Well, it's time to start packing it all up. We closed on our house yesterday, and close on the house we're buying tomorrow morning. Thursday, we start painting a couple of rooms at the new house, then start moving the boxes on Friday. On Saturday, we have some movers coming to get the big stuff, then we'll at last have all of our stuff at the new house!
One thing I promise: I'll be hosting a Blog Party in May sometime, so we can all meet and hang out.
Oh yeah, and if anyone has some mad carpentry skills, give me a ring.
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on April 26, 2005 at 6:20 PM.
One thing I promise: I'll be hosting a Blog Party in May sometime, so we can all meet and hang out.
Oh yeah, and if anyone has some mad carpentry skills, give me a ring.
There is a serious shortage of pictures showing babies sleeping. Strangely enough, she looks uber-comfortable.
Check this out! I love all the hype that Microsoft puts out, especially for the next version of Xbox!
That's some sweet looking graphics on there!
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on April 18, 2005 at 8:39 PM.
That's some sweet looking graphics on there!
Your Linguistic Profile: |
75% General American English |
25% Dixie |
0% Midwestern |
0% Upper Midwestern |
0% Yankee |
Thanks to Jason Lofton, I found this quick survey that tells you what language you speak. I think it's pretty accurate, though I find I sometimes speak with a nasaly Yankee accent, which is weird.
I'm pretty much a 104.9 The X listener (and throw in some Hot Mix 101.9 for those hip-hop desires), so I don't listen to much country music anymore. I listened quite a bit in high school, only because we didn't have a decent "modern" station. And a bunch of the guys I hung out with were cowboys and rednecks, so country music is a bit of an old flame of mine.
But my wife listens to country music when she's not listening to children's music to entertain the Little Princess in the back seat. Tonight, we were driving home from the mall (we got some Chinese food from the food court there...I can only recommend their egg rolls), and were listening to the radio, and specifically KIX 103.9. All of a sudden, I got a rush like I haven't felt in a long time! "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" filled the car, and I was ready to start line dancing or getting into a bar fight!
What a fantastic song! I mean, with words like:
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on April 16, 2005 at 6:27 PM.
But my wife listens to country music when she's not listening to children's music to entertain the Little Princess in the back seat. Tonight, we were driving home from the mall (we got some Chinese food from the food court there...I can only recommend their egg rolls), and were listening to the radio, and specifically KIX 103.9. All of a sudden, I got a rush like I haven't felt in a long time! "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" filled the car, and I was ready to start line dancing or getting into a bar fight!
What a fantastic song! I mean, with words like:
The devil bowed his headI think the best thing about it is the fact that he calls the devil a son-of-a-bitch! How freaking awesome is THAT??!!
Because he knew that he'd been beat,
And he laid that golden fiddle
On the ground at Johnny's feet
Johnny said, "Devil, just come on back
if you ever wanna try again.
I done told you once,
You son-of-a-bitch,
I'm the best that's ever been!"
I love the smell of freshly cut grass! It's so refreshing and summer-ry to stand over your just-mowed yard and take in a big whiff of the grass smell!
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on April 04, 2005 at 5:58 PM.
Allison mentioned this past Monday that it would be fun to go to Tulsa for the day just to hit the zoo and eat at PF Chang's. We were going to go on Saturday, but a friend had an all-day bachelor party that I wanted to attend (golf, skeet shooting, dinner, & poker...quite a combo). So we went today (Sunday).
First off, Allison and I are BIG zoo fans! After today, though, I'm re-labeling ourselves Zoo Snobs. The last zoo we went to was the St. Louis Zoo, which is free and absolutely an incredible place! Allison was 7 months pregnant with Emma at the time, but despite the heat and pregnancy, we had a fantastic time.
We thought that Emma was old enough now (16 months) to at least get excited seeing the animals at the Tulsa Zoo. So we headed up there around mid-day today and hung out for abot 4 hours. On the brochure, it has a small callout that says "Voted America's Favorite Zoo!". Having spent 4 hours there (1 hour just trying to inflate the stroller wheels), I have 1 comment about this vote: Tulsa must have been the only participating zoo in the survey. Now, it was a very nice zoo...but I've had more fun and seen more animals at Gentry's Drive Thru Safari (and that's half the distance to drive and 2 times the adventure!). If you have kids between the age of 4 and 12, I could see that the Tulsa Zoo would be fun...there are tons of playgrounds inside the zoo (I guess to make up for the lack of animals). Regardless of the quality of zoo, we all had a great time. Emma and I rode the carousel, and Emma's biggest animal fun came from a friendly ladybug that landed on her stroller!
After the zoo, we headed out to PF Chang's (the REAL reason we went to Tulsa and not the Drive Thru Safari). We split the Orange Peel Chicken and then headed home.
Now it's time to give Emma a bath and watch Deperate Housewives (our little guilty TV pleasure). Happy Daylight Saving's Time!
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on April 03, 2005 at 6:33 PM.
First off, Allison and I are BIG zoo fans! After today, though, I'm re-labeling ourselves Zoo Snobs. The last zoo we went to was the St. Louis Zoo, which is free and absolutely an incredible place! Allison was 7 months pregnant with Emma at the time, but despite the heat and pregnancy, we had a fantastic time.
We thought that Emma was old enough now (16 months) to at least get excited seeing the animals at the Tulsa Zoo. So we headed up there around mid-day today and hung out for abot 4 hours. On the brochure, it has a small callout that says "Voted America's Favorite Zoo!". Having spent 4 hours there (1 hour just trying to inflate the stroller wheels), I have 1 comment about this vote: Tulsa must have been the only participating zoo in the survey. Now, it was a very nice zoo...but I've had more fun and seen more animals at Gentry's Drive Thru Safari (and that's half the distance to drive and 2 times the adventure!). If you have kids between the age of 4 and 12, I could see that the Tulsa Zoo would be fun...there are tons of playgrounds inside the zoo (I guess to make up for the lack of animals). Regardless of the quality of zoo, we all had a great time. Emma and I rode the carousel, and Emma's biggest animal fun came from a friendly ladybug that landed on her stroller!
After the zoo, we headed out to PF Chang's (the REAL reason we went to Tulsa and not the Drive Thru Safari). We split the Orange Peel Chicken and then headed home.
Now it's time to give Emma a bath and watch Deperate Housewives (our little guilty TV pleasure). Happy Daylight Saving's Time!
