Aug 1,09
First of all, from this picture you can see that I am back and still working out. 
 I want you all to know that I am just as serious and dedicated to my Health as I was before I was retired.  My brother and I do a lot of walking together.
 

Even though we had difficulty while traveling for the past two month with meal preparations and exercising, we still managed to set a few hours aside as often as possible for exercising.  We also managed to eat healthy at least 90% of the time. 
 

Friday Aug 7
Nothing much to say as we are getting back into a normal routine again.  I have been tending to my fence line vegetables.   Tearing out all the old shelving and work benches from an old shed with the hopes of tearing down the entire eye sore shed and replacing it with a more modern wooden shop.
 

We already miss traveling on the road.  We spent 4 days in Vancouver Wa. area before coming back to California to continue working on the home.  We were checking out the real estate with the thoughts of relocating to that area.   California is nice but is very costly to live here with the tax structure, increased Health plan costs, vehicle insurance, etc. along with a lot of the new crap that the state is implementing for their cash cow crisis's. 
 

We did find a town called "Battle Ground, Wa" that we liked.  It is located north of Vancouver.  The overall Vancouver area is over populated along with Portland Oregon being just across the border.  This town is just far enough away so you can enjoy the smaller town attitude along with having the opportunity to go into the big city to explore, shop, entertainment, etc..  The area also supports my Craig's list money making supplemental opportunities.  So with that said we have not exhausted the idea yet.  Bottom line I am tired of living on what I call the island of Puget Sound.

Oh ya sunshine, you Washington lovers better get your vitamin D level checked on your next physical.  Both the wife's and mine were low and we are slowly bringing it back in line.  I know that Group Health never checked this during any of our normal blood work ups.
 

AUG 14,2009 

Amazing as it is, I started my little garden with cut in half 55 gal plastic barrels.  I set them up on 5 gallon buckets so my gardening partner could work with them also. 

I then went to the local horse farm and got some free manure and mixed it "special blend" with my bags of magic and voila.

I now actually have starter plants 4 days later that are already sprouting.  They love the stuff I made up along with the water and sunshine, that they get plenty of.  They appear to be unstoppable. 

We will have to be patient and see the end results when the veggies  get here. 

If you look close you can see my working black composter in the background.

Also inside each of the 5 gallon buckets is my special blend already mixed and idea-ling  for my next crop.
 

Later note: 
I have since cut them way back to start getting more energy to the tomatoes instead of the plants.  These plants actually reached just over 6 feet tall.
 

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