White Elephant Exchange at Randy's House

Time for the xmas parties and elephant exchanges.. Last night we went over to our friends house for baked pastas, wine and present exchanging.

The rules:


White Elephant Gift Exchange- $15-20, wrapped
NOTE: the entire gift cannot be a gag gift! ex. $5 gag gift+ $15 cool gift
Randy adds: Shot taken when you steal, 3rd owner gets the gift
The first person that picks gets the last pick at the end of the game.

Darren brought and extra copy of entourage season 1 that he had and i brought Nerf balls and a Nerf gun. The game was a ton of fun and needless to say the two of us drank a lot of shots.

The most monumental steal happened like this:
1. Darren opens up the gift Cindy brought. A world of beer and cooler w/ speakers.
2. Way later I open up a portable grill brought by Reid.
3. Randy Steal's Darren's world of beer
4. As Randy steals Darren's gift we both look at each other at the same time and the monumental steal is in place.
4. Darren then steals my gift of a portable grill
5. I then quickly grab Randy's gift the world of beers
6. World of beers locked w/ me! MONUMENTAL!

Darren and I leave w/ a snuggie, energy drinks, the world of beer and the cooler w/ speakers. I would say a successful elephant exchange for us!

Crazy Holiday Calendar

12/11 Holiday Bash at Trav and Kims
12/12 Sashimi for Roger's 60th Birthday
12/13 Holiday Bash at Marky and Jenns
12/16 Elephant exchange at Randy's house.. yes, there will be food!
12/18 Dinner w/ the Redwood Ladies
12/19 Baking cookies w/ Mom
12/23 Xmas w/ Tsukahiras
12/24 Xmas w/ Darren's Fujikawa Family
12/25 Xmas w/ My Fam and Tyler's Birthday
12/26 Day After Xmas Celebration w/ Perkins (or just DP), McGuires and Kagehiros
12/27 Yen Family Reunion

And then there's new years.. which hasn't been fully planned out yet... I'm exhausted already!

Holidays!

All that diet nonsense has been thrown out the door. Let the holiday's begin!

Things that happen during the holidays:
1. You gain weight... the holidays is when everyone brings out their secrete fat friendly recipes.. Who can resist?
2. You have a hard time remembering what day it is. Wine, bubbly and anything else that makes you feel good is in constant flow.
3. People are happy.. Gifts and present giving and that feeling of joy is just filling the air
4. People are angry... The piggy bank gets lower during the holidays which always causes tension.

Alright those are my observations.. Happy Holidays everyone!

Back from hawaii

We've been back from Hawaii for almost two weeks now and I'm still trying to get into the routine. One great accomplishment this week is I made it to the gym every morning. However, this morning all i did was run. No strength training. But I think even making it there is a good accomplishment. I'm back to the weight I was before we left for Hawaii so that's always a good thing.

Work has been crazy. Before I left things were pretty tense. I think everyone is still very uneasy about their jobs and the need to produce and produce well. It kind of sucks because people that are usually very nice are just on edge.

Not only has work been crazy but while we were gone Darren's auntie became very ill. She's been battling breast cancer for over 10 years and it looks like she's coming to the end. Darren's brother who we just saw in Hawaii came back out to visit. It's always nice to see him and we've gone to visit her a couple of times. She has always been very alert and sharp but really can't eat anything. Yesterday, Darren told me that this weekend will probably be her last and that she's made a video for her grandson Michael. Michael is only two and probably won't remember how great his grandmother was. I've been to a lot of funerals but they never seem to get easier.

This weekend is a busy one. Tonight we're going to celebrate Devin's birthday at Ocean Blue Sushi and Homestead Bowl. I hope things don't get too crazy b/c the weekend is our bazaar. I will be there all day both day's in the flipping burgers. My tan is almost gone so I hope I get one this weekend. I should, it's supposed to be HOT.

Diet Log 4.24.2009

Breakfast:
Fat Free Yogurt w/ Strawberries w/ raw almonds
Double Fiber Toast w/ Strawberry Jam

Lunch:
Ground Turkey Okazu w/ Brown Rice

Dinner:
Make your own sushi

Work Out Log 4.24.2009

Cardio:
Elliptical on Variety for 20 min going 2.25 miles

Circuit:
16 Weighted Squats (20 lbs)
16 Lunges (20 lbs)
10 Jumping Squats
16 Hip abductions x2 (1 on each side)
16 Kickbacks x2 (1 on each side)
30 Sec Planks
16 Dumbbell One Arm Lat Row x2 (1 on each side)
16 Hammer Curls (10 lbs in each hand)
16 Over the head shoulder presses

I did this twice

Diet Log 4.23.2009

Breakfast:
NonFat Yogurt w/ Peaches and raw Almonds
Banana Pineapple Muffin

Lunch:
BrownRice w/ Hot Chili and Corn and Broccoli on top

Dinner:
Japanese Cucumber Salad
Ground Turkey Okazu over brown rice

Dessert:
Strawberry Shortcake w/ light cool whip drizzled chocolate