Finishing a basement or how to try and lose a finger

The weekend came and went with the goal of getting framework setup in my basement to get one step closer to finishing it and having more space in the house.  The materials were bought by yours truly and I used it as my excericse to load the lumber from store to cart, from cart to vehichle from vehichle to downstairs and rearranged into a nice pile to prevent as much warping as possible.

The Lumber I was whinning about

 I had previously had some great help in changing around the ventilation. (that you can see a part of in the top middle coming from the rafters)  Before that was changed around it looked like Dr. Octopus arms had had been used for our vents all over the basement.  I suppose basements weren't planned to be anything other than storage back in the 50's when this house was built they just slapped it together and it was done.

I managed to get a good crew together to help put this thing together on Saturday morning.  Coby, Tim and Sean and Ian showed up to put in some sweat work and get the project going.  with the end result looking like this!

framing done!

The basement has been framed with the exception of one section for the door.  I will be working on that tonight/ tomorrow to get that completed on my own (crosses fingers).
This is just one step of many, there still needs to be wiring for outlets with lights being redone, drywall, ceiling, floor and stairs to be completed but this is one of the more intimidating portions of the project out of the way and the remainder I can chip away with time once the wiring gets completed.

The only injury was Coby using the nailer and attempting to put a nail through my finger by way of not shooting a nail straight into the 2x4 stud....granted I should have known that his aim wasn't the greatest from his previous attempts but I did think my hands were far enough away from any damage to be done to them.  a bit of blood and a nicely bruised finger later I'll Live and learn.

Otherwise this week is #2 at home with the girly and I decided to make my lunches last night and my breakfasts for the week this morning to make things a bit easier and help me stick to the plan.  With all the activities on Saturday I neglected to take measurements and elected to just wait until this Saturday to see what progress has been made.

Diet and motivation

Previously I've said before this is the first real diet I've ever tried and that is true, While I've done workouts before I never REALLY looked that closely at the food portion of my life.  The longer I've been doing this the more I've realized that it's more of a lifestyle change than an actual diet.  About 95% of my meals have been from my own kitchen (not including the cheat days).  To me this means that I know exactly what is going into my body as of late.  The veggies I pick tend to be organic and the ingredients list on anything I use as a side (Hummus, Salsa, etc) I make sure has the shortest ingredient list as possible.

Now most people understand HOW to lose weight and to get healthy and despite their best intentions just lose the way. There aren't any shortages of diets and fads out there, I spent some time yesterday reading about the new diet pill that may be approved by the FDA in a couple of months. The justification they were using was there wasn't an option between eating healthy with exercise and gastric bypass surgery.

I think that in order to lose weight you do have to have some motivation, whatever it is.   I've set myself up with a great support system of friends and have used as many tools as I can without being overwhelmed to track that progress. Staying the course seldom means taking the easy route.  Just yesterday for my lunch I was running late and didn't have any motivation to prepare it.  I thought just running to fast food quick and then just got to cooking, I threw chicken and vegetables into the Wok and lunch was done in about ten minutes.  Less time than it would have taken me to load up the girl and drive to McDonald's and back again. 

Finding ways to continually remind yourself why you are working so hard to achieve your goals isn't that difficult.  I picked placing a before picture of myself on my phone, blogging about my journey, measurements and having a great support system.  Other things you can do are to write your motive on a post-it and stick it to your bathroom mirror. Jot it down above the grocery list on your fridge. Even consider repeating your motive out loud to yourself whenever you are tempted to make poor choices. If you genuinely connect with what drives you to succeed, you will be unstoppable!

Yesterday while looking for diet fads to talk about, I also cleaned out and read through my emails.  I subscribe to The Toilet Paper and get an email from them a few times a week.  I HIGHLY recommend checking that site out and subscribing.  It gives me some fun things to talk and think about and has a good variety of subjects, most importantly it's FREE!  In one of the recent issues they emailed me it had and article about diets that fit perfectly with what I was going for....below is a great description of some "fad" diets. Thanks T.P for helping me keep it clean. (pun intended...insert groan here)

Hallelujah Diet	Devised by Rev. George M. Malkmus and based on what he believes God wants us to eat. “Aww, fish and loaves again!”
Cabbage Soup Diet	What is this? The Great Depression? You’ll wish it was after slurping down a bowl of this pathetic slop. Thinking the Cabbage Growers of America are behind this scam.
Cookie Diet	Mrs. Field’s these are not. A perfect diet if you are blue, furry and live on Sesame Street. Oh yeah, and have had your taste buds ripped off your tongue.
28 Day Raw Detox	That’s not your ass, it’s a salad shooter. Three days into this vegan nightmare and you’ll be able to smell a Five Guys within a 10 mile radius.

They even provided a link to this picture showing just how long diet fads and gimmicks have been around.

I really wonder how many of these things sold.......

With a name like butternuts you know it has to be good

So I've been neglecting blogging this week because I'm finding myself on the go a lot with my daughter and haven't really been around a computer as much as I normally find myself.  Yesterday we went to help a friend move a couple pieces of furniture and visited our Uncle Luis (aka Robin Hood)


Patience Padawan and you too will learn the balance ball

picture fun with the girls

More picture fun.

     Picture frame project



Before, the different frames annoyed me

Otherwise I worked on a picture frame project, the frames we have of the kids are all different types of wood and colors and it bothered me

So i took it upon myself to paint them. I did these 4 easy steps that took a total of 1 hour for six frames. (would have taken less but baby awoke mid-way through)
1) I did a Satin black to get them all the same base color.
2) Once that had dried I took a piece of lace we had for costuming and placed that over the sides and sprayed the frames with a latte color (fancy word for a dark gold in my opinion but doesn't sound as sexy as latte).
3) Once this had dried I took the black and ever so lightly sprayed over the entire frame again just enough to cover the lace overlay. 

The pattern you see on the inside of the frame is visible
 on the frame when you look close.

4) for the final touch I added a quick dusting of the latte again from a couple feet up to give it a little more color....the results....






Who knew this much research would be needed

Finally this morning I spent time working on finishing prep for the basement project this weekend and tomorrows posting about diets.  I was looking at "research" for tomorrow and found an interesting article on beer. While scrolling through the article to make sure there wasn't any diet research I could use, I glanced on the second listing, aside from the name "Porkslap Pale Ale" it's brewed by "Butternuts Brewery." Those two factors alone convinced me to ask/find this next time I feel like trying a new brew.  Major props to Surly Brewing Co. for getting in on this article.  Every one of their brews I've tried has exceeded my expectations.  Check these guys out next time you make a run. 

Well back to babies, research and whatever adventures the day finds me.

Suplements or Smurf ashes

During the Journey that this blog details of losing weight I've been asked a couple times if I'm taking any vitamins.  My answer is grudgingly "yes."  I say grudgingly because I'm not the type of person that can handle taking pills every day.  It's not my thing, I've seen it done in my family and I really would rather get worse than have to medicate myself to get "healthy."  That's another reason that I've started on this journey to get healthier and into better shape, I don't want to have to hear a Dr. tell me that I will need a prescription for the rest of my life because of the choices I made. 
PAGG What is it?

PAGG is 4 different supplements, taken in a combination at particular doses. Policosanol, Alpha-Lipoic Acid, Green Tea Extract and Garlic.  Each ingredient has a particular purpose, and working together they do their jobs a little better than one on its own does.  I only take the first three before breakfast,  but some people have taken them with each meal with the exception of the Green Tea Extract (if this is taken at night you won't sleep for a while)

Alpha-lipoic acid: Support Antioxidants in the body

Green Tea Extract: Supports the Metabolism and works better than coffee to get you started in the morning.

Garlic extract: Supports cardiovascular health

And the first part of this, "P" is taken only once because of your body's peak time to process Cholestrol is while most of us sleep, around 2:00am to 4:00am

Policosanol:  Basically it is taken to help lower LDL Cholesterol (Bad Cholesterol) and increase HDL cholesterol (good Cholesterol).

none of this is vital but it can be an element when combined with the slow carb diet and exercise has been shown to help with the program.  I have taken this from the start and I don't use it on cheat days and I have forgotten about taking it a few mornings and can honestly say that I haven't felt as sharp as the days when I do take it. Be that something Mental or legitimate I don't know but I go with how I feel.

Where the Smurf reference comes in

As I mentioned on a previous blog post Sean and I worked out last Saturday morning we talked about what protein powder he's using as I grabbed us a couple of muscle milks (which as I've said before is what I use to start my cheat day along with a protein bar).  Sean told me he is using a new protein that is called "Carnivore".  Essentially it is the first beef protein isolate.  Beef is used by bodybuilders and athletes to help build muscle and increase strength. 

I stopped at GNC and asked the sales person where it was in the store. He kindly directed me to it and informed me that the only flavor left was blue raspberry.  Now because any other protein powder I've used that hasn't been chocolate has tasted like chalk or Monkey piss (I've never TRIED monkey piss but I can only assume) I was skeptical.  The salesperson said I have x amount of days to return it if I'm not satisfied with it for any reason so I thought why not I'll give it a try.  I opened it up for the first time yesterday to discover it was blue.... Smurf blue to be exact.

See Smurf Blue

OMG...I'm about to drink the Smurfs cremated remains!!!!!

My first thought.....








Seriously folks, the stuff wasn't half bad, if this is what smurfberries are like I'll glady take my chances.  Tomorrows blog will be later again as I have things planned for the morning and I've found that my phone doesn't like to post blogs that well/easily.

Daughter daddy bonding week!

The next two weeks finds me off of work to spend time bonding with my little girl.  A new program that was launched for fathers to have a form of paternity leave as before we had to save/use our personal vacation day(s)

This is your idea of bonding??? get over here an play with me!!!!

So last weeks results were pretty stale, I meant to update the blog on Saturday with Sean and I working out in the AM and the results from the measurements but I ended up getting distracted by the household watching "Dr. Who" on Netflix (which I had never really seen, can definitely see how people can get into the show) and then heading to get a new phone.  Here's what I would have posted..

Saturday Morning

I managed to get up at 5:45 on a Saturday morning, not prompted by a crying child, dog, or having to use the restroom and got ready to go work out on my cheat day.  When I met up with Sean, we again shared proof of our minds being connected in some form and he echoed my thoughts of "I was tempted to text you and sleep in but decided to get up and get going." Now working out with Sean was a blast because we can bounce ideas off one another and give different exercises that we've done and have tried or variations of those.

Me showing Sean how much strength I've gained with the 5lbs dumbbell

Sean showing me his perfect nap form

After showering and getting home I took the measurements which had remained about the same, I had a feeling they would be as on Thursday I realized that I hadn't been eating until I was full but rather eating just what was provided.  I think that had sent my body into a bit of a starvation mode and I just didn't catch it until Thursday afternoon.  Live and learn.

Additional workout plan

Saturday did inspire me to amp up my workout schedule more.  So for the next two weeks I've came up with this plan.

 Monday - Chest

3 - Bench press 165lbs, 195lbs, 225lbs (25, 15, 8 reps)
3 - Nautilus press 80lbs, 100lbs, 130lbs (25, 15, 8 reps)
3 - Incline press 80lbs, 100lbs, 130lbs  (25, 15, 8 reps)
3 - Pec deck machine 60lbs, 70lbs, 80lbs  (25, 15, 8 reps)

Tuesday – Full body - cardio
Kettlebell swings 2 sessions: 25lbs, 25lbs, 45lbs  (25, 25, 15 reps)
Jogging 30 -45 mins

Wednesday - Shoulders

3 - Arnold press 55lbs, 55lbs, 55lbs  (25, 15, 8 reps)
3 - Laterals 30lbs, 30lbs, 30lbs  (25, 15, 8 reps)
3 - Front raises 25lbs, 25lbs ,25lbs  (25, 15, 8 reps)
3 - Lat pull downs 135lbs, 150lbs, 165lbs  (25, 15, 8 reps)

Thursday  – Full body - cardio
Kettlebell swings 2 sessions: 25lbs, 25lbs, 45lbs  (25, 25, 15 reps)
Jogging 30 -45 mins

 Friday - Biceps & Triceps

3 - Preacher curl machine 60lbs, 80lbs, 95lbs  (25, 15, 8 reps)
3 - EZ curls cable 50lbs, 65lbs, 80lbs   (25, 15, 8 reps)
3 - Hammer curls 30lbs, 45lbs, 55lbs  (25, 15, 8 reps)
3 - Push downs 70lbs, 85lbs, 100lbs  (25, 15, 8 reps)

With this plan I'm also going to be adding a protein shake to my food intake after the heavier workouts on Mon, Wed, and Fri.  I've found the Kettlebell swing sessions are perfect right before the two lunches.  The great thing about this is that everything will take less than an hour each day.  I've done a variation of this a couple years back to prepare for the Robin Hood show.

The rest of Saturday went pretty fast.  When the boy climbed into the car and wanted to drive, I realized in about 15 years he'll be doing just that; and looking back at the past 15 years and how quickly they've gone by and the changes that have happened in the world.  This all makes me take a moment to really look at making sure I make as many healthy changes as I can to stick around for these guys.

Grab that big stick so I can reach the clutch!!

Nutrional Pornography and month one wrap

Nutritional pornography

I’m still motivated to change my physical appearance because I know I’ve been feeling healthier.  Ironically I saw this article yesterday on the Heart Attack Grill.  The person was eating what is called their “Triple Bypass Burger” which is: three ½ pound burger patties, 12 slices of bacon, three slices of cheese, red onion, tomato, and special sauce. I wouldn't even want this on my cheat day!

This is the HEALTHIEST picture of the said burger I could find. 

I did mention this is the HEALTHIEST picture I could find right?

Seriously Google Triple Bypass Burger and go to images.  It’s something that would make Wendy’s Baconator cry and run to its mother!  I will admit, when I first heard of this opening years ago my first thought was…”They offer free dinner if you’re over 350 pounds??? ROADTRIP!!” in all joking.  Looking back on it, it’s not a joking matter.  The fact that some of the other patrons in the restaurant could have considered this a stunt and were heard giggling and laughing while shooting video on their phones makes me ill.  It scares me that people are thinking this is okay, the most recent “spokesperson” died earlier last year at 29 years old…he was 6’ 8” and weighed in at 575 pounds, he replaced a “spokesperson” that had to step down because he had a heart attack.  That person he replaced has resumed the role of spokesperson. 

I understand this is Vegas and what happens stays there or so the saying goes, and it's a gimmick establishment but as I go about this journey I can only hope to avoid the same fate that some of these people are finding themselves. I've seen first hand the ramifications of not taking care of yourself and if I can change my own habits and one person can stumble upon this blog and use it as motivation then I’ll have felt I’ve served some type of purpose.  If no one does come across this I’ll still hope to have the satisfaction of knowing what I am able to accomplish.

1 month wrap

So with all that being said, today the 16^th marks the one month from when I started this journey in January.  Last night I decided to take pictures of myself to see what, if any, differences I could notice.  To be honest I could see some changes but I wasn’t thrilled with what little results I saw after a month.  On top of that all I was starting to come down with a head cold; it’s amazing how your head can hoard the snot that runs out during a sinus cold.  The reason I bring up the cold is because I felt like crap and all the gung-ho lets work out was taken out of me with that and not SEEING the results that I had hoped for.  I’ve known that eating was a big portion of my equation leading me to where I am and I realize that I need to really go about re-assessing my physical activity level.  I work a desk job and generally am confined to that throughout the day.  I do try to stand for at least some period of time while working. 

Solution!

So what this all means exactly is that I’m going to kick the workouts into another gear.  Accountability has always been an issue; I get tired with something or don’t have the time or energy when the end of the day comes or enter your excuses here.  So here is my solution to this.  In one month I’m posting the before pictures….and the after pictures (this will be after 2 months) regardless if I like the results I see or not.  It’s not pretty folks but it’s what I use to motivate myself.  I have the front before picture on my Itouch and see it each time I use it.  I figure if the fear of public embarrassment doesn't get me motivated I don't know what will.  of course I picked Feb. to March to do this which is the least amount of days total so time to get crackin (thank goodness for leap year I only "lose" one day)

Cheating on Valentine's day

Last night being Valentine day the date and I went to Chatterbox Pub in the Highland Park neighborhood last night.  I had scanned through the menu before arriving and knew what I was going to order.  We arrived to a much less packed restaurant than I had expected and were seated right away.  Paging through the menu I had to stop and drool at the Sunday brunch buffet they offer.  I would seriously consider changing around my schedule to make a cheat day out of Sunday for one week if I knew far enough in advance we were going there for brunch.

The time came to order and I went with the steak and for my side I picked Broccoli.  My date ordered an appetizer of cornmeal deep fried pickles.  I agreed to try one.  I failed and had two, the old compulsive eating habits are still there.  We played “Would you Rather” while waiting for our dinner, eventually grabbing a card and just selecting one of options on the card to read without rolling the dice.  I have to say, my favorite question was:

“Would you rather have every driver on the road be a student driver, or have every driver on the road be over 75 years old.”

Dinner came and the first thing I noticed was that the broccoli was au gratin…so I scrapped off as much as I could and moved the dish away to prevent any temptation.  The steak was amazing I have to say and went great with the Red wine (allowable in the slow carb. I’m not much of a wine drinker but splurged on the occasion.)

On a closing note, keep my boy Sean in your thoughts/prayers/Karma (whatever you choose to believe)  He’s having his knee checked out this afternoon and will hopefully get an answer on what’s been going on.  It’s something he’s talked about in his blog and Knowing Sean it’s something that is bugging him because it’s causing him to not be as effective at his workouts as he’d like. 

later blog today.  Today is one of those days where everything feels like it's going 100mph and you're just standing there watching it go by.  I blame a rough night at work last night and deciding to do taxes after that.  Two things I wasn't looking all that forward to doing but got done and can move on.  Well I said yesterday that todays' post is about the food, generally I take pictures of everything to upload but that's not in the cards this week you'll have to read about it.

Breakfast was very bean-y last week as I went back to the basics, I decided I could only take so much beans and eggs and nothing else so I added some to this weeks egg bake.  the total is a dozen eggs, one diced green pepper, one diced onion, 10 strips of peppered (home seasoning, not pre-peppered) turkey bacon and a cup of diced mushrooms.   throw this all into a bowl and dump it 1/2 of it into your large glass pan, add two cans of drained black beans and add the remainder of the egg contents.  Why do you add the beans into the middle of the batch you ask?  because the beans will then sit on top of the other ingredients and not sink to the bottom which I've found to be the case otherwise. 

Lunch is the chili that has been the staple the past few weeks, this time it is without tomato paste and some jerk seasoning to give it a bit of a spice.

Otherwise the food has remained the same as the slow carb plan calls for.

With doing the taxes last night I skipped the kettlebell workout that I had planned on doing and just went to bed once the taxes were complete.  Was just commenting to Sean about being lazy today with being late blogging and working out, and he provided some inspiration to get going, hopefully I'll get to the gym at work to do a quick modified dumbell into kettlebell workout, and get going on the cardio tonight.

Have a great Valentine's Day out there everyone!

Donuts, measurements and jumping oh my!

Monday is once again upon us and yes I’m still here.  I’ve been lying low after my last blog on Thursday at my attempt to be funny.  I woke up Friday to find my house surrounded by the ghost of dead comedians demanding retribution for my feeble attempts at humor.  Seriously if you’re looking to get a good laugh in check out Bill Young’s blog over at youngnotions.  I’ve met Bill once at Festival in quick passing and I’ve worked with his wife a few times in days past.  Hilarious dude…seriously, check him out.

MONKEY DONUTS!

Now in all honesty Things got busy at work on Friday and I didn’t  save my draft from Thursday night to post so I elected to take a few days off to recoup (read: being lazy).  Saturday was my cheat day and I had a meeting at my other work in the morning, so I loaded up my daughter in the car and headed down to the meeting and stopped at MOJO Monkey Donuts in St. Paul to kick off the start of cheat day.  Well that’s not true.  I start cheat day with a Muscle Milk and a protein shake.  Starting off my cheat day with an average of 50 grams of protein to keep full and it actually prevents your body from really absorbing the junk you put into it the rest of the day.  So back to MOJO Monkey,  I grabbed the mocha mouse bismark, Oreo crumble / M&M raised donut, and a bacon bar (no donut adventure Is complete until you have a caramel bar donut with a slice of thick bacon on it.)  I’d offer pictures but they didn’t last longer than 10 minutes of getting home, so you get the picture of the line I found when I walked in.

Get here early these things are awesome!
(the Irony of a health/diet themed blog advocating donuts is not lost on me)

Mesaurements

Measurements were taken BEFORE donuts were consumed as they are each Saturday and I’m pleased to report that I dropped 2 inches from my stomach,  .5 from my hips and I gained and .5 in the left bicep and .75 in the right.  The right thigh experienced a gain of  .75 inches and .5 in the left.  I’m a bit amazed at the arms and legs measurements as this is a HUGE gain in over a week.  I did include the exercise routine each day this week and returned to the core of the food plan but it’s still a huge gain in my opinion.  Also note because I wanted to see what effect the food  and exercise plan was having on my weight totals, I decided to weigh myself on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of last week.  The results are showing as 11 pounds lost from Monday 1:00pm to Friday 12:40pm which I’ll gladly take. Onward to the rest of the days events.

JUMP JUMP 

Later Saturday morning/afternoon my friend Coby and I went on an adventure to Jump Zone in Oakdale, MN.  After the initial shock of feeling like we’d traveled into Gulliver's Travels with all the little kids running around we settled in for some dodge-ball, basketball dunking (attempts) and into a foam pit.  I have to say I had the most fun in some recent time there.   The foam pit was the most taxing with getting out of it after the fun getting in.  It was about five feet deep with three “lanes” to jump into.  It definitely took some serious ab/core muscles to get out of there, and after the third go and getting out with our huffing and puffing we agree to head back to dodge-ball court to lessen our humiliation. Unfortunately pictures didn’t happen as camera/phone was stored in a locker to prevent it from being lost in our jumping efforts but this is the general idea.



we wished we looked this cool

All this and a handy-man 2!!!

We returned back to the house where I managed to fix our dryer.  Turns out that the wall outlet on a dryer provides up to 220-ish ohms and the dryer parts use two different voltages.  The tumbler portion of the dryer only uses 120-ish while the heater uses the full 220-ish amount.  One of the reasons you’re not getting any heat could be that the fuse was tripped.  This was the case in this instance, so it turned out to be a 5 minute fix that I had prepared to be about 2-3 hours. (Which it would have been had the fuse not been tripped and I needed to remove the whole thermostats and replace those.)

Sunday was running around as usual and preparing food for the week.  Tomorrow we’ll explore the weeks' food line-up. 

Well that didn't go according to plan

Well today's blog  WAS going to be fun, I had scheduled a follow up body scan from before I had started the slow carb diet and was going to share the results/changes; good, bad, or ugly …but not really ugly cause that would be cruel. Just typing that made me picture Elvis Presley doing a remake of the Clint Eastwood movie. Elvis could break into a song with the pistol microphone.  The body scan machine was out of ink and the operators couldn’t figure out how to change the setting to black and white instead of color.  So those results will have to come at a later time.  Technically foreshadowing at its worst.

The only other plan I had was for tomorrow blog to work on a leather gauntlet I’m making but that’s not ready and it’s more of a visual thing than a writing effort.

So I searched for headlines on something to write about…..there was a dog that bit an anchor in the face but that’s going to get enough hits by itself for all points, until I stumbled upon this.  Check this out and without looking at the bottom of the picture, how many of these artists can you name for the 90’s???

Name that 90's singer(s)

I managed to clock in at 5 and 1 was a giveaway because it had Hanson on the preview

 …mmm-bop…(that will now be stuck in your head if you finish the rest of the chorus)

you can thank me later!

This is how things get awkward....

Quick blurb here today to keep to my goal of hitting this 6 days a week (I don’t write on Sunday because it’s basically the restocking and plotting day of the week for me.)  Last night was day two of adding exercise to the plan and I have to say I may need to re-evaluate what I had planned.  The dog and I enjoyed our 1.5 mile jog/run last night and I was pleasantly surprised I didn’t stop.  Even when she had stopped to check her Pee-mail (I coined that term, thought it was hilarious)  I kept the legs going by jogging in place.  When we got back to the house and thawed out a little bit I realized that my legs hadn’t recovered from the kettelbell on Monday and the jog hadn’t helped them while my arms and chest felt neglected from not getting much lifting in as they’d like.  I’m going to stick with the current routine for tonight with the kbell, Mcrunches after rowing warm up but I may change things up on Thursday depending on how tonight feels. 

I’ll leave you with an exchange I had with a co-worker via our online chat system (quick note my spouse works at the same company that I do and this co-worker mistook me for her, some of the conversation had to be edited for business purposes)

ME
holla chica, was wondering if you're still sending stuff to XXXXXXX?
and
if so if you've sent anything yet today?

Co-Worker (CW)
I am still sending stuff and will be sending today or tomorrow.

ME
awesome!!
do you want a pile for your collection?

CW
is it a pile of titles?

ME
it's a pile of ------- paperwork
filings
i was given a week plus worth of mail

CW
ok, u can just put it in the folder in ur firesafe

ME
the one by me?

CW
the one that you put the titles to go to ----------------in

ME – Just realizing that they think I’m my spouse
um....where is that?
ted...not XXXX....

CW
oops.
i just saw anderson. sorry buddy

ME
my man boobs aren't that big!!!!!!

CW
you can bring them to me and I will hold onto them.

me
lol, ok

CW
(smiley face)

ME
wait....the papers right, not my man boobs...that would be awkward.....

CW
yes the Papers. LOL