Day one of vacation

Yesterday we left Phoenix and headed for California. We ended up taking my Jeep instead of the van, because the van is having issues. After the first 4 hours of the trip we have decided we are going to buy a hard top for the Jeep before we ever do this again. I can't go over 65mph or the vibration noise of the soft top becomes ear piercingly loud. It's not quiet at 65 by any means you just don't think you should plug your ear because of possible ear damage. Our first stop was in Palm Springs to meet up with some family that is heading home from their vacation. We are very glad we did this because I'm not sure we could of taken another 5 hours to our final destination in the Jeep with all of the noise. We have already discovered that this trip will be full of adventure that will make this trip very memorable. I don't remember the vacations as a kid that went smooth. I remember the vacation that we broke down or had crazy things happen. We are in line to make this the most memorable ever:)

Disconnecting the BB for vacation again

Tomorrow we leave on vacation for almost 2 weeks. On our last vacation I shut down my BlackBerry and it made the trip seem very long. I didn't have so much of my time consumed by my social media. We will be taking the laptop this time so I will still have that and my tweets by text from my regular phone but that's it. I love my BB but sometimes it can get in the way of the family time. This trip will be family time all the time. Tuesday night I will power down and walk away from it. Love you all but it family time.

The $4,000 6 week class

This summer I was in an automotive class. At the end of the class I discovered that I had not been properly taking care of my vehicles. Realising I had a big vacation coming I wanted to get so preventative things done on my van. I did this and then things went down hill from there. Right after a lot of preventative things were done I then ran into things that broke like the alternator, battery, tires, brake booster, and I thing you get the idea. In the end I have had many things replaced and the van is in tip top shape. After a recover period I will then be starting to get some much needed work done on my jeep. Knowledge is power but when it comes to car repair, it is really expensive.

Man raising girls!

Little girls are hard to raise for a man. They are just wired different. Men are hard and tough and girls are soft and sensitive. Being a man I forget that and hurt my sensitive girls feelings. I still have a lot to learn about relating to my little women but I think I'm starting to get a little better.

Looking at the flip side.

We all have good days and bad days. My bad days usually get worses since I'm down I just continue to look at the bad things going on in my life. I have decided to try and turn my days around by looking at all of the good in my life and telling the world about it everyday. I have started a new twitter account that I'm looking to update multiple times a day with the positive things going on in my life. This account that is also linked to FB and this blog. My thought is, if I force my self to look at the positive things, and put them out to the world, it should make days a little better for me. I hope it also rubs of on you.

Looking for the good news.

Today I was listening to a little talk radio, watched some news, and watched part of a documentary about feeding cows corn and how that's bad. I was looking back at my day wondering were is the good news that people need to hear every once in a while. I now that they have done research and people don't actually like watching good news, but come on now. I can't think of one positive thing that came out of all this information I consumed today. The world is a depressing place these days but don't let it get to you. People are always going to hate, fight, and do stupid things.
I'm going to start to be my own good news story. I figure if I can do good things in my life and share it with you maybe I will be the good news story in your life. I'm going to start a new twitter account that will be linked up to this site so you won't need to join twitter just to hear about my good news. I'm sure it will fail miserably because nobody really cares to here about how great my life is, but I know it will help me to point it out in my life and make sure I have good news everyday for you to read.

A reason to blog

I thought I was having trouble bloggin but realised I had gotten into a habit of trying to entertain instead just putting what is in Mitchell's Brain down. I'm going to be blogging for me and putting a time stamp on my life instead of trying to entertain my readers. My readers should enjoy the site still but you will be reading more post that are for me, and less for you.
On the other hand my life is pretty entertaining so stay tuned and maybe you will enjoy me talking to myself more than I think.

Is the blogger dying?

I have been on a role lately on my blog and I'm really enjoying being back in the swing of putting my thoughts on the screen. I have noticed lately that many of the blogs I follow are not being updated very often. I can't help but thing that with so much social media out their that the blogger is dying. Twitter, and Facebook are quick bits of lots of friends and family. Blogs are one person talking about their lives and experiences. I can see the inconvenience of following blogs versus have friends or followers on social media sites. I would just hate to see blogs die when I feel they are a deeper and more intimate than social sites. Social sites are great but your thoughts can easily get lost in the feed.

When did the world turn upside down?

I have always thought, do the right thing and you will be rewarded. Its seems like every time I take this approach I'm getting screwed. I see plenty of people doing things the wrong way and they are getting rewarded for doing so. When did doing the right thing become so wrong? Life is crazy right now and I'm trying to make sense of it all.
Does it still pay to do the right thing?
Is the voice inside of my head telling me to do the right thing, really telling we the wrong thing?

Getting caught up to be behind.

Yesterday after noon around 3:30 I laid down just to rest a minute from our adventures in the heat. Laying under the nice cool fan was so relaxing. It was so relaxing that when I woke up at 8pm, I discovered I must have been really tired. It took till 11pm before I could fall back asleep and now its 5am and I'm awake again. Overall I got 10 hrs of sleep but now I have a long day ahead. Looks like I'm caught up on sleep just to get up too early and fall behind again. At least I'm well rested and ready to take on this Sunday.

The devils basement

So the last few days have been just unbearable. I can't remember being this intolerant of the heat ever in my life. It really is absolutely horrible to do anything outside. Today is 115 and humid. There is nothing that can prepare the body to be out in that kind of nasty weather. I can't believe I once worked out in this weather everyday. We made a trip to Walmart today wanting to get the ants out of our kids pants and do a little one stop shopping. It was an horrible experience. Can't wait till we leave for vacation in a week and half. Saying good-bye to the devil basement for a week and half will be so awesome.

It's time to get ill!

We have had a rough week so far with a nasty flu bug. It started with my 3 year old last weekend, then to the wife early in the week and then yesterday it was my turn to take a run at it. I'm doing a little better tonight but I'm still not right and ready to go about normal eating habits. I'm glad tomorrow is Friday and including tomorrow I only have 8 days of work left before I have my next vacation. YAY!!!

The wave of change!

Change is not something I have ever done well. I have never made major changes in my life thinking that it would be crazy and might upset the harmonic flow. The older I get the more I start to understand that change is not only a good thing in life, it is necessary to be successful. I'm looking at stepping out of the mold I have formed, and embrace change and all it has to offer. I might be crazy but most successful, and happy people are.

Back to health and fitness

At the end of the month I will be on vacation and we will be spending some time at the beach. I have not crossed the 200 lbs mark again but have come very close. 190 is my ideal weight and plan to work very hard to get close to this weight by the end of the month. I want to hit the beach without a shirt and not gross to many people out in the process. I started with a spin class last night and plan to be in the gym 3 days a week. I'm also back on the no soda and no food served through a window plan. It will be a wild 3 weeks but I think 3lbs a week will be easily reached if I work hard at it.

Vacation time

Last week I had my first vacation since October of last year and I have another vacation coming up for a week and half in the end of July. It was a long wait for my first vacation but I'm happy now that I'm taking off so much time to spend with my family this summer.