Forgot this place existed! HA

So, I kinda forgot about this webpage up until I was telling a buddy about Sons of Anarchy and how he had to give it five episodes before he quit watching. The fifth episode is the infamous Fire Or Knife episode... thus triggering my memory about a website named after that ONE episode. So here we are over 6 months since my last post. Happily married, happily running a decently successful video company, the happy owner of a slightly mental dog, and still teaching.

So whats been going on? Caty and I just hit six months of marriage on Christmas. First Christmas married. Its been a blast but at the same time it has been DRAINING. All over the place for 4 straight days made for some great sleep on Monday night. The Christmas with the Dearing's and Perkins/Holmes was the usual fun filled day of making fun of Justin. I love my family, blessed to have them! The Skinner and Davis Christmases were awesome as well. I feel very lucky to have found a wife with two families that show not only her but also me how much they care for us at the drop of a hat. Its been a great vacation from work.

I started working on my health a few months back by doing something I said I would never do. I joined Weight Watchers. I have no clue why I was so ashamed to admit it for the longest time but I guess I felt it was something for chicks. It works. I am almost down 20 pounds lost with 25 to 30 more to go. Can't say that I was 'successful' over the holiday but I did go into the break with something that David Hewitt, a friend from church told me. Christmas is only a day of eating, not a 2 week vacation. While I may have celebrated eating Christmas more that one day, I definitely didn't go nuts like I have in the past. Adding 7 to 10 pounds to my waistline was the NORM for me during the holidays in the past. Not so much this year. I am currently weighing 255, which is just 2.5 pounds more than I did when I got out of school. Still have the rest of the week to get back to where I was. The goal was to maintain over the break. Its achievable.

I must say, I have a buddy who has been kicking some major ass with weight loss. He had one of the weight loss surgeries and I have seen MANY of those fail in the past, not with this guy. He is probably showing of the strongest discipline I have seen ever now that the surgery is over. Who can SERIOUSLY sit at The Melting Pot and not touch a single thing. Props Blake.

So coming up... The Bulls return to defend our championship from last season. I hope to be a full 35 to 40 pounds lighter than I was during the championship series. Its quite possible. First game is the first week of March. Also, thinking of running the Cowtown 10k, I ran a 5k about 5 weeks into my diet and didn't realize how much easier running was with a simple 10 pound lose. The Cowtown is February 25th. So I have two months to get ready.

Well, thats about all I got. It may be 6 months before I post again... who knows...

Fire or Knife... Tonight I will take Knife!

-Dearing