Shea's Triumphant Return

I haven’t been getting too much sleep lately. You see, Carlee and I adopted a kitten this weekend, and although she’s sweet and really playful and outgoing, she hasn’t learned that night time is “quiet, don’t bother mommy and daddy” time. So far this hasn’t been too much of a damper on my training (it’s only been three nights) but it has messed up in other ways. I’m obviously more sleepy, I’m forgetful (shocker, I know), I’m a bit shorter at work with co-workers and our supply chain and I’ve been getting headaches (granted this could come from a slew of other things, e.g. diet). However, I am waiting for the day when I’ve got 365# on my back and I just fall asleep. Whoops. I hope Shea figures this out quickly.

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Fire + Meat = Yum

I am conquering the kitchen. One meaty meal at a time. It’s been a pretty long time since I’ve cooked for myself on a regular basis, which I have to say is the way to go if you can somehow work yourself into that kind of situation. But condo life, you know, the kind of where there are mortgage payments to make has forced me back into the kitchen, much to Carlee’s chagrin.

My cooking background: none. I can follow recipes and may greatest trait, the ability to eat anything and everything is my weakness, I don’t always tell if something tastes good for other people, which is why I’ve been somewhat hesitant about making meals up on the fly However, the last two tries (New Years Eve and last night, Jan. 4) have gone pretty well. I crushed a chili that involved 3lbs of ground beef, 2.5 pounds of stew beef and some bacon (this filled the Crockpot to the point that it didn’t really taste like chili until the next day when I had more room to work with to add spices) and then last night I got creative and made some Curry Chicken.

I would like to add getting more creative in the kitchen to my list of New Year’s Resolutions. That’s not to say that I won’t use a recipe book more often than not but I ought to be trying things out in the kitchen. If it tastes bad, not big deal, choke it down like medicine and if the “meal” is too atrocious for that, the Chinese Buffet is a quick drive down the road. This could be a good thing. I’ll learn what tastes good together and hopefully have a repertoire of meals that I can whip up at a moment’s notice.

Note: this all gets negated if somebody wants to cook for me… Anybody?

New Years

Well, I've waited three days to submit the requisite New Years post, so here goes. 2010 (tabata) is poised, just like any other year, to be a good year. I'm getting married, I own a home. Good things indeed.
But new years mean new goals. Carlee has a couple as I'm sure that most if not all of you do. Mine are as follows:
Snatch 130kg
Clean and Jerk 160kg
Find a job that I enjoy

I hope that all of you people reading (the millions world wide, or nobody, whatever) decide to make goals that don't let you down and that are actually attainable. I would suggest nothing vague like "lose some weight" or "love my significant other more." The answers should have quantities and qualities. How much weight are you hoping to lose, how are you going to do it, what happens after you hit that goal? In what way are you going to love you significant other? Will you surprise him/her more, be more romantic? Be specific. Which is why my third goal won't happen until I buckle down and decide what I want and how I'm going to get it.
Good luck with your resolutions. Good luck with the Year of Tabata.