I am starting over today with counting calories. I made the mistake of stepping on the scales yesterday and I gained 10 lbs. I was off work for six days and so my activity level decreased and I probably ate about the same amount of food which equals to gained weight. I can also tell that I feel worse because of the extra weight I am not used to carrying.
I had Katy get me a six pack of slim fast and fruit for me to eat for breakfast. Thus far today I have had 660 calories between breakfast and lunch. My problem has always been at night when I am sitting in front of the TV or my laptop and I get the munchies late at night and think I need to eat. I also need to motivate myself to go to the gym once per day and do 20 to 30 minutes on the treadmill or elliptical trainer. Any exercise vs no exercise is beneficial. I need to do this for my health. I spent 3 months at the gym this year and lost 20 lbs and then I guess I over did it a little bit and my knee and shoulder started hollering. The pain kept me away from the gym for the rest of the year save a trip or two.
My goals for 2007 are simple. To take one day at a time and keep counting calories and getting exercise and try to eat the right things. We are also going to continue on working on our credit and increase our FICO score so we can eventually buy a home of our own. Phillipians 4:13 will have to be our battle cry as we put our noses to the grindstone and take these goals on one step at a time. We can do all things through Christ who gives us strength. Help us dear Jesus to make a committment to do those things we know we should and give us strength and perserverance to make the right choices one moment and one day at a time.
James Moffitt
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Monday, December 25, 2006
Dallas Cowboys SUCK
I can not believe how horrible the Dallas Cowgirls played tonight against the Eagles. I am sorry, I need to revise that statement. I can not believe they showed up for the game and acted as if they forgot how to play the game.
The first sign of their demise was when the Eagles took the ball on their very first possesion and marched it all the way down the field for a touchdown. It was as if the Dallas secondary players were napping. It did not matter what the Eagles did whether it was running the ball or throwing it they had very little to no resistance from Dallas.
The second sign of the Cowgirls pending doom was Dallas's pathetic attempt to punch the ball across the goal line from the one yard line. How many times does the Dallas Offensive Coach need to run the ball straight up the middle to learn that it was not happening tonight against the Eagles. Can we say play action pass coach? If you run it up the middle two times and you are stopped cold what makes you think the Eagles were going to just let you walk into the end zone?
If that were not bad enough we need to turn our attention to the circus clown wearing the numbers 81. Good grief Grady, here we go again. Our special million dollar receiver could not catch the ball because he has a pulled tendon in his hand. There is your sign Dallas. Your star (cough) circus clown (receiver) is injured and has to try to catch the ball without using his fingers. Maybe he should have sat on the sideline vs running around and making a complete circus side show out of himself and his team members. I could not believe that he had the gall to sit on the bench and SMILE after he dropped several passes. He did not even act like there was any sort of anger or remorse on his part for doing that.
There is your sign....
Just before half time Tony Romo and TO actually connected in the end zone. Then Dallas turns the ball over to the Eagles with less than 2 minutes remaining on the clock and the Dallas defense lets the Eagles march down the field 15 and 20 yards per play so they could punch a field goal across just before the half time making it 13 to 7.
One of the sports commentators said it best when he told the watching viewers this. Coach Reid with the Eagles told his team when they were 6 and 5 that they needed to step it up a notch both as players and coaches and that they were playing cautious football. It was evident to me that the Eagles had a singular purpose tonight and that was to beat the Cowboys at home and that is just what they did.
Dallas knew going into this game that they were in the playoffs no matter what the turn out of this game was tonight. It was almost as if they really did not care one way or the other. My wife and I went and watched the movie "We are Marshall" this weekend. One of the statements from this movie is very applicable here. In the end the only thing that people remember is not how you played the game but that you were winners. If you play the game but not good enough to win then it really does not matter. Tonight people will remember that the Eagles won the game and they played hard enough to earn the win.
Now that Dallas is not in first place in the NFC they wont be hosting a play off game. Considering how badly Dallas sucks at home in Irving stadium maybe that will be a good thing. They seem to play much better on the road than at home. Dallas will have to win the next 3 games in order to get to the Super Bowl. Dallas might have to play the Eagles in Philedelphia for one of those games. Dallas plays Detroit in Irving stadium on December the 31st. Maybe they will actually decide to play football. If I were a betting man I would bet in favor of the opponet at this point in the season.
James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
http://moffittjc.blogharbor.com/blog
james.moffitt@comcast.net
The first sign of their demise was when the Eagles took the ball on their very first possesion and marched it all the way down the field for a touchdown. It was as if the Dallas secondary players were napping. It did not matter what the Eagles did whether it was running the ball or throwing it they had very little to no resistance from Dallas.
The second sign of the Cowgirls pending doom was Dallas's pathetic attempt to punch the ball across the goal line from the one yard line. How many times does the Dallas Offensive Coach need to run the ball straight up the middle to learn that it was not happening tonight against the Eagles. Can we say play action pass coach? If you run it up the middle two times and you are stopped cold what makes you think the Eagles were going to just let you walk into the end zone?
If that were not bad enough we need to turn our attention to the circus clown wearing the numbers 81. Good grief Grady, here we go again. Our special million dollar receiver could not catch the ball because he has a pulled tendon in his hand. There is your sign Dallas. Your star (cough) circus clown (receiver) is injured and has to try to catch the ball without using his fingers. Maybe he should have sat on the sideline vs running around and making a complete circus side show out of himself and his team members. I could not believe that he had the gall to sit on the bench and SMILE after he dropped several passes. He did not even act like there was any sort of anger or remorse on his part for doing that.
There is your sign....
Just before half time Tony Romo and TO actually connected in the end zone. Then Dallas turns the ball over to the Eagles with less than 2 minutes remaining on the clock and the Dallas defense lets the Eagles march down the field 15 and 20 yards per play so they could punch a field goal across just before the half time making it 13 to 7.
One of the sports commentators said it best when he told the watching viewers this. Coach Reid with the Eagles told his team when they were 6 and 5 that they needed to step it up a notch both as players and coaches and that they were playing cautious football. It was evident to me that the Eagles had a singular purpose tonight and that was to beat the Cowboys at home and that is just what they did.
Dallas knew going into this game that they were in the playoffs no matter what the turn out of this game was tonight. It was almost as if they really did not care one way or the other. My wife and I went and watched the movie "We are Marshall" this weekend. One of the statements from this movie is very applicable here. In the end the only thing that people remember is not how you played the game but that you were winners. If you play the game but not good enough to win then it really does not matter. Tonight people will remember that the Eagles won the game and they played hard enough to earn the win.
Now that Dallas is not in first place in the NFC they wont be hosting a play off game. Considering how badly Dallas sucks at home in Irving stadium maybe that will be a good thing. They seem to play much better on the road than at home. Dallas will have to win the next 3 games in order to get to the Super Bowl. Dallas might have to play the Eagles in Philedelphia for one of those games. Dallas plays Detroit in Irving stadium on December the 31st. Maybe they will actually decide to play football. If I were a betting man I would bet in favor of the opponet at this point in the season.
James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
http://moffittjc.blogharbor.com/blog
james.moffitt@comcast.net
Sunday, December 24, 2006
This is Christmas Eve 2006 and before you know it the new year of 2007 will be upon us. I have been off of work since last Wednesday and I can tell that I will probably be ready to go back to work this coming up Wednesday. I am not used to having this much free time on my hands and quite frankly my family is probably not used to having this much quality time with dad. Last night I exchanged gifts with one of my best friends who just happens to be a propellerhead just like myself. My propellerhead friend always manages to come up with the most surprising cool gizmos to give me for Christmas. Last night I got the following cool toys...
A. AirDesk laptop stand for my laptop. This is one of the coolest toys of all. Before I got this neat gizmo I was using a utility table for my laptop when I am in the living room. The problem with the utility table is that it was big and bulky and always in the way of someone else wanting to watch the tv. It also was not the right height to be used while reclining. The Airdesk laptop stand solves all of those problems with its unique patented design. I know, this is starting to sound like a commercial but I can not help but be excited about the new ability to use my laptop in exactly the position I need it and then when I need to get up I can just swivel it out of my way.
B. Emergency escape hammer. This gizmo is designed to break out my window in case I find my Durango suddenly turned into a submarine and I want to breath real air vs water. Everyone should have one of these.
C. Keychain glow stick and flash light. Both of these gizmos will help me to find my keys in the dark as well as stay out of the dark.
D. Power Center. This cool gizmo allows me to organize all of my messy wires associated with all of my electronic gizmos like my pocket pc or cellular telephones. It allows you to hide the actual ac adapter and wires in a plastic housing and then leave the business end of the charger hanging outside while you clamp your device on top of the charger housing. For now I am using this for our cell phones.
E. Special rubber duckie radio antenna for the Durango. In September we bought a 2006 Durango and we love everything about our new SUV. One of the things that I had to give up however was the OnStar antenna that was on the Pontiac. This particular antenna connected me to OnStar and it also allowed me to put my carmate M and M dudes on the end of it. The antenna on the Durango was so slim and tall that the M and M dude kept bending the antenna over and slapping the side of the truck. This new antenna bends but it is much thicker at the base and therefore the M and M Dude rides just nicely.
F. Utility knife that allows me to open packages much easier
G. Gorilla tripod that allows you to attach your digital camera and stand it or attach it to other objects.
I am very pleased with all of the very functional goodies that Santa has brought me this year. Thanks Santa!!!
A. AirDesk laptop stand for my laptop. This is one of the coolest toys of all. Before I got this neat gizmo I was using a utility table for my laptop when I am in the living room. The problem with the utility table is that it was big and bulky and always in the way of someone else wanting to watch the tv. It also was not the right height to be used while reclining. The Airdesk laptop stand solves all of those problems with its unique patented design. I know, this is starting to sound like a commercial but I can not help but be excited about the new ability to use my laptop in exactly the position I need it and then when I need to get up I can just swivel it out of my way.
B. Emergency escape hammer. This gizmo is designed to break out my window in case I find my Durango suddenly turned into a submarine and I want to breath real air vs water. Everyone should have one of these.
C. Keychain glow stick and flash light. Both of these gizmos will help me to find my keys in the dark as well as stay out of the dark.
D. Power Center. This cool gizmo allows me to organize all of my messy wires associated with all of my electronic gizmos like my pocket pc or cellular telephones. It allows you to hide the actual ac adapter and wires in a plastic housing and then leave the business end of the charger hanging outside while you clamp your device on top of the charger housing. For now I am using this for our cell phones.
E. Special rubber duckie radio antenna for the Durango. In September we bought a 2006 Durango and we love everything about our new SUV. One of the things that I had to give up however was the OnStar antenna that was on the Pontiac. This particular antenna connected me to OnStar and it also allowed me to put my carmate M and M dudes on the end of it. The antenna on the Durango was so slim and tall that the M and M dude kept bending the antenna over and slapping the side of the truck. This new antenna bends but it is much thicker at the base and therefore the M and M Dude rides just nicely.
F. Utility knife that allows me to open packages much easier
G. Gorilla tripod that allows you to attach your digital camera and stand it or attach it to other objects.
I am very pleased with all of the very functional goodies that Santa has brought me this year. Thanks Santa!!!
Blane Mosmeyer
This is Blane Mosmeyer at the age of 9 months... Katy is his great aunt and can not wait to see this fella in person.James Moffitt
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http://moffittjc.blogharbor.com/blog
james.moffitt@comcast.net
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Our friends in Arizona
I finally got the time to scan in the picture post card that Kimerbly and Mark sent us from Arizona. Kimberly was the Happy Days Camp counselor for our Jessica Ann back in July of 2001. Jessica was very sick and required a lot of attention. Kimberly had never been a camp counselor so this was her first experience. Kimberly has a special place in our hearts and we have adopted her as our own. Kimberly is now married to her husband Mark who works for the US Border Patrol and is stationed in Arizona. Mark and Kimberly are expecting their first child soon.
James Moffitt
http://www.lightourworld.com
http://moffittjc.blogharbor.com/blog
james.moffitt@comcast.net
http://www.lightourworld.com
http://moffittjc.blogharbor.com/blog
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