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And my craving for the new Transformers movie will be satisfied. Thank you to my wonderful wife that encourages my inner dork and prodded me to get 12:01 showing tickets. Woo!

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The best ice cream frozen custard I’ve made to date… Vanilla #2 (custard based) from The Ultimate Ice Cream Book. I can’t wait for dessert tonight. Have I mentioned how great that Kitchenaid Ice Cream attachment for the mixer is?

Bill Life Frozen Custard, Ice Cream

I meant to take a picture, but I forgot. Let’s just say “Mint Ice Milk” isn’t what I was going for last night. Oh well.

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One word for it… Heaven.

Bread? Check.

Cookies? Check.

Mixing hamburger meat? Check.

Cakes? Check.

Ice Cream (thanks to the attachment)? Check.

How the hell am I supposed to lose weight when I have a toy like this in the kitchen now?

Bill Life Artisan, Bowl Mixer, Kitchenaid

Holy crap, so I did a test last night (I’m a bit out of sync with Week 4 now, thanks to my schedule being out of whack for the next two weeks), and I did 50 consecutive pushups.

I’ve never been able to do that before, not even close. The program is doing a wonderful job of helping me gain some strength and some stamina where I’ve lacked it all of my life. Sweet!

Bill Life One Hundred Pushups

Yesterday I did over 100 pushups, not consecutively (yet), but in the 5 sets I did over 100. Today over 5 sets I did 205 situps.

Methinks the program works.

Bill Life One Hundred Pushups, Two Hundred Situps

Something I saw today and enjoyed:

“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” - George S. Patton

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” - Theodore Roosevelt

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Sadly, last night was probably the last for Crews and Reese, and I still have some questions that I’d like to be answered. But, if the Season 2 finale is the series finale, then I’m not upset. It was a great episode, and true to form, had a wonderfully Zen saying at the end…

what we learned as children
that one plus one equals two
we know to be false
one plus one equals one
we even have a word
for when you plus another equals one
that word… is love.

If you happen to come upon this post and you were a fan of the show, leave me a comment!

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I finished up Week 1 of One Hundred Pushups. Not too bad actually, the soreness wore off after the 2nd day of it. Today is the last day for Week 1 of Two Hundred Situps. Not surprisingly to me, that one is easier for me to do. I hate crunches, but I’ve always been able to do them with good form. I’ve been in column 3 since the start for that program. I think I’ll be able to complete that one in the allotted 6 weeks.

The pushups however, might be a different story. I think I’ll end up repeating a week or two when I hit Week 5 or 6, but we’ll see.

Bill Life One Hundred Pushups, Two Hundred Situps

And I’m a bit sore, but it’s not awful, although I feel a bit like this at times when I move:

Bill Life Family Guy, One Hundred Pushups, Two Hundred Situps