Here are my 10 most favorite things to do!
1. Hang out with Amy (not just saying this for sex – I really mean it!)
2. Play with my Kids – Cana and Jackson
3. Hunt/Fish
4. Hang out in my Garage
5. Watch TV Shows
6. Paint
7. Surf
8. Leadership/Speaking
9. Mountain Bike
10. Read/Study
So I spent quite a bit of time making sure this list was in correct order. I would love to see what your top 10 favorite things to do are!
Here are my top 20 favorite TV Shows of all time. Please let me know if any of your favorites showed up on the list!
1. The West Wing
2. The Wire
3. The Biggest Looser
4. Greys Anatomy
5. The Shield
6. Friends
7. Southland (New)
8. Prison Break
9. Battlestar Galactica
10. The Unit
11. The Office
12. 30 Rock
13. Kings (New)
14. American Idle
15. 24
16. The Black Donnelly’s
17. The Sopranos
18. The Amazing Race
19. Parks and Recreation
20. Commander in Chief
These are the Shows that I have watched and loved over the years in numerical order based on how much I enjoyed them! If you want to create your top 10 or top 20 that would be great! I would love to see what your favorite tv shows are!
So it is my wife Amy’s birthday on March 15th! Let me just start by saying that I am so blessed by my wife. I definitely married out of my league! Not only is she sooooo beautiful, she is smart and makes me laugh everyday! So she is turning 31 this year and is not too happy about it, but she is so young at heart that you would never know that she is over 30! She is also such an amazing mom. She is organized, but fun, is disciplined but fair, is kind and gentle, and most of all just loves our kids with everything that she is! She is truly an amazing woman and I am so proud of her! I think she is the best and I wanted to wish her an very happy birthday!!!!!
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So a few weeks ago I put a poll out there and many of you voted on what Haircut I should get. It was actually a tie between Ryan Hanson and Zack Effron. If you don’t know who they are scroll down a few posts and you can see the pictures. So on Friday I went
Tying to look super cool - UHHHHH not so cool!
to get my haircut and I think I got a good combo between the two that were voted. I have attached a picture that I took with my computer so it is not that good! But here is the new Hairstyle! I went to a girl named Kim Cornwell who is just awesome. If you want her number let me know! She is super fun and showed me a lot about different ways to fix it and take care of it. I have never learned that stuff! Also Thanks for voting. I have attached another poll to let me know if you like it or not! You won’t hurt my feelings just be honest with me!
Well Amy and I went to our first Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society Banquet tonight. My friend Brad got us tickets to go! It is a fundraiser to help conserve the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep. It is a great cause and I was so appreciative to have been able to go! It was an interesting event! I thought that it was going to be a little more formal than it was. With the exception of a few girl that busted out their winter formal dresses, Amy and I were the most dressed up people there and I didn’t think we were all that dressed up. I guess I will know for next year. If you like nature conservancy and are into hunting at all it was a great event. I couldn’t believe it though – they auctioned off a tag for a Sheep hunt that went for $80,000 dollars! Crazy! I guess that was sort of low in comparison to years in the past! We left a little early because I am still in some pain from my back procedure, but it was a great event! Thanks Brad for the invite!
So as most of you know that the last 2 years have been a long process of trying to get healthy. A couple of years ago I was doing a sprint workout with my brother in-law Bill and heard and felt a loud pop in my groin. I went to the doctor to try to see what was wrong and they told me to take it easy for a few weeks. Well a few weeks went by and it hurt worse. So I then got my first MRI – it came back negative. I kept telling the doctor that something wasn’t right. They then sent me to physical therapy, which made it hurt worse than before. I even tried a chiropractor who thought it would be a good idea to dig at the “Scare Tissue” every time he had me come in; which was 3 times a week. Needless to say I was starting to get frustrated. I then went to a sports injury doctor. He checked me out and was concerned that I had a rare injury called an athletic pubalgia or sports hernia. It is not a hernia all – but rather a injury that happens when the muscle is pulled or tore off of the pubic bone. He then referred me to the only surgeon in the country that works with this injury and he was located in Philadelphia PA.
Upon contacting the doctor in Philadelphia I found out that he only takes patients with my symptoms who’s MRI’s are negative. How weird is that? So I scheduled a surgery and a plane ticket and headed there to get the surgery done. When I got into his office he checked our my leg and had me lie on my back as he rotated my left leg around. He got a weird look on his face and then headed out of the office for a second. He came back in and said – we sort of have a problem. I am going to do the surgery on you but I think you have a hip issue as well! He wanted me to get an ink injection MRI while I was back there, but I couldn’t get in so he said he was going to do the surgery and if I was still in pain to go see a hip doctor after about 8 weeks. So I got the groin repaired! After the surgery he told me that I had a severe/complete tear and that he has only repaired a few as bad as mine! Thats always good! so 8 weeks went by and sure enough my hip still really hurt. So I then went to see a hip surgeon.
The hip doctor had me get the ink injection MRI and sure enough I had torn cartilage and whats called a CAM Impingement and that I needed surgery on my hip. So I scheduled it and got the surgery. Again after the surgery that he told me was going to take about 45 min but actually took two hours, he told me that there was much more damage than he expected. So I went through physical therapy and recovered 12 week recovery period and got the A ok from him to start to exercise again. I was so excited. I started to work out, but was still in quite a bit of pain. So it has been about a year since the hip surgery and I am in moderate pain all the time. So I decided to go to a pain specialist that focuses on the spin. Oh yeah I forgot to tell you that my lower back really hurts and pops really bad about 3 times a day. So I went to see him!
He wanted me to get another MRI on my lower back and once again I found myself in the coffin like MRI machine going through the same process I did with my groin and hip. So last Thursday I went in to get the results. The doctor came in and said, “I am really glad we had you get the MRI” in a weird sort of worried voice. He said I have a severely degenerated disc and sever nerve pinch which is causing me to experience pain in my hip, leg and back. He informed me that physical therapy was not an option and that my two options at this point is a non-surgical injection of cortisone or surgery to repair the vertebrae. He told me that he would like me to try the non-surgical method first, but if that didn’t help I was going to be looking at another surgery on my back. So here I am – I feel like I’m 75! Every day is painful and I am just tired of this. I am ready for this to be over. I want to play soccer and run around with my kids. I want to be able to feel like I’m 29 again! So if you can be praying for me – I would really appreciate it! If I am really honest with you – I am a little bit scared that the shot isn’t going to work. I am in the process of scheduling that procedure right now and I will keep you updated as it happens!
Ok last night was the last night to place your votes for my new hairstyle! The winner is…….(drumbroll please….)
THE ZACK EFFRON!
Ok that wasn’t who I was hoping for, but the masses have spoken! I will schedule the appointment and we will see if I can get a haircut that makes me a fraction as cool as Zack Effron. After I get the haircut I will be singing and dancing in the hallways. My life will be a musical – a High School Musical!
Thank you for voting! I am going to do more stuff like this – this was fun. At least for me!
So I just spent my Saturday morning doing taxes! OMG! (Oh my gosh!) I am so thankful for turbo tax – but even at that it was still not very fun! At least I got a return. I can’t imagine going through that whole process and then having to pay at the end! I am just glad it is over. I’m not going to think about it again until next year! There is a reason that I am not an accountant or tax guy!
