Mr. Tatman, Sixth Grade Teacher

Mr. Tatman taught all my kids in sixth grade until we changed elementary schools due to a move.  This means he taught Natalia, Mark, Jeremy and Charity.  He seemed to be a steadying influence in their lives.  Mr. Tatman went above and beyone.  He would attend the junior high school graduations of his kids who had been in his class a couple years earlier and made it a point to see the kids he had taught.  He had fun activities and challenging things for the kids to do.  Mr. Tatman is one of those teachers who can have a life time effect on your kids.  

Weight Wars #3

I have posted twice before, but not for the past two years.  I saw my weight go from 298 in 2003 to 248 in 2019 and 245 in 2019.  My weight has not dropped much more.  Now I weigh about 240.  I am no longer grossly obese but just obese.  However I have been stagnant in any further weight loss.  I was able to take pills to help with weight loss, and then Victoza shot.  Victoza helped me lose about ten pounds but then no more.  However it is going to take something more to get me below the 240 line and continue my trek to 190 which is my ultimate goal.   I was doing better before Covid made everything be work from home.  Then I did not walk near as much as I no longer took the train to work.  I have not gotten into a pattern of exercise since having retired.  I keep thinking something will change.  I guess that something will need to be myself.  I need to lose that last 50 lbs to be as healthy as I can be.  

So I commit to a half hour walk or activity everyday.  I commit to doing exercises to help my frozen shoulder.  I commit to watch my food intake.  I commit to no food after 8 p.m.  

Malad Revisited: A Place from My Youth

 Malad is where we would make an annual journey from Hyrum to play in a baseball tournament.  Sometime we would make an additional journey to play a couple ball games.  For the most part, Malad has not changed much.  The ball diamond where we use to play is still there with its rock stairs and walls.  The bowling alley is still there, as is the American Legion, where we stayed several times as youth.  The Dude Ranch Cafe and the swimming pool are also still there.  The high school still stands but is vacant.  The elementary next door is still used.  The new high school is in the south part of town.  It has many more ball diamonds than just the one in town center.  The old hospital where we stayed is no longer there.  It was next to where the library is now.  There is new business where you exit from the I-15, including a Burger King.