Posted by toddjensen on Feb 13, 2010 in
personal Amy surprised me with a wonderful evening of great food, entertainment, and company. She planned the night to the hilt including finding care for the kids overnight (thanks mom and dad), which in it of itself is no small task. Between gymnastics deliveries, blankies, and toothbrushes, lots of things to track down and organize. We went to Misty’s and had a fantastic meal. She surprised with 2 tickets to a local posh annual fundraiser. The Chocolate Lover’s Fantasy is a great event where local businesses get together and create some very interesting and delicious creations, all from chocolate.
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They had fresh cotton candy and chocolate moose, as well as a huge chocolate covered onion. There was a great turnout at the event and lots of chocolate for all. Thanks for the wonderful surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed myself! Happy Valentine’s Day, I love you!
Tags: fun
Posted by toddjensen on Feb 5, 2010 in
family We made it to the Lied Center tonight to the Hobbit. It was very fun and much different than I was expecting. The show was a full size puppet show put on by 5 canadians from Quebec.
The only regret of the night was that we forgot our good camera, so I guess cell phone photos is what we got.
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Posted by toddjensen on Jan 19, 2010 in
personal Ok, so it’s been a while since I attended Weight Watchers. Back in the day (I think around 2004 or ‘05) I managed to lose close to 60 pounds! Now here in 2010 some, not all of it is back. Do I dare talk to the world about losing weight again, sure why not! We’ve started a new program at the U called ‘Shape up the Nation’. I am a bit apprehensive due to the cost, basically for the right and privilege to have a team and share workout times and things. I guess it keeps you on track, similar to that of Weight Watchers which proved to be very successful for me. My question to those of you that have never had problems with weight management, do you have to think about watching what you eat every time you eat? Even when I was in WW, it is almost an obsession to stay on track. I really equate it with addiction, but in this case the one thing that is the vice is required by the body to live, hum what a bummer! Anyway, my goal is to drop 10% of my weight by March. Shooting for the sky I would love to lose 20% by the end of May!
A shout out to Amy and Andy, do you guys have a set schedule you are going to try to make it to the Y. I’d love to join, we’ve been trying to make it a couple nights a week and maybe a weekend day here and there? What do ya say?
Tags: weight
Posted by toddjensen on Jan 18, 2010 in
Uncategorized Almost ready to go into surgery. Eric has had chronic ear problems the last 5 months. He hasn’t been able to hear our of his left ear. Hopefully this will help for a while. I have a feeling this won’t be the of it.
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Posted by toddjensen on Jan 7, 2010 in
Uncategorized shout out to whomever found my glove in the 501 building parking lot! Thanks a million!
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Posted by toddjensen on Dec 31, 2009 in
family Amy took Ryan to Lincare and was waiting in the waiting room and found out that Emily is on the front cover of Star City Sports Mag in January. What a pleasant surprise! Congrats Em!
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Posted by toddjensen on Oct 10, 2009 in
family The kids decided to enjoy our first snow!
Eric made quick work of the less than 1″ of snow.
Notice the pumpkins behind Em, a bit early for snow isn’t it?
Trevor found his snow pants, though he didn’t find a matching pair of boots…missed that shot 
And then there’s Ryan, too tired or cold too sick today (Monday) to take a photo.
Posted by toddjensen on Oct 5, 2009 in
teaching I’m getting anxious to teach my Facebook for Parents class at Southeast Community College this coming Thursday (yes it’s during the game and yes I’m sad I’ll miss the first half.) The first time I taught it, I went in with the objective of describing what FB is, how it might be used by young adults, and ethics involved. Little did I know that the majority of the people were less interested in what their kids were doing, and more interested in connecting with their own friends. I guess I should have known as the
recent demographic stats suggest the largest and quickest growing age group growth is 55 and over. Those groups in FB that are dedicated to ban parents could become quite popular. As for me, not only are my parents taking my course (no pressure), it could be a way for parents to stay connected with their kids.
I’m co-teaching a Freshman course for the second time this semester at the U, and a quick survey of the students, more than half liked that their parents had ‘friended’ them in FB. Happy facebooking moms and dads!
Tags: facebook
Posted by toddjensen on Oct 4, 2009 in
family Oh, so blogging means that you are supposed to post stuff more frequently than every 10 months or so 
Here you go Amy.
We attended our annual Capital City Gymnastics team picnic on Sunday. We had a fantastic evening, though it was quite cool. It was much better than it would have been last week in the 40 mph winds. This year was a bit different, Duane decided to get new foam cubes for their jump pit, so he held a creative contest for the girls to create a sculpture using 5 cubes each. Emily made a gymnast. They all were very cute. Unfortunately after hard work and dedication, Emily didn’t win. Congrats to Mandy and her gym girl as well!
Tags: gymnastics, picnic
Posted by stamper on Jan 12, 2009 in
ramblings 
Since my hopes of purchasing Becky Higgins Project 365 kit have been dashed (sold out before I got a chance to get one). I’ve decided to just keep a journal and attempt a photo a day to show ‘a day in my life’ for one whole year. Whether or not I keep it up remains to be seen, but twelve days have passed and I’m right on schedule. Of course there are the basement updates, but the two favorite photos are (not shown) Ryan and I reading magazines in the tub and this one, my current weakness. It all started as a slow snacking on York Peppermint Patties at school, just one or two per week on my way through the lounge to a burning desire to actually visit the lounge IN HOPES that there would be a bag and then to actually receiving them by the carton from Sam’s Club as a New Year’s “gift”. I know it sounds strange, but I’ve deemed them “the best food on the planet!” I don’t eat toast and don’t drink coffee but thought this picture of my morning “fix” on the counter should definitely define one day in my life. Bet you can’t wait to see what other quirky photos show up!
Tags: scrapping
