Kirk (Logan) Johnson's Blog

Thursday, October 04, 2012

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

Met with Bill M. and Dave M. today for initial evaluation. First task was to see if we have footings under the garage. Yes. Pounded this pipe into ground starting with the 20-inch planter height. The tape shows we hit the footer at about 62 inches, so at around 42 inches deep (about 3.5 feet) the footer starts. Also today the city planning contact (Kris Aaker) OK'd the extension of our existing roof line to go over the garage and a new deck provided that the deck doesn't come to 5 feet of any property edge.

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Visiting Dad

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Fun Doing Yardwork

Alex is a great worker and we love visiting my nephew/niece-in-law which are also Alex's second cousins.

Sailing with Alex

Here are photos from our first time sailing with the boat. It has remote control for the rudder and for the sail stings to pull in and loosen the sails. The wind does the rest! The sail is about 1 meter (about 3 feet) tall, plus the keel which makes the whole boat a bit more than 6 feet tall. We bought the boat used from the east coast.

Aliya's Spanish Cooking Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui3fpz9sqWo

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Food Therapies

What I'm learning is that people might have some nutritional needs that will make a difference. People in difficult situations may or may not benefit from some of the suggestions, but we should log food and try different combinations to see what helps. However overall I am seeing common findings across almost all studies: Eliminate or remove processed foods & sugars. Eliminate pesticides and synthetic additives. Whole, natural foods are good. Some people may benefit from gluten/casein free diets.

Real Food (book) http://www.amazon.com/Real-Food-What-Eat-Why/dp/1596913428/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330187908&sr=1-1

Weston A Price (website) http://www.westonaprice.org/

Crazy Sexy Diet (book) http://www.westonaprice.org/

Nutritional Interventions for Children with FASD (web article) http://come-over.to/FAS/FASDnutrition.htm

Omnivore's Dilemma for Kids (book) http://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Kids-Secrets-Behind/dp/0803735006/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330184960&sr=1-2

Gluten-Free, Casein Free diets for Autism (WebMD) http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/gluten-free-casein-free-diets-for-autism

Food Dye and ADHD (WebMD) http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/guide/food-dye-adhd?page=2

Boost Mood with Food (WebMD) http://www.webmd.com/diet/snack-healthy-8/foods-for-moods

Foods to Help You Feel Better (WebMD) http://www.webmd.com/depression/recognizing-depression-symptoms/foods-feel-better

(I will add later...)

Other (non-food, but require a healthy diet)...

Borderline Personality Disorder (WebMD) treatment overview
(I will add later...) http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/tc/borderline-personality-disorder-treatment-overview

Friday, January 13, 2012

Health Update: Day 23

Yesterday I took measurements and photos. I published it, but then was too afraid of how awful they looked...I just can't stomach (sorry about the word choice) the way my "before" pictures look. I feel like I need some progress pictures or "after" pictures before I can publish the starting point.

So having recently completed 3 weeks of my new routine (weight lifting alternated with days of cardio), I am finally able to see 2 pounds dropped ... 216 to 214. According to my goals I can reach 172 by middle June if I lose approximately 2 pounds of fat per week. Because I will be expanding muscle also, the next fat loss will be higher than the overall pounds lost.

I'm visiting the YMCA for some of my workouts but most of them are on the driveway doing jump rope (20 minutes of jump rope per session) or weights with the adjustable dumbbells -- those are great, by the way. Finally that old weight bench is getting regular use!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Alex -- Fall 2011

Monday, September 12, 2011

Eau Claire Sept 11 2011

Friday, August 05, 2011

Random Pics Mix -- Highlights This Year

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Alex's garden pictures

Sunday, June 05, 2011

Garden Gnome

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Happy New Year

Highlights of the year (click photo for larger image):

Lisa: Teaching 50% time for elementary kids at Eagle Ridge Academy, biking to work in good weather.

Kirk: Finished landscape project with Edelweiss Designs, did the MS 150 with the boys, 3rd year at Capella as a senior project manager.

Alex: Diving team, 9th grade, doing great in science and engineering.

Artem: Diving team, 8th grade, cross country team, doing great in school this fall!

Aliya: Flute, Dance Exchange, 7th grade, new babysitting jobs, fantastic student.

As a family, we enjoyed time with relatives in Beaver Island (Lisa's side) in the summer, and we were part of Julie and Nick's wedding in October, including Grandpa Johnson. We finished our home office project this year. We found our treasured adoption scrap book. In 2011 we hope that Lisa's hip and foot issues will clear up.

We sincerely wish peace, happiness and health to everyone. Blessings to you! The Johnsons wish you a very happy new year in 2011.