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Our poor dog has been miserable with pretty bad allergies lately and I find that one of the only things that makes him happy is sleeping in my chair while I work. He takes over the back 2/3 of the chair and forces me to sit up straight on the front edge.

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Earlier today I posted an entry about my awesome new Troy Polamalu jersey. The birthday is a great time to reflect on my weight loss goals as well. I’m really happy with my progress thus far. This is me today:

And this was me at WWDC in June:

So far, I’ve lost 37 pounds, down to 228 from 265. I started tracking my calorie intake and output pretty aggressively (or neurotically depending on your point of view) in August using Lose It! for iPhone. Lose It! tells me that I weighed 257 pounds on August 10, so I’ve lost nearly 30 pounds in 3 months.

I’ve got a ways to go before I make my goal weight of 200 pounds, but six months after my worst state, I am in the best shape I’ve been in since I got married and I’m well on my way to being in the best shape of my life. I’m feeling great and looking forward to whatever life has in store going forward.

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My birthday is awesome because I’m surrounded by excellent friends and loving family. Ann Margaret got me a Troy Polamalu jersey and gave it to me first thing today so that I can wear it for the game. (Never mind that he’s not playing today.) Huge amounts of win.

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I won a sample bottle of the 21 year old (pictured) for telling a Scottish joke. All told, we tasted seven (!) different Balvenie whiskies: 

Jim and Christie 

Jim and Christie 

Riggs with Jim 

Bill 

The bottle of the 21 year old PortWood I won. 

The “golf ball” at night from Union Station on the way home.

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We were pleasantly surprised when we received our last order from alice.com and discovered a small, stylish brown paper bag with some free samples of some new Tide detergent packs and some hand towelettes as well. We’ve used them all and we definitely plan to purchase some of the products that were included. If you haven’t yet, you should definitely give it a try. It’s a big time-saver for us.

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