Smoker mania

The last month has been busy and as a result not much computer time but on the positive I received a cool gift from one of my brother inlaws for some work I did to his home. It is a silver smoker made by Char-Broil! Very cool gift and already have used it twice since sunday. My oldest helped me build it and was very happy to help out old dad with the nuts and bolts of the operation. Yesterday we grilled some yummy chicken breasts and the charcoal taste is great as compared to the gas grill we already own. Nice to have the option of gas or wild fire for my grilling needs.
Here is a pick of my beauty!



I plan to smoke a chicken this week end and a future venison something in the future.

Show and Tell

It was show and tell at Alex's preschool today. He has been thinking of things to bring for the last couple of days and the top listed items were: Deer Antlers, toe bone from a deer and a bamboo flute from the Philippines. I was pushing for the shock value of the deer items but in the end we opted for the flute. I would have loved to see him show his precious musical item to his little friends but all I could get was a quick 3yr old version of the event. Yes and another yes to my questions and then a very hard blow on the flute to make your ears crack in the confines of the car as we drove home. Ouch!

Sore and more!

Since my last post and just three days of getting back into shape I am hurting in every part of my body and more. I knew it was going to be tough but ooohhh am I out of shape. They say that pain is weakness leaving the body and I must have lots of weakness! Anyway I do feel better and had forgotten how good it feels to relax after a good workout and guilt free eating. The 300 Spartan workout is a beast and my only goal now is to be able to complete the workout in a few months of training as now I can only do a fraction of it.
On the home front and the boys they are good and help be workout too as their weight and picking them up helps.

And here is pic of my littlest buddy eating people.

For all of you worried about my health here is a video of a workout I found that I can do at home while still watching the boys or during nap time. Wish me luck!


300 Spartan Workout Training. Home Version - Watch today’s top amazing videos here

Preschool

Today was Alex’s first day at preschool. I was nervous to the fact that he won’t let go of me in a new situation and this was very new to him. I have been prepping him before he went and said to him that he goes to work now like mommy. We had also showed him the room at our church that he would be going so that was an ice breaker. Last night at bed time I asked him if he was ready to go to school and he nodded and answered in a squeaky voice “YES”. Well we got to the school and the minute we hit the door he darted for the class and once inside he saw a work bench full of play tools and went right to work. He never looked back to me and so I left feeling happy that their was not a meltdown but a bit disappointed that he didn’t seem to care that I was gone. I know get over it and be happy it was so easy. But when I came to pick him up with Josh he had a huge smile on his face and couldn’t stop talking about his new fun experience. A proud dad moment! Only one minor miss-hap and that was a pee pee accident as he didn’t want to pee in the girls room. I take him to the men’s room and the urinal. Guess there isn’t one in the lady’s room? HaHa