IF YOU CAN DREAM

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1. There is a Disney song, 'If you can dream.'  It is 'sung' by the various voice impersonators of the many of the Disney Princesses. I am a 60 year old man - I admit I actually like the song. I will tell you what I don't like.  A bunch of angry DACA 'Dreamers' congregated at Disneyland Park a couple of days ago to protest the inaction of Congress to legalize them.  Here is the truth: The Democrats and the Republicans WILL NOT be deporting them. The deal that Donald Trump wants is that a new law should include the building of 'The Wall.'  These 'Dreamers' who are here illegally should just shut up. Their dream is going to come true. The dream of conservatives that a wall will be built to help reduce this problem in the future will also come true.  Those demonstrators who had the, shall we say, cojoñes, to protest and BLOCK THE ENTRANCE TO DISNEYLAND... perhaps they should have been arrested AND deported. And perhaps that would send the message to the Dreamers currently protesting by Senator Schumer's home. I despise Senator Schumer. However, protesters should not be protesting by the PRIVATE RESIDENCE of public officials.  This happens to Republicans all the time. It should never happen. A few arrests of those people would solve that problem too

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DISNEY – 

IF YOU CAN DREAM LYRICS

(Ariel)
There is a world where hope
And dreams can last for all time
I wonder this place to go
You know it
When your heart will find

(Jasmine)
Hearing our song as old as rhyme
Hold my hand we're gonna fly
While a magic ride
Is just a kiss away

[Chorus:]
If you can dream for wishful making
On a star is coming true

(Pocahontas)
The colors of the wind will lead
My heart right back to you

Cos if you can dream,
Reflections in a diamond sky,
Come shining on through

(Aurora)
Romance will always be so new
And love will save the day
If you can dream

(Snow White)
Someday my prince will come
It's certain as the sunrise
(Cinderella)
One day the slipper fits
And you see the love in his eyes

(Belle)
It's the tale as old as time
There's no mountain we can't find
When you're finally mine
And just a kiss away

[Chorus:]
If you can dream for wishful making
On a star is coming true

(Pocahontas)
The colors of the wind will lead
My heart right back to you

'Cause if you can dream,
Reflections in a diamond sky,
Come shining on through

(Mulan)
Romance will always be so new
And love will save the day
If you can dream

[Bridge:]
(Belle)
So the story goes
Never tire the rose

(Jasmine)
There's a whole new world
Waiting there for us
Waiting just for us...

[Chorus:]
If you can dream for wishful making
On a star is coming true

(Pocahontas)
The colors of the wind will lead
My heart right back to you

'Casue if you can dream,
Reflections in a diamond sky,
Come shining on through

(Snow White)
Romance will always be so new
(Ariel)
And love will save the day, Ohhhh

(Mulan)
Love will save the day
If you can dream

(Ariel)
You can dream

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Your Food Diary For:

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Hy-vee - Oatmeal - Apples & Cinnamon	770	161	11	21	875	42
	770	161	11	21	875	42
L U N C H
Subway - Sun Chips- Harvest Cheddar	210	27	9	4	320	3
Subway - Seafood Sensation	820	100	38	26	1,480	16
	1,030	127	47	30	1,800	19
D I N N E R
Panda Express Shanghai Angus Steak	340	26	10	34	1,280	18
Panda Express Honey Walnut Shrimp	400	30	26	16	520	10
Panda Express Brown Steamed Rice	440	75	11	10	420	2
	1,180	131	47	60	2,220	30
Totals	2,980	419	105	111	4,895	91
Your Daily Goal	2,020	252	67	102	2,300	75
Remaining	-960	-167	-38	-9	-2,595	-16
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 90 extra calories from exercise today

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BIDDING BEGINS

It does appear that among the many things that President Donald Trump was serious about, the border wall on the southern border was one of them. He says that we are ahead of schedule. I don't remember ever seeing a schedule. But apparently we are ahead of it.

One of the CBP (Customs and Border Protection) contract requests calls for a solid concrete wall, while the other asks for proposals for a see-through structure. Both require the wall to sunk at least six feet into the ground and include 25- and 50-foot automated gates for pedestrians and vehicles. The proposed wall must also be built in a such a way that it would take at least an hour to cut through it with a "sledgehammer, car jack, pick axe, chisel, battery operated impact tools, battery operated cutting tools, Oxy/acetylene torch or other similar hand-held tools."

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Your Food Diary For:

Saturday, March 18, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Instant oatmeal - Apples and Cinnamon	520	108	6	12	680	48
	520	108	6	12	680	48
L U N C H
Chicken Tenders	600	42	30	36	1,560	0
	600	42	30	36	1,560	0
D I N N E R
Taco Bell - Hard Shell Tacos	850	60	50	40	1,550	5
	850	60	50	40	1,550	5
S N A C K S
Pulp-free Coconut Water	100	28	0	0	120	22
	100	28	0	0	120	22
Totals	2,070	238	86	88	3,910	75
Your Daily Goal	3,041	380	101	153	2,300	114
Remaining	971	142	15	65	-1,610	39
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Saturday, March 18, 2017

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
SIX MILE URBAN HIKE	88	1,143
Daily Total / Goal	88 / 30	1,143 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	241 / 210	3,187 / 4,130

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FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

My daughter will have her first day as a High School Freshman today on Tuesday morning. My first day as a High School Freshman was the day after Labor Day in 1971, a mere 45 years ago. It is hard to know who is more excited - me or my daughter (OK, apparently it is me.) The last time my daughter had her first day of school was the day she walked into her kindergarten class for the first time nine years ago. Oddly enough, back then I weighed about what I weigh now, as I had lost 80 pounds in the preceding Spring and Summer. At that time, my weight never stabilized and from the moment that kindergarten started I gained and gained and gained weight back after having lost it in the previous year. By the time that my daughter was in 7th Grade, I had ballooned up to 309 lbs. Fast forward nearly ten years, and this time things have been different.  My weight has mostly been stable for nearly two years. In four years time, when my daughter graduates from high school, I would expect to weigh something very close to what I weigh now, or perhaps a bit less. That's the plan. It is useful to have a plan.

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Eight Mile walk in the early morning.

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Three Mile walk in the early evening.

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Your Food Diary For:

Monday, September 5, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Roundys - Creamy Wheat - Enriched Farina	480	100	0	16	340	4
	480	100	0	16	340	4
L U N C H
Johnsonville 170 - Polish Kielbasa Sausage	340	4	30	14	1,140	2
Omelette - 3-egg Omelette With Cheese	425	0	21	28	650	2
Roundy's - Center Cut Bacon	210	0	12	21	660	0
Quaker Chewy - 90 Cal Chocolate Chunk	90	19	2	1	80	7
	1,065	23	65	64	2,530	11
D I N N E R
Homemade - Spaghetti With Meat Sauce	800	210	5	35	0	0
	800	210	5	35	0	0
S N A C K S
Yogurt Pretzels	400	59	0	4	379	40
Lay's - Doritos	140	16	8	2	210	0
Quaker - Chewy Granola 90 Calories, 1 bar	90	19	2	1	80	7
Nestle - Dark Chocolate Bar	300	31	18	4	0	0
	930	125	28	11	669	47
Totals	3,275	458	98	126	3,539	62
Your Daily Goal	3,899	487	130	195	2,300	146
Remaining	624	29	32	69	-1,239	84
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,969 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 196.5 lbs in 5 weeks.

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First Day of Kindergarten, the day after Labor Day, 2007 (for a brief period in late 2007 I weighed about 225 lbs, by the time that that first year of Kindergarten ended I had probably gained at least 25 pounds on my way to 309 lbs)

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First Day of High School, the day after Labor Day, 2016. (my current weight this morning was 215 lbs) My next photo in this series is unlikely to be me with my daughter on her first day of college, but rather a photo of us as we drop her off in her university dormitory wherever that might be. The third picture in this series should be available in less than 48 months!