Late December

So I was slacking on my blogging in December.  I guess getting ready for the holidays which went well.  You can see the cabinet doors that finished the project.  These were delivered the Monday before Christmas JIT.  The weekend before I played a charity football game for Santa Claus Anonymous at Patterson Park.  It was fun and sparked a desire to play in the spring.   On Christmas Eve I got an opportunity to give back a little more to my community.  A neighbor randomly forwarded a request for volunteers to deliver gifts and food to needy families in Baltimore County.  Last holiday season I was looking for an opportunity.  So we volunteered for Santa's Helpers and picked up the packages and delivered them on Christmas Eve morning.  We had a lot to do around the house that day, but even with the deliveries we still got it done. I hope to do it again next year.  

We hosted the family for Christmas dinner and had a throwback special entre this year (lobster).  After dinner the young folks had a little after party fire pit, cigars and bourbon.  A great way to cap off the holiday.  

After Christmas we sort of took it easy a little shopping and I played paintball on the following Saturday.  NYE found us at a friend's house for a party and New year's day we made bean soup with the leftover Christmas ham.  

I got to say the Ravens under achieved this season.  They lost some close games they should have won and didn't really play well.  I said since the beginning of the season they would be 8-8 due to the loss of Bouldin and Pollard and they were.  The offense wasn't good.  The running game was terrible. Two fold for me I had Ray Rice a my first pick in 1 of 2 leagues and thus I came in last 1 and 12 (after winning last year).  The other league I just missed the playoffs on points.  The Ravens need to get some weapons on offense and figure out how to make Joe more effective since we are committed to him for a long time.  

I did Muay Thai for the remainder of December and still haven't lost a pound, but I feel like I am getting better.  I have been working in lifting too so I am trying to get to the gym 5 days a week 3 Kickboxing and 2 lifting.  I hope that helps with the weight before I hurt myself.  

I also finished making a Paracord Rifle sling for the AR which turned out real well (picture to follow).