2009 Scioto County Fair

We went to the fair last week on Thursday, saw the free Circus and the kids rode some of the small rides. We went again on Friday, saw the Mel Tillis concert, and rode some of the big rides with friends. Here are some pictures from the two nights.

Lose It!

Since I've gotten my new I phone, all I here is people saying they got an app for that. Well it's true, mostly, and I wanted to tell everyone about this app I found that is pretty neat. Lose It! by FitNow Inc. is a weight loss and management tool. When you set it up you enter your starting weight, your ideal weight, and then choose between 1/2 to 2 pounds to loose a week. It then calculates your daily allowable calories. Ok but you say but figuring out my calories from every meal is so hard. Sure but Lose It! includes a listing of just about every food under the sun, including Supermarket name brands, and restaurant foods. With a search feature that lets me type in say tuna salad sandwich and lists options I add it and adjust to match the size of sandwich. Additionally you can add exercise and it has calories burned for just about everying including mowing the lawn, walking the dogs, and more. I have been using it for about 2 weeks now and it's really easy and simple. However, last Thursday I went over by about 1000 calories because we ate at Pizza Hut and I had 4 peices of pizza, oops. I had to hit the treadmill for about an hour to burn off the excess calories. You can even add your own foods, exercises, and reciepies. Here are a couple sites with pics and reviews to check it out.
http://www.apptism.com/apps/lose-it
http://www.theiphoneappreview.com/01/lose-it-iphone-weight-loss/

Customer Appreciation Day at Shawnee Animal Clinic

Good turn out, lots of fun, and even the Mix 99.3 is on remote.

It's gettin' hot in here...

So back in May our A/C was on the fritz and would freeze up and then it would get ella hot. So we tried to get it fixed but to no avail as it had a bad leak. So the landlord had it replaced with some kind of super duper heat pump 3000 thing-a-ma-jiggy. This was toward the middle of June, so when we got back from vacation it was nice and cool........... Then NAOMI cooked a pot of chili. Emphasis here is in jest in reality we don't know what caused it to freeze up like a giant block of ice. When I came home Tuesday it was nearly 80F so I asked Naomi what was wrong. We turned off the a/c after seeing the problem. The a/c guys that installed it came by and checked it out and said the would call the landlord and get back with us
......s.....t.....i.....l.....l.........w.....a.....i.....t.....i.....n.....g.............

So Wednesday the boys slept on the spare bed because it was to hot on thier bunk beds. Last night the boys slept on the floor next to the box fan and Naomi was on the couch. I slept on the bed drenching in sweat. Waking up in this kinda heat feels like waking up in the middle of a shower, your wet, except you don't smell better afterwards.

So I have decided.

Ifs dey's ain't gon'ter fixee de dim t'ing den we gon'ter git dur slep en'dur de staz in de tind.

Translation: We're going to sleep in a tent outside.

The End of an Era

So it seems do to a lack of public interest the blogs are going down... if you would like to see it stay vote on the right or become a follower to keep the presses running.

Flashbacks to Kansas

Over the weekend, Saturday to be exact, I thought we where magically back in Kansas. Between 3 and 5:30 in the afternoon we were under a tornado warning. Now I thought we moved away from tornadoes but I guess not. One did touch down and hit Waverly, to the North of us, and Wheelersburg, to the East. Luckily for us we missed out. I would have to say that in the event one did come by it would be gone before we knew what hit us. At least in Kansas it was flat and when you looked outside you could see more than just up. I looked out the front door to watch the sky but all I saw was rain and trees, trees, and more trees. Oh the hills.

Reading

Hooray! The boys have read over 10 books this summer so they will get a free gift from the Library. I think they get to choose a book but can't remember. If you haven't already checked out the Deanboysreading blog do. You will be able to see all the books they have read. Thier favorites of the week and even vote on your favorite books.