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Squishy
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Helloooooooooooooooooo?
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"For beverages, I only drink water or whiskey and when I’m drinking whiskey, it’s usually when I’m working out. It gives me the courage to lift more than I can when I’m sober." - C. Bratton
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#1802 |
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On a Mission!
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Hey guys!! I apologize for not being around lately. Everything is fine here. I've got some good pics of the garden stuff to post and a lot of catching up to do with you folks. Hope everyone had a great Easter. I'm off to Wisconsin and will have some time in my hotel to get on the site this evening.
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My Journal: Are We Almost There Yet?
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#1803 |
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Squishy
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have a good trip.
BTW, looks like I may be coming to Detroit in late June. I'll let you know for sure when it gets closer, but I'm hoping to be at the Cards-Tigers tilt on the 25th. |
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"For beverages, I only drink water or whiskey and when I’m drinking whiskey, it’s usually when I’m working out. It gives me the courage to lift more than I can when I’m sober." - C. Bratton
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High Intensity Freak
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Glad all is well my Friend, miss ya, take it easy!!!
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"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13
"For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37 |
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On a Mission!
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Gotta go. Catch up with you all later. |
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On a Mission!
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First off, guys, I need to apologize for being absent. It's nice to know you all care and I appreciate you all. I've been real busy at work, at home and I haven't been able to remotivate myself for the gym. I'm working on that. I may just have to start with some cardio sessions, because I have to travel a lot next week.
The garden season is in full swing. My started plants are doing real well. I'll post some pics soon. I'm feeling pretty good. About 191 right now. Not great, but not too bad after nearly a month off. Work is super busy. I'm in Madison, Wisconsin tonight for some more training and will be in Ohio most of next week for a job install and startup. Archimania gifts are going great. I'm pleased with the progress and hope Archie is still motivated. Need to get caught up on his journal and everyone elses. Who's coming????? I need a number for the gift count. Nathan and Andi are great. His third birthday is a couple weeks away. He's been helping me a lot with the garden stuff and loves to water the plants and watch the seeds "wake up". I've been working on finishing the garage and putting in the drip irrigation system for all my garden beds Again, sorry for the absence. Just needed to get away for awhile and get remotivated. YM: Thanks, some times you have to laugh to keep from crying Missfit: Kind of late on the response, but I'm doing well Archie: Thanks, your support is awesome to me and everyone else Tom: Just showing your youth, I see. It's a lot more expensive to replace wives Dev: Milk jugs, eh? I'll have to think about that. I always think about starting seeds when I'm tossing my CC tubs in the trash. How's the garden? Hope it's going great!!! Burner: No reservations needed, it's a free cruise. Billie: I'm doing great. Billie!!!!!!!!! First the Tomatoes, now the Houseplants. Don't make me come down there and make your garden blossom.Burner: Emma: Thanks, friend I appreciate your concern and apologize for my absence. It was rude of me not to check in. I hope all is well for you.Archie: Read above GW: Read Above Pylon: Read Above Archie 2: I'm back, and I'll be around. Hope all is well with you. |
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Senior Member
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We all need a break sometimes. I go through my periods where I disappear from online and don't talk to anyone, but I just tossed it up to me being a woman with hormonal issues
Garden is going well so far. Peas are climbing up my garden net, they are about 8 inches tall already and the second batch that I planted with inoculum are about 4 inches tall. I have broccoli (purchased as seedlings) in two boxes, but one box is growing faster than the other. Granted the one that isn't doing as well I also planted some tomato seedlings in it, but then tomatoe seedling in that one are doing better than the box that is just tomatoes. I did purchase a tomato seedling (German pink tomato) that already had a couple buds on it and it is doing great. That one has blossems on it now. My basil is doing great even though I left it outside when we had frost a few nights. Flowering plants....well I have a mum already starting back. One snap dragon that stayed green all winter is growing (I pinched off all the dead in the spring). My cosmos are doing well, but not too sure about the foxglove and another flower I tried starting. My lavendar and rosemary...well they are lagging. It doesn't help that my dogs somehow managed to get up on the box where I had the seeds started and knocked the box with the peat pellets onto the floor. So that ended up screwing up my labeling system so now I'm not sure what is what till it grows more. One problem I am having is I have something growing in just about all my pots/planters that I didn't plant. I did reuse some soil from a pot that may have had seeds from two flowering plants from last year. However, it's kinda strange that whatever it is is growing in boxes that had soil/dirt from store bought bags. I also noticed whatever it is is also growing in an area on the ground a short distance from my apartment. I did remove whatever it is from some planters, but left it in others to try and figure out what it is. I'll try and take pics tomorrow of the progress. |
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On a Mission!
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Dev, great to talk to you again. I missed you guys!Let me see if I can offer some advice. If you had Foxglove last year, it spews seeds profusely, so that could well be what is coming up in your old pots if they were exposed. Basil: Pinch off the growing points. Yes, I know it seems like you are setting it back, but you aren't. This will make it grow bushy and fat so you can make lot's of pesto!!! If you let it go, it will get tall and leggy. So pinch out the top of the plant and the shoots to make it get nice and wide. Sounds like peas are doing well. Now would be a great time to hit it with a little fertilizer. Broccoli: No experience. Let me in on the secerets Tomatoes: Hope they turn out great. If they aren't too big, remember, it's not a bad idea to replant them deeper. A strong root base now is more important than a big top. They will produce all the way to the first frost unless they are a determinate variety. Do you know how to prune them??? I can help you here if you want. Damn dogs I'm just kinda learning about flowers this year. I started a bunch from seed: Marigolds (yeah, I know these are easy), Coleus (my favorite shade plant) and Zinias. Billie also sent me a bunch of seed packs: Black-Eyed Susans (How'd she know they were my favorite and I didn't have any at my new house ), Cosmos, Summer Squash, Candy Tuft and the Iris Bulbs. My yard is going to look great this year. Thanks Billie-O![]() |
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#1809 |
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Acting Normal...
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Different shades of black
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Welcome Home Steve!
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this is why I'm hot!
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Your welcome Steve-O!!
on a side note...I am not killing anything in the Garden, it is my hubby!!! He also mowed over my new Hydrangea bush on Sunday, killing it in the process....I don't know what I'm going to do with him ![]() |
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Super Hero in Training
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Tip of the spear!
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you could take over all the lawn work...
![]() Hey BM! U and I are on the same boat! Let's take it back to port and get off and get busy, eh? |
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Success leaves clues. People who produce outstanding results do specific things to create those results
Nobody cares what you did yesterday or what you are going to do tomorrow. What is important is what you are doing NOW to solve our problem THERE IS NO TOMORROW! - Appollo Creed |
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MP Minister of Pain!
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Heya bud glad to see you back around these parts!!!
No worries sometimes you just need some time off ten hit it again full speed! Glad all is going well with work and the garden! Just keep workin hard and everything falls into place! I wish I could make it for archies comp but I dont think I can!!! Do you have any details? Like hotel price, how much tickets are, whats the deal with transportation from airport to hotel etc etc? I dont know if I could get the time off from work right now but if its not to much $ i may be able to sneak away from here for a day or two ya know! |
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"Only in dictionaries does SUCCESS come before WORK." -Alfred K. Henderson
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Tom_B
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 3,589
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Whoo-hoo good to know everythings alright, great having you back!
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Squishy
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"For beverages, I only drink water or whiskey and when I’m drinking whiskey, it’s usually when I’m working out. It gives me the courage to lift more than I can when I’m sober." - C. Bratton
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The American Dream
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Welcome back!! err, didn't know you were gone, since I was sluffin off myself.
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Do you like drama?
Comedy? Non-stop action? Then look no further than a Life of a Father, Husband, Soldier, and Gym RatOr maybe you'd like to venture into Myspace?
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#1818 |
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On a Mission!
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ARRGGG! A long couple of days. Left Wisconsin Thursday night and it took me and the guy I work with 7.5 hours to get through Chicago and to Kalamazoo. Instead of driving the extra 2 hours to get home, I stayed at his house and worked with him on Friday. Golfed today in a fundraiser for a kid killed in a car crash to help out one of my friends. Played awful but had a good time. Now it's time to catch up on yardwork and move the plants from cells to individual pots in the baement. Going to run tomorrow and hopefully hit the gym on monday.
Emma: Thanks I'm back at it.Billie: Bummer, not to late to start over you know! Burner: I hear you. Ahoy, mate! Bolt: I'm sure if you take the time and expense to get there and the hotel, we can take care of all the driving around costs. Fitgirl: Just pics of my indoor garden! Good to hear from you. Tom: Yeah, I'm hanging on, now it's time to move forward. TT: Hey there Pylon: Always seems to be seats available at Tiger Stadium (err....Comerica Park). Been to the new Busch yet??? |
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Squishy
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"For beverages, I only drink water or whiskey and when I’m drinking whiskey, it’s usually when I’m working out. It gives me the courage to lift more than I can when I’m sober." - C. Bratton
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this is why I'm hot!
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workouts any time soon Steve-O??
I planted some more flowers this weekend... got some tiny bradford pears in some buckets too...put those on the patio to replace the dead houseplants ![]() |
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On a Mission!
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Give it to me
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Steve-o....wut up new booty!
![]() Oh, you guys are talking about plants and trees and stuff, here's a question. I've got this really, really, really ugly Pin Oak...not doing anything - apparently they don't do well here. Well, we have a Bradford next to it, and we need to replace it with something else....any thoughts? |
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All the glory to God! We have a baby on the way.
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Super Hero in Training
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Tip of the spear!
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Success leaves clues. People who produce outstanding results do specific things to create those results
Nobody cares what you did yesterday or what you are going to do tomorrow. What is important is what you are doing NOW to solve our problem THERE IS NO TOMORROW! - Appollo Creed |
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this is why I'm hot!
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Tammy...you are as obsessed with that song as I am...
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#1825 |
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On a Mission!
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Tuesday - April 25
Hope you are sitting down as you read this. I made it back to the gym today and have had a clean diet for two days. I think I should start posting my diet again. Seems to help me make better decisions.
Cardio: 8 minutes warmup on bike Weights: HIT Workout 1 - Push Dominant Flat DB Presses: 45# - 15, 9 (had to do two sets here to reach failure. Boredom set in on the first set before fatigue. Need more weight next time) Pec Deck: 100# - 11 w/static hold Pushups: 17 DB Side Lateral Raises: 15# - 10; 10# - 8 Face Pulls: 50# - 11 + 4 Xreps Tricep Cable Pushdowns: 70# - 7 + 4 w/static hold Tricep Pushdown Machine: 60# - 6 Dips: BW - 5; -28# - 5 + 2 Xreps Time: 16:30 Notes: Workout felt pretty good. I was happy with most of the numbers. Weighed in at 197# . It sure goes on a lot faster than it comes off. I think I have my head back together. I've had some health issues that I've been working through. I won't bore you with the details, but lets just say what looked like a pretty serious situation seems to be resolving itself. That's my last excuse. I'm really trying to get focused again. Thanks for the support gang! |
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