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Thoughts while pedaling... yeah...it's like that...

December 29, 2013 at 11:32 am Brad Facciani

Have you ever put on a shirt and instantaneously it felt like it was on backwards... then you checked the tag and it was in the back... and then it...

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Thoughts while Pedaling... What a present!!

December 27, 2013 at 8:34 am Brad Facciani

Besides the greatest present of Father sending his son to save the world, the biggest present I recieved was LOSING WEIGHT!! I've been on the Ideal...

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Thoughts while pedaling... diet?

December 18, 2013 at 12:25 pm Brad Facciani

I'm on a diet... a hardcore diet... called ideal protein...I don't a weight problem as I weigh 180... the problem is, due to heredity, I have high...

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He's all grown up

December 16, 2013 at 8:38 am Ted Gocke

Last night Amy and I had the priviledge of eating dinner with our two boys. Chipper and Trevor met us at a local restaurant and we shared a nice meal...

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Thoughts while pedaling... How cold is it?

December 13, 2013 at 11:59 am Brad Facciani

While out walking (it's impossible to ride with black ice!), it was so cold I had to open up the freezer to thaw my...

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Thankful at Christmas

December 12, 2013 at 3:49 pm S

Wow! I'm kind of embarrassed that I've been away from this blog for so long. No excuses. We get so busy in life that we forget things....or is it just...

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What's that big firey Orb in the Sky

December 10, 2013 at 9:24 am Ted Gocke

Yesterday afternoon I was driving around town feeling the blahs of a cloudy day when all of a sudden.......Glorious sunlight began to filter thorugh...

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They are up!!!

December 9, 2013 at 9:04 am Ted Gocke

Yesterday after returning home from church and eating with the family we tackled the Christmas decorations and tree. I have to admit, with only...

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You are, once again, the best!!!

December 6, 2013 at 5:16 pm Ted Gocke

Wow! Our Be One of a Thousand was phenomenal! The Year End Budget need was $100,000, and in two days you gave over $70,000. Just yesterday I was...

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