Before and After

I can't believe I'm gonna post this here but I am. Back in March of 07 I decided I was gonna try and shed a few pounds. I had been doing the gym routine 3 days a week at Total Fitness with David Kimbel but kept getting bigger it seemed. I weighed in at 268 pounds at my highest. A friend at work who had lost a lot of weight after having gastric bypass and kept it off suggested I try a low carb diet. He loaned me the Atkins book and I gave it a go. When I started my initial goal was to lose 30 pounds. That happened fairly quick. I then set my goal to get my weight to 199 pounds. I stumbled over Thanksgiving and Christmas and I'm trying to get back on track. I'm currently at 218 pounds. I'm happy with the 50 pound drop but have promised myself I'm gonna get to 199 if only for 1 day to say I achieved it. These pictures will be my reminder and hopefully my motivation to make it happen.

You are invited:

Hey fellow bloggers I am having a Body Shop party Monday night at 6:00 and I would love for all you girls to come. For those of you who never heard of The Body Shop before. There stuff is wonderful. They have a store I think in Nashville somewhere. But the one I went to last was in the Vegas airport. Then I was invited to a party and have been hooked ever since. They are alot of fun, and their products are great! You can host different types of parties, I am having a spa party. My address is 120 Tahoe Ct. Let me know if you need directions. Also let me know if you think you might get to come.

Dancing with the, uhm, Stars

I got this big idea to buy Stephanie ballroom dancing lessons for the two of us. Knowing I couldn't get by doing it by myself I convinced my buddies David, Travis and Josh to do the same for their wives for Christmas. Susan Leachman is our teacher and we've had 2 lessons so far. Going in I had no idea what to expect. I have never been a dancer by any means. I have no rhythm. So far it has been the most fun I can remember having with my wife. Our classes are Friday night's at 7:30. Friday has become our date night. I can't wait till Friday rolls around again.

Removing wallpaper

Wow. Could anything be more frustrating and time consuming than removing old wallpaper? We (Stephanie) decided to paint our master bathroom. Of course it had wallpaper up from when the house was built new. Off to the good old World Wide Web to find out the easiest way to get the stuff down. We followed directions to the letter. Guess what. Didn't work. We're now knee deep in the project and having loads of fun. Can't you tell? -Scott

Mac Attack

Those of you who know me are probably aware that I'm a bit of a tech head.  I love gadgets.  Over the course of the last 13 years together we have accumulated a lot of photos.  I was looking for ways to organize and edit them.  Somehow I wondered onto Apple's homepage and started checking out the new Leopard operating system.  I've been an avid PC only guy my entire life.  Mac's to me were always for the artsy fartsy types in my opinion.  You know, the ones driving Beetles, listening to the Grateful Dead and hugging trees.  Well, I'm now a member.  We haven't bought a Beetle (Stephanie would love a convertible Beetle) and I still can't name a single Grateful Dead song, but we do have a Mac in our home.  It's amazing how easy the things we want a computer to do are accomplished with our new Mac.  I've gotta buy a new camcorder so I can start making some movies.  I'm hooked.  Don't tell all my PC buddies. They'll make fun of me.  -Scott

Blog newbies!

Well I decided the Burton family should have a blog and here it is. Stephanie enjoys reading some of our friends blog so I made us one of our own.  We'll see how it goes.  Maybe I'll post some of my insane thoughts here at some point but for now look for updates on our day to day fun life.  -Scott