Eagle Scout Project (2013-02-23 @ 8a)

William Ducourant's Eagle Scout Project

Please join us in serving our community:

 United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties

and helping William Ducourant earn his Eagle Scout Rank.

When: Saturday February 23rd @ 8:30am - 1pm

Where: 11051 Old Susana Pass Road, Chatsworth, CA 91311

What to bring: work gloves, clothes to paint in, safety glasses, hat, sun screen, and a friend.

Weather should be mid 40s to mid 60s so dress in layers.

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A view from the yard of the patio that will be updated.

The shed in need of repair.

The fence needing paint and sealant to protect from environment.

More of the fence needing protection from the environment.

My Dead Relative

This is kinda cool, some ancestor of mine who did some important Mormon stuff is being remembered with a blog... and a big family reunion which all seems kinda cool!  Check it out:
http://www.alfredcordon.org/

Green Smoothie - Day 15

I found that using Limeade and Orange Juice was very convenient, it added zing and liquid all at the same time.  The down side was the sugar.  So I decided to ditch the limeade and use an actual lime.  I also changed to Organic apples to skip the waxy feeling left in my mouth after eating/drinking the apple.  I've added carrots to the mix, and I love adding blueberries.  The fun got punched up a notch by freezing the blueberries which makes it much easier to deal with and makes it more smoothie like because of the cold.

All said, I think removing limeade was a big fail!  This was the most gross smoothie I have made yet!

The other down side to all this is it is taking me twice as long as usual to prep my "food" as it did when making oatmeal.  That means instead of 10mins for cooking, eating, and cleaning up my oatmeal it now takes me 20mins to wash, blend, and cleanup... then I drink it in the car on the way to work.  Maybe if I got a bigger blender (BlendTec) it would be faster.

For the time being, I will be moving back to limeade and embracing the sugar!

Green Smoothie - Day 8

The pounds are just melting off... no, not really.  In fact, there has been no change to my waist line.  I do feel better all around though!  Both Heather and Connor got sick and I was left relatively unscathed so that's something too.  I'm not sure if I will begin to see weight loss since I might be eating more at other times to "make up" for eating lawn trimmings.

I've tracked my nutrition and am surprised at the results.  By the time I eat my peanut butter oatmeal lunch I will have 50% or more of my RDI of most nutrients!  I'm still way light on some items like B12.  Sardines seem to be a good source of B12, but yard clippings, oatmeal, peanut butter, and sardines hardly sounds appetizing.  Don't get me wrong, I like sardines when prepared like tuna, otherwise, crunching through bones and guts are not a great prospect.  And no, I will not be adding sardines to my blender!

Most people I've talked to have asked why I don't just take a multi vitamin or eat some nice cooked veggies... I don't like to take pills and I don't like all the chewing required for veggies.  I guess it doesn't make sense to some, but the best part is, it doesn't have to make sense!  I am increasing my nutrition and thats not a bad thing!  Now, where are those sardines...