Day 1 Food and Exercise Journal

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I have been working on losing weight since October of last year.  I had lost a total of 50 pounds.  The weight loss group that I joined had been very efficient with their mentoring/coaching  for the first 3 months.  Beginning the 4 month they had personnel change and the efficiency dramatically dropped.  Each visit took 2 to 3 times longer for each session than each mentoring session did the first 3 months.  Since I stopped by Monday … [Read more...]

Do You Play Cards? What Are The Odds?

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I like to play cards and shoot a little dice from time to time.  While standing at the craps table, the blackjack table behind me dealt 5 hands of blackjack at the same time and the dealer busted.  What are the odds?  I am not sure, but I believe they had a 7 deck shoe.  Love it or hate it you probably will not be lucky to see another blackjack table with the entire table of 5 players hitting blackjack at once.  If you know the odds of this … [Read more...]

My Kids Want 3 Couches

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My family's favorite room is the living room.  We like to watch tv at night time and lay on the couches with blankets and relax before going to bed.  We have one leather sectional couch that is big enough for everyone to sit on, but everyone likes to spread out in their own area.  The problem here, is that the kids have a favorite couch and every night they think of reasons why they should be the one to lay on it that particular night. … [Read more...]

Technology Changed Our Lives

I was talking to a bookkeeper the other day and she was mentioning how not that long ago payroll had to be done manually and how glad she is that it is now done on computers which have software which makes it so much easier and more important less tedious and quicker.  That got me to thinking—just how different are our lives now due to technology. In some ways it has made our lives much better—in others not so much.  Cell phones are the one … [Read more...]