December 7, 2009
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1 Argh! The weekend always flies by when you have a great one!
2 I would like to be the first “blog” (I claim I’m the very FIRST blogger ever with the Daily News, but that’s my own ordeal, plus the DN is just the DN, period.) to welcome into this world the very beautiful Ayla Xuan Lee, brand new daughter to Julie and Chris Lee. She was born at 3:17 a.m. on December 5, if I got all the info straight. Julie is the girl many came to know as Julie Do for years, and even leaves that as her handle on Facebook.
3 I’m always excited to hear good news from all of our alumni friends, and that was a GREAT one after a few months of sighs and stuff. My heart turned into an enormous smile knowing that the world now has new hope in their new miracle.
4 Congrats!
5 Moving on, Part the First: Best weekend in quite some time, all told. Friday night I simply enjoyed knowing that I had put in one of my best weeks teaching, and came home knowing it!
6 On Saturday, I swam and swam and swam away all my troubles once more. This completely refreshed my outlook on virtually EVERYTHING, and the day rocked! I got into a set design Saturday, as bold as ever, only the “set” was my entire front of my house!
7 I did a light design as fun as any I ever did. Ironically, I had Beach Boys music blasting on my iPod as I cleaned the gutters, tested lights, drew up a design, and worked all afternoon, just like “back-in-the-day”.
8 I have two huge trees in front, and managed to light one an understated Christmas red, and the other a Christmas green. I angled the lights just so, so that they had a perfect blend of shadow and light.
9 My inner patio became even more fun, as I lit up my roof first, then had my daughter Nicole light up four somewhat tall bushes, so that they looked a lot like something out of Candyland. We even put candy canes of various colours on each bush.
10 I’ve a couple of cool polar bears, a mama and kid, and lit them with moonlight, with some ice blue lights traveling across the fence.
11 It took hours, because I had to test all the lights, replace bulbs, hide all the extension cords, and clean up and rake all the leaves.
12 I LOVE the results! I love Christmas, even though for years I was famous for being a total Grinch lol! But as I get on in life, I realize that everything I do should throw some love out there somewhere, and so I did this year with the place.
13 I ALSO got about ninety per cent of my Christmas shopping done right after I worked out on Saturday morning. By the way, I have now spent 50 minutes in the gym 32 out of the past 36 days, and I can’t wait to go back today!!!!
14 All swimming, pulling water and avoiding the Turtles and Hippos! I feel great, and would love to encourage everyone to stop talking about working out and find what works best, and then DO it!!! Once I decided to commit, my entire outlook on everything centered, and I now can’t wait to get up in the morning and live life to the fullest.
15 You should try it, honestly. If I can do it, I swear to you, because I’m a normally a pretty lazy guy when it comes to exercise, ANYONE can do it!!! I’ve lost almost 20 pounds already, although the last five were murder! But yeesh! The entire world has become brighter, better, and sensible. It’s been tough, but I’ve battled and won. You can too.
16 Love yuzzzz all, btw.
17 Moving on, Part the Second: Someone just popped on the venerable Meet Me in St. Louis, and for all its corniness, I hear nothing but laughter and fun permeating my home.
18 Well, I believe I’ll keep this one short. I have a test to write up, as well as plans that need to be written for the next two weeks. After that, it’s vacation time! To those of you stressing the next two weeks in college, hang in there guys! I’m still rooting for all of you, even if I haven’t been writing! You are ALL in my heart, and and I want to wish you all the love and luck, and I hope to see you during the holiday!
19 Welp, I’ve a movie to watch, so keep your heads focused, and your minds clear. Get some exercise, and call someone you haven’t called in a while. It’ll do your heart a tremendous amount of good!
20 Gottago. A classic movie beckons! Love the season, love life, and I love all of y’all!
21 See you tomorrow.
22 Peace.
~H~
