I'm SOOO sorry!!

I am filled with such remorse that my small 160 pound body can barely take the strain!

So much guilt, weighing on my soul!!

I'm sorry. I haven't posted for the past two nights! I should be executed for causing sooo much pain to my seven followers! I know you are all rolling over in your graves with pure disappointment, but hopefully in due time, you shall raise again to read the daily news I have for you!

Over the past few days I did the following:

• Went to ThreeSixty
• Read some books
• Did some painting fix-ups around Bear's rental house (I really enjoy painting. It's very therapeutic. I might take a class at NIC)   :) 
• Watched some movies
• Met some nice people
• Went to Trader Joe's a few times
• Made some personal spreadsheets and goal lists
• Made a resolution to use my words as a powerful tool for healing and spreading life to others as well as to myself
• Texted some friends
• Ate some GREAT meals, made by my most wonderful and beautiful grandmother!
• Got a few investment ideas from Bear (smart guy!!)
•  Messed around with Photoshop and Illustrator
• Met some cool people at Phoenix First
• Drank tons of water!
• And then just basically just sat around on Facebook for the rest of the time :)

 I am uber tired now but I think I will start updating my blog around 8. After dinner! That way I'll be able to think about my day with more excitement because I am pretty brain dead now. Goodnight and I love you all!

Bird Poop, Yoga, and Cinnamon Yams

Yummy! Ain't this beautiful? Yup, a big thick line of PC (Pigeon Crap).

Gotta love it. Bear and I went out to do some fix-ups around a house he owns. I was in charge of filling holes and cracks in the stucco as well as cleaning off this plentiful path of poop. Bear mowed and did some paint touch ups.

Here's a full photo of the front of the house:

Pretty nice place; cute little neighborhood, wayyy too much fecal matter.

I also got my car back! Oh how I love my little Chevy Lumina. Villains know her by her other name: The Justice Mobile. The most courageous and furious crime fighting car on the streets! Yet, some how she has this lovely way about her. Words can hardly describe my love for her.

Oh hey! Guess what?? I made my first Photoshop Image today! Check it out!

Nothing TOO fancy, but hey! Not bad for a first? It is actually four different images and two text layers put together. The whole concept of the image is to put at the top of a constant contact e-mail. The theme of the e-mail is 'moving forward' and we are simply trying to encourage potential clients not to sit around, but to take the next step in their marketing endeavors. This isn't the FINAL image but we're not sending it out until Monday so we have time to tweak it a bit.

 

I really enjoyed making it!! I could really see myself going into the field of graphic and web design. I think I might take some classes at NIC this summer and learn more and more about this wonderful program! (As well as Illustrator and Dreamweaver)

We did some yoga as well! I'm sure you know that yoga is REALLY good for you! So hopefully we can do some more of that soon! Unfortunately, I do not have any sexy pictures of us doing yoga positions =\ tough luck!

After yoga, I Cellercised and then we ate dinner!

They always keep me very well fed with dinner each night! It is truly a blessing! See those pills? There were tens pills in that little cup. I swallowed them all at once! Heck yes! That's right. POWER THROAT!!!! Along with my many healthy pills, we had fish, yams, brussel sprouts, fresh tomatoes, and avocado.

After dinner, Bear made some popcorn and we watched a British 'program' entitled Pie in the Sky. It was pretty good. But nothing compared to our African show! :)

Tomorrow I plan on creating some more images on Photoshop so hopefully I can show you those tomorrow! :D Goodnight!

Sincerely, Austin Beals.

Today is Monday and Now I am a Personal Assistant!

Today began the first day of my new internship! I have a feeling I am really going to enjoy my work!

I started off today by calling the water and utility companies that Bear had been using to keep a house on Pueblo Avenue in tip-top condition. He recently closed on the house, so my job was to call and cancel the accounts. THAT made me feel important!

Also, my grandma helped me start writing up a contact e-mail to send out to potential clients of Morley Video Production to let them know that we are here if they need us. That was pretty fun too. Some of it was kind frustrating at first, but she helped me figure it all out!

Here's me workin' away:

That's actually me at night staring at some random Excel document just to look like I'm working. My lovely Baa figured it would be a good idea to have a picture of me working my tail off. I agreed! I just like to be transparent and honest :)

Well I did quite few things today, including talking to Louie at Blackwell Automotive about fixing the Justice Mobile (a.k.a. my incredible '95 Chevy Lumina!) My break lights stopped working. And guess what? It has to do with some internal wiring issue in the steering wheel and it is going to cost $350 to fix! Well fortunately, I listened to my mother over the past few months and had enough saved up so that I could fix it, but now I have to budget pretty well for the rest of the trip. Hey! That's how it should be anyways! This just forces me to do so :)

I also did some other miscellaneous research and then Cellercised again. Just so that you guys know what I am talking about, here are some pictures of me Cellercising:

 

Tons of fun, GREAT for your health. Please, do not confuse this with a regular "trampoline." There is mass science behind this! Normally, I might be sarcastic about something like this and think that it's silly then not give it a second thought, but apparently there is tons of research that goes into this Rebounder.

Haha, anyways...my eyes are beginning to sag and that is how I know it is time to lay my cute little booty into my cute little beddy. Night night! :)

Are You Fully Alive?

What a GREAT productive day! Honestly, I feel like today was one of the best days I've had in a while! And you know what? I have a strong feeling that it will not be the best day for long! :)

I started off the day at a lovely 8 o clock. In my opinion, that is the optimal time to arise.

I lounged around for a bit, waiting for my wonderful Baa to wake up to make me breakfast ;)   (just kidding grandma!) But once she woke up, she made me some excellent poached eggs! Oh how I love poached eggs. =] I hope to learn how to make this soon enough. (For the record, I know how to make them, I simply want to perfect my approach)

Then I got ready for my day and read some of Getting Things Done 

 

Actually, it is a very great book! I really suggest it for anyone who is living. I have only learned a few of the principles but I know I will learn many more. PLEASE look into this book.

Then, in the tune of getting things done, I Cellercised again and went for a nice little jog around the neighborhood. Check me out:

Not sure if I mentioned this yet, but one of my goals while I am down here is to really get in shape! You may say, "Oh, shut up! You're not fat!"

I know, I am not morbidly obese, but I DO have a good amount to lose and I have the pictures to prove it! :)  Right, mom?

Anyways, at the end of about three or four months, I'll post the results as well as before and after pics. Should be fun to kind of experiment with eating healthy and exercising!

 

After we ate dinner, there was a beautiful sunset...

 

Apparently this doesn't even compare with some of the sunsets they can get sometimes. Whenever I spot a good one, I'll be sure to put it up.

Wowzerz!! Then I went to Phoenix First Assembly at 7 PM

This was a cool place! Pastor Luke talked about being FULLY ALIVE. Man, that sure was a wake up call! I definitely needed that message. I am so excited to get plugged in with all the cool ways that God is moving at this community. I'm pretty pumped to be honest!

I'll let you know more about that once I get more involved.

Well, tomorrow morning we are going to have our 'Family Meeting' and I am definitely looking forward to that. Perhaps we will incorporate my whiteboard? :D I love whiteboards!

I'll throw some details up on how that goes tomorrow night.

Until then, goodnight friends! I love you all!

-Austin Lawrence Danger Beals

Farmers Market: My New Favorite Place to Spend My Saturdays

BAMM!!

Look at this salad.

Bear and I made this. It was quite delicious! I can honestly say that a salad has never filled me up in the past but this baby did the trick!

Contents: 

• Mixed lettuce-type greens 
• Tomatoes
• Green Onion
• Red Bell Peppers
• DELICIOUS Meatloaf
• Feta
• Zucchini
•  Guacamole
• And a very delicious organic, healthy dressing :)

Very magnifico!

This morning was spent at the local Farmers' Market. Wow! I love this place!! I'll upload more pictures in the future since apparently my Baa and I will be going every Saturday!

After that, we dropped my beautiful little momma off at the airport so that she could head off to Las Vegas once again to meet my handsome and hard-working father, John Beals, downtown so the two of them can spend some time together and learn quite a bit at an awesome conference!!

Then Baa and I headed home. We went for a wonderful walk and met this lovely couple named Janet and Jim. I wonder if we'll end up eating a meal with them?

After the walk we came home and I began to Cellercise for a bit. Man that feels great! I plan to be in peak, optimal fitness in no time! ;)

 

Oh hey! Check out my own personal apron, along with these egg salad wraps I made with a sprout tortilla...

Pretty great if I do say so myself. And I DO say so myself!

After creating that incredible salad shown at the top of the page we ate together as we watched the next episode in The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency. Man we are hooked. Very darling show.

Now I write to you as I am about to lay my head to the pillow and retire for the night. Goodnight! I love you all! Especially YOU, Mom and Grandma! (My 2 most passionate followers!)   :)

Deep Talks and Rude Scooter People

Today was filled with a few chores/errands, nothing too exciting, but ended with some great conversation with the grand'rents and the mom. We talked about life and traveling, real estate and publishing purposefully offensive books, including one entitled "Rude Fat People on Scooters."

You know who I am speaking about. The people who seem to always have something against the world, including you. Most the time, you are pretty sure they do not really need to be on the scooter, but they simply do not want to walk. The book would contain plenty of pictures of numerous grumpy people on motorized scooters, as well as tips on how to become one. There would also occasionally be bio's of the people featured in the pictures, that way the readers could really get to know where these people are coming from. I really think the book would become very popular! Let me know if you disagree.

I spent a good amount of time learning how to get around town today. I've also been giving some thought to becoming a public speaker. Maybe working for a company, or maybe branding myself? I will most likely take the latter although the former is much safer. But who really needs safety? I'm a man.

I'm slowly in the process of creating AustinBeals.com but am having no such luck. My grandpa, whom I will from now on refer to as Bear or Grr, (My lovely grandma is known as Baa or Lamb) is going to be a HUGE help in this endeavor. I know nothing of creating websites but I plan on being fully competent by the time I come back home!

I have BIG plans for AustinBeals.com. But that most likely won't be up until Late April to the early Summer. I have no idea. We'll just have to wait and see together.

I'm excited for everything I will learn here. It will truly be an adventure!

G'night my friends!

The First Day of the Rest of My Life...Kinda.

*Beep beep beep beep* may sound like simple noise to the untrained ear, but in fact, if you could really understand what the alarm is saying, it would sound like this:

" Hey you fat bum! Wake up! It's time to start your day!"

These are the kind words I woke up to this morning. It didn't bother me though. I was ready to get up and get goin'. Much of today was spent with my wonderful grandparents giving me a tour of the town. They showed me a beautiful garden/scenic area right near their house. I made sure to take ample pictures. Here are a few...

Pretty neat, eh?

Then we went to Scottsdale and there was some sort of ESPN/Bud Light Fiesta Bowl going on. I don't follow professional sports but I did recognize that the Oregon Ducks are playing against the Auburn something? :)

We came home and watched this great movie/television show entitled The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency. If you like cultures other than America, I would definitely suggesting getting this one on Netflix!

Pues, ahora es tiempo a dormir! Y es lo que quiero hacer. (Well, now it's time to sleep! And that's what I want to do.) Goodnight my friends! Please comment and let me know if you have any questions or suggestions!

-Bealsy