P90X Update

My schedule and my feelings about it so far:
Day 1 – Chest and Back
Pushups and pull ups.  I was using honey jars for weights, since I didn’t actually own any, other than Kim’s small guys.  I have since remedied this situation.  I felt good doing this one, felt like throwing up after, but it was [...]

Pumping Iron – the sequel

The first day of working out is easy. You watch the video, follow the steps, and then you go collapse. Easy-peasy. Okay, well, maybe not so easy, if my tweet last night is any indication:
Barely keeping it together. First workout in a long time. So weak. Ah, well. The journey of a [...]

Holy Cow

So, yesterday, I mentioned that I was looking into a fitness program that Shaun had mentioned his wife, Lindsay, was doing.
Today, I started that fitness regime in earnest.
Holy cow.
Chest and back, eh? I imagine that a lot more than that will hurt tomorrow. In fact, I might not be [...]

Unschooling

I don’t spend a lot of time talking about our decision to homeschool Nick. I don’t even think about it much. He’s a bright boy, he picks his way, and he is interested in an amazing array of things, about which he knows a lot more than his old pappy, here.
Kim forwarded me [...]

Summer Blog Challenge post #28

Jacob’s Story
Snowflake Method History

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

Wizard
Hero
Lawman
Thief
Emeril Revisited
Barbarian
Knight
Princess

Design Edits
Step 4

Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four
Part five

Step 4 edits
Step 5

Doop’s Story
Gary’s Story
Emeril’s Story

Just when I was getting ready to cash in and call it a career, I got word that the big boss, the guy who got me into the business, wanted a job done. When [...]

Summer Blog Challenge Post #27

Emeril’s Story
Snowflake Method History

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

Wizard
Hero
Lawman
Thief
Emeril Revisited
Barbarian
Knight
Princess

Design Edits
Step 4

Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four
Part five

Step 4 edits
Step 5

Doop’s Story
Gary’s Story

I’ve been surrounded by Law Enforcement my whole life. My father was a law man, his father was a law man, and ever since, I’ve followed in their footsteps. A couple years back, my [...]

Summer Blog Challenge post #26

Gary’s Story
Snowflake Method History

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

Wizard
Hero
Lawman
Thief
Emeril Revisited
Barbarian
Knight
Princess

Design Edits
Step 4

Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four
Part five

Step 4 edits
Step 5

Doop’s Story

I’m no hero. I’m barely an adult. My father had hopes that I would eventually take over his inn. I wasn’t too keen on that. I was looking into training for the local [...]

Summer Blog Challenge post #25

Step 5: Doop’s story
Snowflake Method History

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

Wizard
Hero
Lawman
Thief
Emeril Revisited
Barbarian
Knight
Princess

Design Edits
Step 4

Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four
Part five

Step 4 edits

I read this morning that step 5 is an expansion on step 3 (getting a feel for the pattern, finally). Basically, it’s a one-page story synopsis for one of the characters.
It’s also something that Randy uses [...]

Summer Blog Challenge post #24

Snowflake Method History

Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

Wizard
Hero
Lawman
Thief
Emeril Revisited
Barbarian
Knight
Princess

Design Edits
Step 4

Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four
Part five

Part four edits
So, last time I did edits, I gushed about the SONY PRS-600 and its ability to mark up files that you have on there. Great, wonderful. But what if you don’t have them on there and haven’t gotten [...]

Not Another Story Post

So, it’s another night where I won’t be working on my story design. I’m on to edits for part 4, and I haven’t even gotten them into any form where I could edit them, yet. Problem is, I’m tired.
I’m tired when I go to bed, I’m tired when I get up, I’m tired [...]