We had a great time yesterday. We had a Dave’s Garden Roundup to attend. This is a website we belong to and every year there are what we call Roundup’s all around the country. It’s just a time where we all get together. We usually go to two a year. We go to one in Cincinnati which is where we went yesterday. It is just a one day affair where we all get together for a meal and plant trades. Kimberley took a ton of plants and we came home with two tons of plants. We also had Kimberley’s Mom and Dad with us and they had all there plants too. So we had quite the load of plants. We had a great time with friends and ended up going over to one of the local gardeners house to spend the evening. Last year we spent the night at their place and camped out in our van. This time we drove home. I had to let Kimberley finish out the drive as I was starting to feel myself nod off.

The other one we go to will be in September. That is the one where I usually take time off and make it a vacation. It is an all weekend affair and we camp out at a local camp ground where everyone stays together. It’s always a lot of fun.

Today is just a day of rest we are pretty wore out after the long day yesterday.

Yesterday I gave you the view from my office door of the fair going on outside. So today I though I would give you a view of my office from the fair. We went on the ferris wheel and took some pictures. We had a great time last night at the fair. Most of the night was spent in Twilight Coffee which is right next door to my office. They had open mic night. My office is the tan and green building and we are the third door down from the end.

It’s our annual festival here in Newark. They bring in all the carnival rides and food. So needless to say it’s been a treat day. Here is a picture taken from my office door.

Even a day watching the Indians lose is better than a day at work. I must say I will never go to a weekday game again while school is in. They had buss loads of middle school kids there that were very annoying. I still enjoyed the game though. I even enjoyed it more once the sun moved to where we were in it. It was pretty chilly in the upper deck with the wind and being in the shade. Here is shot I took with my phone.

I have just not felt much like writing. I am going to go see my Tribe play Wednesday. Me and one of my coworkers are taking the day off and heading up to Cleveland for a noon game. It ought to be a good time. Any day at the ballpark is a good day.

It’s been a beautiful Memorial Day weekend. I spent all day Saturday spreading mulch in our yard. We got six yards of mulch and I feel every yard of it. It was a good workout.

My eating has not been the greatest but I’m working on that.

A little good news is that we are refinancing our home. By combining our home equity loan and our mortgage we can shave 6 years off our mortgage and have the same payment that we now have between the two. We are going to a 15 year fixed. So we will have our house paid for by the time that we are 56. We are going to try and make a couple extra payments a year and have it paid off in 10. I have been listening to Dave Ramesy and trying to follow his advice.  You can check his TV show out on the Fox Business Chanel at 8:00pm each night.

So that’s what has been going on with me. Other than that just keeping busy at work.

I went to get in the van Monday morning to go to work. I usually walk but I just felt lazy Monday. Anyway the radio was on and all I heard was call in and give the score to last nights Indians game. So of course I called. The guy on the phone told me I was a winner. I said great but what did I win? I won 4 tickets to see the Cleveland Indians. So me my father in-law, brother and a buddy are going up to Cleveland tomorrow. I hope the rain hold off. Can’t wait to see the game.

Well here we are in April. That is the month I started this journey 4 years ago.  I wish I could say the journey is over but it will never really be over. What I mean is I wish I was at the maintaining stage of this journey. I keep messing around with gaining and losing and more on the gaining side than the losing. I am proud that I have kept my weight under my milestone of being less than 300 lbs. However I  have flirted with that number on several occasions. So what I’m saying is I’m here in April ready to keep this journey going and we will see what happens. I’m 290 as of yesterday and I have readjusted my weight chart to start in April and I hope to make goal sometime in October. So wish me luck.