Got up early and got children through the shower cycle to get ready for church. I baked off the strata for church breakfast and we were off. Sunday school was good and we had some great learning going on in there. Good stuff.
Service was good and tommorrow we are having our New Year's Eve celebration. It could be fun. It could be bad. We will have to wait and see.
Then it was home to eat, relaax and watch movies. Dandelion, Dan and I watched Friday The 13th Part 6 and then Ice Age. Delia and Martha watched HULK. Lots of laid back, doing more nothing. I'm trying to pack in as much of that as possible before it's back to the grind for the New Year.
12/31/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE
So, Dennis wanted to go to the mall with his buddy, Torren. Of course, we had to pick up Torren and then haul them to the mall. The littles wanted to spend their Christmas money, but two of them didn't bring their cash with them!?! They all wanted airsoft guns, but Young's army surplus is closed until the fifth of January so, they will have to wait.
We did go to Fanfare and look at stuff and I got two comics. The second volume of Werewolf By Night is out so I will have to go back to that soon. I saw all these Marvel Zombie books and toys and think they have taken a one shot joke waaaay too far. I have leafed through one issue a while ago and didn't like it. Thought it was kind of dumb.
Went home and we hung out and did very little. Another laid back day like vacations should be.
Then we went out to get the stuff to make banana french toast strata for church tomorrow and picked up Dennis. The it was back to the house and more of the laid back holiday thing. I did prep the strata for baking tomorrow.
We did go to Fanfare and look at stuff and I got two comics. The second volume of Werewolf By Night is out so I will have to go back to that soon. I saw all these Marvel Zombie books and toys and think they have taken a one shot joke waaaay too far. I have leafed through one issue a while ago and didn't like it. Thought it was kind of dumb.
Went home and we hung out and did very little. Another laid back day like vacations should be.
Then we went out to get the stuff to make banana french toast strata for church tomorrow and picked up Dennis. The it was back to the house and more of the laid back holiday thing. I did prep the strata for baking tomorrow.
12/29/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR
Well, it's payday and that's supposed to be hit the micro breweries for yummy beer day, but then weather came along and reared its ugly head. nasty, slushy, snowy crap and lots of it. Work was laid back. I printed one thing, of course I did it ten thousand times and then had to cut them to size. I told Martha not to come and get me and I would catch the bus.
The bus is still weird and I hate riding it. A couple of younger guys asked me about nmy beard and they seemed truly impressed with it. That was cool. On the part of the way home that involved walking I took a few pictures with my digital camera. Nothing much, just some snowy nature kind of things.
Got home and stayed in for the night. Too crappy to go outside. We'll do that tomorrow when things clear up.
The bus is still weird and I hate riding it. A couple of younger guys asked me about nmy beard and they seemed truly impressed with it. That was cool. On the part of the way home that involved walking I took a few pictures with my digital camera. Nothing much, just some snowy nature kind of things.
Got home and stayed in for the night. Too crappy to go outside. We'll do that tomorrow when things clear up.
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE
The second day of my three day work week, followed by four days off and another three day work week. I kinda like this. But, there is no overtime when it comes with short weeks so I'm looking forward to the normal weeks so I can get some overtime and get the holdiay deficit caught up again. Went home and made some yummy foods with the family and then took it nice and easy. Nice and easy is my motto for now and I like it.
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO
Okay, Christmas is in the bag and I'm at work. Alone. Nobody is here except for me and I'm taking advantage of the situation. Sure, I did some work, but I also did the finishing work on my new chapbook, THE PENULTIMATE MACHINATIONS OF FU MANCHU. I can hardly wait to see what Linc does with the cover. I know it will be cool.
Home was laid back and took it easy. Nothing much went on.
Home was laid back and took it easy. Nothing much went on.
12/26/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE
CHRISTMAS!!! What a glorious day! The kids woke us up at six in the AM and proceeded to demolish the stack of presents. The new PS2 was a big hit. Martha got a karaoke game called Sing Star that everyone liked. Dennis got Guitar Hero 3 and I don't think he realized that it isn't really all that easy. He'll get better at it. The littles all loved their presents and had a wonderful morning. I made us all some breakfast and then Seann came over. He seemed a little grumpy and Martha thinks he has started smoking. Hope not because then I will have to pummel the boy. We will have to wait and see.
Later in the day we went to the movies. The girls saw I Am Legend and the boys went to Aliens VS. Predator:Requiem. Danny slept through the entire thing. It was a good flick. They left it wide open for a third film. My only question is; If you know that you have shitty or questionable special effects then whey do you always hide them with rain and dark? They always do that and this time was no exception. And we really needed some boobies in this thing. That wuld have made it a lot better, but then boobies always make a movie better.
Went back home and watched some television while the kids played more PS2. All in all a very tiring day and it went by so fast! Merry Christmas everyone!
Later in the day we went to the movies. The girls saw I Am Legend and the boys went to Aliens VS. Predator:Requiem. Danny slept through the entire thing. It was a good flick. They left it wide open for a third film. My only question is; If you know that you have shitty or questionable special effects then whey do you always hide them with rain and dark? They always do that and this time was no exception. And we really needed some boobies in this thing. That wuld have made it a lot better, but then boobies always make a movie better.
Went back home and watched some television while the kids played more PS2. All in all a very tiring day and it went by so fast! Merry Christmas everyone!
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
Christmas Eve. A time to reflect on the year behind you and look forward to the year ahead. Wait, that's New Year's Eve, isn't it? On Christmas Eve we celebrate the upcoming birth of Jesus. Sure, there are people who like to point out that he probably wasn't born in the winter, but where he came from it was probably still all hot and sand regardless. I like Christmas. Ever since I was a little kid. The anticipation of gifts and seeing relatives and remembering what Jesus did for us to give us eternal life at his side. It can't help but make yu warm and fuzzy.
And what is the best way to celebrate warm and fuzzy? That's right, we went lout for ZChinese food and watched Sweeny Todd. It was a fantastic flick and I couldn't believe the amoutn of blood! I had a little smile when Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman were singing 'Pretty Women' together. Does a heart good to watch Captain JAck Sparrow and Snape of Hogwart's croonign a lovely little tune together. The film is a typical moody, broody Tim Burton flick, but in this case, it fits perfectly. I did see little nods to Ed Wood with a certain city shot and there was one shot that looked like it was lifted directly from Sleepy Hollow. All in all a great flick and one that I could watch over and over again.
After movie and food we managed to get to Meijer for drive way salt and get thrown out of Meijer.
Let me explain.
We thought the store was open until nine PM. Yeah, it was seven PM and we got there at six fifty-five. I grabbed the driveway salt and we headed to the back to get a coffee pot. Did I mention that I had broken the coffee pot? No matter. So, we are heading back there and this suit comes along and asks what we are looking for. I tell him coffee...
and never get to finish the word pot before he barks 'No!' at me and that they are closing. If the little weasel had let me finish he would have realized that I was two rows away from the damned pots and we waited ten minutes in line to check out anyway, but nooooooooo! He had to be an ass. IF you have a store that is open twenty four seven then leave it open. If you're gonna close it then lock the doors an hour beforehand and get people out of the store. It was sloppy and I will have to call the general manager to get satisfaction. I'm thinking a written apology should suffice.
And what is the best way to celebrate warm and fuzzy? That's right, we went lout for ZChinese food and watched Sweeny Todd. It was a fantastic flick and I couldn't believe the amoutn of blood! I had a little smile when Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman were singing 'Pretty Women' together. Does a heart good to watch Captain JAck Sparrow and Snape of Hogwart's croonign a lovely little tune together. The film is a typical moody, broody Tim Burton flick, but in this case, it fits perfectly. I did see little nods to Ed Wood with a certain city shot and there was one shot that looked like it was lifted directly from Sleepy Hollow. All in all a great flick and one that I could watch over and over again.
After movie and food we managed to get to Meijer for drive way salt and get thrown out of Meijer.
Let me explain.
We thought the store was open until nine PM. Yeah, it was seven PM and we got there at six fifty-five. I grabbed the driveway salt and we headed to the back to get a coffee pot. Did I mention that I had broken the coffee pot? No matter. So, we are heading back there and this suit comes along and asks what we are looking for. I tell him coffee...
and never get to finish the word pot before he barks 'No!' at me and that they are closing. If the little weasel had let me finish he would have realized that I was two rows away from the damned pots and we waited ten minutes in line to check out anyway, but nooooooooo! He had to be an ass. IF you have a store that is open twenty four seven then leave it open. If you're gonna close it then lock the doors an hour beforehand and get people out of the store. It was sloppy and I will have to call the general manager to get satisfaction. I'm thinking a written apology should suffice.
12/24/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE
Up and at 'em for church! We missed church last week because of snow so it was good to make it there to see everyone just before Christmas. It was especially good because my oldest son, Seann made it to the service. Now, my plan is to get him there more often. well, unless he gets a job that conflicts with it and then we will have to wait and see.
After church we took old videogames back to trade in and the kids got some new ones to go with their Playstation 2. We also hit Target and shopped a little there.
It was actually, quite a laid back kind of day and we took it easy. I'm looking forward to Christmas Eve because I will actually get to sleep in and really sleep in for the first time in forever. I like to sleep in once in a while.
After church we took old videogames back to trade in and the kids got some new ones to go with their Playstation 2. We also hit Target and shopped a little there.
It was actually, quite a laid back kind of day and we took it easy. I'm looking forward to Christmas Eve because I will actually get to sleep in and really sleep in for the first time in forever. I like to sleep in once in a while.
12/22/07
CATCH UP (DAYS ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN AND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT)
Man, has it really been since Tuesday that I have been here? Time flies when you are really, really busy. Everyday, at work I am doing this project that sucks up all my time. I get home and Martha and I run out to shop for the littles and then it's home for sleep.
Some of the highlights of these four days would have to be;
Friday, after work, Martha and the kids came and got me and we went to look at the Christmas lights and Nativity scene in Bronson Park. Then we rode the Holly, Jolly Trolley and they had carolers on the trolley. We waved at people and shouted Merry Christmas and listened to the carolers. It was a lot of fun.
Saturday was my mother's Christmas party. We had it at the church in the basement. It's always good to see my brother, Boone and my sister, Denise. My mom was glad we bought her her favorite perfume, Tabu. The big surprise of the event was that my Uncle Bert, my mom's younger brother, showed up. I always love seeing my uncle. Definitely one of the cool guys on the planet and it always does my heart good to see him. We all ate and talked and then made our way home.
I'd liek to say that I will be better at posting, but with the holidays I can't make any sort of promises. After the holidays will be different.
Some of the highlights of these four days would have to be;
Friday, after work, Martha and the kids came and got me and we went to look at the Christmas lights and Nativity scene in Bronson Park. Then we rode the Holly, Jolly Trolley and they had carolers on the trolley. We waved at people and shouted Merry Christmas and listened to the carolers. It was a lot of fun.
Saturday was my mother's Christmas party. We had it at the church in the basement. It's always good to see my brother, Boone and my sister, Denise. My mom was glad we bought her her favorite perfume, Tabu. The big surprise of the event was that my Uncle Bert, my mom's younger brother, showed up. I always love seeing my uncle. Definitely one of the cool guys on the planet and it always does my heart good to see him. We all ate and talked and then made our way home.
I'd liek to say that I will be better at posting, but with the holidays I can't make any sort of promises. After the holidays will be different.
12/19/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR
Another day of fun at Ye Olde Print Shoppe and still working on the same project. I'm doing some overtime because, well Martha and Dan are going caroling right after school and I wanna miss that. Singing is more of Martha's thing. She tells me I have a novelty voice. I guess I should come up with that novelty song that will make me famous for fifteen minutes. Yeah, I'll get right on that.
Anyway, the kids beeped me around five and I went out to discover that Delia and Dandelion had gone along for the ride. Earlier I had called Dennis and got him to put these two thawed chickens in the oven to bake. when we got home the entire place smelled of yummy, baked chicken. He accidentally put them breast down in the pan, but the juices of the cooking chicken actually made the breast quite juicy which was a good thing. Made some side dishes to go along with it and we had a chicken dinner feast at The Waltz Compound. Yummy!
Then Martha and I went for the last run of shopping for the kiddies. Yeesh! I am glad that's over. For no other reason than the mobs of people at the friggin' store! It's a madhouse! I could say that we will plan ahead next year, but why lie to myself about something like that? I can say it until I'm blue in the face, but I know that I won't do it. Oh well, maybe next year we can....oops, almost said it anyway. The good news was more porn in the mail. After the disappointing BLACK WORM, the new batch looks like a little more fun. Have to wait and see, however.
Three more days to a four day weekend coming up. Yippee!!!
Anyway, the kids beeped me around five and I went out to discover that Delia and Dandelion had gone along for the ride. Earlier I had called Dennis and got him to put these two thawed chickens in the oven to bake. when we got home the entire place smelled of yummy, baked chicken. He accidentally put them breast down in the pan, but the juices of the cooking chicken actually made the breast quite juicy which was a good thing. Made some side dishes to go along with it and we had a chicken dinner feast at The Waltz Compound. Yummy!
Then Martha and I went for the last run of shopping for the kiddies. Yeesh! I am glad that's over. For no other reason than the mobs of people at the friggin' store! It's a madhouse! I could say that we will plan ahead next year, but why lie to myself about something like that? I can say it until I'm blue in the face, but I know that I won't do it. Oh well, maybe next year we can....oops, almost said it anyway. The good news was more porn in the mail. After the disappointing BLACK WORM, the new batch looks like a little more fun. Have to wait and see, however.
Three more days to a four day weekend coming up. Yippee!!!
12/18/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE
Monday morning and back to work. Thankfully, there was no more snow so the trip in was mild. I brought cookies for everyone and they all seemed to like them. A lot of them sure got eaten that's for sure. Still on the same project I've been on for a week. I also got informed that my favorite Yahoo group, Eurotrash Paradise is no longer accessible from work. Great! The one bright spot in my time and work and they take that away from me. Corporate Bastards! I guess those nudie pictures of Mathilda May were, in hindsight, probably a bad idea. Oh well. Martha called me to let me know that my Secret Santo presents made it to the house. After hearing that all I could think about was getting presents.
After work I rushed home to open them and found a new book and a magazine and a couple of movies and a Quentin Tarantino action figure and, man it was pretty cool swag I tell you what.
Made spaghetti for dinner and then we were off to Judo. That was fun and I got a good workout which is always a bonus. We went home and there was no television to watch so I checked my eurotrash group and posted a couple of things. Then it was time for bed and Martha and I watched this new porn I got called Black Worm. Yeah, see there's this delicate balance between story porn and gonzo porn. Gonzo porn is nothing but the act and is repitious and boring. Story porn usually gives you ample sex along with a bare bones entertaining storyline. Black Worm gave us too much story and not enough sex. Kind of dull if you're expecting porn and kind of stupid if you're looking for a real movie. Oh well, they can't all be winners.
After work I rushed home to open them and found a new book and a magazine and a couple of movies and a Quentin Tarantino action figure and, man it was pretty cool swag I tell you what.
Made spaghetti for dinner and then we were off to Judo. That was fun and I got a good workout which is always a bonus. We went home and there was no television to watch so I checked my eurotrash group and posted a couple of things. Then it was time for bed and Martha and I watched this new porn I got called Black Worm. Yeah, see there's this delicate balance between story porn and gonzo porn. Gonzo porn is nothing but the act and is repitious and boring. Story porn usually gives you ample sex along with a bare bones entertaining storyline. Black Worm gave us too much story and not enough sex. Kind of dull if you're expecting porn and kind of stupid if you're looking for a real movie. Oh well, they can't all be winners.
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO
Sunday and the world is white. We got about ten inches of snow overnight and te city is pretty shut down. Church was cancelled as now fewer than four church members called to tell me about it. It's good to be popular. The kids loved the snow playing in it until they were frozen. I spent a good hour shoveling the crap off of our driveway of doom. Then I salted it with so much salt that nothing will ever grow on either side of that slippery slope for generations. Later Martha and I decided to go out and get some Christmas shopping done. Her logic was if it was so crappy outside then fewer people would be out. Yeah, you'd like to think that, but it didn't happen. Still, we got quite a bit done.
Then it was home for dinner and I made more cookies. I am officially sick of making cookies of any form. Blech!
Then it was home for dinner and I made more cookies. I am officially sick of making cookies of any form. Blech!
12/16/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE
Got to sleep in, but forgot my chiropractor appointment. Darn! Started making huge quantities of cookies for presents. We got five different Hershey's Kisses to put
in the middle of the cookies. I made 165 cookies and will be making more tomorrow.
Later Martha and I went to the store to get stuff.
Pretty laid back day for us here at The Waltz Compound. Watched a couple of movies and that was about it. Nice and easy.
And now to the Brian Keene portion of our blog. Still no apology for Brian's bold faced lies concerning what actually happened and, you know what? Who cares? In the grand scheme of things if that's what Brian Keene needs to get through his day then I feel sorry for him. Still not fond of someone lying about what was actually said and done, but who cares? Jesus tells us to turn the other cheek and heap kindness on our enemies as it will be as burning coals. Brian is far from being an enemy but in all good conscience I really can't read his stuff anymore. Won't affect his living I'm sure, but my daddy always said he couldn't abide a liar. I'm sure Brian will understand.
in the middle of the cookies. I made 165 cookies and will be making more tomorrow.
Later Martha and I went to the store to get stuff.
Pretty laid back day for us here at The Waltz Compound. Watched a couple of movies and that was about it. Nice and easy.
And now to the Brian Keene portion of our blog. Still no apology for Brian's bold faced lies concerning what actually happened and, you know what? Who cares? In the grand scheme of things if that's what Brian Keene needs to get through his day then I feel sorry for him. Still not fond of someone lying about what was actually said and done, but who cares? Jesus tells us to turn the other cheek and heap kindness on our enemies as it will be as burning coals. Brian is far from being an enemy but in all good conscience I really can't read his stuff anymore. Won't affect his living I'm sure, but my daddy always said he couldn't abide a liar. I'm sure Brian will understand.
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE
Got to sleep in, but forgot my chiropractor appointment. Darn! Started making huge quantities
of cookies for presents. We got five different Hershey's Kisses to put
in the middle of the cookies. I made 165 cookies and will be making
more tomorrow.
Later Martha and I went to the store to get stuff.
Pretty laid back day for us here at The Waltz Compound. Watched a couple of movies and that was about it. Nice and easy.
And now to the Brian Keene portion of our blog. Still no apology for Brian's bold faced lies concerning
what actually happened and, you know what? Who cares? In the grand
scheme of things if that's what Brian Keene needs to get through his
day then I feel sorry for him. Still not fond of someone lying about
what was actually said and done, but who cares? Jesus tells us to turn
the other cheek and heap kindness on our enemies as it will be as
burning coals. Brian is far from being an enemy but in all good
conscience I really can't read his stuff anymore. Won't affect his
living I'm sure, but my daddy always said he couldn't abide a liar. I'm
sure Brian will understand.
of cookies for presents. We got five different Hershey's Kisses to put
in the middle of the cookies. I made 165 cookies and will be making
more tomorrow.
Later Martha and I went to the store to get stuff.
Pretty laid back day for us here at The Waltz Compound. Watched a couple of movies and that was about it. Nice and easy.
And now to the Brian Keene portion of our blog. Still no apology for Brian's bold faced lies concerning
what actually happened and, you know what? Who cares? In the grand
scheme of things if that's what Brian Keene needs to get through his
day then I feel sorry for him. Still not fond of someone lying about
what was actually said and done, but who cares? Jesus tells us to turn
the other cheek and heap kindness on our enemies as it will be as
burning coals. Brian is far from being an enemy but in all good
conscience I really can't read his stuff anymore. Won't affect his
living I'm sure, but my daddy always said he couldn't abide a liar. I'm
sure Brian will understand.
12/15/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
Friday and payday. What a wonderful thing! The littles all had their Christmas concert at school today. It was fun to see Dandelion play her violin. She looked so very little on stage. Delia looked like she was having a blast playing theese drums that they had. It was a little long and a lot of crowded, but it looked like all the kids had a blast.
After that there was a book fair at the school and all the kids got some books. I had to go back to work and get some more stuff done on this big project. I was going to stay until nine, but it got to be eight and Josh and I decided to skip out early for beers. First we tried Bell's, but they had a band and there was a cover charge so we skipped that. We hit the Green Top where I had a shot of bourbon and a Old Style. Josh had a Killian's. Then we made out way down to Olde Peninsula Brewpub wher I convinced Josh that he couldn't have a Bud Light and made him drink a Haymarket Ale. Lightest beer that they make on the premises. Yeah, that messed him up pretty good. I had a pint of Midnight Stout while we waited for a table. Josh's girfriend, Ellie showed up and we ordered some vittles. We got a calzone which was good, but really small. There were cheese fries with bacon and Ellie got some deep fried ravioli. They were all pretty good. I ordered a giant Midnight Stout with dinner and Josh finally got his Bud Light. Yeah, he didn't finish it.
Ellie gave me a ride home where I watched some television with Martha before hitting the hay.
After that there was a book fair at the school and all the kids got some books. I had to go back to work and get some more stuff done on this big project. I was going to stay until nine, but it got to be eight and Josh and I decided to skip out early for beers. First we tried Bell's, but they had a band and there was a cover charge so we skipped that. We hit the Green Top where I had a shot of bourbon and a Old Style. Josh had a Killian's. Then we made out way down to Olde Peninsula Brewpub wher I convinced Josh that he couldn't have a Bud Light and made him drink a Haymarket Ale. Lightest beer that they make on the premises. Yeah, that messed him up pretty good. I had a pint of Midnight Stout while we waited for a table. Josh's girfriend, Ellie showed up and we ordered some vittles. We got a calzone which was good, but really small. There were cheese fries with bacon and Ellie got some deep fried ravioli. They were all pretty good. I ordered a giant Midnight Stout with dinner and Josh finally got his Bud Light. Yeah, he didn't finish it.
Ellie gave me a ride home where I watched some television with Martha before hitting the hay.
12/14/07
WOW! LOOK! ANOTHER SPECIAL POST!
Okay, so you've been keeping up with my trials and tribulations with Mr. Brian Keene, author. As if it wasn't bad enough with all the previous things I mentioned now, I go to read his blog, because I still like his blog, and this is the paragraph that really got my goat;
"well, except for Dezm, who's had his hands full with a particularly obnoxious message board member who we had to ban yesterday because, in his short time on the board, he's managed to annoy most everyone by doing things like bitching about the contest and saying that I'm a sell-out for the new direction of this Blog, and asking way-too-personal questions like how much money do I make, and basically embodying everything I was talking about a few weeks ago in 'The End'"
Okay, DEZM really had one message to tell me that he was forwarding my concerns to Brian. I really don't call that hands full, but that's not the worst part. The worst part is that Mr. Brian Keene is a liar. Don't believe me? Let's study the paragraph above, shall we?
He states that I had to be banned from the message boards because I was bitching about his contest. I never 'bitched' about his contests on the boards. I did that here in the privacy of my own blog. Hey, Brian? take some of your own advice. You don't want to read my blog, then don't. It's still a free country. Also, never said he was a sell out for the new direction of his blog. I stated my own opinion on his blog, but never used the words sell out. And once again, I did this on my blog, never on the boards.
And the last bit? The money part? I could care less what you make. If people are willing to pay you for what you do then God Bless you in all your endeavors and I wish you nothing but success.
So, in the end, Mr. DEZM if you felt that I was indeed, a handful then I apologize for making your life like that for a brief period of time. Mr. Keene is another matter altogether. As far as I am concerned he has lied about me. Yes, he had the decency to keep my name out of it, which is a good thing, but he still told lies about me. This is something I can not sit by and let go.
Here is my proposal to rectify the entire situation.
Brian Keene, if you would be so kind as to formally retract your statement and apologize on your blog then I will be more than satisfied. That's it, real simple. Until such time my only recourse is to post a blog counting the number of days that Brian Keene, in my opinion, is a bald faced liar.
We now return you to your regulary scheduled blog.
Have a great day!
"well, except for Dezm, who's had his hands full with a particularly obnoxious message board member who we had to ban yesterday because, in his short time on the board, he's managed to annoy most everyone by doing things like bitching about the contest and saying that I'm a sell-out for the new direction of this Blog, and asking way-too-personal questions like how much money do I make, and basically embodying everything I was talking about a few weeks ago in 'The End'"
Okay, DEZM really had one message to tell me that he was forwarding my concerns to Brian. I really don't call that hands full, but that's not the worst part. The worst part is that Mr. Brian Keene is a liar. Don't believe me? Let's study the paragraph above, shall we?
He states that I had to be banned from the message boards because I was bitching about his contest. I never 'bitched' about his contests on the boards. I did that here in the privacy of my own blog. Hey, Brian? take some of your own advice. You don't want to read my blog, then don't. It's still a free country. Also, never said he was a sell out for the new direction of his blog. I stated my own opinion on his blog, but never used the words sell out. And once again, I did this on my blog, never on the boards.
And the last bit? The money part? I could care less what you make. If people are willing to pay you for what you do then God Bless you in all your endeavors and I wish you nothing but success.
So, in the end, Mr. DEZM if you felt that I was indeed, a handful then I apologize for making your life like that for a brief period of time. Mr. Keene is another matter altogether. As far as I am concerned he has lied about me. Yes, he had the decency to keep my name out of it, which is a good thing, but he still told lies about me. This is something I can not sit by and let go.
Here is my proposal to rectify the entire situation.
Brian Keene, if you would be so kind as to formally retract your statement and apologize on your blog then I will be more than satisfied. That's it, real simple. Until such time my only recourse is to post a blog counting the number of days that Brian Keene, in my opinion, is a bald faced liar.
We now return you to your regulary scheduled blog.
Have a great day!
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE
Wooooooo! Sixty-nine dudes! Sorry, couldn't help myself there. Anyway, Thursday and work was work. Spent the whole day working on the same project. Yippee! I'll be on that project until Christmas. It's draining the life from me. I was going to work overtime, but Martha was really tired and I came home and let her sleep. I brought her yummy foodies things and found that VHS copy of A MIRCALE ON 34TH DTREET for her. She slept until about eight in the evening. She fed her cornsnake, Rufus and he's getting better at figuring that stuff out. Good for him.
I watched the first half of BRAIN OF BLOOD and played a little Kingdom Of Loathing online at the same time. I'm just farming Crimbo Town so it gets dull unless you're doing something else. I also watched the Dr. Dreck Christmas Special. It was fun and full of short films. I especially liked the part where Moaner the zombie cheerleader was dancing because we could see the kids' pictures they drew for Dr. Dreck. Glad to see they have a place of honor.
After that it was sleepy time.
I watched the first half of BRAIN OF BLOOD and played a little Kingdom Of Loathing online at the same time. I'm just farming Crimbo Town so it gets dull unless you're doing something else. I also watched the Dr. Dreck Christmas Special. It was fun and full of short films. I especially liked the part where Moaner the zombie cheerleader was dancing because we could see the kids' pictures they drew for Dr. Dreck. Glad to see they have a place of honor.
After that it was sleepy time.
12/13/07
AN EXTRA SPECIAL POST
So, I related what had occured to me while trying to innocently, with no malice, play Brian Keene's holiday contest he had going on at his message boards. I was told to stop doing something and I did it. I thought that perhaps I had been misled. Now, I have been banned from the boards altogether.
I place the blame at my previous posts' feet. Perhaps I shouldn't have wrote what I felt in my blog? Maybe then Brian or one of his associates would have not seen it and felt that I was overstepping my boundaries by telling what I felt was going on. To make sure that I have been suitably punished they have banned me from a place where it was kind of fun to hang out.
When Brian recently changed his blog, hailsaten.blogspot.com for a number of reasons, I was worried. Worried that a blog that I really liked reading would change and be watered down. I can sense the change in tone of the blog, but it's still Brian so, that's cool. But, these tactics are reprehensible. I said what I was told and gave my own opinion on what was conveyed to me. Pretty much a God given right here in America.
For that I get banned from the message board?
I commented on his blog about this occurences, but I doubt that I will get a response and my comment will not be posted.
So, to Brian Keene I have one thing to say and then I will be finished;
Coward.
And now back to your regulary scheduled blog.
Have a great day!
I place the blame at my previous posts' feet. Perhaps I shouldn't have wrote what I felt in my blog? Maybe then Brian or one of his associates would have not seen it and felt that I was overstepping my boundaries by telling what I felt was going on. To make sure that I have been suitably punished they have banned me from a place where it was kind of fun to hang out.
When Brian recently changed his blog, hailsaten.blogspot.com for a number of reasons, I was worried. Worried that a blog that I really liked reading would change and be watered down. I can sense the change in tone of the blog, but it's still Brian so, that's cool. But, these tactics are reprehensible. I said what I was told and gave my own opinion on what was conveyed to me. Pretty much a God given right here in America.
For that I get banned from the message board?
I commented on his blog about this occurences, but I doubt that I will get a response and my comment will not be posted.
So, to Brian Keene I have one thing to say and then I will be finished;
Coward.
And now back to your regulary scheduled blog.
Have a great day!
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT
Middle of the week and I'm stuck on one big job at work. Makes the day sort of drag. I called Martha around noon to see what was up and she and Dan, yes, Dan was staying home from school. It seems that there was caroling with Cub Scouts, but Martha got the days wrong so he just stayed home anyway, that's cool. Martha, Dan and I went to King Wok Buffet for a late lunch and that was fun. We swung by to pick Dennis up from school and he was already walking to wards home. Seems that some kid assaulted him and he was getting suspended, Dennis I mean. The other kid was suspended, to, but Dennis actually behaved and didn't hit anyone. We went back to talk to Mrs. Snow the vice principal and it was like talking to a wall. So, we went over her head the the principal who is a lovely woman and understood where we were coming from. It was a hectic day and the last thing I wanted to do was go to Judo so, we missed out on that.
After all that excitement we needed to calm things down at The Waltz Compound. I did watch SHE WOLVES OF THE WASTELAND. Great, post apocalyptic flick with Kathleen Kinmont. True cheese fest and lots of jiggle. My kind of mindless entertainment.
After all that excitement we needed to calm things down at The Waltz Compound. I did watch SHE WOLVES OF THE WASTELAND. Great, post apocalyptic flick with Kathleen Kinmont. True cheese fest and lots of jiggle. My kind of mindless entertainment.
12/12/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN
Another day at the salt mines. We were threatened with an ice storm, but it went above us and all we got was lots and lots of rain. Beats the heck out of ice any day of the week. There's this contest on author Brian Keene's message board where if you post at the correct time you can win a prize. It was dull yesterday morning so I decided to have fun and posted on every section of the board. Nothing serious just some happy little icons.
Yeah, I got an email from Brian telling me to knock it off and that if I wanted to do that to head over to this particular thread. Well, I thought this was great! All this time I thought that I had to post randomly all over the board just to win. Now, here is the author himself telling me where to go. This is awesome. So, yesterday, I kept myself on this one thread and posted throughout the day. Once in a while I checked the winners list to see how I was doing. Yeah, then I noticed something.
People were winning from other threads.
Maybe I was confused. Didn't Mr. Keene tell me to go to this particular post and post there? I double checked the messages he sent. Yup! There it was, plain as day. Hmmmmm, this was confusing to an old fart like myself. So I emailed him back with that very same question. Here's what I got;
"People are free to post wherever they want. However, if you're going to post an icon every single minute (as you were doing yesterday) we prefer you to keep that contained to the Thread of Doom (as others are doing). Otherwise, myself and the mods have a hard time keeping track of legitimate conversations in those other threads."
Okay, this is a nice response using words like 'prefer' and 'free' to make sure I don't feel like I'm being told what to do. A majority of the icons I used, if viewed in the context of the thread, were actually clever responses to what was going on. Sure, some of them weren't, but a majority of them were. I'm trying to win a prize here. And that last sentence was bothering me.
"Otherwise, myself and the mods have a hard time keeping track of legitimate conversations in those other threads."
I know a few mods and the innocent, extra burden of a little run of icons being posted, probably fifty or so, is nothing compared to what a lot of mods have to deal with on any given message board. I had, in fact, already stopped doing it when I received the first message. So, here's the bottom line;
I quit. No not this blog, stupid, the game. I thought it would be fun to play. I read a lot of interesting things and responded intelligently to a number of them. The minute I try something for fun just to see my name on the entire message board I get called on it. Now, they will say things like:
"Well, we did tell him he was 'free' to post where ever and what ever he liked, we just 'prefer' that he didn't do exactly what it was that he was doing."
See how that works? They will use the words they provided to twist it in their favor and I'm fine with that. I know better.
After work, Martha picked me up and we went home to start dinner. While the chicken was baking we ran to the store to get gas and some essentials for the house. When we got home the lovely smell of baked chicken filled the air. I made some steamed broccoli and some oriental style rice to go with it. We watched NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD with Dandelion because we promised she could watch one of them for dinner. I hadn't seen that one in a while. Still pretty good stuff. Not as silly as some of the other entries. A little grim with some Argento styled twists in it. Not bad for the fifth in the series. Must have had something to do with that Skipp and Spector script.
After that Martha watched TEEN WOLF with Dan and I went up to review a flick, JUSTINE DE SADE. Alice Arno is quite lovely, but this flick was pretty dumb. Then it was nighty night time.
Yeah, I got an email from Brian telling me to knock it off and that if I wanted to do that to head over to this particular thread. Well, I thought this was great! All this time I thought that I had to post randomly all over the board just to win. Now, here is the author himself telling me where to go. This is awesome. So, yesterday, I kept myself on this one thread and posted throughout the day. Once in a while I checked the winners list to see how I was doing. Yeah, then I noticed something.
People were winning from other threads.
Maybe I was confused. Didn't Mr. Keene tell me to go to this particular post and post there? I double checked the messages he sent. Yup! There it was, plain as day. Hmmmmm, this was confusing to an old fart like myself. So I emailed him back with that very same question. Here's what I got;
"People are free to post wherever they want. However, if you're going to post an icon every single minute (as you were doing yesterday) we prefer you to keep that contained to the Thread of Doom (as others are doing). Otherwise, myself and the mods have a hard time keeping track of legitimate conversations in those other threads."
Okay, this is a nice response using words like 'prefer' and 'free' to make sure I don't feel like I'm being told what to do. A majority of the icons I used, if viewed in the context of the thread, were actually clever responses to what was going on. Sure, some of them weren't, but a majority of them were. I'm trying to win a prize here. And that last sentence was bothering me.
"Otherwise, myself and the mods have a hard time keeping track of legitimate conversations in those other threads."
I know a few mods and the innocent, extra burden of a little run of icons being posted, probably fifty or so, is nothing compared to what a lot of mods have to deal with on any given message board. I had, in fact, already stopped doing it when I received the first message. So, here's the bottom line;
I quit. No not this blog, stupid, the game. I thought it would be fun to play. I read a lot of interesting things and responded intelligently to a number of them. The minute I try something for fun just to see my name on the entire message board I get called on it. Now, they will say things like:
"Well, we did tell him he was 'free' to post where ever and what ever he liked, we just 'prefer' that he didn't do exactly what it was that he was doing."
See how that works? They will use the words they provided to twist it in their favor and I'm fine with that. I know better.
After work, Martha picked me up and we went home to start dinner. While the chicken was baking we ran to the store to get gas and some essentials for the house. When we got home the lovely smell of baked chicken filled the air. I made some steamed broccoli and some oriental style rice to go with it. We watched NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD with Dandelion because we promised she could watch one of them for dinner. I hadn't seen that one in a while. Still pretty good stuff. Not as silly as some of the other entries. A little grim with some Argento styled twists in it. Not bad for the fifth in the series. Must have had something to do with that Skipp and Spector script.
After that Martha watched TEEN WOLF with Dan and I went up to review a flick, JUSTINE DE SADE. Alice Arno is quite lovely, but this flick was pretty dumb. Then it was nighty night time.
12/11/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX
Back to the grind. The day flew by and I got a lot done. This one job gave me grief and I was going to reprint it, but it was late in the day so I figured I would do it in the morning. Then, I got a call at home from work and the woman who was supposed to get the job was having some sort of hissy fit that she would have to wait until morning. The job was loaded into the printers so all they had to do was press print and wait to assemble it and ship it out to here. I'm getting a little tired of these people who every year give us this swamp load of work to make sure that they spend their budgets. That's just bad planning. Oh well, I get a lot of overtime for it and it's better than trying to find a part time job to help pay for Christmas.
Went to Judo with the kids and Martha and it went by pretty fast. I read a little more of my Bava Book while the kids were on the mat and then when it came to our turn, it went pretty quick. Got a good workout and worked on a throw. Fun stuff.
went home and watched the RAW 15th Anniversary special, well, most of it. They had people like Ted DiBiase and Sgt. Slaughter on there. I watched Rick Flair get thrown through the air and decided that I want to be like Rick wehn I'm old. At fifty-eight he...well, now that I think about it, he looks pretty damned rough, but wrestling is a rough business regardless of what people say. Sure, the outcomes are scripted, but the stuff those guys do in the ring is still pretty damned brutal on the human form.
I fell asleep watching it. HAd abotu a half hour left to go. Hulk Hogan even showed up. Cool!
Went to Judo with the kids and Martha and it went by pretty fast. I read a little more of my Bava Book while the kids were on the mat and then when it came to our turn, it went pretty quick. Got a good workout and worked on a throw. Fun stuff.
went home and watched the RAW 15th Anniversary special, well, most of it. They had people like Ted DiBiase and Sgt. Slaughter on there. I watched Rick Flair get thrown through the air and decided that I want to be like Rick wehn I'm old. At fifty-eight he...well, now that I think about it, he looks pretty damned rough, but wrestling is a rough business regardless of what people say. Sure, the outcomes are scripted, but the stuff those guys do in the ring is still pretty damned brutal on the human form.
I fell asleep watching it. HAd abotu a half hour left to go. Hulk Hogan even showed up. Cool!
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE
Got up and made our way to church. Sunday school was good because we had quite a turn out. Seems that the guy, Dean, who teaches the Senior class was out preaching somewhere so, I got the run off. That's cool. No age discrimination in my class! Ted and Thelma brought breakfast and Ted made this great casserole with eggs, onions, sausage and other stuff. I ate three pieces of it and regretted it. I was stuffed and sleepy for service.
After service Martha snd the kids and I went to Portage NOrthern High School to go sledding! It was a blast. I love to sled and little Danny gets the most distance. Probably because he was on one of those little saucers and he doesn't weigh anything. It was only about 20 degrees out so we only lasted an hour. I remembered to pack extra gloves, hats and we have this double pump carafe that I filled half with hot cocoa and half with green tea. Dennis and I were the only ones drinking the tea and it did a good job of making the weather a little more bearable.
Afte that we went home and got into dry, warm clothes. The kids did stuff while Martha and I watched a MONK marathon. It's a pretty funny show. There was an episod with a monkey that was killing me. I drank a big bottle of Guiness and made a huge batch of chicken and rice for everyone. Later, while Martha was napping, I watched DEVIL TIMES FIVE. It was a weird 70's exploitation flick. Had the typical downer ending that a lot of low budget flicks in the seventies had, but it was interesting.
The morning was a little hectic, but the afternoon and evening were nice and laid back. Getting geared up for a new week to start.
After service Martha snd the kids and I went to Portage NOrthern High School to go sledding! It was a blast. I love to sled and little Danny gets the most distance. Probably because he was on one of those little saucers and he doesn't weigh anything. It was only about 20 degrees out so we only lasted an hour. I remembered to pack extra gloves, hats and we have this double pump carafe that I filled half with hot cocoa and half with green tea. Dennis and I were the only ones drinking the tea and it did a good job of making the weather a little more bearable.
Afte that we went home and got into dry, warm clothes. The kids did stuff while Martha and I watched a MONK marathon. It's a pretty funny show. There was an episod with a monkey that was killing me. I drank a big bottle of Guiness and made a huge batch of chicken and rice for everyone. Later, while Martha was napping, I watched DEVIL TIMES FIVE. It was a weird 70's exploitation flick. Had the typical downer ending that a lot of low budget flicks in the seventies had, but it was interesting.
The morning was a little hectic, but the afternoon and evening were nice and laid back. Getting geared up for a new week to start.
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR
So, I decided not to go to work and sleep in. With those fifteen hour days it seemed like a good idea. Plus, we had to read at the Indian Temple at 12:30 in the afternoon. Then Missy called and told us they were running about an hour ahead of schedule. Great! So, we had to run out of the house instead of leisurely waking up and doing things beforehand. We get to the temple waaaaaaay before 11:30 and guess what? Yeah, we read about a half hour later than our original schedule. Nice. It was still good to be there Aneal, who arranges this every year, was there and seemed happy to see us. The only thing that gets to me is the incense. I like a little incense, but we're talking about a room that has it burning all the time. Takes a couple of days to get the smell out of my beard. But, it was for a good cause. Just like last year, it didn't take long before I had to use the facilities in the main temple so, off I went. The place was deserted this time and a little creepy. Except for teh downstairs which looks like every other small church basement I have ever been in. The kitchen is so big you might think that it had previously been a Baptist church. Anyway, I always peek into the main sancutary and this time there was no one around so I got a little longer look than usual. There were seven or so statues in the front and a lot of large rugs on the floors. No seats. The statues were quite beautiful to look at.
After our reading we headed out back to The Waltz Compound. Before we got there we stopped for pizza and went home and watched THE CONDEMNED with Stone Cold Steve Austin. Predictable, but fun to watch. Then it was laze around the house day. Taking it easy. After our hectic morning, it was great.
After our reading we headed out back to The Waltz Compound. Before we got there we stopped for pizza and went home and watched THE CONDEMNED with Stone Cold Steve Austin. Predictable, but fun to watch. Then it was laze around the house day. Taking it easy. After our hectic morning, it was great.
12/8/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE
Friday and last day of the week. I was going to work Saturday, but we have an early reading at the Indian Temple. Every year a bunch of people donate their time to go to the temple and read the gospel aloud. I get to read Luke 17-19. Should be fun.
Stayed at work until nine PM and then went home. Tried to watch EPIC MOVIE with Martha and couldn't stay awake. Crispin Glover as Willy Wonka was pretty funny, though.
Lots of working and working and glad that tomorrow I can sleep in and stay away from the print shop.
Stayed at work until nine PM and then went home. Tried to watch EPIC MOVIE with Martha and couldn't stay awake. Crispin Glover as Willy Wonka was pretty funny, though.
Lots of working and working and glad that tomorrow I can sleep in and stay away from the print shop.
12/6/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO
What can I say? I worked from 6:30 in the Am to 9 in the PM. Nothing happened in my little corner of the world. Worked, ate some food, played some Peggle, watched old 80's videos on YouTube and then went home to go to bed. Tomorrow....more of the same! I am glad that Pitney Bowes is willing to pay me to fund my Christmas spending however. Good stuff, just so damned tired. I'll rest on Sunday. Yeah, right.
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE
Cancelled my doctor's appointment. All it was was to go over my meds and make any changes we agreed on and since I'm doing labs in January I decided that it could wait. Nothing life threatening going on anyway so it saves me a twenty dollar co pay.
Left work at three and went home, did a huge amount of dishes and made some food. Then it was off to Judo!
I read my book while the kids did their session and then rubbed Martha's feet for a little while. Then it was time to get on the mat!
We worked on escapes from guard and foot sweeps. We did some line throws and things looked good until I got thrown. When someone throws you and you land always, always, always remember to keep your legs apart. It helps displace the force of impact and it prevents you from playing a vicious round of The Nutcracker on your...well, you know. Anyway, I have been thrown for years and always land pretty good. Yeah, some reason my legs stayed together and, needless to say, I was incapacitated for the rest of the session. man, that hurt!
Went home, made some tea and got the children ready for bed. None of them ate dinner so they all wanted food. We cobbled together some of this and that and let them go at it. Then it was time for sleeping.
Tomorrow is a lots of overtime day. Yippee!
Left work at three and went home, did a huge amount of dishes and made some food. Then it was off to Judo!
I read my book while the kids did their session and then rubbed Martha's feet for a little while. Then it was time to get on the mat!
We worked on escapes from guard and foot sweeps. We did some line throws and things looked good until I got thrown. When someone throws you and you land always, always, always remember to keep your legs apart. It helps displace the force of impact and it prevents you from playing a vicious round of The Nutcracker on your...well, you know. Anyway, I have been thrown for years and always land pretty good. Yeah, some reason my legs stayed together and, needless to say, I was incapacitated for the rest of the session. man, that hurt!
Went home, made some tea and got the children ready for bed. None of them ate dinner so they all wanted food. We cobbled together some of this and that and let them go at it. Then it was time for sleeping.
Tomorrow is a lots of overtime day. Yippee!
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
Tuesday and I decided to work some massive overtime. I will also be working overtime on Thursday and Friday of this week so, my activities will be nil.
I stayed at the shop until nine in the evening. Afterwards, Martha picked me up and informed me that we had to go to the store. Yippee! Fifteen hours at work and then a trip to Walmart. Oh well, at least we picked up the new PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN DVD so that made it better. Got some breakfasty things for the children as well so they will be surprised come morning.
That's about it. Worked, shopped, slept. Boring.
I stayed at the shop until nine in the evening. Afterwards, Martha picked me up and informed me that we had to go to the store. Yippee! Fifteen hours at work and then a trip to Walmart. Oh well, at least we picked up the new PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN DVD so that made it better. Got some breakfasty things for the children as well so they will be surprised come morning.
That's about it. Worked, shopped, slept. Boring.
12/4/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE
Well, it finally happened. I couldn't ride my bike to work this morning. And with the car acting up with power issues it was not a fun ride to get me there. I did discover that I can work a ton of overtime though and that will help with what happened later that day. Martha and I took the car in to get fixed. They replaced all the belts and checked everything out and she runs like a dream. HAd to shell out two hundred and twenty bucks, but it runs and in this weather, that is all that is important. Sure, the check is gfonna bounce, but our bank has that three hundred dollar cushion so it's not so bad. Now, I will have to work that ton of overtime to pay for everything. And it's December so Christmas is also on it's merry little way. Weeeeeeeee! I love Christmas in the religious context with the birth of our savior. I also like that they still play the Christmas specials of my youth like THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS. Dick Shawn as Snow Miser is awesome. Plus we get RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER and A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS. But, this whole commercialism aspect never sat well with me. Presents are good, but they started shoving this stuff down our throats before Halloween.
I think businesses have it wrong. They think that every year they need to make more money than the year before. Wrong! If you are in business, you need to make money. Period. There is no good reason for you to top yourself each and every year. It's insane to think like that. Do you think you're pleasing the stockholders? Screw the stockholders! That kind of thinking is going to devour you whole in the end. Especially when you realize that you can't do it each and every year. Greed kind of sucks, doesn't it?
Martha and I had calzones while we waited for the car and that was nice. We played rummy and just hung out while the car was being fixed. I love our mechanic shop but they really need a coffee shop closer to the place.
I think businesses have it wrong. They think that every year they need to make more money than the year before. Wrong! If you are in business, you need to make money. Period. There is no good reason for you to top yourself each and every year. It's insane to think like that. Do you think you're pleasing the stockholders? Screw the stockholders! That kind of thinking is going to devour you whole in the end. Especially when you realize that you can't do it each and every year. Greed kind of sucks, doesn't it?
Martha and I had calzones while we waited for the car and that was nice. We played rummy and just hung out while the car was being fixed. I love our mechanic shop but they really need a coffee shop closer to the place.
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT
Sunday and as I expected, no church. The roads were icy, it's cold and the car has been acting up. We stayed home and slept in.
Later in the afternoon the temperature went up and things started to melt. Martha, the kids and I went to The M-89 in Plainwell and watched ENCHANTED. This was a great flick and I really enjoyed it. I would have enjoyed it more except that Dandelion tells me half way through the pic that she has to go to the bathroom. I get her there and back and we're back in our seats two seconds when Dan tells me the same thing! He couldn't see me leave? I know he's only seven, but give me a break.
After the movie we went to Walmart to get a snow shovel and some ice melt for the treacherous drive way. We also stopped at this low rent dollar store so the kids could each blow a buck on something.
After that it was time to go back home and curl in for the night. We ate lots of leftover Mexican food and watched LARA CROFT:THE CRADLE OF LIFE. It was alright. Martha fell asleep during it and the littles all wandered off. I even went and got caught up on some writing so, not a great flick. I think those would play better if she got naked once in a while. Oh well.
Later in the afternoon the temperature went up and things started to melt. Martha, the kids and I went to The M-89 in Plainwell and watched ENCHANTED. This was a great flick and I really enjoyed it. I would have enjoyed it more except that Dandelion tells me half way through the pic that she has to go to the bathroom. I get her there and back and we're back in our seats two seconds when Dan tells me the same thing! He couldn't see me leave? I know he's only seven, but give me a break.
After the movie we went to Walmart to get a snow shovel and some ice melt for the treacherous drive way. We also stopped at this low rent dollar store so the kids could each blow a buck on something.
After that it was time to go back home and curl in for the night. We ate lots of leftover Mexican food and watched LARA CROFT:THE CRADLE OF LIFE. It was alright. Martha fell asleep during it and the littles all wandered off. I even went and got caught up on some writing so, not a great flick. I think those would play better if she got naked once in a while. Oh well.
12/2/07
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT
Saturday and we started off early. Martha and I got up early to fool around and then nodded back off for a minute. Then my chiropractor, Ray called and wanted to know if we could meet early. It gave us a reason to get off our asses and get things done so, we went for it. Ray popped my spine and neck for me and then we got some breakfast. I wanted something easy and horrid for me, but Burger King stops serving breakfast around 10:30 so that was out. We hit the nearby Speedway and got some lovely Kona coffee and those godawful breakfast sandwiches. It was what I wanted only a shittier version of it.
Then we headed to SavALot to get started on the shopping. Heather and Chris and Dawn from Judo were coming over for a Mexican feast so I had lots of stuff to get. I wanted to make hard and soft shell tacos, beef and chicken, seven layer dip, chips and salsa, nachos and a big bowl of home made Spanish rice. About half the stuff I needed was at SavALot and then we had to head for Meijer to finish off the list.
We bagged all the groceries and headed back to The Waltz Compound to get stuff started.
While I was dicing and slicing and cooking up a storm, Martha whipped the kids into a house cleaning frenzy. They weren't keen on it, but they did it. I managed to get everything cooked and set out before five when Dawn arrived. She made an awesome batch of home made salsa and it tasted great! Chris and Heather showed up shortly after because the weather was getting nasty. Our drive way is steep and gets slippery quick so while Dawn could make it up the hill in her van, Chris and Heather tried and then parked across the street.
Everyone ate and we talked and had a blast. heather had to leave first and her van was covered in ice. I started it for her and let it thaw a little before I agreed to get it down the driveway for her. The slippery gave me a little shit, but I just6 gunned it and it slid right into place, then it was just a case of getting it down to the street for her.
Chris and Heather stayed for a little while longer. Heather has a big school project and it involves a survey concerning endangered species in Michigan so we all helped her with the questions she would be asking.
The kids were getting pretty wired and it was getting worse outside so, Chris and Heather decided to make the trek back home before it got real bad.
After that we fed the dogs and got ready for bed. I already decided that we weren't going to church in the morning. Too far and slippery in the old war wagon. Wasn't going to risk the Waltz clan in it.
Sleeping in on a Sunday should be a blast.
Then we headed to SavALot to get started on the shopping. Heather and Chris and Dawn from Judo were coming over for a Mexican feast so I had lots of stuff to get. I wanted to make hard and soft shell tacos, beef and chicken, seven layer dip, chips and salsa, nachos and a big bowl of home made Spanish rice. About half the stuff I needed was at SavALot and then we had to head for Meijer to finish off the list.
We bagged all the groceries and headed back to The Waltz Compound to get stuff started.
While I was dicing and slicing and cooking up a storm, Martha whipped the kids into a house cleaning frenzy. They weren't keen on it, but they did it. I managed to get everything cooked and set out before five when Dawn arrived. She made an awesome batch of home made salsa and it tasted great! Chris and Heather showed up shortly after because the weather was getting nasty. Our drive way is steep and gets slippery quick so while Dawn could make it up the hill in her van, Chris and Heather tried and then parked across the street.
Everyone ate and we talked and had a blast. heather had to leave first and her van was covered in ice. I started it for her and let it thaw a little before I agreed to get it down the driveway for her. The slippery gave me a little shit, but I just6 gunned it and it slid right into place, then it was just a case of getting it down to the street for her.
Chris and Heather stayed for a little while longer. Heather has a big school project and it involves a survey concerning endangered species in Michigan so we all helped her with the questions she would be asking.
The kids were getting pretty wired and it was getting worse outside so, Chris and Heather decided to make the trek back home before it got real bad.
After that we fed the dogs and got ready for bed. I already decided that we weren't going to church in the morning. Too far and slippery in the old war wagon. Wasn't going to risk the Waltz clan in it.
Sleeping in on a Sunday should be a blast.
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN
Payday! And to make it better, Martha came and got me for lunch. we ran off and paid bills, ate chinese food, which was great as always and I mailed out some more of the big chunk of Amazon sales I have been having lately. Hopefully, the trend will continue to help finance Christmas. We will have to wait and see.
After work, came home and it was another of those laid back didn't need to do a lot. I like those a lot. Need that once in a while.
The weather is getting worse so I'm waiting for the end of my bike riding days and something else will have to fill the void. Can't see two days of Judo replacing five round trip bike rides a week. Have to think of something quick.
After work, came home and it was another of those laid back didn't need to do a lot. I like those a lot. Need that once in a while.
The weather is getting worse so I'm waiting for the end of my bike riding days and something else will have to fill the void. Can't see two days of Judo replacing five round trip bike rides a week. Have to think of something quick.
DAY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX
Second day of monitoring everything I eat. It sucks. seems to make me more honest about what I eat so maybe that's a good thing. Dunno. Work was work, nothing special. Home was laid back. Ate dinner with the wife and kiddies, watched some television. That about covered it. After the last few days of busy it was kind of nice.
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