Lewies Blog

I have my own website at home that I develop alot of stuff on. I also have a lot of free source code on the internet that I get a lot of questions from. To deal with all of the emails that I kept getting asking for help, I created a web application called Ask Lewie.

It appears that I have been neglecting the questions for a few months. I looked at it tonight and there were about 40 questions waiting for me. I’ve got a few done, but … there are just too many. It is tough to be famouse sometimes.

Tags: Ask, Lewie, Questions, Source Code, Free, Code, Source, Fame, Email, Answers

Since I have started out with this LA Weight Loss diet, I’ve really started portioning my meals. If I buy a bag of frozen broccli, I’ll measure 1 cup portions and put them into zip-lock baggies. I think my wife is impressed with the organization in our freezer. I find it is easier to make meals if half the work is already done.

Well, it seems that I made a mistake when it came to the carrots. We purchased a large bag of baby carrots that were not frozen. I portioned 5 baby carrots to each zip-lock baggie and threw half of them in the freezer to prevent them from rotting.

Mom cam over and gave me some information about the correct way of freeze veggies. Apparently, I was supposed to boil them for 3 minutes and then freeze them. She says they will come out soggy because I didn’t do this. Well … I’ll eat anything anyway. I’ll deal with the problem I caused and remember the tip next time.

Tags: Dieting, Weight Loss, Diet, LA Weight Loss, Portioning, Meal, Meals, Broccli, Zip-Lock, Baggies, Wife, Impress, Organization, Freezer, Carrots, Rot, Mom, Information, Boil, Soggy, Eat, Problem

My mother in-law needed to step into Wal-Mart today to pick something up. Since I was the one with the credit card, all of us had to go in - including the kids. Mom stopped the cart and told us to watch the cart.

My neise started talking about a tea-pot. I looked over and realized that Mom stopped the cart at the worst place. She started crying when I said no. Mom came back and said her magic phrase - “We’ll see about it on Tuesday, Ok?”.

This trick seemed to work throughout the day, but I’m getting the feeling that my neise is going to start catching on after a while. She is three and a half and just as smart as any other.

It’s that holiday season where kids are baraged with advertising left and right. They start asking for everything they see on T.V. The main thing she has been consistent on asking for this week, and last week is a pogo stick. Yea … I could just see a little girl like her on a pogo stick. NOT! But she sees all of these other kids on pogo sticks when she watches tv and it looks fun.

I’m just an uncle, so I’m confused what to get for her. I’m low on funds as it is, and I’m not going to buy her parents a medical bill. I do know this - she loves to do a lot of physical activity.

Tags: Shopping, Kids, Mother In-Law, Wal-Mart, Credit Card, Cart, Niece, Tea-Pot, Magic Phrase, Holiday, Season, Advertising, TV, Pogo Stick, Pogo, Uncle, Physical Activity

I redesigned the template for my personal website (www.lewismoten.com) and filled it up with icons that I got from Gort’s Icons.

Tags: Template, Personal, Website, LewisMoten.com, Icons, Gort, Gort’s Icons, Redesign, Link, Screenshot

I found some quizes on the Internet (imagine that) and I figured that I would post them here for good humor.

Tags: Quiz, 1960, Geek, Quirky, Weird, Smart, Decade, 1960s, 60, Spacefem, Humor, Funny

Someone (Taylor McKnight) collected a large collection of 80×15 icons that a lot of bloggers use. I submitted a few of mine that I made. Go head on over and steal a few. He likes it that way.

Tags: Website, Icons, Link, Screenshot, 80×15, Collection, Taylor McKnight, Blog, Blogware, Steal, Theft

Angel invited me to walk with her and her sister tonight around the neighborhood. I went along and trailed behind the two. I had a Kodak moment as I watched them walking in the middle of the night, cloaks moving with the wind, and the two reached out and held each others hand. Too bad I didn’t have a camera with me.

As we walked up the big hill, some idiot came by and honked his horn at us. I eventually found the house that he went to and made a mental note. A lot of scenarios played though my head - like filing a harassment charge against them. Of course, they would have to do it many more times.

My wife and sister in-law are not “goths“. They don’t listen to goth music. They don’t wear black lipstick and black finger nail polish. They don’t even hang out with goths. Just because they dress up a little different, everyone has to make up there assumptions and harass them. What idiots those people are.

Just before Halloween, people would ask them what they were going to dress up as. They were usually asking as an insult. The girls usual reply was “I’m going to dress up like you”. Half the people were too confused to understand the the insult.

Tags: Sisters, Sister, Love, Oberving, Angel, Kodak Moment, Cloak, Cloaks, Harassment, Goth, Goths, Goth Music, Black Lipstick, Black Finger Nail Polish, Black Nail Polish, Dress Differently, Idiot, Idiots, Halloween

I was smoothe and talked Angel into letting me buy a belt. Ok, she said I should buy a belt and I agreed. And then we both agreed that I needed smaller clothes, but not now. I went into Wal-Mart and got a size 42 belt for just under ten dollars. I could have sworn that I was a size 50 the last time I purchased clothes. The belt is just a little tight, but in due time it should become very loose with the way that I’ve been losing weight.

I came home and Angel immediatly got dibs on my old belt. I then realized why she agreed that I could get a new belt. She falls in love with all of my belts and wears them. She wears full length skirts that her mother makes for her, so she doesn’t need a belt. I’m trying to figure if she wears them to remind her of me, or just to be cool. Now she goes around wearing two of them loosly. I wish I had her waiste size.

I also picked up some kitty litter. I got two buckets of 35 pounds each. I have nine cats, so I need as much litter as I can get. As I carried them inside the house, I realized that the two buckets combined was the total weight that I wanted to lose. God it was so heavy. I was walking awkwardly and wondering how I managed to walk so perfectly without them when I was at 270 pounds.

I also picked up some wiper blades for my 2000 Dodge Neon. I used the little gadget in the wiper blade isle to find out what size that I needed. After spending 2 minutes browsing through make, model, and year - it replied that I needed 22 inches for the drivers side and 19 inches for the passenger side. “That’s nice to know”, I thought.

I looked at the prices of blades and figured I’d blog the figure when I get home so I don’t forget when finances are better. Prices were about $9.00 each. Then I looked at another brand next to it for $7.00. My heart beat faster as this continued for about five minutes until I found one brand for only $2.50 each. I found the 19 inch blades, but it looked like the 22 inch blades were all sold out. Then I found one in the bin next to it.

I figured five dollars was cheap for a new set of blades. What could it hurt? Besides, the original belt that I was going to get costed three dollars more. I was pretty happy and content.

On the way in and out of Wal-Mart, I saw someone ringing a bell constantly for the Salvation Army. I wonder how many volunteers need to go in for surgery due to carpal tunnel syndrome.

Tags: Smoothe, Angel, Belt, Agree, Clothes, Wal-Mart, Size 42, 42, Tight, Weight, Weight Loss, Diet, Dieting, Old Belt, Skirt, Full Length Skirt, Mother, Kitty Litter, Litter, Cat Litter, Wiper Blades, Dodge, Neon, Dodge Neon, 2000, 2000 Dodge Neon, Gadget, Blades, Wiper, Bell, Salvation Army, Donation, Carpal Tunnel, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

I just went on another walk around the neighborhood. It’s a little cool outside 50°F, gray skies and drizzling.

I’ve come to the realization that I need another belt. I’m on the tightest hole, but my pants keep getting lower as I walk. I’m finding an interim solution by sticking my hands in my coat pockets and holding my belt up. Hey … it works, so don’t laugh. Ok, go ahead and laugh - I am.

It’s pretty funny. I feel like the poorest kid on the block who has the highest salary. I’m glad Angel is helping me get a grasp on finances, because I suck at it. I think the bank could employ a teller for all the fees they have been charging me.

I probably need some pants too, but I’ll be happier with a belt. Maybe I should put a belt on my amazon wishlist.

That reminds me - my grandmother had a little angel hanging up in her breakfast room made of construction paper. On it was a white strip of paper asking her to buy some underwear for an 18 year old man size 40-42. It was humerouse for us to look at this oddity on the wall. To think that all this person wanted for christmas was underwear. Grandmom explained it as a poor family who the church is supporting. The family made a list of what they needed and the church people cut the list into little pieces. A noble cause, I see.

Tags: Pants, Holding, Walk, Walking, Neighborhood, Coat, Hold Up, Poor, Kid, Block, Salary, Angel, Finances, Grasp, Amazon, Wishlist, Grandmother, Underwear, Humer, Funny, Laugh, Laughing, Christmas, Poor Family, Church, Noble Cause

I am worn out. I just went for a walk around the block. It may be around a mile and there is a large hill that I go down, then then come up a steep hill. That wasn’t too bad. What wore me out is that I cut the lawn afterwards.

I’m the guy who lets his grass grow tall and then cuts it after most of the leaves have fallen. I’ve been cutting it more often this summer, so the grass wasn’t too tall. However, I do have a ditch in front of my yard that I have to cut the grass on and that takes a lot of work. I really need a weed wacker for the job. My lawn mower keeps stalling due to the angle that I have to tilt it.

The cool thing about my lawn mower is that it mulches up all the leaves. I don’t have to get big garbage bags and rake up the leaves. It also has a bag that I can attach. I used it the first year that I got the lawn mower, but I quickly found out how tiresome it can be to keep running over to the garden and dumping the mulch. The bag fills up quickly.

Unfortunately, I still have to cut the back yard. I’m not looking forward to it, but I have to lose this weight somehow. I fear that my weight loss may be slowing down some. I am trying every little bit to prevent that from happening.

I also filled up my car with anti-freeze windshield fluid. I couldn’t put too much in. I hardly use windshield fluid in the first place. I do need new wiper blades though. I was also thinking that I need to change my oil soon. I checked the mail as I went into the house and saw a coupon from Jiffy Lube for an oil change. Man … those guys are psychic!

Tags: Weight, Walk, Walking, Block, Mile, Hill, Steep Hill, Lawn, Summer, Grass, Tall Grass, Weed Wacker, Lawn Mower, Stall, Mulch, Mulcher, Leaves, Bag, Weight Loss, Exercise, Anti-Freeze, Windshield, Fluid, Jiffy Lube, Oil Change, Psychic, Mail