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I haven't been posting much here and so it's time to make my annual resolution to post more and to add more updates. You just never know, one of these years it might work. I did post a couple of slideshows to my most recent Picasa photo albums above, so take a peak at the kids building a gingerbread house, decorating the tree and visiting Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island (that was lots of fun!).

My big plan for this year is to lose weight. I'm not talking just 20 pounds or so, I'm talking at least 75 or 80 pounds. I'm going to follow Weight Watchers again as that's how I lost the weight before. Although I have been thinking about officially joining and getting some of the new info.

My family is doing well and the kids are getting big. Mary is as great as ever and we celebrated our 8th year of marriage in October. The kids enjoyed and are enjoying Christmas (we still have one party to go!) with the family and received many great gifts. I got some great gifts too including Nintendo Wii for the entire family. I absolutely love Super Mario Bros. Wii and the kids do too.

May God Bless You in 2010 and be sure to stop back for a visit and check out family pictures and hopefully much more!

Merry Christmas,
Jeremy

I'm pretty sure they could have found a better Star Trek ship then Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder for the top of the cake, right?

Click photo for larger version! Photo property of Detroit Free Press.

I usually post sports items at sportspig.com, but I'm moving the site because of the slowness of my administration area, so posting this here instead.

Anyway, I was reading the Highlight Reel Lions Blog and saw a link to an article about footage of the Lions last championship in 1952. VolBrian at Pride of Detroit posted three videos of highlights and more and the quality is great! I'll be watching all tonight, but I did watch part of the first and it's very entertaining. We might never see an NFL Champion in Detroit again, so it's good to see video evidence. Here's what VolBrian has to say about the videos...

As promised, I will be posting some of the historical items/memorabilia my grandfather, Garrard "Buster" Ramsey, Detroit Lions Defensive Coach 1952-1959, held onto from his career. We'll begin here with the 1952 World Championship game footage that my family converted from the old 16 millimeter reel to DVD and then finally to the web. The Lions won this game 17-7 over the Cleveland Browns. This footage is 30 minutes long, so I cut it up into 10 minute segments for ease of viewing. I hope y'all enjoy this glimpse of the Lions' past!!!

View the other videos in the article 1952 NFL Championship Game Film at Pride of Detroit

My friend Josh and I were just talking about these commercials over the weekend. I've only seen them on line since I don't have TV, but they really crack me up. I also have to admit I've never drank Dos Equis, but hey, maybe someday. Anyway, this is my favorite...

You can also read this article from Slate about the commercial and why it works.

She's all business after mass. Thanks for the picture David!

Of course I was interested when I saw naval stealth technology development and Sweden in the same sentence. Seriously, this is very cool.

As the first operational stealth ship in the world, the corvettes are designed to be electronically undetectable at more than 13km in rough seas and at more than 22km in calm seas.

Here's some video (with a catchy tune)...

Read Waterjets Propel Sweden's Visby to Success at Naval Technology

Photo courtesy of Kockums AB

An editorial by Michael Smith, president of the Home School Legal Defense Association, with some recent statistics about the growing popularity of homeschooling.

Read Homeschooling Popularity Grows in the Washington Times Op-Ed

A neat article on the Wigton Family and the fact that all 10 children have played basketball at Lake Leelanau St. Mary School. I've coached 6 of them at various points in their basketball or baseball careers. All great kids (and adults now), but now I feel old!

Read 10-for-10 in the Leelanau Enterprise

I am extremely guilty of eating large amounts of food fast. That's no secret to those who know me. I've also noticed that when I do eat slow and under control, I don't feel hungry and do feel better. So why not do this all the time you ask? Good question. It all sounds so simple, yet it's very hard to do.

Read 9 Strong Reasons To Eat Slowly at HealthAssist via lifehacker

We're back safely from our Thanksgiving Oklahoma Roadtrip and we had a wonderful time. I'll be posting pictures soon. Not long after our return we learned that the Belanger's are moving back to Lake Leelanau. Needless to say people are very excited!

Anyway, as soon as I catch some things up with the holiday's, I'll try to post some updates.

To help tide you over here's a classic picture of high school chum Chad Boone and myself in our tuxedos. We wore these to help advertise and ended up with free tux rentals for prom, yeah! I thought the hat was a nice touch, but my nephews asked if I was a pilgrim!

Of course, for the full effect, click the image for a larger version!