Man On The Inside

Hartelijk Gefeliciteerd!
Hartelijk Gefeliciteerd, is Happy Birthday in Dutch, and 62 years ago today my mother was born in the Netherlands. I wanted to take the chance here to wish her a happy birthday.  God blessed me the day he sent me to her.  She has loved me, and cared for me unselfeshly for every single day of my life.  I have to agree with Honest Abe who said, “Everything I am today I owe to my angel mother.” There are lots of young men w

Bubbles The Kid
Kolette and I have heard a little wheezing and coughing the last few nights and felt pretty sure that Coleman had a cough/cold.  However, we weren’t quite sure whether or not he had contracted the dreaded “runny nose” yet. So, as we so often do, we’re turning to you, our friends in the blogosphere, to help us figure it out.  We’ve posted the picture below and are waiting for your opinion.  For either it’s a runny nose, or it S-NOT. Jh-

Don’t Want To Miss a Thing + Winner
Our first matter of business is to announce the winner of our giveraway.  The lucky person (chosen randomly) is…………..(drumroll please)………….Trish, who shared a great thought about her Pilates move. You can read her comment here. Congrats Trish.  You win an autographed copy of my DVD plus some great swag from Kolette. As I read and appreciated everyone’s little ways they find little bits of joy, I was reminded that the only way we see these things is if we pay attention.  We have to watch the things that happen in our lives or we will miss much of the happines

Life’s Grape + Giveaway
About a week ago, I asked Kolette if she would add some green grapes to the grocery list.  She usually just picks up red grapes and I was jonesin’ for some green ones.  She must have gone to the store in the last few days, because yesterday morning, lo and behold, I found my green grapes waiting in the bowl on the counter while Ko was away working her keister off at Jim’s Gym (for more on her escapades there, check out her blog here–or for one of my favorite Jim’s Gym posts click here). Anyway, as I worked my way t

We’re Famous!
Cole & I figuring it out in the "early days" A couple of days ago I was looking at the blog stats for both Man On The Inside and The Champion Inside blogs and I found that we’d made the big time. For those of you who aren’t “Livin’ La Vida Loca” in the blogosphere your blog stats tell you all sorts of thing