What's Up With Grant?

i need to be working on the basement...

2010-08-13T09:21:00.000-04:00

Best Days
1. wedding day
2. tie: getting in to UGA/graduating from UGA
3. closing on the house
4. getting my driver's license
5. tie: meeting Carrie/engagement day
6. any day w/a sporting victory
7. pay day
8. birth of nephews
9. tie: first day of school as a Sr. in high school/freshman in college
10. day before the wedding
11. setting/beating personal weight lifting records

there...time well wasted

New Things

2009-08-02T23:52:00.001-04:00

Big congratulations to Carrie! She graduated from Georgia State Law School and took the bar exam. She did a great job preparing for the test so I'm thinking she probably passed. She starts work in Cartersville August 10th.

We are heading down to St. George Island, FL for a week of much needed vacation.

The Condo is officially on the market now. We are starting to look at homes in Marietta and are excited about having more room.

I finished up my Body Fat competition (thank god) and got down to a really low number. Everyone seemed to agree that I was too thin and didn't look good. I'm eating everything I can get my hands on now and am hoping to be able to max out the big 3 lifts again. (dead lift, squats, and bench press)

Tested my bench press today and am very happy with the new gains.

Current Weight = 170 lbs.
Current Bench = 305 lbs.

1/2 Marathon

2009-04-03T12:42:00.003-04:00

Carrie and I ran in the ING Half-Marathon (13.1 miles) in Atlanta this past weekend. We both ran well and recorded personal records. Carrie finished in just over 2 hours and my time was 1:48:53.

I will be headed up to Nashville to run in the Country Music Half-Marathon on April 25th. It will be a good to spend some time with Christian, Elisa and baby Torin.

Carrie would be going but she's hanging out with the girls at the annual Steeplechase in Kingston, GA.

Dolphin Excursion

2009-03-01T09:32:00.001-05:00

I'll post more later but this is a little bit of what we did on our 3 day bahmas cruise.

Goal Reached

2009-02-28T22:29:00.004-05:00

Music is for laughs.

Cruise Vacation

2009-01-15T22:07:00.004-05:00

Carrie and I are going on a cruise to the Bahamas this Valentines weekend. We are encouraging everyone who wants to have a great time to come with us!

Here are the details.

Space shuttle Discovery is planning to launch around sunrise on Thursday, February 12th. I definitely want to see it.

The cruise is a 3 night weekend cruise on Carnival. Our boat is leaving Port Canaveral, FL on Thursday, February 12th at 4 pm.

1,000 Pound Club (updated 1-11-09)

2008-12-22T11:00:00.004-05:00

My new weight lifting goal is to be a member of the 1,000 pound club. This means my total weight for Bench Press + Squat + Deadlift has to be equal to or greater than 1,000 pounds. I'm currently around 975 collectively . I have a long way to go with my Squats and Deadlifts.

(I know I will not get there by doing weighted pull-ups.)

Current Weight = 172

Current Bench = 285 (mostly trained)
Current Deadlift = 385 (training)
Current Squat = 305 (training)
Total = 975

Goal Weight = 175

Goal Bench = 300
Goal Deadlift = 405
Goal Squat = 330
Total = 1035

TiVo and Netflix

2008-12-20T18:23:00.008-05:00

I'm very excited that Tivo has teamed up with Netflix. A portion of Netflix's movies are now available for instant viewing through TiVo's HD boxes. I've watched several streaming movies with my FREE trial membership and will purchase Netflix if I don't get it as a Christmas present. The quality is really good on most movies. I even got a few in HD.

I love documentaries and have watched several already. And now I'm going to rate the ones I've seen.

Surfwise - A documentary about a crazy father who raises his kids in a camper, makes them surf, and doesn't let them go to school.

B+

Super High Me - A documentary about a comedian/stoner who is sober for 30 consecutive days and then is high for 30 consecutive days. Doug Benson is really funny in this movie. He's a likable guy and an overall excellent representative for the stoner community.

Christmas List 2008

2008-12-17T16:16:00.005-05:00

For friends and family in the gift giving circle, here is my list.

In addition:

If I’ve been extra good and you want to get me the NikeID version of the shoes on the list then here is that link.

Also, a good gift for Carrie and I together would be a Netflix subscription.

I would also like this Nike shirt in Red. I also don't have grey, or black.

We need some triple A batteries.

A medium sized black Under Armour gym bag. (recieved by reader #4. Thank You very much it is exactly what I had in mind (Carrie, Mom, Allison, Kurt))

Bison Chalk. (ball form or powder)

An additional gig of Ram for my Mac Book Pro.

Weight Lifting straps.

Home Alone House

2008-12-13T23:28:00.002-05:00

Carrie and I watched Home Alone tonight. I think its the classic Christmas movie for kids our age.

We were bored and found the house it was filmed in.

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First Christmas Together

2008-12-07T19:42:00.008-05:00

Congratulations, us. Carrie and I have been married for 6 months today. Its weird, on one hand it feels like we just got married yesterday and on the other it feels like we've been maried for years (in a good way, of course).

This year the whole family will be in Macon for Christmas. Its gonna be a full house (mom, dad, granny, christian, elisa, torin, raine, allison, brian, connor, cats?, me, carrie, kitty, precious, and callie) It should be very memorable.

I've definitely been in the Christmas spirit lately. The Christmas scented candle and carols playing in iTunes makes for a nice ambiance. Also, Carrie and I decided to get a Christmas tree. We got one of those fancy plastic trees with the lights already installed! Lowes has all holiday decorations 50% off and we had a gift card. The stars were aligned.

These photos were taken with my iPhone. It takes surprisingly good pictures as long as you have a steady hand.

Torin (nephew)

2008-12-01T23:05:00.003-05:00

Christian and Elisa were in Stone Mountain for Thanksgiving so Carrie got to meet Torin for the first time. I took a picture with my iPhone but his mouth was open and this one is more flattering. He is adorable.