TEAM BROWNE

Some Progress...

2009-04-20T12:38:00.003-04:00

well, im about 20 pounds down from my start weight, and i wanted to see what that looked like exactly...

I can see a little difference, I just need to keep plugging away!
thanks for your encouragement and support!

Seeing some progress...

2009-03-02T12:32:00.002-05:00

So Amy and I have been working out at the Y now for a little over a month, and well, we are finally starting to see some progress... And it couldn't have come sooner for me! I was truly getting frustrated with the whole ordeal, gaining, then loosing, then gaining, the whole roller coaster ride was starting to wear thin on my nerves, and my self esteem.

With a some hard work, and time spent at the Y, I am happy to say I have Officaly lost 10 pounds, and Amy has lost more than 5! A big thank you to everyone who motivated us, and encouraged me. i'm happy this is all starting to pay off! Please keep encouraging us, We both have a ways to go!

uggh!

2009-02-02T09:01:00.002-05:00

I don't know what I'm doing wrong! I have been sold out to this whole eating healthy and working out routine for over 2 weeks now, and it seems to keep back firing! I just don't get it!... It seems like no matter what i do, i keep gaining weight. I cut out pop, sugary juice, fast food, switched to FF milk, i eat yogurt for breakfast, and have healthy soup for lunch, cut out snacking, work out 3 times a week, and I'm still gaining weight! This is so unbelievably frustrating... i don't know what to do any more...

Team Browne Joins the YMCA

2009-01-31T15:12:00.002-05:00

So its official, Amy and i have been members of the Y for about a week now, and I honestly have to say its the best thing we could have done for ourselves!
I had been feeling really down the past few weeks, when i discovered I had gained 17 pounds since we got married, and was back over 300 pounds. I have a poor body image as it is, so this wasn't helping.
We had been talking to randy and shannon about the YMCA for awhile. They had been members for quite sometime, and I was impressed with there diligence and results.
So amy and I decided it was time to push the excuses aside, and get right with ourselves! and I have to tell you, I'm starting to feel better already!

2009-01-18T17:23:00.001-05:00

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2008-12-15T23:00:00.000-05:00

Pictures of our house! Finally!

2008-12-01T10:17:00.002-05:00

I know, I know, I took my sweet time getting some pictures of our house up on our blog, but we were busy!

ok, here it is, 1318 Pearl st!

see, i do rake leaves!

I cant wait to open the pool back up again!

This was my Thanksgiving morning project.

I will be sure to try and get some shots of the interior.

Kicking off the holiday season!

Amy and I went to my aunt and uncles for thanks giving, the food is always amazing, and plenty of it. This year was no exception! I tried to eat my weight in mashed potatoes, while Amy was particularly fond of our cousins fruit salad. We had a great time catching up with family, and playing board games. Amy found a sweet spot on the couch and let the turkey do its thing! Later that evening we all pulled names for our annual secret Santa gift exchange, (ill tell you who i got later) All in all it was a fantastic family thanksgiving!

Friday night we decided to head downtown for the lighting ceremony, we met up with Randy and Shannon, and found Glen, and bumped into a bunch of family and friends!

Randy & Shannon

Glen

The Burns Family

The rest of the weekend, Amy and I spent Christmas shopping, and setting up our Christmas decorations for inside the house. We are so excited to be able to decorate our OWN house this year!

So it seems like we are off to a great start of this holiday season, I can't wait to see what it brings this year!

Thanks for Reading!
-Eric & Amy

This time of the year...

2008-11-25T14:00:00.002-05:00

Ah, the Holidays, It seems like they sneak up on us every year! This year is no different. We are getting ready to host Christmas at our house this year. Amy's family is flying in from Baton Rouge to spend a week with us, and there is a chance that her aunt Neen might join us too. So we should have a full house this Christmas, i cant wait!
We have both been busy at work. Amy, busy as usual, and I am in full gear getting ready for the holiday season at The Chapel. It seems all is well in our neck of the woods.
I keep meaning to post some pics of our house on here, but i always forget... The car situation has gotten better, i've figured out some of its quirks, and now we seem to get along, Plus i just bought some new rims for her! they look awesome!

... sorry got off topic there...

anywho, that's all for now. Thanks for Reading!

-Eric & Amy

THE TRANSPORTATION SITUATION...

2008-09-23T10:13:00.005-04:00

Uggh, I have had the wost luck with cars lately. I cant seem to get one that doesn't need 25K in repairs! Its so frustrating! At least the one I have now getts good gas mileage... over 35MPG, which is nice, considering its a hunk of crap. It would be a nice car... someday. I dont know if i want to put the money into it, i dont know if its worth it. I've always wanted one, and now it feels like a huge dissapointment. it gets me from point a-b (for the most part) and its some what reliable (for the most part) but i guess i am more frustrated with myself. I should know better than this. I always see a dimond in the rough when it comes to cars, i see something that someone else has thrown by the wayside, and say to myself, i can make that awesome... with time and money, 2 of which i dont have. story of my life. hey, atleast i made it look cool right?

We tasted Ohio,... And it was good.

2008-08-18T16:36:00.002-04:00

The wine fest in downtown Sandusky kinda Crept up on us this year. Amy and I had been talking about how much we wanted to go, but hadn't heard anything about it, then found out it was this coming (now past) weekend. Lucky we didn't have plans and were able to attend with our good friends Randy and Shannon. (the newly weds)
All in all it was a great time, we drank some, tasted some food (the bread pudding from the yacht club...AMAZING!!) and got some sun. We ran into Heidi, and she snapped a pic of us! (thanks!)

Then we were destroyed later that night at our softball games. Randy still says it was the alcohols fault...

Our Busy Lives...

2008-08-13T11:08:00.004-04:00

Its been awhile since we last made a post, sorry for those of you who are DYING to know whats going on in our lives! (haha) To honestly say whats been going on... we don't know, we have just been busy and we really don't have anything to show for it. Amy and I were at dinner the other night, and we were commenting on the situation of how busy we felt, but then we looked in a little deeper, and found that, we really don't know why? strange how that sometimes turns out. Oh well.

We had a BLAST at Randy and Shannon's wedding last Saturday. (besides the fact that is was 307 Degrees in my suit, and my pants were the size of a parachute) I really hope and pray that they will be happy! Congratulations again you two!

Well, I am back in the "Needing a car" game again. I think I am addicted to buying cars. I sold my 99 Grand am, and started looking for the next "browne mobile" There are a lot of options, I'm just so picky. but i guess thats a good thing.

Amy and I have been talking about getting back in a Bible study again, But for some reason its hard to find one that we can both be a part of. We are looking to join a young married couples, or something of the sorts, but as of right now, we can't find anything. Every one we have talked to about it, says "well why don't you start one?" Which would be fine, except we have led so many times, we just feel we want to be a "part" of one, and not lead for a change. I guess we shall see.

Oh, our busy lives!

I totally stole this from Heidi and David's flicker album! thanks guys!

Flickr

2008-07-30T13:58:00.001-04:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

OH NO!! I've been tagged!... i guess.

2008-06-16T13:42:00.003-04:00

I've been tagged by Jen P.

The Rules:
Once you’ve been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 weird, random, facts, habits or goals about yourself. At the end, choose 6 people to be tagged, list their names & why you tagged them. Don’t forget to leave them a comment saying “You’re it!” & to go read your blog. You cannot tag the person that tagged you, so since you’re not allowed to tag me back; let me know when you are done so I can go read YOUR weird/random/odd facts, habits and goals.

1. Weird fact - I have no thumb knuckles. its true.

2. Habits - when day dreaming, or just kinda drifting off, i make random fart noises with my mouth. and sometimes with my posterior end.

3. Fact - when i find time to sketch cars, i make revving noises when i draw them.

4. Fact - I HATE tomatoes, i think they are the devils food! Adam and Eve didn't fall eating apples, they fell eating TOMATOES!!! (but i love catchup)

5. Fact - my head is fart to big for normal hats.

6. Fact - i left a floater in the third stall.

7. Random - i secretly want to be on American idol.

8. Fact - there aren't enough bad words in the English language to convey my distaste of Tila Tequila

9. Random - I'm still a kid at heart, if you come to my house and hit the channel recall button, it will always go back to Cartoon Network.

10. Habit - I often forget who I'm calling by the time the tone sounds for the voice message.

The six people I chose to try to complete this difficult task:
1. Joey
2. Casey
3. Shannon
4. Rebecca
5. Dustin
6. Chad

GARAGE SALE!!!

2008-05-06T14:35:00.003-04:00

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!!! And you know what that means! Garage Sales galore! and our house is no different! We are going to be having a huge multi-family garage sale at our house on May 17th (saturday)

Amy and I have discovered we own way to much stuff! (and so do all of our friends) So we invited a bunch of friends and family to participate in our spring cleaning garage sale... It sounds like its going to be big! so far we have 5 different house holds bringing over stuff to sell! i cant wait to get rid of it all so i can start using my garage...

New Home

2008-04-13T23:14:00.002-04:00

Well its official we are finally in our new home. We moved in last weekend. We have found that we have way more stuff than we knew. This last week we have been making each room our home. Eric found hardwood in our dining room and sanded and stained it. It looks amazing. We painted 5 of the 7 rooms. Its finally starting to feel like home. We will be having a garage sale soon. But we are just excited to be in our own house and make it ours.

2 post in one day! ZOMG!!!!

2008-02-26T15:18:00.005-05:00

well here we go! Amy and I put an offer on a house the other day, and it was accepted!!! We are almost home owners!!! almost. the offer is contingent on the inspection passing, we will post more info when the time comes, but for now here are some pics of our (almost) new house!!!

What the morning brings...

2008-02-26T14:41:00.005-05:00

I heard the rumors all day long about a huge snow storm coming our way, i guess they were right. Here are some pics i snapped around 7am this morning on my way to pick Amy up. Enjoy!

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has it realy been a month?

2008-01-09T22:11:00.000-05:00

wow, seems like just yesterday I made a post on here. Time flies when your.... doing what we do. (whatever that is) The holiday season has taken its toll on us, well at least me. I really need to get back on my work out schedule, and diet. I feel bloated. Amy and I have been contiplating getting a Ymca membership, but were dragging our feet. we (I) really want to get a home gym system, but we just have no where to put it. (we need a new house)

And how about this unseasonal weather? whats that all about?

About our housing situation, we are still looking. A friend of ours just told us she was getting back into the real estate game, and that she would help us out. I think we are just nervous about buying a house, all the responsibility that it comes with. We did make a pro/con list, and the pros heavily outweighed the cons, so i guess thats good. It is a lot of money but, we do spend a lot on rent every month, and we could put that towards a house. I don't know its just alot to think about and take in.
We have decided to start looking at houses in march when it warms up, plus Amy will be off of nights. who knows what the next months will bring?

later all!
reading: I am legend by Richard Matheson
Listening : Regina Spektor

Oh what a day.

2007-12-09T00:06:00.001-05:00

Well I have survived the two busiest weeks of my life...I felt like I never saw anyone including Eric. But things slow down a little bit the next month until I start my block nights. But this is the life of a doctor (still don't feel like one.)

Well I wish I was as proficent at Ebay as Eric is. Because today we braved the world of Christmas shopping at the mall. And oh my gosh how annoying. First of all I hate Sears because we tried to get a bed and no one seemed to know what was going on. What has happened to customer service and assisting the customer. I felt like we talked to five different people and each person told a different story. But not only that but didn't seem to care that we needed help.

Once we left sad and mattress less we decided to walk around. I must say I love Christmas season but sometimes hate what it does to other people. I think that Christmas can bring the best out in people like charity and good will. And a better outlook on life. But it also brings out the worse. I think we sometimes loose sight of everything but the big sale and "finding the perfect gift." The mall was full of way to many people that just wanted to push and grab to get what they wanted.

But the day was made better by the finding of a treasure...an XBOX 360. Its amazing how finding something you want can make your day. Eric has already loved every minute of playing the games.

Well this is my first blog and I must say some what cathartic. Sorry about the soap box, hope no one is offended. But I must say I hope everyone has a wonder Christmas season and enjoy the blessings in the life. I know I will. Iam excited about celebrating our first Christmas together as a married couple. I'm also excited to see Sandusky at Christmas. Merry Christmas to all.

tuesday is coming... did you remember your rain coat?

2007-11-28T00:19:00.000-05:00

Back into the swing of things! last week was nice to come back to, with the holiday weekend and all. This week came with a vengence, we were almost caught off guard. With the holiday season coming quick, everybody is getting Christmas projects and events... so that means they will be coming to me. I already have 2 weeks in december that i have to run camera for the ladies gathering at the chapel every night, plus all my other work. Amy is working so hard, and im so proud of her. shes in a rotation that she dosen't like not to mention working with some people who are very difficult, but she takes it all in stride and does her job, and she does it well.

Shopping... yikes. Black friday came, and went. after looking at the ads i decided there wasent anything that looked good. But i have to say that im so thankful for e-bay! I love it! im going to try and do 75% of all my christmas shopping this year on line, with free shipping and not wasting gas, and dealing with crowds, you cant beat that. so sorry to anyone whos gift is delayed because of shipping... im sorry, but it saved me cash!

blessings!

music to check out: "Im only a man" by Emery

TEAM BROWNES FIRST POST.

2007-11-22T23:29:00.000-05:00

Well, thanksgiving has come and gone, Amy is passed out next to me, and i'm watching ghost chasers on SIFI channel, trying to digest my thanksgiving meal. Today (thanksgiving) went by so fast it seems. I spent most of the day painting a dresser and drawers for some friends who are having a baby soon. (hopefuly its a girl, because i painted them pink and white...) Amy has had a hectic schedual ever since we returned from our honeymoon, and now she has to work a 24hr shift tomorrow. poor thing.
Well this blog today real dosent have a point, just to say hi, and this is our first blog. I guess ill end this with a little thanksgiving thanks, Im thankful for : all the blessings God has bestowed upon us, my new wife, and the fact that we have a roof over our heads. what are you thankful for?

blessings friends!