built in 1847. 

To give that some perspective:

That year, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Jesse James, and Joseph Pulitzer were born.

James Polk was the President of the U.S - just the 11th President.

There were only 29 states, and the Civil War was still 18 years away from beginning.

Whoa, big step! Awesome!

My house was built in 1928 - it's so cute and quaint, with arched doorways and lots of charm. I often waver from loving it's history and charm, with wanting to live in a "new" house without the "old house" problems. 

So what are you gonna do with the land? I think you should raise chickens

Actually, I would *love* to have some chickens!  And a goat!

The city we're moving to is a little uppity, so I'm not sure that they will allow chickens, but if they do, I'm definitely getting at least 4-6.  Fresh eggs every day would be soooo nice!

Most of the land is front yard and the back yard is relatively tiny.  The back will be mostly for the dogs and the front will be room for the kids to play.  I plan to intermingle veggies with the regular landscaping, and I have a bunch of raspberry & blackberry that will get transplanted from my house, too.  Some of the raspberry is actually true "heirloom" in that it is grown from cuttings from raspberry plants at the house I grew up in, which in turn came from plants at the house my Dad grew up in that my grandfather planted in like the 1950's.

The biggest "old house" thing we have to deal with (other than sloping floors) is that the home is a registered local historical landmark, so ANY change to the exterior, even landscaping, has to be approved by the city's Planning Commission.   It's a pain, but that's part of the deal.

That sounds really cool. I would bet there is not anything to be down about sloping floors in a house that old. 

Back from San Fran and trying to get out from under the pile of work that was waiting for me.

OH, and nothing like a dress up weekend and about 500 pictures of myself to get slapped in the face about how fat and out of shape I have become.  Which I guess is a good thing that it's finally REAL?

Buckle down and diet and workouts start NOW.  I'm thinking of going for a crossfit gym membership or a heated yoga/pilates/bootcamp gym.  The wife is pushing for the yoga place because she goes there AND it's $300 for the YEAR whereas the crossfit is $150 per MONTH.  Sheesh, expensive.

Honestly, the crossfit seems more fun and motivating, but the yoga/pilates/bootcamp is probably going to give me the body type I want, less chance for injury, and WAY cheaper.  I'm afraid with my touchy knee and shoulder, that I will wash out of crossfit pretty quickly.

Like many gyms, I suppose it all depends upon the quality of the owner/coach.  These people have to pass a certification class before they can apply to own a Crossfit box, but how serious they take it is anyone's guess.   I'm sure there are more than a few that pay it only enough attention to get the cert so they can start pulling in the cash..... owning a Crossfit box is nearly a license to print money.

The box my girlfriend has an owner that is extremely serious about making sure people have form correct before progressing  He flat out won't allow people to try things at a higher level if their form isn't good with what they're doing.   Conversely, I've heard stories of lots of other boxes where the owner(s) are less than stellar, to say the least.

We wrote an offer on that house last night.  Now we wait.