Day 238 - Chillen and Sports Illustrated

Well today was just a wonderful nondescript day! One of my mottos in life is everyday that is a nice NORMAL day with nothing falling on the extreme sides is a WONDERFUL day - Now I know that many people say You should want GOOD things or Fantastic things that makes a Good day - I counter with this thought - When you have had just short of the worst days (death news) with news that you have cancer you find that when you have NO NEWS it is GOOD NEWS --- or just a wonderful nondescript day... Tonight I was reading the SI SuperBowl preview and it is fun but just people babbling about their thoughts on the game  - kind of what I do here I suppose - Game is a week away and I will be having a good time watching it as long as this week provides me with 6  wonderful nondescript days!

Day 198 - Chillen & Bragging on my BD Boy

I have a 14 yr old SON!!!!! yep that is what I have so here is what I think -- He has made honor roll three time in a row in middle school - He plays trombone in the band and in the Jazz band - He was an awesome linebacker on his 6-0 football team - HE has never been in trouble at school and only minor growing up issues at home - He is my hunting, fishing, and golfing buddy!!! SO I have a 14 yr old son and LET ME TELL YOU I THINK HE IS AWESOME!!! -- Yep I am proud of him!

Day 192 - Chillen with Jerk

you know this morning I am on the way to the GYM and window is cracked and that cost $45 to fix - Tomorrow another $50 for front end alignment - last week $70 for two used tires and insurance company lowered our benefits because they forgot to tell us something so all my follow up testing has to be held off until April- and the month prior $400 for other repairs - people close to us are having hard time with work issues and and and - SIGH --- wife says WHY do all these thing pile up around Christmas it just seems like.. STOP I SAY to  HER -- simple reminder that --

If one is alive and well enough to keep trying then all these things are just minor inconveniences - yes stressful at times in comparison to things we had to fight through 3 Christmases ago (being told I had cancer and treatments) these things are not ALL that bad :)

SO here today after another long day -- I eat supper and chilled with some home made Venison Jerky - no I did not get the deer - but it was a good way to chill after supper none the less...

STAY CHILLED ---

Day 191 - Chillen with a Blur

Well last night I only got about 2 hours sleep so today I drug myself through the day -- AND I only had 3 cups of coffee! SO by the time I was done with clients and did some HONEY stop at store and get __ shopping I got home about 7pm - My wonderful wife had a yummy super made and we sat down as a family and ate! -- after supper was/am to tired to be to creative so I just kicked back after supper and chilled - I tried to get my wife in it but all I got was me chillen and her looking like a blur but that is ok it represented how I feel mentally tonight -- I am slower then the rest of the world and you know what it is OK!!! Stay chilled --

Day 181 - Chillen with Kefir

Today I got to do a presentation to a bunch of teachers that I enjoyed then I met with a client - Then I got home took my son to a band party then off to dinner with my wife and daughter - :) it was a good day - HOWEVER - I had KFC for lunch which was a TAD greasy then tonight I chose to eat deep fried smelt - unfortunately these too were greasy sooo stomach was not real happy about my day - I got home and got a big glass of Kefir  - ahh much better - Kefir is 100% better than pepto - This stuff is the BEST stuff ever if you have any kind of stomach problems - HOWEVER - I will let you read about it with the link instead of preach the good qualities of it -- I will say it WORKS --- so I had to give it a place on my chillen list today because it really made chillen feel much better :)

PS Kefir has a ton of cancer fighting probiotics :)))

Day 180 - chillen in sound

Today I hit the ground running and did not stop until I was helping sit up the sound for our Sunday morning service that the little church is putting on this week -- I was sitting there listening to the group sing and practice and realized that i was not really paying attention to the system and was just chillen -- so here it is my chillen pic for today!

Day 178 - Chillen with an Angel

Tonight I have been working for hours on listing stuff on EBAY  (if you need stuff follow link LOL) so I was sitting at the desk feet propped up chillen and looked down and saw the little angel looking at me over my feet and of course I had to add it to my chillen collection :) SO here is our little glass angel to help remind you that Chillen is next to Godliness (well maybe next good thing to do!!! )

Day 177 - Chillen with everything & the kitchen sink

Today was been a day that chillen was on the back of my mind all day - All I wanted to do is kick back and chill because the stress was high and the problems came fast and hard -- However things have to be accomplished and so working is what I did -- then a couple of hours hunting at end of the day, home for supper, run lights to the float decoration group at church - then home to take  my chillen pic in the garage with a pile of stuff that is there and for one of the few times I have the Kitchen sink there too LOL -- Stay chilled you all --

 

Day 176 - Chillen & Non-Naked Tree

Ok well lets make this one simple - Last night I posted my naked tree and it has tied for the all time most viewed chillen pic I have done so far!! I don't know if it was the word naked or what that triggered the views but I thought I had better follow up with the dressed tree  LOL -- Stay chilled you all --

Day 173 - CHillen and Thanksgiving Tradition

Well it is Thanksgiving 2011 - #39 for me :) -- I always thought that I would have a hard time getting older but the funny part is that after you go through cancer - every year you can say your here, every holiday and every day is Thanksgiving day -  Today's pic pre-meal but has been a tradition watching football (sorry Lion fans) on Thanksgiving... So to all enjoy the evening chillen on this 2011 thanksgiving -

day 171 - chillen @ Parent teacher confrence

Today was nothing short of an odd day - things went well overly smooth. I suppose life has been mostly up hill fights and challenges over my life so when things go "right" and multiple things do that on the same day I tend to be a tad nervous -  I am not quite paranoid but I would say maybe not that far from it LOL -- ANYHOW- I went to my daughters 5th grade PTC and it was an over all good report! I have to brag a second on my kids - I have been blessed with intelligent and very well behaved kids - so going to PTC's are not dreadful things :) so here I am waiting in tiny little chairs for my turn to see the teacher- reminds me of waiting to see the principal in high school (but that is only what I have heard ;) ----

Day 76 - Chillen under Kitten - attack

I know I have done a chillen pic with the rescue kitten but these little things are so darn cute the this one got a second invite to chillen. However I will say while I was chillen the kitten NOT so much - he was attacking my shoes with a vengeance - Now if you look a the picture you will see that I am not wearing socks but shoes -- the reason I point this out is the fact that these cute kittens love to bite TOES!!!

I have to wear shoes most of the time right now - they have this very odd foot fetish (no not like chillen feet there is a reason for these pics!) I am not sure if feet remind the kittens of mama cat and her food supply devices ;) -- or of they just like the soft chewiness of them???

Any way you will see that I have shorts on this is a BIG mistake - I now have matching 4in scratches from where these cute Tasmanian Devil kittens have tried to climb my bare leg when I was getting their food ready -- All I can say is that it is a good thing I am now almost 40 I do not think I would have been able to laugh off the blood and pain at 20 LOL ---

Well tomorrow a much more fun chillen pic for my fans - stay chilled

Day 43/365 chillen @ Borders Book's

Today in Mi it has been SOOO hot that the northern plants are all begging for fall to get relief from this heat.. Or maybe it is just me that is begging for this #$#% heat to go back to the south where the heat lovers are LOL

So what to do on a hot day???? simple 1:stay inside house with air on or 2: go to stores with air conditioning so we did both LOL -- and we decided to go to Borders to enjoy the book store before they close for good. So my Chillen Pic is where I was chillen in the non-fiction world information - right in front of my feet is a book on Scotland :) It was a literary chillen day :)

Day 41/365 Chillen @ Mancino's

Ok -- today was another day of listening to talking heads -- They are good information but it all blended into one sound today - SO -- I called my wife and said you know what I think getting a pizza tonight just sounded good. So we loaded up and ran down to this restaurant called Mancino's and for those that may not have one of these in there area I feel sorry for you. This place make amazing pizzas and my personal favorite SUB - the Italian - toasted and just so yummmy!

This Mancino's is owned by some really cool people Mark and Sally - Mark is a cancer Winner too - ( I refuse to say fighting) - think of him in a thought or prayer as well -- :)

One more thing - I have taken chillen to the next level of not being ashamedI amwilling to get my chillen pic any way any how even if I look odd to the world around me LOL - YES I will express my chillen even at the expense of my dignity! Well it is a blog about chillen that main star is feet soooo I guess that is obvious LOL --- Well until tomorrow Stay chilled :)

Day 40/365 Chillen with Harry Potter

Well here it is today - DAY 40 -- for the past 4 nights my wife and I have been on a Harry Potter-athon leading up number 5 tomorrow night then my wife and I have our date night on Monday to see the final movie of the Harry Potter series - Now I know that some of my friends are like NOT HP it all about magic and witches and stuff -- but to them I say - RELAX - I find these movies FUN and we have had one movie date night with everyone since the Chamber of Secrets.

Now I have offered to take my wife on other movie nights but she does not like movies for the most part but she enjoys these movies so I take advantage of this and enjoy it with her :) So tonight I sit here chillen with Harry Potter and my wife of course LOL

Day 39/365 Chillen @ Training

Once more this week my feet and I got to sit all day and listen to talking heads at a training. Now I am not saying the heads did not have good things to say just to often the talking heads do not connect what they are sharing to REAL hard core work--- They teach theory and research that is going one or has been done which is interesting but fail to get it down to real world implementation. So in the afternoon session I decided to talk a little walk and do some Chillen in the lobby where they had comfy chairs :) --

I could not think of a better time to take my daily pic then when I was doing some semi-sneaky Chillen LOL -- Till tomorrow remember to take time to chill today :)

Day 38/365 Chillen with Mexican Food

Ole`- Today my feet and i sat in training from 9am until 4pm about working with ADHD but a Nuro-Psychiatrist! he was a good spaeker but after 5 hours of large PhD words I was ready to do anything like -- mow my lawn (PS I hate doing that)... Then - as all jobs have some odd thing that is life and death to someone in the company and if you do not do this "thing" by a certain time some horrible life altering "thing" will happen - I had to drive home 40 mile and then drive to the office another 16miles to do this LIFE ALTERING thing that took 2 minutes!!! Well at least when the world ends @ 5pm Tomorrow night I will know that I did not cause it!

So My wife and I did this THING and then we headed into Fenton MI- to split what is a contender for the single largest burrito in MI -- it is about the size of a FOOTBALL all covered in cheese :)))) and ifyou drink water you can eat for two for only $12.00 including tip! If you get to Fenton MI - which is right off I75 north head over to Sagebrush - well worth the stop!

Now I should not say this (cause I have non drinking friends) but if you like Long Island Ice Teas (which I really DO -sorry friends) they have a 22oz one there that is AWESOME-- though remember do not drink and drive - BUT it is AWESOME -- (it is about as much as the burrito but WORTH IT :)))) ok moving on :)

Ok here is the Pic - FYI - the people on the outdoor patio were going WHAT THE @#$#% is that guy doing - To them I would say -- just chillen people just chillen :)

Day 34 - Chillen in a booth

OK - today chillen was not easy -- it was one of those days that you just want to crawl back into bed and NOT get up for a few days. Nothing was easy today --- BUT I will not give up chilling!!! So today my feet and I had time to set back in a booth at a restaurant that I was having a drink with a client at - The client decided to run to the bathroom so I just took that time to kick back and chill :) -- it did not last long but for that few minutes I was sitting in a bass boat fishing on a quite lake at sunset... I tell you it really did help me finish the session and the day :) Chillen really works!

Until tomorrow - take time to chill :)

Day 33/365 - Chillen with the fish

Day 33 - chillen with fish - Today my feet and I sat ALLLLL DAYYYY in training - so we sat and sat and sat and sat --- in dress shoes and we sat and sat and sat - SO chillen was not needed as much at the end of the day but MY FANS :) I will FORCE MYSELF to CHILL LOL --- and today I thought why not chill with the fishes!! Not the same thing as sleeping with the fishes thank goodness!!! LOL to you see me chillen tomorrow -- STAY CHILLED :)

Day 32/365 - Chillen @ work ;)

Ok -- Here is MY NEW answer to WHY am I doing this Feet thing? = It started as a joke but now i have to say it has grown to mean something more - I have come to see this as a bold lifestyle statement!

That is right a statement - that says - I understand in this world of rush rush hurry hurry I can take a breath each day and realize that I need to take a breath and chill out - just STOP moving and let the body take a short break!

So for the rest of this year journey I will be living a lifestyle that at some point some where everyday I will be doing just that and I will share it with anyone that will look! Take time to chill for a few minutes everyday you deserve it no matter how important or pressured you are you can reclaim a few minutes of your life by just chillen!

Today my feet and I hit the ground running @ 9am and had training all afternoon but today I took my chillen time right at work before my training :) -- It feels good to realize that no life can be paused for a minute or two ANYPLACE where and when you can...:)