New Year's Resolutions

Ever wonder where the idea for New Year's Resolutions came from? Well, I don't know, but I've been thinking about it. I figure, people tend to take a lot of pictures at Christmas time, and one year someone saw all the pictures of himself and decided to make a goal to lose weight, then the idea just caught on as New Year's Resolutions.

Thankfully, there weren't too many pictures of us this year, but Bryan and I have decided that we do need to lose some weight. So once again, we're going to try to start our own Biggest Loser Contest. ((Hooooraaayy!)) We tried it with Bryan's family last year, and it kind of flopped like a belly-flop in the pool, so we're going to try it again this year, but open it up to whoever would like to participate. Here's the rules:

1. Official weigh in is Wednesday, January 16 at our house. Just stop by in the evening. Email us if you need our address.

2. Each person will contribute $50 dollars to the prize money, to be paid by January 31 or you're out of the contest! There will be a 1st prize of 75% of the pot, 2nd prize is 25% of the pot.

3. We will do weigh-ins every other week to keep track of progress. The winner will be determined by whoever loses the largest percentage of their starting weight--so it's fair for everyone.

4. Final weigh-in is June 1 at our house again, so get ready for a marathon, not a crash-diet.

**Pregnancy is the only way to get out of the contest and get your money back. Unless you are pregnant and not married. Then it's tough luck. Sorry Cathie and Sharon and Kimmy and Kristy and Marie and Jennifer. :P

If you are long-distance, and would like to participate, you have to send full-body swimsuit pictures, a photo of the scale when you weigh yourself, a signed statement by a witness who saw the number on the scale..... just kidding. Those are Bryan's ideas. We'll just do the honor code.

If you are long-distance, and would like to participate, just email us and let us know. We do want your money, and we need a way to keep track of weight lost, so we'll set something up. (Bryan wants a money order, but I think a check is fine.)

We'll post the percentages lost on the blog so we can all keep track and stay motivated. Bryan's even gonna take pictures, but I don't think we need to share those with all of cyber-space.

Okay? Everyone in? Hooray! Email if you have any questions! :)

Bless This Mess

Happy New Year!

I'm still on Winter Break, but Bryan went back to work today. I felt like practicing for when I'm a stay at home mom, so I made dinner tonight using Aunt Judy's cook book. Bryan requested chicken fried rice. Okay, we've got some teriyaki chicken frozen, so that should be easy. She's a great cook, so I trust the recipe, but I don't cook much, so I don't trust my skills. As I was setting the bowls of food on the table, I said, "I hope this turned out okay. If it sucks, I'm going to Taco Bell." Bryan volunteered to say the blessing. It was nice until the very end: "Please bless this food to be good so that we don't have to go to Taco Bell."
Amen.

P.S. It turned out good, but needed a little extra sauce. He said, "I guess my blessing worked 'cause it's freakin' good."