Hooray For Saturday!

The Pledge

In keeping with my recent catching up with the 20th century stuff, I finally got a firewire card for my computer.  I can now transfer home video from our camcorder to the computer.  You know what that means...yep, here you go just the start of cheesy home videos.

This video is of Doodlebug at her preschool graduation.  She is holding the flag, during the Pledge Of Allegiance.  While doing this task she doesn't really recite the pledge.  I hope they don't dig this footage up and hold it against her, if she ever runs for president.  Don't worry, the dork filming kind of picks up her slack.

FYI, I added the Neil Diamond at the end.  This new toy could get real cheesy.

LOST

As we were watching the season finale of LOST last night, I couldn't help but feel like I was watching an old episode of MacGyver.  Those survivors are some crafty beavers. 

Speaking of crafty beavers, I think the only reason I still watch the show is to see Juliet Burke.  Sometimes I'll fall asleep during an episode, only to wake and find the wife has paused the show to stare into the eyes of Desmond David Hume, she thinks he's the bees knees.

I'm Down With The 20th Century

I finally got one of those fancy phones, you know, the kind with a camera.  It's even supposed to act like an Ipod and play some of my favorite tunes, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

Here is the phone I have.  I usually have a rule, I don't pay for phones when I start a new plan, but I did pay $1 for this one.  I ordered it from here.  It's crazy because I see people paying over $300 for this little sweetheart at some big box retailers online.

I guess when I get around to reading the book of instructions that came with it, I'll know how to operate all the bells and whistles.  For now, I'm just happy to be able to make more than 20 minutes of calls without having to recharge the battery.

Call me, we'll talk.

Stimulating

Once again, our family is trying to stimulate the economy.  Your welcome America.

I think it's safe to say that most people hate having to go through the song & dance of buying a new vehicle.  It just so happens, The Lady is trying to buy one of the most popular cars in the country right now, and they are few and far between.

Seeing that is the case, no one wants to deal.  I understand supply and demand, but calling people out on lies sucks.  I'd rather be getting a root canal on a good tooth about now.

Synchronicity

So, today the kids were going crazy over some random piece of plastic that they consider a toy.  They were both screaming they had it first and the other one wasn't worthy of playing with it.  I explained the art of sharing and told them it was considerate to take turns when there was one thing, that two people wanted to play with.

Everyone in our home has been passing a sinus infection around, so all parties seem to be both tired and cross as of late.  With that being said, no one was in the mood for sharing and playing nice, so screaming, whining, and crying ensued.

Finally I had heard enough, so I proclaimed, "I'm calling the police!".  Immediately the noise stopped, the object was placed on the living room table and peace came over the room.  I had no idea the kids didn't want the fuzz breaking up drama and questioning individuals about the incident.

I'm keeping this new found card in my back pocket at all times, even though I've already been scolded by the wife about we don't need the kids to think the police are coming to break things up.  She's right, I'll only voice it in emergency.  The Lady knows, by experience, the police are too busy giving out speeding tickets, at the cut in the hill, to come break up our De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da's. 

I'm A Year Older

Thank you mom.

I love you.

Where Ya At?

I know it's been a while since I've posted, but I've got excuses.

First off, I've been having these moments over the past few weeks, when I look at my kids I think to myself, wow, you guys are turning into giants.  It is true, both of them have seemed to hit a growth spurt and our daughter just graduated from preschool, which will be a post of it's own.  So with end of school stuff going on and the weather finally breaking, I've been hanging out with them outside a lot of the time.

Second, I've been working a gig, delivering motion pictures to theaters throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the past three months.  It's been great, because the money is good for one night of work.  It's weird because I'm not much of a movie theater guy, meaning I don't enjoy really going to the movies.  I would much prefer to be in the comfort of my own home watching a film on DVD, not having to worry if Joe & Jane Public over my shoulder are going to be talking in my ear, while the movie is being shown.  Anyway, the job and the movie theater culture that I've witnessed from the inside out will be another post of it's own.

Third, I was volunteering for Barack Obama in Kentucky before the May 20th primary.  Trust me, that will be a soapbox all it's own. 

Fourth, last spring I was really busy trying to make friends around here, after being in culture shock for a year.  In doing that I did not get things done around the house that I wanted to do, and I did not hang out with family as much as I should have.  So, they are getting more of my time now, even if my kids do drive me crazy sometimes.

Oh yeah, I also bought myself an XBox 360 and I'm trying to solicit sponsors and donations for a couple of Disc Golf tournaments that I'm helping to put on in Northern Kentucky.  Yeah, I'll post about those two also.

So there you have it.  I'll be getting back to this blog now that at least a couple of the above are coming to an end.  

I hope all is well with you.  What's been going on?

This Sucks!

We have had the same vacuum cleaner since we were married, actually we received our old Hoover as a wedding gift.  The old bag cleaner has served us well, but the thing is now a hunk of junk. 

With that being said, The Lady had a birthday a few weeks ago and cashed in with a few gift cards.  For her birthday gift, she went out and purchased a Dyson vacuum cleaner.  I didn't know what to think of her purchase, did she agree with me that we desperately needed a new cleaner or was this some sort of comment as to my lack of quality housework recently?

Whatever the case my be, we now never have to wonder if the other will vacuum anytime soon.  The thing sucks incredible!  One of us is always wanting to dance around the house with the red Dyson.  We joke with one another sometimes by looking right at the other person and dropping crumbs, then stating, "It's Dyson time."  Of course this is a double edged sword, because in the same breath you can exclaim, "Wow, look at that amazing cyclone of sucking power!" and "Holy moly, that is a tornado of filth that we create!"

Sure the Dyson is pricey and we most likely would not drop that kind of money on a vacuum if there were not gift cards involved, but this thing is well worth the price.  I think you already get a handle on the sucking power, and it's handle is one of the coolest features.  It comes apart to turn into quite a nice cleaning tool with a really long hose.  We are very happy with the Dyson, however it is pretty disgusting to see all the stuff that the old Hoover wasn't taking care off.

On another note about The Lady's birthday, I will never know what to get her anymore.  I used to always fall back to the spa massage.  I would go buy her a gift card so she could go get someone else to rub on her.  Now that we have been in the area for a while, she has found a place that she can get a massage for a lot cheaper than what she was paying in the Chicago area.  So now it's nothing for her to schedule a massage on a regular Thursday, instead of it being my fall back, go to gift for those type of occassions.  Darn you cheap massage ladies!

Best Of Both Worlds

I can't believe our daughter is about to graduate from preschool.  Her last day of class is a week from today, which also is the big night.  The big night is the graduation ceremony that the school is putting on for the class.  From what I gather, not only will the children be dressed in cap and gown and graduating from preschool, they will be performing for our entertainment.

Doodlebug can't keep a secret for anything and she has spilled the beans to me about the live performance, which will include the musical numbers Best Of Both Worlds, by a girl the daughter refers to as Hannah Bu'tanna and Y.M.C.A., by The Village People.  Hmm, OK.

I'm not so sure about fueling the Hannah Montana fire, isn't that show geared towards kids over 10 anyway?  Luckily, Doodlebug doesn't seem to interested in everything Hannah, just the one tune to practice.

I only hope that she can come out of her shell during the performance, as she does around the house when she is singing and dancing.  If so, it could be quite a show.  Whatever the case, Dad might shed a tear.

No Class

Don't you hate it when you wake the kids up on Monday, which is normally the worst morning of the week, feed them breakfast, hurry them into the vehicle to take Doodlebug to preschool, only to arrive and remember that there is no school that day.

What, I'm the only idiot in town?

The reason for no school today is teacher training day, which also falls on Cinco de Mayo.  A friend and I believe it's basically a day off for teachers to train raising a glass of margaritas, seeing that they are in to the home stretch of the school year, before summer.