Alright ......Zippy the all powerful one (it’s ok to call it that if you need) has been busy in our household. First watching over my bride during 7 hours of surgery at the moffit cancer center. She is doing awesome thank you very much! Second I did the Maderia beach triathlon and I am still alive but what is so much cooler was watching my 7 year old compete in his first kids tri. I could not wipe the smile off my face I was so proud and more important he had a blast. A couple days later I find out he won his age group. Third I bought my boys a toy video camera at target just to see if they might like doing that kind of thing (since it’s what dad does for a living). I Come home after work and my wife Pat tells me Zack my 9 year old has spent a good part of the afternoon shooting a movie with his lego toys and was just so into setting up his shots the whole nine yards. My face is starting to ache from smiling so much. My friends Life is to cool to pass up. This weight loss challenge has brought all of us so much. Nancy riding her bike with her beautiful daughters it is so right! Sonya and Marty just crushing the pounds away. Brenda owning curves fitness center at this point. Dan a USF senator nice. As for me 1lb. of weight loss and a thousand pounds of JOY gained. If you ever get the chance to take the challenge take it, you will find out HOW much weight you can LOSE and How much life you can gain!!! To my fellow contestants and all the people at the TRIB and TBO.com THANK YOU. Now lets get back on our boards and catch the big one.

Peace
JON CLOSE &
Birds,Squirrel’s,butterflies,plants,trees,dirt and all the rest of my world participants!