BRIENMALONE's Mar 2008 CalorieKing Blog
Lá Fhéile Phádraig
Monday, March 17th 2008
And a happy Lá Fhéile Phádraig to all (That's St. Patrick's Day in Gaelic)Saturday we headed downtown for a little Irish festival put on by the House of Ireland. They served Irish Stew, soda crackers, bangers (mild sausage) and rolls.
They had a dance troupe of little girls with their hair done up in tight springy curls doing sean-nós (traditional Irish dance) - bouncing like pogo sticks with their legs twisting in the air in geometric, if unnatural-looking ways. Live local musici...
What to do...
Sunday, March 16th 2008
Wow. I ate way... too much... today. Urf. Another day in a long line...I'm a little torn about what direction to take my blog. Do I talk about what has been happening since I stopped tracking my foods? Do I go with a pep talk? ...or do I just make a plan and start working it?
As I have been completely derailed for the past two or three weeks (and have undoubtedly gained weight), talking about what has been going on will either sound like excuses, or it will reinforce my derailment (or...
Ding! Birfdeh!
Thursday, March 13th 2008
So, I'm 36 today.
Is it weird to LIKE getting older? I've wanted to be "grown up" since I was 6... Why? because you can go anywhere you want to go, and you can buy whatever you want to buy. Well... at least that's what 6 year old Brien thought. I like 36 because I have a handle on how the world works and where I fit. I've achieved a level of professional success... I'm comfortable in my own skin. I'm happily married. I know what I want out of life and I know how to get it. At 2...
Tick-Tock
Wednesday, March 12th 2008
Welp... I'm nearing the end of my last day as a 35 year old. Time to move on to that next bubble on the demographic forms *laugh*O 26-35 ...
O 36-45
You may have noticed that my incessant blogging and food tracking has dropped off sharply. I have to be honest, I was on my way off track before the vacation, and after - I'm still off.
Here is a quick catch-up for the week:
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I just wrote 3 paragraphs about things that had nothing to do with diet and exercise. I...
Catalina (Day 2)
Sunday, March 9th 2008
Another great day on the island. I've been here 4 or 5 times since I've lived in California and in all that time I haven't done any of the "touristy" things that people do. It was actually a lot of fun going on the undersea boat ride and the inland tour. We even got a chance to see some of the island's elusive buffalo - no kidding.Catalina Island
Catalina is 8 miles wide by 21 miles long and sits about 22 miles off the California coast. The weather is perfect year round - if...