June Debrief

June was taxing.

Technically we were still in Traverse City when June began, but later that same week my sister-in-law got married, and all three of us were in the wedding. The following week we celebrated our 11 year anniversary by camping at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes with Tonia’s family. The next weekend we celebrated Father’s Day with more camping in Chicago, and running in the Warrior Dash. Just for fun, the following week Tanner had 2 nights of 2-hour baseball practices, 1 scrimmage, and a weekend tournament.

Somewhere in the midst of all that Summer officially began.

Running Totals
3 workouts / 1:48:48 duration / 13.68 miles / 8.41 per mile average / 1608 calories burned

Tweet of the Month

Tonia and I dated for 6 years + married for 11 on Friday = 17 years together. I’m currently 34 years old. #dothemath
— @mudpuppy 3:44 PM Jun 8th

Books Read in June:
N/A

Movies Watched in June:
A Fistful of Dollars – 4/5
Defendor – 3/5
It’s Complicated – 4/5
Sleepless in Seattle – 4/5
The Three Musketeers – 3/5
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot – 2/5
The 11th Hour – 3/5
Edge of Darkness – 4/5
From Paris with Love – 2/5
Benny and Joon – 3/5
Invictus – 4/5
The A-Team – 5/5
The Karate Kid – 4/5
For a Few Dollars More – 4/5
Knight and Day – 3/5
Amadeus – 4/5
Kelly’s Heroes – 4/5
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – 3/5

Filed under: 2010, June, Movies

June Debrief

It’s funny how fast a Michigan Summer can go. Well, not so much funny as sad. But it’s definitely been a good one so far. Our first vacation of the year was mostly a staycation. We took an entire week off (sandwiched between two full weekends) and hung around the house, but we did take three of those days to visit Milwaukee and Miller Park and had such a great time! Here are some recommended links from our stay.

While we were in Milwaukee we celebrated our 10 year anniversary. That’ll make you feel old real quick.

We also hosted our first 5K in June. Tonia did an incredible job putting it all together, and Tanner blew my mind, again, by running it in 29:48. I’m really having a ton of fun running those with him, and he has a ton of fun collecting all the medals.

And sadly this month we lost a legend. I always knew Michael Jackson was a prominent part of my past, but it wasn’t until he died that I really knew the extent of it. Going back and watching all of his video’s again really rekindled my love of MJ. I climbed up in the attic and broke out my vinyl records for old times sake. I dusted off my CD’s and started listening to all the hits again, giving Tanner a glimpse at the greatness (he’s hooked now too). I even bought two separate best-of DVD’s containing over 20 of his ground breaking videos on Friday. He’s been gone mentally for years, but the finality of Thursday really brought it home how influential he was to me.

For an epic post on all things MJ, visit this post by Human3rror.

Books Read in June:
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

Movies Watched in June:
Defiance – 4/5
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – 5/5
Revolutionary Road – 5/5
Big Fish – 4/5
The Alamo – 4/5
Night at the Museum 2 – 4/5
Die Hard 2 – 3/5
Die Hard with a Vengeance – 4/5
Singles – 3/5
Solaris – 4/5
Primer – 4/5
Waitress – 4/5
Troy – 4/5
Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail – 4/5
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – 4/5
Phoebe In Wonderland – 4/5
Bend It Like Beckham – 4/5
The International – 3/5

Previous Months:
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009

Filed under: 2009, Books, June, Movies