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Wii Fit

Wii FitPicked up a Wii Fit on Friday at EB Games.  Got the last one.  Getting the last anything from a store always seems cool to me.  When I got home from work I figured I’d fire it up and give it a shot.  

It starts you off by selecting your Mii (I haven’t been able to make one that looks like me) then asks you to stand of the balance board so that it can test you out.  The balance board weights you and measures your center of balance.  My balance was off to the left a bit but not too far from center.

It then gives you some balance tests.  I had to stand on one leg and balance for a bit.  This test showed me that I can’t really stand on one leg to save my life.  Then another balance test had you have to lean left or right to line up your balance in some boxes.  This one was a bit easier for me.  It then gave me my Wii Fit age of a whopping 50 years old!  I was a bit disappointed by this.

I’ve been doing many of the examples, determined to get my age much lower than 50.  I can now kinda balance on one leg, still gotta work on that a bit more.  The strength exercise I’m great at, with perfect 100 scores in most cases.  So I still have some dignity left.

This morning one day 5 of Wii Fit, I’ve lost almost 6 pounds (don’t know how that happened) and my Wii Fit age was 31!  So I’m glad that I’m no longer 50 and can now almost balance on one leg.  Overall I’m very much impressed with this, while I won’t stop going to the gym several times a week.  It does do a good job of working in many balance and flexibility exercises I’d like to incorporate into my routine.

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Uncle Rich

Me and Uncle Rich

Sadly my Uncle Richard passed away on May 16.  He was always the favorite of my brothers and I.  While not technically our uncle we always considered him one and I think that sums up just how much he meant to us. He was one the most generous individuals I had ever known and would literally give you the shirt off his back if he felt you needed it.

We’ll never forget the trips to 7-11 and driving his car into shopping carts at Jamesway.  My brother Frank, my Mom and I took the ride up to Belleville to attend the visitation.  It was nice to meet his family and I think it’d of meant a lot to him to knew we attended.

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Cool Birthday Gifts

Yesterday was by birthday and I was the lucky recipient of some pretty cool stuff this year.  Here’s a list of some of the stuff:

Very cool stuff.
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Wow, YouTube is awesome indeed.

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Saw 2 maybe 3 snakes today

While playing disc golf today in Vineland the Shepherd and I spotted two and perhaps even a third snake.  I never run into snakes, so it was kinda cool for me.  

The first encounter occurred when the Shepherd went to retrieve a disc that went slightly into the brush.  Apparently the disc landed right next to the snake.  It was a pretty large snake.  We were able to retrieve the disc without bugging him too much.

The most impressive snake on the day was a big black snake that ran across the top of a hill right in front of us.  Must’ve been at least three feet long, probably longer actually.  After doing some research on snakes found in New Jersey, I’m pretty sure it was a black rat snake, but may’ve been a northern black racer.

 

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I won a patriotic bear

Wow I just won a patriotic wooden bear.  My arm was slightly twisted into donating money towards some American Red Cross Heart Walk, and a few minutes later was notified that I had won a prize.  At first I had no idea that I was entered to win anything, but quickly ran down the steps to claim my prize.  I can’t remember winning anything recently, so I was pretty excited.

There were several weak prizes to choose from.  Mostly girly stuff, like picture frames and candle stuff.  But there was an obnoxious patriotic wooden light up bear that I knew had to be mine.  It’s awesome.  I feel so patriotic basking in the glow of it’s light right now.