milestogofromhere.com is going to be changing…
For those of you who are actually still reading the blog…if there are indeed any of you out there. I wanted to make you aware, that in the next few weeks, milestogofromhere.com is going to be going through some changes.
Before Caleb was born, I actually used this blog as a blog. People liked my outlook on life and the perspectives I shared. Since Caleb was born, this blog has basically been about him and posting pictures of him. I still do have an opinion and would like to continue sharing that opinion. So when the new site is rolled out, Caleb (and his sister Carrie) will have their pictures posted on the site, but the blog is mine! Mandy may still post from time to time, but for the most part the blog was my toy and I want it back (can you tell I have been hanging out with an almost 3 year old?).
One thing that the blog will contain will be reviews (book and movie) which is something that I used to do fairly regularly. I want to become one of the Thomas Nelson book reviewers, as well as other companies once I start getting into the swing of things.
Anyway, consider yourself warned, you have no excuse anymore.
Trying something new…
If you notice, there are now links to books we like on the right hand column of the website. We have become part of the Amazon Affiliate program so if you are interested in buying any of these books, please use the links to the right and help us out.
08/21/2009 – NOTE: due to Amazon changing their interface the developer of the Amazon plugin doesn’t want to maintain it anymore so we have taken it off our site.
08/30/2009 – NOTE: someone didn’t like the fact that the developer of the plugin took it off the market so they took it upon themselves to update the plugin for him so we are good to go with the Amazon plugin.
Did they really need to say it?
I really don’t have time to be blogging right now, but I ran across one of those moments today where I asked myself, did they really need to say it? I read something along the lines of “be careful, the cup of hot coffee you are about to enjoy is hot.” today so I have to share it with you but first a little background.
For those of you who know me, you know that since about my sophmore year of college I have been battling the bulge. I put on a little extra weight while training for college football and it has stuck around ever since. I gained even more weight after college when I started driving a desk every day as a computer programmer, but I digress. I have made it a goal this year to lose some weight and I am actually serious about it this year. To that end, I used some of the money that I received for Christmas this year to purchase some workout stuff for home for those days when I just can’t make it to the gym.
One such piece of equipment was a medicine ball for doing core work and for use with some yoga/pilates type stuff I want to start trying to help with my flexibility and lean muscle strength.
After I got done eating my delicious picante chicken from The Biggest Loser Cookbook and washing the dishes I began to unpack my new treasures. When I opened the ball I thought to myself, this is pretty cool, this looks like a pretty well constructed medicine ball. Then, I found the paper insert in the box and decided to humor them and read it. Then I found this:
SET-UP
- Remove the Fit Ball and workout DVD from box and check for shipping damage. (OK, I did this)
- Your Fit Ball is now ready for use. (HUH?!?!?! Did they really need to say that)
Really? What scares me though is that they wouldn’t have had to put the 2 step wonder instructions if they didn’t think that someone needed them.
Jim: Hey Bob, that’s a fancy lookin box you got there.
Bob: Don’t I know it, that is a great looking box, it really helps me with that Pilates (pronounced Pilots) stuff that my wife got me into.
Jim: Aren’t you supposed to take the ball out of the box though
Bob: Shoot, I don’t know, it doesn’t say to on the outside of the box…they said it came with a workout video, but the box doesn’t fit in my DVD player.
Here’s the kicker…the directions were in the box underneath the ball. So by the time you got to the directions, you had already accomplished them…
I don’t know what I would have done if I had gotten to the directions and they said:
SET-UP
- DO NOT OPEN THE BOX FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER!!!
- IF YOU OPEN THE BOX YOU ARE SERIOUSLY SCREWED THE DYE USED IN THE RUBBER IS TOXIC TO HUMAN BEINGS AND WILL KILL YOU IN 24 HOURS…THE CARDBOARD USED IN OUR PACKAGING KEEPS THE BALL FROM KILLING YOU…GUESS YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT ANY MORE…SUCKER!!!
If you don’t hear from me after 24 hours then you know what happened to me, call my wife…but wait, I got her a ball too…
I hope you are having a great new year…I have to get back to work…
Happy New Year!
Welcome to 2009 from the Miles family. We hope you have a great year!
About Jeff MilesThis site is run by Jeff Miles. Jeff is a jack of all trades, he is currently a web programmer in the Web Application Services division of Phillips 66. He also runs his own custom WordPress development company Two Miles Solutions, LLC and just in case he didn’t have anything else to do he is taking his passion for working out to the streets as an Independent BeachBody Coach. Jeff loves P90X and can usually be found in the evening hours practicing real DNA removal with a P90X workout.
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