Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Namaste,

Woke up at 4:45 and got my shower.... Read quite a bit, and returned emails. I am trying to finish my newest book, and get it sent to print so I can get it back before Christmas. I only need to do a few edits. Thankfully there is not very much text! I wrote a few thoughts about religion, and that may offend some people but it is what I believe.... I basically say's I don't care who you pray to! Allah, Buddha, Muhammad, or Christ! Believe in something or fall for anything! Anyway.... I took Trey to school, and when we got there Trey freaked out and said we had to come back home. He was suppose to have a scholar squad competition today at Deer Creek.... It got cancelled, but he had forgotten his stuff, so I had to bring him back home and then back to school. I hit Starbucks and then to work.... Work was plenty busy because it is Monday, and the weekend always brings problems.... At lunch Jodi and I ran to Mazzio's and made a salad then back to work. I bailed at 4:00 and headed straight to the gym. We are getting ready for the world championships in Dallas next month, so we have all been training really hard! I came home at 7:30 and had a salad..... I am pretty tired, and Jordan is having surgery tomorrow morning. She has to have her gallbladder removed.... Maybe it will make her nicer???

All my love!

Mat

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Namaste,

Man did I over do it yesterday.... I slept like crap! I could not get comfortable! Every time I move this pinched nerve in my back just grabs me.... Feels like someone is stabbing me, and yes I do know what that feels like! (Childhood accident!) I got up at 5:45 and did a few things here around the house, and then woke Trey up.... I wanted to go out to the lake for sunrise after we hit Starbucks and see if there was anything worth taking pictures of. The wind was gusting at 50mph, and the clouds were thick as bee's on honey! We drove around for an hour and nothing looked good. We headed on to church. Trey and I were going to walk around the zoo after church.... My niece Krystal works at the zoo, and they were making a donation to my scholarship foundation. The check was in and I needed to pick it up. During church Trey said that he would rather go hit some golf balls.... He is on the schools golf team, and needs tons of practice. We ran to the zoo picked up the check and then came home got clubs, and headed to the links. The links is Trey's school's home course, and he plays there for almost nothing... Trey had a couple of shots that were amazing!!!!! We only played nine holes but it seemed like so much more! The wind was brutal. We grabbed some lunch then came home. I laid down for a couple of hours, and then mom came over for dinner. I am working on the exhibit. Shrink wrapping pictures..... Ton's O' Fun!

All my love!

Mat

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

Namaste,

Slept in until 6:00 and jumped up and headed over to Midwest City... I wanted to do some shrub work and clean up the property. I picked Brent up, and we got busy.... I got a text from Tyler Griffin and he needed me to teach the Cardio class at 10:00 so I dropped Brent off at 9:00 and headed to the gym. I got there early and went for a run, and straightened up the gym.... I hit bags and worked over Bob. I left the gym and headed over to my buddy Eric's house. Eric has some health problems and his yard was in really poor shape. He had a big evergreen by his front door that was dying, and I don't think the yard had been edged in a long, long time. I was originally just going to cut down the tree but once I got started there was no stopping. I even had to stop and go get the trailer. I really got his lawn looking sharp. I went in to see him, and he said he could not believe I had done all that and I told him.... Accept my blessing, and pay it forward! That's all I want! That and maybe some good Karma!!!!!! I have been missing my friends from Nepal again... I thought about them all afternoon! Wolf, Naba, Wolf Jr, Enrico, Prem, Deil, and all the other people who impacted my life and changed the way I live. I went to moms when I left Eric's house and was going to mulch her lawn, but I broke the main drive belt on the mower, I loaded it up and came home. Trey and I went and dumped the whole trailer of limbs, and tree giblets.... When I got home I was dying. We spent the rest of the evening watching The Thunder, and Sooners. Overall a pretty awesome day.

Love you all!

Mat

Friday, November 20th, 2010

Namaste,

Jumped up at 5:00 and got my shower..... I use to run every Friday morning, but it has been really cold in the mornings lately. I worked on the exhibit, and my new coffee table book. I am only printing about 5 copies due to the price, but hopefully someone will see it and want to front the publishing cost? I took Trey to school and then headed to Starbucks..... Work ended up being fairly slow, and so at lunch I went back to Hobby Lobby to have two more pictures framed. The same guy helped me today as yesterday, and he did not move any faster today, than he did yesterday. The afternoon was pretty slow, and I left a little after 4:00pm. I stopped by Cup Cake A Go Go, and got a dessert, then headed to the market for some groceries. I came home a grilled some steaks, made baked potatoes, and salad. The kid's were at moms so it was date night. I rented a movie and after dinner we watched the movie. We rented Grown Ups and I had already seen it, but Sherrie had not.... We struggled to get through it, even though it is super funny. We went to bed super early and I was out like a light!

All my Love!

Mat

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Namaste,

I did not want to get up this morning... Jordan had a gallbladder attack last night at 3:00am and whined and cried all night. No one in the house slept last night.... I got up at 5:30 and got my shower, and returned emails... Trey and I left a little early. Trey was really excited because he had his first basketball practice this afternoon. Trey called me when I was at Starbucks, and said that he needed to be signed up for the golf team today.... Trey is a busy boy!!!! On to work where I did all of my weekend prep. I have a feeling that tomorrow will be busy, and so I wanted to get ahead. I went to Hobby Lobby today at lunch and got one of my big prints framed. It looks AWESOME! I went back to work and stayed really busy until just after 5:00. I went straight to the gym, and ended up teaching for almost three hours. We worked on ground and pound, then did several rounds of boxing. I got a great workout, and I am beat!

Love you all!

Mat

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Namaste,

Just a quickie tonight... Woke up at regular time and returned emails, and read a bit. Got Trey off to school and then hit Starbucks... My friend Erin DeVoe, who is the swimming coach at Edmond North High School showed up at Starbucks this morning bald... Erin had a beautiful head of long blond hair. Edmond North is raising money for a student with cancer and I really admire her for doing that! The day was very busy... Crazy busy.... There was some serious craziness at the hospital. I went to have some pictures framed at lunch, but things did not work out the way I wanted it to, so I will try again tomorrow. The afternoon was busy, and I was trying to get out by 5:00 to have dinner with the Klinka's.... It is my buddy Jason's birthday, and we were going to grab some dinner before we headed down to watch the Thunder play the Houston Rockets.... I am already tired of basketball and the season just started.... Oh Well! Time to snuggle up to the ole lady and get warm!

All my love!

Mat

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Namaste,

Woke up at 5:00 and watched the clock change 5:01, 5:02, 5:03.... You get the picture? I got up at 5:07 and got my shower. I worked on shrink wrapping pictures for the exhibit for an hour and then got ready for work. I had to dress up today, due to the fact that I had to speak at Summit Medical Center tonight. I dropped Trey off and headed to Starbucks..... On to work. Work was not that bad today.... I had to run some errands at lunch, and pick up some business cards..... At about 3:00pm I was going to run down to see a friend in the hospital, but things did not work out soooo.... I went by and saw one of the people I am working with on weight control, and healthy lifestyle. He is inspiring me to do more.... I gave him an exercise program, and some therabands. I headed over to the gym to make sure the gym was clean, and ended up cleaning before heading over to Summit. The seminar went well, and I turned it over to Dr. Broussard, then headed back to the gym. I was not working out but wanted to make sure everything was going OK.... Things were great, and Mike Messina was teaching, so I felt comfortable leaving. I have plenty to do here at the house!

All my love!

Mat