I've been gone a long time

Hello all, Its been almost 3 years since my last post and I apologize to my loyal readers, whom I'm sure have drifted to other blogs that are more consistent, so I'm probably writing to myself right now. I caught a bug a while back, not an actual bug but a bug that crept into my head and its name is PASSIVE INCOME. If you don't know what that is you are in luck because once you find out what passive income is you will be hooked on trying to find ways to make it happen. I will be making a push to get more writing ideas out of my head an onto this blog so if you have stopped following or just stumbled upon my blog, stay posted for more articles to follow. A few up coming topics to look for; what is passive income and how do I make it, basement refinishing tips and tricks, raising a boy from scratch (I know have a 2 year old), and a few short stories that I have started and intend to finish soon. thanks for reading and I hope to get some comments.

half marathon

Hello Readers As I mentioned in my last post I have decided to run a half marathon, the training is going well its the fundraising that is the issue, I knew that it was the part that was going to worry me, running I don't normally do but I think I am pretty good at it, I am running about 3-4 miles 4 times per week and this is week 3 of 16. My legs are holding me up well and my new shoes are carrying me swiftly. the weather isn't cooperating though its been less than 22 degrees and snowing for most of my runs. I will let you know how things go this weekend, I have to push my run limit to 5 miles. thanks for reading.

I'm back and running again

So my last post was run day 60, that's all I could make before I got to busy and the streak was broken. well I'm back on the blog. This is a new year with a new adventure, I have decided to run a half marathon for the Crohn's and Colitas foundation. There is a full training program which is forcing me to stay on pace and its for a good cause. So far I have raised $1168 dollars for the organization but I still have more to go. My fundraising site is www.tinyurl.com/chicagopete if you are interested in making a tax deductible donation. Outside of running again I am still in school working on my mechanical design degree and I have moved up in my company to a product specialist, I have left home depot and I now am enjoying my weekends off to spend with my daughter who is almost 2. thanks for listening. And if you want to donate thanks for your support.

Wheelchair Ramp Video

run the fat off. day whatever

Today is 3/18, I have not had a run in some time, things have changed at my house with our daughter, she is now sleeping in her room which shares a wall with our treadmill. She goes down much earlier than me but if I run I will wake her up so I am only able to run during daytime hours or outside, which is not helpful when I work and go to school in the evenings.
So to all my readers I am sorry but my run game has ended, I will continue to write when I do run but I will just not be able to run everyday so my experiment which has officially failed in the first week of this year has ended.
I hope all of you keep coming back and reading what I have been writing, I just got done making my first 5 gallon back of wine (Apple) and I have lots of pictures to share. I am also finishing up a bathroom project that started before my daughter was born 9 months ago.

talk to you later.

run the fat off 59

today was day 59, I took a day off to regroup after one of many crazy busy weekends, I now know that running is becoming a habit because it felt weird to go to bed without running, tonight was back to work as usual, I got in my 1.5 miles.

I have been going strong for a few weeks now, this is my 5th week in school for this semester, my daughter is coming up on 9 months and is already standing and pulling herself up everywhere and I am still working a full time job and a part time job.

for march I have decided to change my run a little, I am going to stick with the 1.5 miles a day but now I will increase the incline this month, I am pretty good with running whatever distance but I want to work on my speed for hockey, so increasing the incline will help.

I have now missed 9 of 59 days still not bad.

run the fat off 57

Today would be day 57 if I ran, I had a hockey game yesterday and I have to work at my second job at 5 am the last two days in a row. so tonight was a night off to heal and get rest because tomorrow its back to work as usual. This will be the 9th day that I'll have missed in 57 days. I'm not ashamed of that. Come back tomorrow and see if I run or die trying.

I realize that reading the same thing everyday might get boring, so I will try to make my articles more exciting. I'm not sure how, I am usually a non fiction writer, but I'll see what I can do to spruce up my posts.