The time has come..... It's on!

The time has come for a new plan. This blog, even though no one really reads it, has been very therapeutic for me. Introspective if you will. I have decided to use this blog to track my journey through weight loss. I will now write, in addition to blogging about whatever I want whenever I want, once a week on my current weight loss progress. The goal is to get myself around 200lb's and then to re asses things from there. Having stepped on the scale this morning, I am pretty much exactly 276lb's. Or roughly the size of an NFL defensive tackle, or Shaq when he first came into the NBA, or a Sumo wrestler or about 3 Asian men combined. You get the point. It time to make permanent changes. I love to eat. I love to cook. It is tough from me to change my eating habits one because I love food but also I find that when I change my diet, I loose some of my desire to cook. So in a couple of days I am going to post a starting picture of myself which lets face it no one wants to see. But you are going to see it. Then every week I will post a new picture and give you the numbers from the week and chart my progress. So this is a new feature to the Scott blog and hopefully it will only be about a 7 month feature, never to return again. So enjoy the visual delight that are my pictures and step aside Jared from Subway, there is a new sheriff in town.

Oh to be 31

I recently remarked to Tina that my 31st birthday was my most uneventful one ever. Not because we didnt have a party or get great gifts but because the number 31 itself is insignificant. At least 30 ushered me into a new era of ages.

At home with my wife and kids I couldnt be more happy. Generally speaking at work I could'nt be more unhappy. Perhaps I will never be happy at work. Maybe that is just something I will have to try to learn to deal with. Most people see work as a means to a paycheck and that is enough for them. I have never been able to see things in that manner. Granted with the birth of my daughter I have been more apt to look at a job in that way, but that point of view doesnt last long for me.

I am not sure where this outlook came for me. It is not that I am opposed to work. My parents made me work all the time growing up. I did regular chores with no allowance all the time. I am sure I did more than most kids grow up doing. So it is not that I never learned to work.

In other news, little Ayden has gained 7 oz since birth and is doing very well. She has been a little grumpy the last couple of days. We think she may be having some stomach issues.

I became handy man the other day when I installed a peep hole in my front door. I was pretty proud of myself.

I think I am a modern day renisannce man. I told Tina the other day if I was wealthy I would just go from one school program to the next. I have so many interests that I am afraid I will never be able to learn. For example, I want to learn to totaly rebuild a car. I want to be able to do body work and engine work and restore a car from scrap. I want to learn to play the piano. I want to learn to paint. I would like to learn to write a original movie script for which I have an idea. I would like to obtain a PhD, I dont know what in but in something.

Thus ends this diatribe. All of the above grumblings aside, I am very blessed with a great son, daughter and wife.

Kids, you gotta love'em.

Isnt having children great? You get to enjoy so many new experiences that you otherwise would not get. Like little hugs from little hands. Smiles that could be gas but we prefer to think of them as chosen responses. Cute little shrieks and cries that tickle our ears. Oh yeah and who could forget when you go to give your kids a kiss on the mouth and right as your open mouth touches their lips they spit up projecting regurgitated breast milk in your mouth and down your face. Good times. And who could forget the time I was changing my sons diaper over 5 years ago and he let out a cannon shot of excrement that splattered on the wall about 2 feet away. Good times. Life changing experiences. I will never forget them.

100 things about me.

My friend Chris recently did a blog like this and it got me thinking about it, so I decided to do this.

1) I lived in South Africa for two years.
2) When I go and get fast food I cant just go to one place. I go to Jack in the Box for tacos, Mcdonalds chicken sandwiches, Arby's curly fries, etc....
3) I love movies
4) I like the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes".
5) I will typically cry or at least tear up during romantic comedies.
6) I like Justin Timberlake.
7) I have 4 real friends in this world: Chris P, Anson L, Phil G and Josh S.
8) I love sports.
9) I hate corporate america.
10) I dont like policies that dont make sense, for example at UPS I couldnt have a goatee.
11) I secretly want to deliver packages for UPS.
12) I somewhat secretly want to be the "King of Queens".
13) I am trying to mold my body after the King of Queens and P.S. I think I am just about there.
14) I love buying new cars.
15) I love to fish in good fishing places.
16) I cant stand rude people.
17) I hate the New York Yankees.
18) I hate Yankees (Definition, people from the Northeast US.)
19) I very much dislike the French.
20) I can juggle three balls.
21) I am a great whistler.
22) I once got licks in Elementary School for writing on the sidewalk with a chalk rock after I was told not to.
23) When I was 14 I took of in my parents car and drove 10 miles away to my baseball game because my ride forgot to pick me up.
24) The once won a hierogliphics contest in 10th grade.
25) The only raffle I have ever won scored me a new set of elementary school shoe laces.
26) The decision to marry my wife Tina was and is the best decision I have ever made.
27) I am afraid of spiders.
28) I am afraid of sharks.
29) I got a 19 on my ACT's.
30) I got a 1150 on my GRE's.
31) After my first semester of college I had a .90 GPA
32) I take enjoyment from asthetic beauty and art.
33) The majority of the reading I have done in my life has been done in the bathroom. (Including this blog.)
34) When I was young I tried to play Superman and jumped of the bed and landed on my face and knocked out my front tooth.
35) When I was 6 years old my family was hit from behind by a Semi and we were lucky to have survived it.
36) I got my appendix removed in South Africa.
37) I have never broken a bone.
38) I have never had a cavity.
39) I love to cook and one day will go to culinary arts school if for no other reason because I want to.
40) I have never been in a car accident while I was driving.
41) I love baseball hats.
42) I love the movie "Sky High". Not sure why.
43) I have always wanted to learn to play the piano.
44) My favorite calling of all time in the church was working with the Young Men.
45) I have a bachelor degree in Kinesiology
46) I have changed my major in the past at least 20 times.
47) I am addicted to salt and probably eat at least 3 times what the normal person does.
48) I dont like going to the movie unless I can eat buttered popcorn.
49) I love doritos.
50) My favorite pizza in the world is St Elmos pizza in South Africa.
51) I havent owned a cell phone in 5 years.
52) I like snakes.
53) I have a scar on my hand from getting bit by a penguin.
54) I love squirrels.
55) I have a Welsh Pembroke Corgi named "Homer".
56) For lunch I just ate 3 tacos, 1 burrito, 3 egg rolls and a large size portion of Pepper Steak with Fried Rice. (I am still working on that King of Queens figure).
57) I am obsessive compulsive about my hands. I wash them probably at least a dozen times a day.
58) When I was about 12 I was almost killed by my brother in the mountains when he pushed a tree in my direction almost knocking me into a fast moving river with a 80 foot drop just 20 yards away.
59) I have knocked myself out with a water hose with a sprinkler on the end of it.
60) I chew my finger nails.
61) I got my left ear pierced when I was 16 years old.
62) I once tried out at a professional baseball camp.
63) I tried to walk on at the University of Wyomings' baseball team. Didnt make it.
64) I have been the starting point guard for a basketball team that played in the state championship.
65) I am a huge Cowboy, Maverick and Texas Ranger fan. It is not a good time to be however.
66) My favorite meal is Chicken Fried Steak with Mashed Potatos and gravy.
67) Every time I see a pretty grass field I just want to go and throw the football around in it with friends.
68) When I was young I loved GI Joe, Transformers, He-Man and Muscles.
69) I dont like scary movies.
70) I have 20/20 vision.
71) I had braces for a year and a half.
72) I have two nicknames: General and Ed.
73) I have a 2 week old daughter and a 6 year old son.
74) We live about 3 miles from Deon Sanders house.
75) I hate Kansas more than any state in the union. But probably not as bad as the Yankee states so maybe I should change this one.
76) I could loose 80lb's and still be considered overweight according to the weight charts.
77) I have held cobra's, python's and boa's.
78) I would have riden an Ostrich but I was to fat, the Ostrich couldnt hold me.
79) I have never cheated on anyone in any relationship ever.
80) I have learned by experience that spinning a motorcycle around in the loose gravel is not as easy as the movies make it out to be. I had to walk home bloody on the entire right side of my body.
81) I have been to Montana where they have the annual testicle festival. True story.
82) No matter what I seem to accomplish personaly I still feel like I have accomplished nothing.
83) I have plantar fascitis from trying to finish and graduate with my bachelors degree during a past summer. I needed 4 PE classes. So I took Swimming, Soccer, Tennis and Aerobic Dance (Yeah I said it Aerobic Dance). I took them all back to back to back to back. It was about 6 straight hours every single day for 2 months.
84) I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
85) I am naturaly warm blooded.
86) One of my younger brothers pitches for the BYU baseball team.
87) When I was young I used to break dance and perfomed in some school competitions.
88) I dont listen to music on the radio. I listed to sports talk radio all day long at work.
89) When I was 13 I saw our family dog Erica get run over by a Mack Truck.
90) I used to catch lizards when I was a kid.
91) I onced scored 7 goals in a soccer game.
92) I used to play indoor soccer.
93) I have never caught a foul ball at a baseball game. I have dodged one though.
94) I cant light a match with my beard.
95) The best sandwich I have ever paid for was at Quiznos and was the Prime Rib Sandwich on Garlic Bread.
96) One of the greatest sports moments of my life was when the RedSox came back to beat the Yankees in 3 straight games. Not because I like Boston but because I hate the Yankees.
97) I love cricket.
98) I love rugby.
99) Sister Meyer in South Africa is still one of the best cooks I have ever seen.
100) Once a person has truly gained my love and trust they can do nothing to loose it unless they betray that trust or screw me over. As long as they dont do that I will defend them to the death.

Back to work I go.

Today is my first day back at work. Yippee. No really I wish I could stay home with Tina and Ayden. Like my dad has said many times when I ask him about his job, he says "I would rather be out searching for the lost ark, but it is ok." Well to that dad I echo your sentiment, but it is my goal to do exactly that. I turn 31 in 5 days and dont want to be doing this line of work when I am 40, or 32 for that matter. I am blessed to have a job and a I certainly recognized that, I just always thought I would be doing something else. Rather then looking for the lost ark, I think I would prefer combing thru forest areas looking for cool animals and plants. Although looking for the ark would be bad either.

Our little girl is doing well. She had her first doctor appointment today, I havent heard how it went yet. She is sleeping in about 4 hour blocks right now. Which makes Tina happy, but Tina is still getting used to the broken sleep. Anyway that is all I got right now.

One week into life

Well we are one week into the life of Ayden. We are trying to help her get her night and day straight. As opposed to the Draculinian lifestyle she has lived thus far. Last night was really the first night we were able to get her to sleep a decent amount. We had to mess with her all day to keep her awake. We were successful. Tina is still trying to get used to her new schedule. I am still working at home this week so I can help out when needed and we have had an abundance of family help us with everything, which we probably could not live without. Ayden is doing well, we picked up some eye drops for her today because she has a slight infection in her right eye. She is adorable and we are loving every minute with her. Other than that everything is going just fine with us.

New Addition

Well, it has been an eventfull last 5 days for us. On Sunday morning Tina began to have contractions. We timed them all day, waiting for the contractions to get close enough together to go to the hospital. Finally we reached that point at about 11pm on Sunday evening. So we took of toward the hospital. It was nice for once to have carte blanche on how fast I could drive and whether or not I wanted to wait for stop lights. Some I did and some I didnt. She was dialated to 6 cm when we got there and Ayden Mckenzie Scott was born around 6 hours later at about 5:36 am on Monday the 7th. She was 7 lbs 6 oz's and 21 inches long. She was born with a decent amount of black hair. She had swallowed alot of fluid during delivery and had some breathing issues for about a day before she was cleared to be ok. She is doing great now as is Tina, we are just a little tired these days. We just got home from the hospital on Wednesday afternoon and have not had time to call anyone and let them know. So if you did'nt get called then dont fret, we didnt really call anybody. We are very happy for the new addition, it has been a blessing in our lives. We will be posting more pictures as we get them, we have more in the can but have not been able to get them uploaded as of yet. Click the Scotts Photo Album link at the top of the page to see the rest of the pictures.