Fear the Beard er, goatee...

After snow blowing, the snow and beard, I look like I belong on a Nat Geo expedition!

might have to do that again tomorrow, really starting to come down.

21 days without caffeine.  Not bad.  Actually, dare I say, I don't even notice.

Well Joel thought he could outsmart us all and the weather by going to school in Arizona... Not so fast.  That all changed this afternoon

Hey when its 12 degrees and near minus windchill, I think to myself, time to grill out.

What says I Love You more than a heart shaped pizza on Valentines Day.

I won!

Woke up Monday morning to see an email from the Milwaukee Bucks.  Something something about free tickets.  Yea right free nose bleeds I am sure.  No thanks.

I did a little more reading:

You're a Winner Thanks for following @Bucks on twitter! When we reached 100,000 followers we randomly rewarded 100 fans with tickets to the Bucks vs Wizards game tomorrow night, Feb. 11. Congratulations! You're one of the lucky winners. To claim your 2 FREE lower lever tickets for tomorrows game (2/11) vs Washington Wizards, please log into your My Bucks Account with the information listed below. Go to Manage Tickets to print your tickets. So I was 1 in 100 to win or 1 in 1,000 chance to win these seats.  Can't say I really ever won anything like this before.  These were $98.00 (each) seats. Kiki and I went and had a nice Father Daughter evening,

600

No this is not twice as good as the movie 300 or a good series in bowling, but the number of posts I have made since starting this blog, oh some 5 years ago on March 19th 2008.

Although I started out strong, I have not updated this as frequently as I used to.  I do have a few sister blogs around travelling so that does add a lot I could have on the this main blog.

I read some of the original posts from way back, it's like that person on Facebook that posts every move and you really don't give a rats ass about them cleaning the house.  That's kind of how my blog started and actually it was a quick sentence or paragraph read.  I need to get back to that I think.

For those that read this, Thanks.

-Jeff

Caffeine

Well as I catch up on all my blog posts I have lacked on. I did want to mention one thing.  I am attempting to give up caffeine. Yea.  Just like that.

Why, well last week Sunday (2/3) was my last of the coffee I had in the house.  Being the coffee snob I am, I don't like store coffee or Folgers   Also, I did not feel like going to Alterra in Grafton to pick up my monthly supply.  Plus you gotta go on Tuesday because that is double point day.  All purchases get you points (used to be a punch card) which accumulate for in-store credit.  I have probably got 15 pounds or more free over the last few years.  But I digress. Not here to extol the virtues of Alterra's loyalty program.

Anyway, while Joel was home said "you couldn't give up coffee or caffeine".  To which I replied "yes I could" .....it would be rough but I could manage.

So that came back to me and said hey no better time like the present (when you are out of coffee and lazy) to try.  And the first few days were a little hard.  Not for the 'energy' from the caffeine, but the headache of the withdrawal   By Wednesday I decided that I would not only stop with coffee but all caffeine.  So far no coke, root beer, coffee or anything that has any major  (re: measurable) source of caffeine in it.   And I have,  so far over a week now and not feeling any worse for it.  I do miss the warm cup in my hand and it's something to do while working.  I started to understand the addiction part and not always being the substance but the habit behind it.

How long can I keep up the caffeine fast, is yet to be seen.  Now if I could do this for salt and fatty foods.....

Calm after the storm.

Because you are tired from rocking so hard the night before. And you're old.

What happens when a snow storm happens the night you plan on going to a live show?  You put your big boy pants and galoshes on and you go.  and you rock.  and because the snow kept all the lame people away you get to rock harder and closer basically enjoying a private show with about 75 of your friends you have never met.  

Happy Groundhogs day

Oh and something something about a football game.  Are we still playing football?