Don’s Ego

04/20/2009

Sunrise, Sunset

Filed under: Non-Celebrity Fit Club, spunkybean — Tags: , , , — donkowalewski @ 12:48 pm

I think I understand why Grandparents often act so crazy when it comes to Grandchildren.  They know what parents don’t know, often until it’s too late …that you “blink” and your kids aren’t kids anymore, “blink” again, and they’re gone.  Worse, many kids spend their teen years rebelling against their parents, and if I’m as abrasive and confrontational with my children as I am with the rest of the people in my life, my “quality time” is even more fleeting.

I’m going to fix this personal character flaw, I swear it.

AGING:  I now have a six-year-old.  No doubt about it, having her in my life has made me a better person.  I hope someday I can explain to her how she made that happen.  She scored 7 goals in her soccer game this past Saturday.  I can’t stop telling people.

CREATING: I also have a 4 1/2 year old, and a tw0-and-a-half year old.  Oh …and a one-and-a-half year old.  That youngest is spunkybean, still going strong after 18-months in this world.  I hope yer reading it on a regular basis.  We’ve got all sorts of crazy awesome stuff.  Every Monday we post a View-Do List, giving you a road-map of all the awesome television that awaits you each week.  Super-Writer, EJ Feddes, also recaps Celebrity Apprentice and Heroes each week, but he’s best known for his Lost recaps – I’ll admit, I hang on his every word this show.  Then, of course, we’ve got incredible recaps of Dancing with the Stars and American Idol- that American Idol recap guy (aka “Me) is hilarious.  Ya know, I could go on and on.  Instead, why don’t you just check out spunkybean and bookmark it or add it to your RSS reader  …or Facebook “friend” spunkybean.

BIRTHING:  I mentioned my 6-, 4 1/2-, 2 1/2-, and 1 1/2-year-olds …well, how about my “infant.”  Stick close.  The Non-Celebirty Fit Club inaugural post is coming soon.  It’s about 2/3rds written.  At least two dozen people have expressed interest in knowing more.  Well …you will know more.  And as G.I. Joe was apt to point out, “knowing is half the battle.”

I know what you’re saying …”this post wasn’t funny, at all.  It was barely interesting.”  Well, you’re right.  Sometimes that happens.  My pop-up blocker blocked hilarity …I’m checking the settings. Blog atcha again, soon.

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04/13/2009

How Can This Be?

Filed under: Uncategorized — donkowalewski @ 7:54 pm

You know you’re getting old when you are suddenly shocked by radio stations and what passes for “music these days.”  But …can you really air anything you want if you simply spell-out the bad words?

http://www.mtv.com/videos/britney-spears/354290/if-u-seek-amy.jhtml

And can you really sing-a-long to this Flo Rida track?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXvPXzoAElk

At this rate, my kids won’t listen to the radio until they’re Junior in college.

My point for this post?  Save the whales.  I hope you were picking up on that.

I’m also getting ready to bail on WordPress and my new blog, because my old one never gave me problems when I tried to embed video or html.  Now …look what I’m reduced to …hoping you click links and go away from my blog.  Life shouldn’t be this difficult.

04/07/2009

I Know I Had Something to Say

Filed under: My Hair, Non-Celebrity Fit Club — Tags: , , , — donkowalewski @ 8:02 pm

There was a time when my blogging about myself and whatever was on my mind was top priority.  If I was thinking it …you were reading it.  But that was when “interesting” things were bouncin’ around up there.  Wanna know what’s on my mind right now?

Tivo is on my mind …well …DVR.  I keep checking to see when Tivo is going to be back with DirecTV.  This is important to me.

Michigan State basketball.  You’d think a guy who’s wife bought him tickets to the NCAA Championship game where his favorite team was playing would be “OK” with the fact his team lost to the pre-ordained “Best Team Ever” in the University of North Carolina.  But I’m not.  I’m doing quite a bit of audible “sighing” this day.

Work.  I know, I know …”be lucky you’re working” is the general attitude everyone loves throwing around.  I’m fine with that.  I realize it could be worse.  But couldn’t it also be way, way better?  Can’t I focus on that, a bit?  Shouldn’t we all focus on “better” for a bit?  What is this shared mentality that all we should aspire to is “gratefulness” for whatever we have?  I’m grateful I’m alive, employed, healthy, for-my-kids, friends, great-hair, and many other things.  But is that it?

Rhetorical question.  The answer is, “no, that’s not it.”  There’s much, much more.  I’m “alive”, but am I “living?”  I’m “employed”, but am I valued.  Am I working and productive and excelling?  I’m “healthy”, but could’t I be healthier – start running, lose these last 10 pounds, stop eathing processed foods, floss more?  My kids are awesome?  But couldn’t they be better and couldn’t I focus on making even better relationships with them?  And my hair?  When was the last time I took an extra ten minutes in the shower to apply a second conditioner and then let it sit for five or more minutes to let the vitamins and enzymes truly penetrate my scalp and my pores.  Christ!  The other night, out of sheer laziness, I shampoo’d using a bar of Irish Spring soap and then just rinsed it all off with the same hot water I was using for the rest of my shower.

Well, there you go.  You’ve heard me say it …top-down approach.  Take care of your hair, and everything else will flow from it.  Love, life, optimism, and children’s laughter.

I’m glad we had this talk.

Oh …I also have to thank Nick for an amazing title to my yet-to-be-written book.  I swear …2009 …that book will be written. 

Oh …and my next entry, I swear …it’s going to be the Non-Celebrity Fit-Club manifesto for 2009.

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