The Jensen Crew

Weight loss hill

toddjensen — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:20:06 +0000

Decided to try and climb the weight management hill once again. I lost close to 60 lbs around 4 or more years ago. Looking on the bright side I’ve managed to keep 25 off, translated into needing to loose 35 again and maintain. Week 1 nearly complete I’ve lost the initial 5 of water. I’ve lost some of my WW knowledge but it’s coming back.

Well it’s about time to move to the next thing. Until next time.

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Valentine’s Surprise

toddjensen — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:57:38 +0000

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!

Lied Center – the Hobbit

toddjensen — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:23:58 +0000

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.

WW vet back to the gridiron

toddjensen — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:51:26 +0000

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?

Adenoidectomy

toddjensen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:38:02 +0000

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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Missing glove found!

toddjensen — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:29:00 +0000

shout out to whomever found my glove in the 501 building parking lot! Thanks a million!

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Star City Sports 2010 Magazine Front Cover

toddjensen — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:54:30 +0000

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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First 2009 Nebraska Snow

toddjensen — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:45:36 +0000

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.

Facebook for Parents

toddjensen — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:16:38 +0000

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!

Annual Gym Picnic

toddjensen — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:16:27 +0000

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!