Suggested Serving Size

At Woodman's today, I bought a 25 cent bag of Barbecue-flavored Krunchers potato chips. To show everyone what a typical "serving" of potato chips looks like, I put them in a bowl and took a WebCam picture of them. 140 calories, 7 grams fat. I could probably eat three times as many chips in one sitting.

For those that monitor their nutritional intake -- I wish you all the best.

Walk With Me

It's been over two years since I last participated in a walk to support the American Diabetes Association. You might remember this post from October 2003.

There's another Walk for Diabetes coming up. It's in Racine on Sunday, May 7. I would appreciate your support, whether than means making a contribution, joining me at the walk, sending an e-mail of encouragement, or just making a quick comment on this post. In case you're curious about where contributions go, here's some details:

Your commitment to the American Diabetes Association funds research for a cure, prevention of diabetes and its complications, awareness and outreach programs, as well as our mission to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

I've set up a couple of web pages that make it fairly easy for you to sign up / make a contribution:

Here is my personal page that shows how much I've raised so far. It also has a link to make an online contribution. If you'd like to contribute using a check (a.k.a. an "offline" contribution), just let me know.

I'm also serving as team captain for the SC Johnson team at the walk, and here is the team page.

Thanks for your support! I'll be sure to take pictures at the event and let you know how it goes.

Keep on Movin'

Happy Easter! Here's some photos from our recent trip to Oregon.

We're both very busy at work. It seems like there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done. I've been swamped for the past few days, but I still like my job. I just wish I had more time to do it. :)

On the real estate front, we're still trying to sell our place. It's somewhat annoying to have to keep our place spic-and-span EVERY single day, but it also has tremendous upside. You always come home to a clean place. And it's been worth it -- we've had visitors almost every day this week while we've been out working / running other errands.

I'm sure that things will settle down eventually. Until then, I'm going to enjoy the excitement of life as best I can.

And here's a classic post from October 18, 2003: Pizza for Isaacson

Three

We spent a little more than usual this year for our wedding anniversary, which occurred on March 29. I thought I might be a spending a bit much when I bought Jenelle a makeup case, a new customized photo jewelry box, and an emerald/diamond pendant. However, the biggest expenditure was yet to come.

Late Wednesday night, we reached an agreement with the seller of a 4-bedroom home in Kenosha. There are a number of things that have to happen before all is said and done, but there's a decent chance we'll be moving before summer rolls around. It's very exciting and very time-consuming, but we're enjoying the process. We're especially thankful for everyone who has helped prepare our existing home for sale, including my parents (cleaning efforts galore) and Gina (lots of painting assistance).

In other news, work is also keeping us occupied. Surprise, surprise.

More on this story as it develops.