Benefits of a Rain or Shine Policy

Recently with the weather we have been having here in California I've missed a couple of runs because of the rains. This was frustrating for me but more so for my training partners who are getting ready for some pretty big events. Their frustration built to the point that they went out last weekend in a pretty good downpour. I saw them run by and thought "ooh I'm glad I am not out there".

It turns out they didn't melt or worse so they instigated a new "rain or shine" policy.

So when I woke up last night and heard rain in the downspout I knew the run was on. I mechanically got myself ready for the run psyching myself up to go.

Fortunately when I stepped outside it had already stopped! So instead of turning over and missing out I went out an had a great run! The smell of Eucalyptus just after a rain is awesome!

I love the benefits of our new rain or shine policy.

Living with a monster!!

As I mentioned in a previous post in January our TV broke and was replaced by a relatively small 17 in TV.

Well a neighbor was over last week when we hosted a poker tournament at our house and noticed our rather paltry TV and mentioned that he had a larger one that we could purchase for cheap.

Being very value conscious we decided to look into this potential deal and on Sunday we went by his place around the block to check it out. It turns out it was a significant upgrade in terms of size and quality so we said yes. Now we have what can only be called a MONSTER TV in our living room, a 50 in TV set with built in stereo. This is a Mitsubishi which originally retailed for $3000 that we got for $200!

We are not huge TV people but I can tell you I cannot wait to rent a movie and watch it on this thing! I am sure we can get used to it and it only took the kids a nano-second of course because Sponge Bob is now 2 feet tall!

Myers-Briggs for Blogs

A colleague at work just pointed me to this site, Typeanalyzer, which claims it can identify the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) of a blog's author by examining his or her blog.

She ran it on my blog cajkzblog and I think it came up wrong!

Here is a summary of the output:

John = ESFP which equates to "Extrovert, Sensing, Felling, Perceiving
“The entertaining and friendly type. They are especially attuned to pleasure and beauty and like to fill their surroundings with soft fabrics, bright colors and sweet smells.”

Those that know me are well aware that I have no affinity towards soft fabrics and bright colors and smells (unless they are my own) :)

When I have taken this test before the indicator has come up with what I believe is a correct assement of ENTJ - Extrovert, iNtuition, Thinking, Judgement"

Here is a screenshot of the complete analysis.

Thanks Big Darren (quick post)

Well we are having an amazing visit with my sisters and her kids (more to come). Yesterday amongst other things we had my friend Darren and his family over.

One of the things they learned during his visit was the "fist bump with explosion!"

Here is a video re-enactment:


So now Lea and her cousin Will will do the "fist bump with explosion" after each time they burp!

Thanks big D!

Happy 90th Birthday Mom Mom!

Today is a special day in terms of miles stones. My maternal grandmother (who I lovingly refer to as Mom Mom) turned 90 today!

I've also just figured out that I am gaining on her. In 6 short years I will be exactly half your age so look out!

The kids and I made a couple of videos to celebrate!




The kids alone!



The kids silly!

Yoga mania!

For Christmas I bought Melissa a yoga video so that she could do yoga at home. Now before you say "that's just like a husband to do that" she requested one. I did some research and ended up getting one of the highest rated videos on Amazon from Shiva Rea.

Unfortunately right after Christmas our TV broke and the loaner we have has not yet been hooked up to our DVD player.

This weekend the video was revived and the house has gone into yoga mania. When I got back from my run yesterday afternoon Julia was doing the yoga with the help of a portable DVD player. Lea (who had ridden her bike along with me for 3.5 miles) joined in and they did yoga for about 30 minutes. After Lea bailed out Julia kept going for another hour! She loved it! The first thing she did when she got up this morning was 1 hour of yoga with Melissa! They are hooked!

This is all just part of the yoga mania however. As it turns out Melissa has a way of shaping he world around her and she must have willed a yoga teacher to contact her because we are now hosting yoga at our house 2x per week in our loft. In fact we rearranged the entire space up there so that up to 10 people can do yoga with her new yoga master Mahdu. She came by to survey the space Melissa offered and said that "there are good vibrations here" so I think we are all set! She will even let the kids participate if they want to so the house has gone yoga crazy!

New animal species name - solves age old problems

Recently the kids have been telling me about how they have solved two age old problems in one fell swoop as they say.

They have all told me that if we discover a new animal, which will certainly happen at some point, then it should be called xorange.

This way when you are going through the alphabet naming animals there is an animal that starts with X instead of having to "cheat" a little and say fox.

Secondly there will finally something that rhymes with Orange instead of "cheating" a little and saying "door hinge" the problem will be solved!

I think this is quite clever thinking by the little crew. Hopefully they can apply the same energy and logic to making their beds!