I can't believe it is already January 3rd, three days into 2010. I'm happy to say that 2009 ended quietly but very happy. I'm so thankful for my wonderful family and friends and happy to have a successful and rewarding job. One of my big goals / New Years resolution for 2009 was to focus on my health / weight loss. I'm still not at my "goal weight" but I definitely feel that I'm probably the healthiest I have ever been. I can happily say 2009 was a great year!
Looking forward to what 2010 will bring and it has already started off well with a quick trip to Philadelphia to watch KU basketball play (beat)Temple.
My New Years Resolutions this year will continue to focus on my health / weight loss and continue to strive to be consistent in those efforts.
I hope everyone else had as wonderful a 2009 and are looking forward to 2010!
Crap hit on Mike Green
A couple weeks ago my rant was regarding the stupidity of Keith Ballard in taking out his own goalie, Thomas Vokoun. I was pretty fired up when I wrote that but that was nothing to how I feel about last nights Caps v Avalanche game.
David Koci is my new target and this is much more serious than my Keith Ballard rant. Those folks that know me know I love the Caps and Mike Green is my top defensive player. The hit that David Koci put on Mike Green last night was yet another example of the craziness that is happening in hockey. As of this writing there is still no announcement that Koci is going to get suspended. How the heck is that possible.
Please watch the video
The hit was unacceptable on anyone, including Sidney Crosby (who I am NOT a fan of). So NHL what are you going to do....anything. At this point I'm assuming not, why, because Mike Green plays for the Washington Caps and is the teammate of Alex Ovechkin, who seems to be the latest target for the NHL referees. Alex was recently suspended for 2 games because of this hit
You tell me which hit you think was worse.
Please Gary Bettman, don't continue to disappoint me and redeem an ounce of respect and do something.
So far the good news is that while Mikey has a black eye and some stitches they are still planning on him playing on Friday.
David Koci is my new target and this is much more serious than my Keith Ballard rant. Those folks that know me know I love the Caps and Mike Green is my top defensive player. The hit that David Koci put on Mike Green last night was yet another example of the craziness that is happening in hockey. As of this writing there is still no announcement that Koci is going to get suspended. How the heck is that possible.
Please watch the video
The hit was unacceptable on anyone, including Sidney Crosby (who I am NOT a fan of). So NHL what are you going to do....anything. At this point I'm assuming not, why, because Mike Green plays for the Washington Caps and is the teammate of Alex Ovechkin, who seems to be the latest target for the NHL referees. Alex was recently suspended for 2 games because of this hit
You tell me which hit you think was worse.
Please Gary Bettman, don't continue to disappoint me and redeem an ounce of respect and do something.
So far the good news is that while Mikey has a black eye and some stitches they are still planning on him playing on Friday.
Grand Cayman...hmmmm warm
We are back from our week vacation in Grand Cayman. We had a great trip, really it was a lazy week on the beach.
Here is a quick run down of the week:
1. Beautiful 80+ weather every day. Sprinkled 2 days but really not worth mentioning.
2. Snorkeling - There was a small reef right off the beach in front of the resort (Marriott Beach Resort), I saw the largest parrot fish I've ever seen. We did an excursion to Sting Ray Bay, which was cool.
3. Worked out every day! Yes I did. I walked the beach every day, anywhere from 2-4 miles and then worked out in the afternoon in the gym. I'm very proud of that, considering some of the great food we ate.
4. Cimboco - if you ever make it to Grand Cayman, you have to go eat at this place, they have the best Chocolate Pecan Pie I have ever tasted. We actually visited on 2 occasions just for dessert.
5. Fidel Murphy's - an actual Irish Pub in Grand Cayman. It looked very similar to Fado's and made us feel right at home. We spent a couple nights there enjoying Guinness and Strongbow.
6. Variety of food off the resort - we only ate dinner at the Marriott one time (very pricey), there were many restaurants within walking distance of the resort that we loved (Chicken Chicken, Cimboco, The Wharf, Fidel Murphy's).
7. Customer Service - the staff at the Marriott were AWESOME. Before our adventure I of course tried to find as much information as possible about the resort and found several write-ups regarding poor service. Well we found nothing but the opposite, everyone was extremely nice, always a friendly smile and Good Morning, offering to make reservations, providing directions for various restaurants, etc. We felt extremely welcomed.
So we are now back, sad but always happy to return home!
Here is a quick run down of the week:
1. Beautiful 80+ weather every day. Sprinkled 2 days but really not worth mentioning.
2. Snorkeling - There was a small reef right off the beach in front of the resort (Marriott Beach Resort), I saw the largest parrot fish I've ever seen. We did an excursion to Sting Ray Bay, which was cool.
3. Worked out every day! Yes I did. I walked the beach every day, anywhere from 2-4 miles and then worked out in the afternoon in the gym. I'm very proud of that, considering some of the great food we ate.
4. Cimboco - if you ever make it to Grand Cayman, you have to go eat at this place, they have the best Chocolate Pecan Pie I have ever tasted. We actually visited on 2 occasions just for dessert.
5. Fidel Murphy's - an actual Irish Pub in Grand Cayman. It looked very similar to Fado's and made us feel right at home. We spent a couple nights there enjoying Guinness and Strongbow.
6. Variety of food off the resort - we only ate dinner at the Marriott one time (very pricey), there were many restaurants within walking distance of the resort that we loved (Chicken Chicken, Cimboco, The Wharf, Fidel Murphy's).
7. Customer Service - the staff at the Marriott were AWESOME. Before our adventure I of course tried to find as much information as possible about the resort and found several write-ups regarding poor service. Well we found nothing but the opposite, everyone was extremely nice, always a friendly smile and Good Morning, offering to make reservations, providing directions for various restaurants, etc. We felt extremely welcomed.
So we are now back, sad but always happy to return home!
Vokoun taken out by teammate
Maybe it's because I'm in a bad mood, grumpy that I didn't get to eat dinner, but I have to rant a bit so bare with me.
I know that anyone that actually reads this blog might not be interested in hockey, sorry!
Here is a link to an article regarding Keith Ballard taking out his own goalie, Tomas Vokoun, because in anger he swung his stick at the goal and whacked Vokoun in the head, after Ilya Kovalchuk schooled Richards and scored a goal.
Vokoun left the game on a stretcher and had to get stitches, fortunately nothing worse. I can only imagine how much it's going to hurt when he puts that goalie mask back on.
Now, yes I do have a soft spot for Thomas Vokoun because he was my #1 goalie on my fantasy hockey team last year and yes I do have a soft spot for goalies in general because that is my favorite position in hockey (yes that is true, despite Mike Green being a defensemen, I still love the goalies)!
The article informs us that the Florida Panthers nor the NHL will penalize Ballard for his actions. OK, I was not at the game, and I have only seen the replays that I can find online or that have been on every sports channel. The article indicates that Ballard was "visibly" upset, I didn't see that in any of the footage. But beside that what the was he thinking???? The net belongs to the goalie, if they get angry and want to crack their stick on the side of the goal then great, because obviously they won't be in goal but you make that decision when your goalie is in goal. Where did you think he went??
OK, Ballard is upset and I'm sure regrets his actions and would love to roll back time, but he unleashed uncalled for fury. Yes I said that about a hockey player.
The number of injuries for goalies has increased significantly over the past couple of years and yet referees continue to let players intentionally take out goalies with no penalties but if a goalie retaliates they get a penalty.
My theory is that the little blue space in between those pipes belongs to the goalie and if you enter that realm then good luck to you because you are now at the mercy of some of the most amazing goalies!
Now that doesn't resolve this current situation, I do think that Ballard should be penalized, I agree he didn't mean to do it but he did deliberately swing that stick at the goal. Why is that any different than someone that intentionally head hunts or a player that intentionally leaves his skates to take someone out?
Just my thoughts, thus the title of this blog "Talking to Myself."
Get well soon Tomas Vokoun! and no I'm not a Florida Panthers fan, just a hockey / goalie fan :>)
I know that anyone that actually reads this blog might not be interested in hockey, sorry!
Here is a link to an article regarding Keith Ballard taking out his own goalie, Tomas Vokoun, because in anger he swung his stick at the goal and whacked Vokoun in the head, after Ilya Kovalchuk schooled Richards and scored a goal.
Vokoun left the game on a stretcher and had to get stitches, fortunately nothing worse. I can only imagine how much it's going to hurt when he puts that goalie mask back on.
Now, yes I do have a soft spot for Thomas Vokoun because he was my #1 goalie on my fantasy hockey team last year and yes I do have a soft spot for goalies in general because that is my favorite position in hockey (yes that is true, despite Mike Green being a defensemen, I still love the goalies)!
The article informs us that the Florida Panthers nor the NHL will penalize Ballard for his actions. OK, I was not at the game, and I have only seen the replays that I can find online or that have been on every sports channel. The article indicates that Ballard was "visibly" upset, I didn't see that in any of the footage. But beside that what the
OK, Ballard is upset and I'm sure regrets his actions and would love to roll back time, but he unleashed uncalled for fury. Yes I said that about a hockey player.
The number of injuries for goalies has increased significantly over the past couple of years and yet referees continue to let players intentionally take out goalies with no penalties but if a goalie retaliates they get a penalty.
My theory is that the little blue space in between those pipes belongs to the goalie and if you enter that realm then good luck to you because you are now at the mercy of some of the most amazing goalies!
Now that doesn't resolve this current situation, I do think that Ballard should be penalized, I agree he didn't mean to do it but he did deliberately swing that stick at the goal. Why is that any different than someone that intentionally head hunts or a player that intentionally leaves his skates to take someone out?
Just my thoughts, thus the title of this blog "Talking to Myself."
Get well soon Tomas Vokoun! and no I'm not a Florida Panthers fan, just a hockey / goalie fan :>)
Training Update
I realized it's been awhile since my last fitness/training update and I'm sure everyone thinks I've been off my game.....well not completely.
Back in September I wrote what my goals were going to be for the next 16 weeks, so I thought I would do a quick check in to let everyone know that I'm not too far off track.
1. Get back on track with my weight loss and actually get to my goal weight of 145-150.
UPDATE: Well I must admit while in Texas I enjoyed all the BBQ and Tex Mex I could find and did gain a few lbs but tomorrow is weigh in day and I think I'm going to be back down to the weight I was before I left. Still not at the 145-150 goal but I'm making progress. While my weight loss has been slow, I'm definitely committed to keeping it off.
2. Get back on track with healthy eating.
UPDATE: Before heading to Texas and since we have been back, I have been eating very healthy. I'm very pleased that I can have a small splurge every once in awhile.
3. Stick to 16 week fitness plan.
UPDATE: The 16 week plan has been adjusted more than a few times but I'm happy to say that my running, biking and strength training are going well. My swimming has been non-existent, but I'm committed to getting to the pool in the next 2 weeks.
4. Improve swimming.
UPDATE: See update for #2.
5. Improve strength training.
UPDATE: This is going well. The past 3-4 weeks I've increased my reps and weights and in the next week or two I need to change up the actual exercises I do.
So there you have it, not great but still doing well.
I'm registered for 2 sprint tri's in 2010, Columbia Sprint Tri in June, which is the same distance as the Iron Girl and of course the Iron Girl in August.
I was hoping to enter an Olympic distance tri next year but think that goal will need to hold off till 2011. I'm also planning on doing some mini tri's and as you all know I need to really focus on the swimming.
Back in September I wrote what my goals were going to be for the next 16 weeks, so I thought I would do a quick check in to let everyone know that I'm not too far off track.
1. Get back on track with my weight loss and actually get to my goal weight of 145-150.
UPDATE: Well I must admit while in Texas I enjoyed all the BBQ and Tex Mex I could find and did gain a few lbs but tomorrow is weigh in day and I think I'm going to be back down to the weight I was before I left. Still not at the 145-150 goal but I'm making progress. While my weight loss has been slow, I'm definitely committed to keeping it off.
2. Get back on track with healthy eating.
UPDATE: Before heading to Texas and since we have been back, I have been eating very healthy. I'm very pleased that I can have a small splurge every once in awhile.
3. Stick to 16 week fitness plan.
UPDATE: The 16 week plan has been adjusted more than a few times but I'm happy to say that my running, biking and strength training are going well. My swimming has been non-existent, but I'm committed to getting to the pool in the next 2 weeks.
4. Improve swimming.
UPDATE: See update for #2.
5. Improve strength training.
UPDATE: This is going well. The past 3-4 weeks I've increased my reps and weights and in the next week or two I need to change up the actual exercises I do.
So there you have it, not great but still doing well.
I'm registered for 2 sprint tri's in 2010, Columbia Sprint Tri in June, which is the same distance as the Iron Girl and of course the Iron Girl in August.
I was hoping to enter an Olympic distance tri next year but think that goal will need to hold off till 2011. I'm also planning on doing some mini tri's and as you all know I need to really focus on the swimming.
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