Kinslayer

Have I mentioned that Paul and Adam have a band? They're into Metal--not the screachy Death Metal stuff but the epic Symphonic/Melodic Metal. Adam writes most of the music and does the mixing, and Paul's the lyricist, and they have an really talented keyboardest who helps with the music. You can hear some of their music at their website kinslayerband.com.

Paul and Adam have been working on this for a few years now, with Paul being the driving force behind it. Well, they had their first concert last night. It was in bar, so their underaged drummer couldn't go. They built Robby the Robot to fill in (and had to use a computer to play the drum). Their next performance is on the 26th of this month and there's no age restriction. Ed and I plan to go.

Here's a picture from the concert last night. If Paul's wife Kelsey can get me some of the video I'll try and post it here.

Don't even ask me why Adam's wearing shorts.

Davey and Winter

My dang phone jiggles when I take pictures.

Isn't Winter getting big?

And look at Davey!

And Life Goes On . . .

We're still (kinda) doing the reboot. We've had a couple of challenges get in the way of the healthy eating, and Ed was bragging last night that he hadn't really had much of a salad in two weeks. Ugh!

He's working to get the yard squared away. It's a slow process for him, since anything physical really takes it out of him. I remind him--but he disregards me--that if you don't do anything, you hurt even more when you finally do. But he's been blowing me off for years about health issues, so why should this be any different?

We got to see Winter on Saturday. She's getting so big and giggles awesomely when you blow on her belly. Kelsey always dresses her so cutely, too. We'll have Davey this week while his mom is at a work conference. And then next week I've got the LDS Storymaker writing conference. Can't wait!.

Ed and the Reboot

I'm a little bummed because I didn't lose any weight this week. I'm doing P90X, so I can excuse it and say I'm really picking up more muscle which weighs more than fat. It's always so much easier to behave when it shows up on the scales.

We had a yummy Easter dinner (I weighed in the morning) of deviled tomatoes, carrot ginger soup, pralined sweet potatoes, and asparagus pasta. Oh, and dessert was a lemon poppy zing cake, made from white whole wheat flour and sweetened with agave. Very yummy.

The doctor was concerned that Ed's breathing issues might be more blood clots in his lungs, so he went to the hospital for an emergency CT scan. His longs look good, so they're thinking he's got something going on with his heart that's making it so hard for him to get his breath. He's got a special kind of stress test he's going in for tomorrow.

Easter and the Reboot

Whether you are into this kind of Easter

or

this kind of Easter

I hope you have a lovely day.

I've been accumulating a number of recipes I want to use for our Easter dinner. I may even make a soup. That'll be a first for this particular holiday.

I'm really glad we've been doing this although Ed's not been sticking to it 100%. But I think he is eating better. He always has a hard time breathing this time of year because he has so many severe allergies. He went to the doctor yesterday to see about maybe getting a different kind of inhaler. The PA said his lungs were clear, so they did an EKG. There might be some problems there, so he's going to be seen again today and could be making a visit to the cardiologist.

Religious Bigotry

This really troubles me:

http://nation.foxnews.com/nbc-news/2012/04/04/nbc-news-ridicules-mormons

If you have Mormon friends and you hear garbage like this, talk to them about it. Get the facts.

Reboot Update 4

I feel great! I lost another two pounds, so I'm now where I was in June 2010. I'll be able to wear that dress on Easter. 'Cited!

I made a smoothy today that was SO yummy! I was supposed to use a young coconut, but I didn't have one, so I use some cocoanut water and a little light coconut milk. It had fresh pineapple, a lime, a little agave, a touch of vanilla, and spinach. Seriously tasty!

My regular black skirt is getting baggy whereas in January I wasn't sure I could wear it. I also started P90X again. Man but those make me feel good!

Ed continues to eat more veggies and fruit, and he's not eating nearly as much bread as he used to. But he's got such a sweet tooth I don't know how much longer he'll go. At least his weight is steady.