The beat goes on

Here is the fireman from WI who is going to try to do 27 triathlons this year to raise money for a fireman cause.  After swimming 2.4 miles and then biking 112 miles he puts on 50+ pounds of his fire fighting gear and does a marathon!!  Kind of impressive I would say.
The second picture is of a boy we saw on a beach walk.  I am wondering if all little boys wear shorts down to their ankles and look so cute. 
The sunrise picture was taken in St. Paul one morning during Christmas.  In about 10 seconds it was gone and it left me wondering how many times I have missed beautiful sights like that.
2012 continues to be a mixed bag.  Some of the mixes are:

• It has been difficult to hear about 2 friends Jim B and Jim H who died this past week.  Jim B was 76 and Jim H was 68.  Not old by today standards.  Both were wonderful men of God who did much much service for our Lord.  I know their reward will be great.
• Terry just can not shake that darn cold.  She is much better this week than last but still has a hacky cough and throat thing.  She needs to get well.
• I want to do more exercise this year and so far so good.  I took Sunday off but except for that I have not missed a day so I am happy with that. 
• I also want to read scripture and journal each day and that too has gone well so thank you Lord.
• I am a student for the first time in many many years.  I enrolled in an adult education writing class last night at the local high school.  I even have homework!!  The teacher did say if we did not finish our homework we still should come next week.  It is only 5 weeks long but I think it will be interesting.
• I have made SOME progress on paper work which is good and bad as I want to make more but... I have never liked doing filing, calling, ordering etc and of course my kids would know that for sure.
• I have made mini steps in making our life a bit more simple.  Over the last several months we have had a land line phone in MN by one company, a land line in FL by another company and 2 cell phones by another company.  We now have the same phones with the same #'s but they are all wireless and by Verizon which means we save money, we pay one bill and there is no starting and stopping.  All that is good but of course again progress is slow like a turtle.
• Yesterday I made a spreadsheet of family anniversaries and birthdays.  I put them chronologically so it is easy to see who and when.  There are 33 events so the list is long but it will be good.

Oh my gosh, no more coffee!