The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase. | |
— Yogi Berra | |
[Today my wife will be boarding a jet to go visit her family back in Liverpool. Her mum isn’t doing too well these days and this may be Hil’s last chance to be with her before her mum passes. The trip will be sad for Hil and lonely for me as she will be away for seven weeks. As with every separation, I miss her before she has even gone. Sometimes, I’m just silly that way… | |
PS: Today’s post title is a line from the song: “Ferry Cross The Mersey“, by Gerry and the Pacemakers. Liverpool sits on the north shore of the River Mersey estuary. LOL …And so ends the combo musical lyrics and geography lesson for today. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Recently Seen On A T-shirt: |
2017 | Rhythmical Creation |
2016 | In The Beginning |
2015 | False Gods |
2014 | But Sometimes Careers Choose People |
2013 | Pretty Sure Of Uncertainty |
2012 | Face Reality |
2011 | Intelligent Luck |
Posts Tagged ‘Faith Family and Friends’
Hearts Torn In Every Way
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Humor, Included Video, Quotes, Videos, tagged 2019 Trip To Liverpool, Faith Family and Friends, Ferry Cross The Mersey, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Humor, Included Video, Liverpool, Missing My Hil, Music Video, Quotes, Sadness, Suitcase, Towels, Yogi Berra on March 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Looking Forward to Tomorrow
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Quotes, tagged Andy Rooney, Faith Family and Friends, Merry Christmas -- 2018, Quotes on December 24, 2018| 5 Comments »
One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day. Don’t clean it up too quickly. | |
— Andy Rooney | |
[With our own children all grown up and no grand-children to bless us (yet), our living room is much less messy than in past years. As we host the family for Christmas dinner, the same cannot be said for our kitchen and dining room table come the evening. But we love it so and would not have it any other way… | |
Merry Christmas to all!! Be safe! And, if you are so inclined, say a prayer of thanks for those in harm’s way (and their families) who keep us safe. | |
— KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Make Glad The Heart Of Childhood |
2016 | Sincerest Flattery |
The President-elect: Making Spirits Bright | |
2015 | What Are You Looking At? |
2014 | Ite, Missa Est |
2013 | I Hear Voices |
2012 | Positive Thoughts |
Hope Works | |
2011 | Look! Up In The Sky… |
Humility Before The Unknowable | |
Happy 34th Anniversary, Hil!!
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Included Video, Quotes, Videos, tagged Faith Family and Friends, Happy 34th Anniversary, I Can Love You Like That - video, John Michael Montgomery, Music Videos, Quotes, Relationships, Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience, YouTube.com on December 3, 2018| 6 Comments »
When in a relationship, a real man doesn’t make his woman jealous of others, he makes others jealous of his woman. | |
― Steve Maraboli | |
From: “Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience“ | |
[Happy 34th Anniversary, Hil | |
You are still everything which is precious to me… | |
Love Always, Your Kev XXX 00 X |
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— KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Happy 33rd Anniversary, Hil!! |
2016 | Happy 32nd Anniversary, Hil!! |
2015 | Happy Anniversary Hil!! |
2014 | 30th Wedding Anniversary |
2013 | Number 29 (And Counting) |
2012 | Hammer ‘N Roses |
Happy Anniversary | |
2011 | I Can Hear It Now |
Forever
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Included Video, Videos, tagged Country Music, Faith Family and Friends, Forever And Ever Amen -- music video, Happy Birthday Hil, Music Video, Randy Travis on October 29, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Forever & Ever, Amen |
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[Happy Birthday, Hil !! | |
All my love, | |
— ALWAYS — | |
Your Kev | |
(XXX – OOO – XXX) ] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Too Good To Be True |
Plain Speaking | |
2016 | She Is Still Singing |
2015 | Don’t Complain |
2014 | Nothing Is The Same |
Orange October (XII) – Giants Win Game 7 (3 To 2) And World Series (4 To 3) | |
2013 | Hours, Days, And Years |
2012 | In Kev Are In Hil |
2011 | No Game, Didn’t Really Happen |
A Good Post | |
Day 17: Fit In 48’s
Posted in Diets, Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Health, tagged 26/33, 347lbs, Day 17: Juice Fasting, Diet, Faith Family and Friends, Fasting, Health on August 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The end of day seventeen and the start of day eighteen… | |
Morning weight: 347lbs. | |
The scale is bouncing between 347 and 345, so I am being conservative (again). I am now down “26/33”. As in, 26lbs down from my fasting start weight: 373lbs, and 33lbs down from my highest weight ever (two days before I started the fast): 380lbs. Today’s loss is a 2lb loss, down from 349lbs yesterday. | |
I had a rough night for some reason. We went to bed early – just after 11pm and I woke up at 3am and couldn’t go back to sleep. I laid in bed until 3:45am, and then just went ahead and got up. …And stayed up. The problem then is I was sleepy (and nodding off) for the whole rest of the day. Because I was tired (sleepy) today, I didn’t make my new batch of veggie juice / blend. Instead, I made up a batch of ginger / mint / apple juice “tea”. I’ll make up the juice / blend tomorrow. | |
Just out of curiosity I tried on some of my “smaller” pants. For about the last three years up to and including my retirement, I wore size 50inch waist in my pants. Today, I am able to fit into size 48inch waist. They would not be super comfortable, but I can button them easily and sit without them pinching / binding too much. So, more progress!! | |
My son (James) came over to visit today. It was his day off. He stayed for about 4 hours, so we had a chance to have a nice long chat (even though I felt rude yawning all the time). I really enjoy the visits from the kids. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Too Soon We Part… |
Rigorous And Difficult | |
2016 | Where And Why |
2015 | The Beauty Of Thy Voice |
2014 | Faith In Men |
2013 | An Average Verge |
2012 | Dew Drop Secrets |
2011 | Champion Freedom |
Day 7: Oh, Yeah!
Posted in Diets, Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Health, tagged 362lbs, Diet, Faith Family and Friends, Health, Juice Fasting, Week 1 Done! on August 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The end of day seven and the start of day eight… | |
One week done!! Yippie! Goal accomplished! | |
Yesterday evening was difficult, but only from a self-discipline perspective. The thing about juice fasting is if you do it for any length of time, you are bound to run into a “LIFE” event. Usually, it’s holidays and birthdays, but sometimes it’s something else. Last evening was something else… | |
My eldest daughter has decided to run for a political office (non-partisan, but she still has to get elected). Last evening was her campaign kick-off event held at a bar(!). Technically, it was at a brewery, but I’m not sure that’s any better. So, there was lots of socializing and everyone was having a beer or glass of wine and the event hosted a taco buffet (with a plate of cookies at each table). Anyway, I toughed it out. My wife and I are so proud of our little girl (not so little anymore), you know we just couldn’t miss it. And, yes, my wife was very sympathetic to my fasting – as she sent me to the bar to get her a pint of beer. | |
I have enough veggie juice to make it through the weekend, if I choose to continue. So far I am doing just that. Drum roll please… Morning weight: 362lbs. That’s down from 380lbs on 20 July 2018. Again, discounting stomach and extra water weight (10lbs), that’s 8lbs lost in 7 days! In case, you’re wondering why I am always using 380lbs as the starting weight even though it wasn’t the actual start date of the fast, it’s because that’s the date I hit the (my) personal worst. Between then and 27 July (mid-morning) when I started the fast, that is the weight I was bouncing around. 378 to 380. The “actual” weight on the start day was 380lbs. | |
Impressions: at the end of 7 days, my muffin top and my saddle bags are smaller, my stomach looks a bit flatter and I’ve lost some of the puffiness under my eyes. I’m not deluding myself. I’m still 360lbs+ and still morbidly obese. But… The main thing is: I feel terrific for having met a goal. This doesn’t mean I’m done. It does mean I’m proud of myself for having stuck it out. The doubt (“Can I do this?“) from eight days, seven days and six days ago seems a long ways away right now. So, I am happily half-way through day eight and I know I can stop any time / any day because I’ve completed the first step to getting started on my food / lifestyle-change journey. I did it! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | A Good Habit |
2016 | The Minds Of Trumpism |
2015 | Expressing Nonsense |
2014 | A Real Fight |
2013 | Unravelling |
2012 | I Resolve |
2011 | Practice, Practice, Practice |
2009 | Phoenix Trip (July ’09) |
Easter In Liverpool
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Pictures, tagged 2018 Trip To Liverpool, Easter Hats, Faith Family and Friends, Liverpool, Picture of Hil, Picture of Hil's Mum, Pictures of Lynn on May 7, 2018| 3 Comments »
Because one can never have enough pictures of your spouse on the internet, here are a few pics of my Hil visiting her mum over Easter during her visit to Liverpool in March / April… | |
It is kind of a tradition for the staff and visitors to don “Easter hats” to give the “old dears” a bit of a chuckle… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Decisions |
2016 | Along The Path |
2015 | Make Mine Rare, Please |
2014 | Passion Flooding |
2013 | On Purpose |
2012 | Sans Gall Bladder, Day 4 |
How Did You Spend Your Day? | |
2011 | It’s Hammerin’ Time!! |
Convenient Auxiliaries | |
Happy Birthday, Bro!
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Character, Faith Family and Friends, Good Fortune, Happy Birthday Bro, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Philosophy, Quotes on March 24, 2018| Leave a Comment »
We must take care to live not merely a long life, but a full one; for living a long life requires only good fortune, but living a full life requires character. | |
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Love Can Change The World In A Minute |
2016 | 60, Little Bro! |
2015 | Vision and Courage |
2014 | 58 – Little Bro |
2013 | New Adventures And Old Hopes |
Caving In | |
2012 | Bits And Bobs And Birthdays |
Always Hope | |
2011 | Wet Snow And Long Hills |
Happy Valentine’s Day – 2018!!
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Faith Family and Friends, Happy Valentine’s Day – 2018, John Green, Love, Philosophy, Quotes, The Fault In Our Stars on February 14, 2018| Leave a Comment »
“I’m in love with you,” he said quietly. | |
“Augustus,” I said. | |
“I am,” he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. “I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I’m in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we’re all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we’ll ever have, and I am in love with you.” | |
― John Green, | |
From his book: “The Fault In Our Stars“ | |
[Happy Valentine’s Day, Hil!! Just sayin’ something true… | |
All my love, Always, Your Kev XXX 00 X] |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2017!! |
2016 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2016!! |
2015 | To My Special Lady |
2014 | Awakening |
2013 | Drowsy In Comfort |
2012 | Happy Valentine’s Day |
2011 | Own Your Bible |
Happy Thanksgiving – 2017 !!
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, tagged Faith Family and Friends, Happy Thanksgiving 2017 on November 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »
There is nothing like having your heart re-booted to remind you how lucky you are to be alive… and how precious each day is. | |
I am grateful for another opportunity to spend time with my family and people I love. Please reach out to those you care about and tell them. If they are close enough, reach out and hug them. LOVE IS the answer. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Overtaken |
2015 | Alone Praying |
2014 | A Full Man |
2013 | Off Defending The Universe |
Taking Precautions | |
2012 | Never, Never, Never |
2011 | Testing 1, 2, 3 |
More Pictures From My (Family) Retirement Party
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Pictures, tagged Faith Family and Friends, Pictures, Pictures of Art, Pictures of Carm, Pictures of James, Pictures of Me, Pictures of My Retirement Party, Pictures of Patrice, Pictures of Sarah, Pictures of Sean on October 4, 2017| Leave a Comment »
As promised, more pictures… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Are You Waiting? |
2015 | The Future Myth |
2014 | Hands |
2013 | Because You Have Lived |
2012 | 47% |
2011 | Conservative Values: Low And Lax |
2010 | A Non-Zero Sum Game |
What If “c” Isn’t A Constant? | |
2009 | Pictures from UCLA trip… |
Happy BD, Bec!
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, Faith Family and Friends, Happy Birthday Rebecca, Philosophy, Quotes on September 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Hi Princess, | |
Here’s a quote for your birthday: | |
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
Happy Birthday! | |
We love you always, | |
Mum and Dad | |
XXX |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | BD Quotes |
2015 | Princess |
2014 | Optional |
2013 | Happy Birthday, Rebecca |
2012 | Be Not Old |
2012 National League Western Division Champions!!! | |
2011 | What Kind Of Work Do You Do? |
2010 | Another Loser… And Come November |
Tonight
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Poetry, tagged Dreams, Faith Family and Friends, Love, My Poems Page, My Poetry, Poems, Tonight on August 12, 2017| Leave a Comment »
If you dream tonight, | |
Will I come to you? | |
Will you share my smile, | |
My Heart, | |
The joy of my spirit? | |
If I dream tonight, | |
Will you come to me? | |
Will your arms | |
Ease my loneliness? | |
Your touch | |
Smooth my brow? | |
If we dream tonight | |
Can we be together? | |
Can we dance a waltz together? | |
In great lighted halls, | |
Or under twinkling stars? | |
My Love, | |
I will dream of you | |
Tonight. | |
[If you enjoyed this poem, please visit my “Poems” page to see others of mine, as well as some or my favorite poems, speeches and song lyrics. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Conscientious Courage |
Speaking Of Which… | |
2015 | The Beautiful Snow |
2014 | Nurtured By The Voices |
2013 | Précis |
2012 | Fear And Understanding |
2011 | Just Being Human |
Good News!
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Philosophy, Poetry, Quotes, tagged Bible Quotes, Faith Family and Friends, Happy Easter, Jesus, Luke 10:25-28, Philosophy, Poems on April 16, 2017| Leave a Comment »
When the night is at its darkest, | |
When the wind is at its coldest, | |
When I am feeling most alone and afraid, | |
I remember that Christ is risen! | |
And I am comforted | |
In the light, | |
By the warmth, | |
Through the intimacy, | |
Of my faith. | |
Happy Easter to all!! | |
— KMAB | |
25 And one day an authority on the law stood up to put Jesus to the test. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to receive eternal life?” | |
26 “What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you understand it?” 27 He answered, ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Love him with all your strength and with all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ ” 28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do that, and you will live.“ | |
— Luke 10:25-28 | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | At This Moment |
2015 | Still Dreaming |
2014 | Good Wins |
2013 | Before |
2012 | Look To This Day |
2011 | One View Of Man |