One of my biggest disappointments last year with the scouting group in our area was the lack of organization.  It seemed like the leader just decided what they were going to do minutes before the meeting and the kids didn’t seem to have a good time.  Since last year was his last, I decided to step up and become a scout leader so that my son could have a good experience.

In order to make the experience a good one I knew that I had to make some changes.  The biggest change was going to be more structure to the meetings.  The other leaders and I discussed ways that we could do that and we decided that we were going to try out some scouting software.

Even though I had never used the software before, it was very similar to the team management software that I had used during the summer when I was coaching the ladies softball team.  It was going to allow us to have a bird’s eye view of the whole year, the badges we were going to work on, and all of the activities that we have planned.

I just hope that the parents like the new format as well: I think that we will ask their feedback later on this year to see if they think that we have a more effective scouting organization and what we can do to make it better.

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One of the overriding goals of an athlete is to see how far they can push their body.  Now, I don’t mean going as far as you can then hurting yourself, but rather how toned and trained you can become to be an example of perfection in your sport.

Even though most athletes would depend solely on training and nutrition to get them to their peak ability, there are alternative ways to get there as well.  Some examples would be using HGH supplements, protein shakes, creatine and other sports enhancing substances.  Now, I am not condoning drug use or overuse of these types of supplement, but rather you should look at is as using these types of products to help you achieve more than you can on your own.

Some people are just too scared to try something new and for these people, they will never realize their true potential.  Others will try and convince you that something is bad for you such as telling you that the HGH side effects outweigh the benefits.

I heard all these “horror” stories, but from my experience using HGH over the past year, it turns out that they don’t know what they were talking about.  I have had nothing but positive results from using this supplement, and you could too – just try it out and come to your own conclusions.

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One of my favorite movies is Kill Bill starring David Carradine. Another one of my favorite movies obviously is Kill Bill 2. And when I was a kid I used to watch this show on TV called Kung Fu. And that of course starred David Carradine. I guess you could say that I am a big David Carradine fan.

So it goes without saying that I was shocked a little while back when I heard that he had died. I’m not even going to go into the bizarre circumstances surrounding his death. But then again when you see some of the roles he has played as an actor it becomes very possible that he was quite the character in real life.

Now I have never been one to collect things like Samurai swords or any other martial weapons, but I was surfing around on the internet and stumbled upon a real collector’s item. It turns out that David Carradine signed a limited number of exact replicas of the sword that he used in the Kill Bill movies! Now they aren’t just giving these things away, but because they can’t really get him to sign any more I think this could be a good investment. I guess we’ll see.

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When I sold my last house, I had to leave behind my Jacuzzi.  It was given to me as a 30^th birthday present by my now ex-husband.  Oh, it was ten years old, leaky, partly broken and difficult to maintain, but every time I drive by that house I get a longing for the good days when we could sit in the Jacuzzi under the stars.

I was surprised to see that Cal Spas is affiliated with Cal Flame-as in cal flame outdoor kitchens appliances.  They make everything from cal flame bbq islands to sinks.  I guess I can assuage myself with one of those, now that I live in a house where getting another Jacuzzi wouldn’t work out so well, but I still miss it.  It’s one of those things that were sort of an outcome of the divorce.  Even if I did get another one, it would probably just remind me of those days. 

But now I have a new life under the pines in the town of Larkspur, Colorado.  Even though I accept my situation and am happy with the setting of my new home, the house itself is just not as gracious and lovely as that one…and the missing jacuzzi is part of that.

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My parents just got a portable hot tub.  It is ideal for them, as empty nesters in a smaller home now that we all have left their house.  It was one of those 2 person hot tubs that let them both relax at the same time, while enjoying each other’s company.  They had always wanted a hot tub, and when they saw this hot tub for sale, they knew that now was a great time to buy it.  Sometimes when you are faced with a choice like this, it is fate.  If they had not been walking through the store at the time that they were, they would have never seen this particular hot tub, so they jumped on it when they saw it and the price.

Having a hot tub has proved very beneficial to them.  As they have gotten older, it has become necessary to rest their weary muscles and a hot tub reenergizes them.  They like to use it at night, to help them relax before bedtime.  Of course when the grandkids come over, they also get a kick out of Grandma and Grandpa having the hot tub.  They like to get in and use it as their own personal wading pool.

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