monday morning

• it is monday the 25th of august
• it is near a quarter till 8 right now in the morning
• i can barely keep my eyes open
• i think the weekend is catching up with me right now
• i will post the details of the weekend a little later
• where is the coffee....keep it coming

early wednesday

• failed to post anything yesterday simply because i did not have time to post anything on here
• was planning to head home at 5 yesterday when my phone rang and was asked to meet pops at the ford dealership for my opinion (on his truck i thought)
• upon reaching that destination i was shown the ford flex vehicle
• jennifer will be picking up the new vehicle later today
• i am still trying to process all of this mentally, very difficult at the moment though
• zac brown just came on the radio - what a great band
• life is good folks, life is good

monday recap

• well it was a good monday - good that its over that is....just kidding it wasnt that bad
• its about nine o'clock right now (2100) and i think that hanna montana is on the disney channel right now and although our daughter (who is the big fan of that show) is fast asleep mommy seems to be enjoying a good bit - i think i even heard some laughter coming from her
• i doubt she would admit to it but now you know the truth
• we have another big birthday to celebrate later this week - i hope it works out good for the birthday person

busy weekend recap....

• lets see we all went to meet WKHX 101.5 a local country station at a nearby car dealership on Thursday i think - turns out nobody else was there so we really racked up on the goodies they had to give away - we got a frisbee, a couple of drinking cups, three or four bottles of franks red hot sauce (im digging that sauce lately anyway), two t shirts, two free tickets to charlie daniels concert on friday and six passes for another upcoming concert.
• one of my neighborhood pals wasnt able to go with to the show with me so me and another good friend went to it
• we had a really good time, met some people there - thats a whole other story though.....
• on friday morning the rest of my family headed out of town for a birthday celebration and they all had a really good time up there, somebody managed front row seats at the grand ole opry....wonder who that was?????
• i pretty much stayed at my parents house the whole weekend because a good many of our folks were down from virginia for a final summer trip/vacation
• so it was really good to see all of them down here for a change, seems the interstate only runs one direction most of the time......
• they all had a blast once the rest of my family got over there and everyone got to see and mess around with the kiddos.....go figure
• im sad to report that i did not make it church this morning, i didnt get outta bed until 9 o'clock this morning....i cannot remember the last time i slept near that late....musta been catching up on some of my sleep i reckon - hopefully i will start waking up with my alarm again in the morning.....six o'clock comes pretty darn early.....uuuugggghhhhhh
• im looking forward to going hiking with chickenwing sometime soon, as soon as we can schedule it sometime that will work for both of us that is.....
• well its near nine o'clock now (2100) and i feel like i could crash until my alarm goes off.....
• OUT

friday morning

• kids say the funniest things sometimes
• i was sitting with our son yesterday evening just messing around a little
• he said "are you with us tomorrow?" - "no i cant take tomorrow off from work" - "well if i was the boss at where you working i would make you work less" - "you mean i wouldnt have to work as much each day?" "thats right" "could i also work less days a week?" "yes" it was then quiet for a few moments and he said "if i was the boss at were you working you would just have to spell five words a day for me" i asked "could i just call them into you on the phone?" he said "yes"
• wouldnt that make for an easier job.....what a pipe dream i suppose
• he also got woken up early this morning before 7 to start driving and he said "im not ready to get up yet, give me a few more minutes" sounds like a teenager huh???
• gonna be a busy few days here...busy but good...will update later

Summer Fun

Thursday the 18th

• i love typing with bullets like this - it is the way to do it!!!!
• its near 7:30 (1930) right now and JCRO is watching the sword in the stone again - she said she liked it
• JCO is hitting some golf balls at the driving range right now with sasha
• the lovely wife is at a drunco.....i mean bunco game right now here in the neighborhood
• i feel pretty stupid right now though because i know in my mind about JCRO's ear and we have to keep it dry and all of that b/c of the infection....so we had the sprinkler going and she wanted to run in it....okay not a problem
• then she wanted to take a shower....i didnt realize until 1/2 way through the shower that her ear was surely getting wet in the shower......oppps.....my bad
• outta here

Tuesday recap

• lets just say that today at work was a day from hades - i like to keep count of things and i counted a minimum of 51 phone calls or voice mails i had today....talk about busy
• a good many of them are not going to be looked at/handled until tomorrow b/c most of them are not quick fixes and can take 10 - 30 minutes plus to fully and adequately take care of
• there was open house for our children this evening where they attend
• i am certain that mommy is glad that school is starting again - hallelujah i know
• i surely need to shave tonite - i hate shaving
• i thought that shaving at nite to avoid doing it in the morning was an idea that i came up with until i was watching alvin and the chipmunks recently with the kiddos and notice that the main character Dave does the exact same thing in one of the scenes...so much for my original idea huh?
• but its still a good idea
• you know what they say that there are no more original ideas anymore - that we are all stealing and changing it around a little for a "new" idea...kinda the everything old is new again concept....

monday recap

• its just after 9 (2100) right now and the day is winding down
• our house is 1/4 asleep already, that would be the youngest of our family
• big brother is getting a shower right now because he kinda smells bad
• im sure its because me and sasha took him fishing at a little local place and then at the neighborhood pond - we got skunked at both of them
• several nibbles though
• we will get 'em next time
• thats the good thing about fishing, get 'em next time
• i think im gonna shower as well
• LATER

monday morning/weekend recap

• its about 10 till 8 right now
• i got up on time this morning - i hope i can keep that up for a while - oversleeping can really screw you up
• was a busy weekend (and its gonna be a busy week as well)
• friday was the georgia aquarium - that place is really fun and really huge as well - some catfish as long as your arm and 8 or 9 inches wide
• a couple of whales, several different sharks, stingrays, jellyfish, and many many others as well
• the children were not using their listening skills very well - but they were super excited about it all and had a good time - so that is all that matters i presume
• so that was friday
• saturday was the duluth margarita festival that showcased the zac brown band - my wife and alpo talked to coy bowles for a long time and had their picture taken by one of the guys in sister hazel
• met the guys after the show as they were signing items - really cool guys i think - they seem really down to earth and normal people - although they can totally rock the music
• they are so good that they are actually going to be playing at the grand ole opry this friday nite - lets just say i know a few people that are going to be there as well........lucky dogs - im sure they will have fun
• its near 8 - i gotta go

Saturday the 9th

• its about a quarter till three right now in the afternoon thats 1500 hours
• lovely wife is dropping the kiddos off at her parents for the night
• why? you ask - because we are going with a couple of friends to a big concert on the other side of town and its gonna have some kicking bands at it - should be a blast
• the fun part is gonna be in the morning for me when i have to get up at 5 in the morning to help with set up at church
• shoud be okay i can get some coffee up and i have a five hour energy drink to use as needed
• got the grass cut/got the weed whacking done/sprayed it down with grass weed killer/worked on the boats some - i have used all 50 screws so far so im stuck until i get more screws for it
• hopefully i will have them done short of painting by sundown tomorrow
• LATER

Thursday the 7th

• ive been meaning to blog for a couple of days but i couldnt remember my bloody password - again i had to rely on my wife to help me out with that one - thank you very much - my multitude of readers appreciate it as well
• tuesday of this week was a BIG day for us because it was our eighth anniversary- 8 years of wedded bliss to my wife - we ate dinner at cheesecake factory and are going to a big concert event this weekend as well in celebration - good times indeed
• monday was a sad day around the office for us old timers at least because one of the former employees/retiree from that office died - i think it was due to a sudden massive heart attack - like we have heard we never know how many days we have - we are not promised tomorrow
• the funeral services were a 1/2 mass because she was catholic - i didnt understand it all but certainly wanted to pay my last respects to her and her family and friends
• this morning was the second day in a row that i overslept for work in the morning - wednesday i overslept by 30 minutes which is totally unusual for me and even worse this morning by 40 minutes - i dont know what my problem is
• i am happy to report that i am borrowing two hiking backpacks from a coworker - me and chickenwing are gonna go hiking sometime soon i think....then im gonna have to cough up around 150 dollars or so for my own hiking backpack - talk about sucks....oh well it will be fun and will certainly last a good long time - help me get some exercise as well....a good deal all over i suppose....
• well i can hardly keep my eyes open now - suppose i should go hit the sack
• later!!!

Saturday afternoon/early evening

• well me and chickenwing went to a couple of stores this morning with the kiddos and looked around at alot of hiking items and hiking backpacks - those things are freaking expensive - around 130.00 plus
• needless to say I did not buy a backpack today I am going to attempt to borrow one from somebody for the first time me and him go backpacking
• he assured me I would fall in love with it, and if that is correct then I will end up getting my own backpack. He suggests against borrowing someone elses because if its a good one and has been used that it has conformed to thats persons body and likely uncomfortable on mine. But 130.00 is still a good chunk of change to cough up just to try something out. So we will see how that all goes. He says he is thinking about going for an overnite hike sometime in September or October of this year. Im kinda looking forward to it already - should be alot of fun - I will keep you all posted on it as it develops.
• I was about to start on drawing some pirate ships for JC's birthday coming up when it started raining (a summer scattered pop up) and it is still raining so I cant really start on it (in the back yard) until it stops raining. Isnt that the way it goes....we all say "we need rain" over and over and here I am already saying I wish it would stop because Im trying to work on something in the back yard.
• LATER

Satuday the 2nd

• it is saturday morning right now - one child is still asleep and one child is at the grandparents house - woohoo
• i am leaving soon to meet with a buddy of mine who is taking me to a hiking store and show me around some - he is trying to get me to go hiking with him
• me and jco went to the braves game last nite and although the braves got the slop beat out of them (again/whats new lately) the firework show after the game was very good - it was worth staying for we got home around 11:30 last nite - thats why he is still asleep right now
• my lovely wife was at the mall with her mother and our daughter and at some point in time at the mall last nite came to find out that there was roach on her foot....Im not even going to try to tell that story - you will have to look at her blog for the details on that one - it may be there already I dont know....
• out