Dave does not have a loss to report.  Debbie went on vacation but still lost 0.89% 

June Weigh-in

Suzi=.60% Jeff=.58% ....Next month...

May Loser Winners

Beth and Dave are the biggest losers for May!  Congratulations to them, and hooray for all losers.  Better luck next month!  Please get your $10 to them within the week.

It's May weigh in day...

Let's see who the biggest loser is this month....

Add a comment to this post to submit your weight, running percentage (rounded to 2 decimal points) and any other smack talk you may want to add.
How to calculate running weight loss: (Initial Weight - Current Weight) / Initial Weight = Percentage.
 e.g. 288.2-275.0=13.2 lbs lost. 13.2/288.2=.0458 .0458*100 = 4.58%

Win or Lose?

Both! The Trojahn's are encouraging each other to be the biggest loser!

Here are the rules:

Weigh in is the 15th of each month.
Report percentages to 2 decimal points. (See "how do I do that?" section.)
Cost is $10 per month. Separate men and women categories.


How do I do that?
Jeff has offered to create a spreadsheet and email it to you. Enter your weight each month and it will calculate percentages for you. Report only percentages to my email dstrojahn@gmail.com. I'll post winners on this blog. 1st place in each category gets the cash! Email Jeff at jeffclines@gmail.com to get your spreadsheet.

2011 Trojahn Christmas Gift Exchange

Adult gift exchange (Yes, Katie, you are an adult now)---$40 minimum. Ladies buy a woman's gift; Men buy a men's gift.

Kid's gift exchange---$25 minimum.

Jacob buys for Henry
Luke.....William
Ryan....Charlie
Sydney...Ryan
Thomas....Peter
William....Scarlett
Henry....Jacob
Peter.....Luke
Dotty....Miaja
Charlie....Thomas
Scarlett....Aili
Miaja....Dotty
Aili....Sydney

School Projects - Part 2

Nathan had to build a Rube Goldberg type device for school. It had to use 3 of 4 types of energy (heat, light, sound, motion) to accomplish a task. At first I thought he just had to design and draw one - then I realized we actually had to make something work. Once again we ended up with a rather simple design that met all the requirements. [See post re: Ellen's physics boat]

Without Evan's mammoth speakers I doubt we could have produced a big enough sound wave to move that pinewood derby car off the starting block-even with the car only about 20 millimeters from the bass driver. Evan just happened to have an audiophile sampler of the William Tell Overture WITH real cannons. You never know when you might need that particular item.

My ears are still ringing. It took several tries to get it to work - even with something this simple. All with the volume turned WAY up. I'm surprised the authorities didn't show up.

And I just noticed... How appropriate that somewhere during the filming the screen saver on the TV reverted to the Starship Enterprise. Isn't that your TV wallpaper? Wait, what are you saying? You don't have a computer hanging from the back of your television to watch Hulu and stream iTunes? I'm shocked and embarrassed for you. It's the only way I know of to force you to use 4 remote controls, a keyboard, and a windows network login just to watch last weeks episode of Dancing with the Stars.