I am an Idahoan and a Vandal

So it has been a while since I have written an post and I am feeling a little self conscious about my writing but there is no time like the present so here it goes. As many of you know and as my last post of honeymoon pictures definitely does more than hint at, I got married about 3 weeks ago! The wedding went really well and Karen and I had a wonderful time on our honeymoon. So obviously that has been a big transition in my and Karen's life. We have also had a few other pretty substantial transitions at the same time, so I thought I would share a few of them
So I am now live in Idaho. Wow who could have seen that coming, maybe some of you are not surprised in the slightest but even up to a year ago that was not on my radar. But here I am in the spud state and I must say thus far its been a good move. Of course its just 7 miles away from where I have been living the last 6 years so the scenery hasn't changed too much but the Moscow community is quite a bit different that the Pullman one. Maybe I'll blog more on that later but for now just take my word on it.
One other big transition that we are in process in is that my new wife and I are now the interim pastors of the University of Idaho Chi Alpha group. You probably know that I have been on staff with the WSU Chi Alpha group for the last 6 years but taking on this new leadership role definitely gives it a new dynamic. Karen has been on staff at UI for the past three years so she is familiar with the campus and the XA group so that is making the transition a little smoother, But still it has been a lot to take in right after a wedding.
The school year has gotten off to a good start though I think and we are excited to see what God has in store for us this year

Honeymoon pictures

You can see the full album here http://gregpavydavis.com/gallery/v/Honeymoon/

Painting and eating :)

So at the end of last week Karen and I painted her and soon to be our condo. I think it turned out really well With the help of friends we got it done in two and a half days. I will put up some pictures of it soon. Of course since I was painting I did'nt have time to exercise and really did not need to because of all the hard work. I also ingested a few more calories to supply all the extra energy i needed(I write this with a slight sarcastic smirk on my face)... OK really I ate bad and just didn't exercise. But with a few bike trips to Moscow and eating well I am back on track and have the 240 barrier in my sites.
Oh and by the way on a completely different note there are only 37 days to the wedding. Ok so maybe they are slightly connected :).

weight update

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Two Memorable Mornings

So during the past few days I have had two of the most memorable and unique "wake up calls" I've ever had. Saturday night I stayed over at Karen's sister and brother in laws house in the Seattle area. We were over on "west side" as we call it up here to go to a friends wedding (Congrats David and Shelly!) I had a great time hanging out with my future in laws and their dog Rocky. Rocky is a rather large Golden Lab and really enjoys having visitors over. I woke up on Sunday morning to the sound of my bedroom door opening and hearing the familiar jingle of a dog chain. "oops" thought I must not have shut my door all the way. I was sleeping on a very comfortable inflatable mattress so I was right at dog level. So I opened my eyes so I would be ready to block the cold nose treatment that I was certain was coming my way. I saw Rocky standing across from me on the opposite side of the bed I was on wagging his tail and looking happy. Thinking I was out of "danger" I said"good morning Rocky". And as if waiting for a cue Rocky vomited his breakfast on the pillow across from me. That's right up came the Kibbles and the Bits. Then as only a dog can he danced around a little bit (like he was proud of himself) and ran out of the room. I was stunned, after a lifetime of living with dogs I have never experienced anything quite like that. To say the least, I was fully awake:)
The second morning was shocking but in a different way. I awoke Tuesday with the usual argument with myself about working out or sleeping another 10 minutes. This morning working out won so I got up to get myself a bottle of water so I could head out and as I past the window in my living room I saw white flakes falling from the sky. I initially thought it must be from dandelions or something but when I looked again my wost fears wee confirmed, it was snowing. And I don't mean a small flurry that would be gone in 10 minutes less, I mean it was dumping pretty good. It continued to snow all morning! It was ridiculous. This Is JUNE! So I shelved the workout for the day and watched a video. Honestly I would prefer a dog barfing on my pillow.

A correction

So I realized that I was not wearing the same thing for my first "weigh in" as my last two. So I deducted 5 lb.s off of my original weight. I thought it was to dramatic to be good.

losing weight

So I am on a mission to lose a few (ok more than a few) extra pounds. and since I've been a bad blogger and not updating Im going to log my progress here. I found a pretty neat program to help me do it via graph. So here we go.

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