Weekend in LA

Just got back from a long drive home from L.A. It was kinda fun to go on a lil' weekend road trip. We took a little gander of New York Film Academy, played on the beach, and hung out with Adam and Ashley. Man! That's a freaking long drive though, our bums are sore from sitting that long.

Forever!

The car is a 1916 Chandler.



I'm very proud of Mr. Neil and his crazy dedication to his dreams. He is so devoted and since I've known him I just see his focus and enthusiasm grow exponentially. He always has an idea formulating or a project in the works.

The past couple months he's put so much time, sweat, blood, agony and pleasure into a music video for a band called HEART PHARMACY. Pictures and comments have been floating around facebook so I'm not going to post them. Hopefully it will only be in Post Production for another month or so and then can see the finished project!

I'm excited to see where his dreams take him and I want to be supportive and helpful the whole way!

Also, I'm very excited to meet my new nephew who was born on Saturday! Congrats Nate and Erika! It's their 3rd kid! I can't believe it! Now their family is getting pretty big: Jenna, Carter and now LOGAN. YAY!

Yeah, I was getting fat

So, weight gain is something that I never had a problem with before. I could eat loads of junk and I always remained the scrawny lurp. After the whole marriage thing happened I noticed that I started getting a little flab around my belly. "Hm, that's weird." I would often think to myself.

After the holidays I decided if I didn't nip it in the bud it would just get harder to lose the weight I was gaining, and I really don't ever want to be out of shape. I love doing outside things too much. My diet began.

I started off with a cleanse.......where I didn't eat a single thing for 7 days. I just drank orange juice and water. That was an interesting experiment and I more or less wanted to test my self control. I just wanted to see if I could do it. I lost a bunch of weight. People told me that I would put all the weight back on, so I decided to prove them wrong.

What I've been doing since is simple. I follow the "Eat less, move more" rule. I watch what I eat and I go to the gym a lot. Since new years I've completely cut soda from my diet. I've been doing a lot of swimming and running. I am now training for a triathlon.

I'm no weight loss expert, and most people are in much better condition than I am, but I was excited to see the Before/After results. It seems if you really put your mind to it you can do it.

Next up: Getting those flabby pecs a little larger. Wish me luck, I'm off to the gym.

Violent Projectile Vomitting

.....gross, right? and now it's me barfing my brains out. I hate this. 

The worst adventure yet!

Last night Neil and I jumped in the car and headed for L.A. for some film school scouting. Because we had to wait for me to get off work, it was a late start and we stopped in Mesquite for a night. We got a crappy hotel room and crashed around 11:30 pm. Come 1:30 this morning, Neil was in that nasty bathroom barfing his brains out. He didn't stop until noon today. Obviously, we just jumped in the car and headed back North home to SLC. Neil was too sick to drive his Subaru so I took the wheel. The only problem is, I must have missed the day when they taught "DRIVING A STICK SHIFT!" Neil was passed out in the passenger seat and I was sweating bullets at the wheel trying to figure out that dang clutch! I would wake him up to shift for me, and coming into SLC-- YEAH! i almost killed us. Somebody was watching out for us because I'm sitting in the comfort of our little apartment now. I'm glad we're home! Blah! 

My great wife

Everyone who knows Felicia knows how sweet she is.  There is just something about her that can't be explained.  I've been thinking about all the sweet things she does for me and the list goes on and on.  Here are some of the things that make felicia the best person to live with.

-She wakes me up every morning with a kiss and a huge smile.

-When she gets excited she'll hug you and wiggle her whole body.  I love the "excited wiggles"

-She just breaks out at random times and dances.

-When she's really tired she'll go around the house on all fours like a dog.  All the time I'll feel something hitting my legs and when I look down it's Feli's head.

-She falls asleep every time we watch a movie and I carry her to bed.

-When it's a really good movie and I ask her not to fall asleep because I want her to see it, she stays awake.

-She calls me at work just to tell me she loves me.

-Every night before we go to sleep she says, "You're a monkey and I'm a kitty and we're in love".  Weird I know.

Feli is really the perfect wife and I love her.

LOVIN' THE SKI SEASON!

We're lovin' the snow and Neil's lovin' his new skis! So far we've had a happy, healthy ski season and I hope we can make it to spring with no broken legs. 

The swedes went on a mini vacation to california for a week so Neil and I are enjoying the peace and quiet. Suddenly our little 2 bedroom apt seems so big and roomy! It's nice to have a little break but we kinda miss them too!