Jim Goings

Birthday Dinner

jimgoings — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:49:22 +0000

We went to Mom’s today for a nice dinner in celebration of Thom’s and my upcoming birthdays. Dinner was great as was the relaxation time. I got a few goodies too: FIIO E7 portable amplifier, Gears of War I and II, a spyderco pocket knife, and a Logitech game controller for my PC. A good day. Thanks family.

Mom and Me on Mothers Day

jimgoings — Mon, 09 May 2011 02:43:48 +0000

Silver Falls

jimgoings — Wed, 04 May 2011 04:30:12 +0000

Finally slapped together the video footage I took when we went camping at Silver Falls last year for Hannah’s 11th birthday.

To My Wife On Our 16th Anniversary

jimgoings — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:55:55 +0000

I remember meeting you online before the Internet existed. I stumbled across a bulletin board on Prodigy advertising a Christian woman looking to be pen-pals with a Christian man. I read it as “Hot chick looking for hunka hunka burnin’ love” which is the only way to interpret that when you’re 16 years old. We wrote hand-written letters, sharing our teenage experiences with each other. I remember the disappointment I felt on the rare days when the mailbox didn’t have a letter from you in it.

Letters turned to phone calls:

“You hang up”
“No, you hang up first”

Somehow I survived my mom having to pay a few hundred dollars in phone bills!

Even though it felt like an eternity to me, it wasn’t too long before we met in person. Somehow, despite my white afro and ridiculous Abe Lincoln beard, you didn’t hesitate to embrace me when I arrived at your door.

I was 19 and you were 20 when we married. We had our fair share of skeptics, but I think it’s safe to say that they were wrong about us. We never doubted that we’d be together forever, even for a second. I can’t recall a single moment with you where I imagined not being with you the next day.

For some, love fades over time, but ours seems to be just as strong as when we were starry-eyed kids swooning over each other.

We still hold hands, cuddle, finish each other sentences, and laugh at each others jokes. We are best friends and are still in love.

I confess from time to time I take you for granted. As with my arms or legs, I just assume you’ll always be there. It rarely occurs to me that we would ever be apart.

But now, as I take the time to reflect our on our life together I can’t help but imagine that tomorrow or fifty years from now, death will take us. No matter when that time comes, I know that I will look back at our lives and feel that my life with you was good and fulfilled.

We have literally spent our entire adult lives together and have arrived at a place where I have never been more content. The family we have created together with the help of the Good Lord has been worth every second of our lives together. The peace I have in my heart is due to you and your endless commitment to this flawed man.

I love you. You have made my life complete. I know that the bible says that we won’t be married in heaven, but you can rest assured that I will be hitting on you when we get there!

Still Going Strong

jimgoings — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:52:52 +0000

I’m officially down to 313 pounds! That’s just over 20 lbs lost so far! I’ve been going to the gym 3-4 days per week. I usually hit the treadmill for about 40 minutes, but sometimes I do less and add weight training in for variety.

Cardio Felt Great

jimgoings — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:50:35 +0000

David at work has been on my case about joining him at the gym. It’s a free, full-service gym in our own building so I really had no excuse. I am proud to say that I did 45 minutes on the tread mill and 15 minutes of weights. The first 25 minutes were pretty hard, but then my body went into “I don’t care, push on through!” mode and I finished my planned 45 minutes without much ado.

According to my pedometer, I’m just over 11,000 steps / 5.7 miles so far. Of that, 7531 steps were aerobic (some from my 1 mile walk to the train station on the way to work, and the rest from the treadmill.). I did learn two lessons:

I need to get some more gym clothes if I’m going to do this everyday.
I need new shoes. My plantar faciitus will thank me.

Oh, and according to the scale this morning… I weigh 325 lbs for the last time.

For the Last Time

jimgoings — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 01:56:10 +0000

Today, I weigh 329 lbs for the last time.

Christmas Tree!

jimgoings — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 04:48:40 +0000

Trim the tree, cut the lights!

Pirate’s Wife’s Lament by Paul & Storm

jimgoings — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 03:14:32 +0000

Paul and Storm perform the “Pirate’s Wife’s Lament” at PAX Prime 2010 with Wil Wheaton. Also, Jason Finn from President of the United States of America was on drums!

Also note the special appearance of John Roderick as the Herald of Wil Wheaton!

Opening Band by Paul & Storm at PAX

jimgoings — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:32:05 +0000

Paul and Storm perform their theme song and “Opening Band” at PAX Prime 2010. My wife, @rebeccagoings was the one who threw the Hello Kitty panties!