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Easter Traditions (or the lack there of)

There are certain holidays that have certain traditions. Christmas and Thanksgiving are the two that come to mind rather quickly. Growing up as the son...

Falling out of love with journaling

I’ve written about journaling a lot on my blog. It’s something that I’ve really been interested in as of late. To reset, in 2023 I...

Addicted

So yesterday I did the strongman competition as part of a Celtic Festival in North Texas. I thought I was prepared. Little did I know...

“Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.” - Louis L'Amour

One day more….

Tomorrow is a big day for Greggo. I will be competing in my first ever Strongman competition. This is something I have never done before...

Immortalized

So last night the Dallas Stars unveiled a statue of Mike Modano. This guy was pretty influential in bringing hockey and the love for the...

“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.” - Lucy Larcom

Busy, busy, busy....

There are several times throughout the year that are extremely busy for me. The fall is one of those. Broadcasting college volleyball and football as...

Focus

Sometimes it’s hard for me to stay focused on a task for a long time. I was never clinically diagnosed with ADHD but my mom...

Why?

Something I’ve been thinking about lately is this, “What’s the why?” Perhaps I should explain a little bit. We all have goals and plans. Stuff...

Musical regrets….

I’m sitting here humming the song “Goodbye Yellowbrick Road” by Elton John and it got me thinking. Several years ago, him and Billy Joel rolled...

Less than two months out…

Just got back from the gym. I’m getting excited and nervous both about this competition. I’m excited to see what my body does over the...

It’s a matter of focus

It’s Sunday morning and I’m getting ready to head to the DFW area for an appointment. But I wanted to take a second to reflect....

Strug-ah-ling

Every time I hear the word struggling, I think of the Joe Namath interview from several years ago. A sideline reporter was trying to interview...

The day of rest!

Finally a couple days off from the gym. My body could use the rest. Normally I try to do two days on, one day off,...

Another day at home

So, they had to shut down the plant again today due to the cold weather. Something to do with the gas and water lines. I'm...

Snow Day

So we got the text message this morning that said: “Turner-Paris will be CLOSED 1/15/24 due to industrial natural gas curtailments issued from Atmos. Reply...

Day 2 of Scribbles

This is day two of using this and so far I’m a fan. I haven’t done much with it yet and I’m not sure where...

Journaling of sorts…

So there’s something about this Scribbles blog setup that has me intrigued. It’s the idea that you can set up posts to be private. So...