When I sit at the computer, I can see out my front window. Every once in awhile I see a little slice of Americana that shouldn't be ignored...
The baseball game eventually turned into squirt gun wars. As D's dad used to say, "If you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."
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Nice, big front yard. Plush lookin grass (and w/ yalls rainfall ttls, probably a low water bill).
I especially like the big rock to protect the catcher.
Nice super soakers!
It's a great yard, I love it. Well water...no water bill. But lotsa rusty stains.
Isn't that funny of T? I love that of him hiding behind the rock. He's so not a sports guy, but he's a trooper.
Tell em not to sweat it. Last two games they stuck me in right field and behind the plate.
Didn't you tell em you rock at this sport? Maybe you should be a free agent.
T tried bball, but he's not naturally sports inclined, and not competetive at all. It'll be interesting to see where his interests lie. Right now he's science boy. Let him spew facts and use his vocabulary and he's happy.
It's funny. R's like that too. He doesn't get into sports, but he loves animals, insects, etc. With football, he has this bad habit of cheering for the Cowboys. I think he does it to get a reaction out of me though.
Well, we kinda got this unspoken rule that if you miss a game or two you get stuck in right field. That and the head coach and I rotate ourselves in behind the plate every now and then, cause NO ONE likes playin catcher in SB.
Speakin of vocab..
I asked little S somethin last nite and she replied, "I decline".
Whatever.
Ha ha! I love it!
It's a great home, but, I just saw a Forbes article that might pique your interest, especially considering you last vacation destination. Of the top ten cities to buy a home in America, Detroit wasn't there. But some cities that were:
Dallas, #8 (I think)
San Antonio, #5 (I think)
Austin, #2
Houston, #1
I'm just sayin'
Gee, it wasn't? ;)
#8...too hot
#5...too humid
#2...too moist
#1...too sticky
If you would have said Austin was too moist last year, I'd have let you get away with it. I think we set a rainfall record by July last year. But not this year. I think we've had 5 inches of rain all year. It feels that way at least.
K, I'll change it to...
the temperature's too high. :)
How about balmy?
Perfect.
Mornin.
How goes the computer problem? Workin ok?
Hello! Um...it's working, but it's still funky. Not sure what to do. I'm afraid if I unplug I'll be unplugged till Friday and I'll die of boredom the next two nights. Think I'll just wing it as it's serving it's pupose at the moment.
Holy cow, I did it. Took the dang thing to Best Buy, and they said they'd run a scan on it. Said it'd be a half hour. So I took the kids to lunch, took 45 minutes to give them extra time, and went back, (as we're not near our house.)
Went up to a "Geek" and told him they were runnin tests on it. He goes over to it and says, "Well, it looks like they were having problems connecting it. Oh! There we go!".
I'm a little dumbfounded cuz I know what's coming. I say, "you mean I have to wait ANOTHER half hour??" And he says, "Actually give us 45 minutes".
The total process took 3 hours and 3 trips to Best Buy. Apparently the little darlin's fairly sick, but he sped her up best he could.
Then I get home and hook it up, hoping I can get it right. Everything goes swimmingly and I go to post here and no keyboard usage. THE BLOODY KEYBOARD!! I swear. So with some fiddling and a re-boot, here I am. So after all that, somebody better damn talk to me tnite! ;)
btw, my hookup's not perfect, which does give me some anxiety. I couldn't...never mind. I'm fixing it NOW.
There. The keyboard cord was comin out the front of the desk, instead of through the hole in the back. I know, but I can be a little anal that way. Problem was I had to plug it into the back of the tower without being able to SEE the back of the tower. I channeled Ray Charles and got the job done.
Now I'm going to Choi to get rid a this pent up energy!
Well you're lucky my baby girl is sick. I stayed home from church tonight to stay with her. Last time one of the kids was sick, Carmen stayed home, and Carmen was in the kids classes last week so I thought it would be good for her to get in with the adult class this week. We're doing Vacation Bible School which started last Wed. I'll be in there with the kids for the next 3 weeks. I'll be playing the part of this guy, maybe you've heard of Him, Jesus. Anyway, I had my beard nice and trimmed but I'm letting it go a little to get into character. Only problem is that I have to go to the airport for something soon, (not the NY thing) and I don't really want to get the 'glove' treatment if you know what I mean.
Aw...sorry bout your little one.
I reckon you'll make a good Jesus. As far as "the glove" goes, I guess it's the sacrifices you have to make for your art. :)
It seems like the vacation bible camps all start around the same time. B was gonna go w/ our neighbor, but I haven't heard from his mom, so he may have missed it if it was this week. They're Baptist...I know, time to move. There goes the neighborhood. ;)
Well our family of churches has a camp that they go to which probably meets the 'definition' of VBS. Four or five days out in the middle of nowhere, with Jesus, swimming, basketball and baseball, and more Jesus.
But what our church is doing for midweek services is having extended classes for the kids and adults, and we try to make it real entertaining for the kids. They usually really enjoy it. So we are doing this for 5 weeks. I'm in weeks 3,4 and 5. Tonight is week 2. I'll need to take the next week to 'get into' character. What's cool is, I'm supposed to live my life to be more like Him anyway, so 'getting into character' is what I'm always supposed to do. Now I just have to remember my lines.
BTW, the guy I beat out for the part is a bald white guy. I don't know that I so much beat him out as much as they said, "Yeah, Nestor looks kinda like someone from the middle east."
Last night on the news I saw a story about a lady who found a cheeto that looks like Jesus on the cross (which it did). Anyhow, she named in Cheesus.
That's really cool Nest. Is there a skit or do you just walk around bein Jesus? Yall don't need a Bush do you, cause I'm available.
We've been havin a Sorry marathon tonight. We played till I won. Then I lost a dollar on a bet. Seems you can jump over your own peg (accordin to the on-line rule; we lost ours).
Good job on the puter Lin, you're the new IT gal. Hey, if T goes to the VBS, be sure to mention the whole "the earth was populated by aliens" thing; Baptists love that stuff.
I don't have too many lines. Well at least for weeks four and five. I haven't gotten the script for week 3. The person setting it up didn't realize there was a Jesus part for week 3. Anyway. Carmen just got home. I'll catch you guys later.
Later.
Fraid that's all for me as well; I'm beat.
gna.
I love Sorry. Did you make sure you said "sooorryyyy!" in a real annoying voice everytime you sent someone to start? It's imperative.
Yeah, thanks. I was pretty pleased I got that done today. It's working great. It used to rev up a lot, so I had em get the dust out of it, and I haven't heard it at all. Probably blocking the fan or something. (It has a fan, right?)
Choi kicked my bum tday. Really, it was so hard I felt like crap when it was over. When it whips 18 yr. old blackbelts, you know you're in trouble.
Another Cheeto Jesus?
Whoops...it seems I'm talking to myself. Later.
Linda -
> #8...too hot
> #5...too humid
> #2...too moist
> #1...too sticky
Those complaints can all be said about the #1 city. The only reason it's #1 is because this is the oil capital of the world.
And guess who's paying for our success. You (and me.)
BTW: Our "success" here is only relative. There's plenty of boarded up businesses here, along with the other signs of recession. Really, it's just that we're not doing as bad as the rest of the country, due to the oil dollars. Believe me, it's not trickling down that much.
Well you don't have to go far into Detroit to know it sucks. I'm thinkin the studies done were on cities proper, cuz our suburbs are lovely. Oy, now we've got our Kwame controversy that's made national news and our city council who have their own loons. I don't even watch local news here. Gave that up long ago.
The economy in Texas is just fine. In fact, due to the *EVIL* oil dollar there are towns like Midland, for example, that are boomin. Where ever I go I'm seein help wanted signs.
Oooh, Stan messed with Texas!
WEEK AT THE GYM: ONE MAN'S STORY
Dear Everybody:
I know I told some of you about what I'm doing while taking time off away from golf. I called the club and made my reservation with a personal trainer named
Belinda, who identified herself as a 26 yr. old aerobics instructor and model for athletic clothing and swimwear. My wife seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started! The club encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress.
MONDAY:
Started my day at 6:00am.
Tough to get out of bed, but it was well worth it when I arrived at the health club to find Belinda waiting for me. She was something of a Greek goddess - with blonde hair, dancing eyes and a dazzling white smile. Woo Hoo!!!!!
She took my pulse after 5 minutes on the treadmill. She was alarmed that my pulse was so fast, but I attributed it to standing next to her in her Lycra aerobics outfit. I enjoyed watching the skillful way in which she conducted her aerobics class after my workout today. Very inspiring, Belinda was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, although my gut was already aching from holding it in the whole time she was around. This is going to be a FANTASTIC week!! I think she likes me as a person.
TUESDAY:
I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out the door.
Belinda made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar into the air, and then she put weights on it! My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I made the full mile. Belinda's rewarding smile made it
all worthwhile. I feel GR EAT!! It's a whole new life for me.
WEDNESDAY:
The only way I can brush my teeth is by lying on the toothbrush on the counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it. I believe I have a hernia in both pectorals. Driving was OK as long as I didn't try to steer or stop. I parked on top of a GEO in the club parking lot. Belinda was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered the other club members. Her voice is a little too perky for early in the morning and
when she scolds, she gets this nasally whine that is VERY annoying. My chest hurt when I got on the treadmill, so Belinda put me on the stairmonster. Why the hell would anyone invent a machine to simulate an activity rendered obsolete by elevators? Belinda told me it would help me get in shape and enjoy life. She said some other sh*t too.
THURSDAY:
Her thin, cruel lips were pulled back in a full snarl. I couldn't help being a half an hour late; it took me that long to tie my shoes. Belinda took me to workout with dumbbells. When she was not looking, I ran and hid in the men's room. She sent Lars to find me, then, as punishment, put me on the rowing machine which I sank.
FRIDAY:
I hate that b*tch Belinda more than any human being has ever hated any other human being in the history of the world. Stupid, skinny, anemic little cheerleading b*tch. If there were a part of my body I could move without unbearable pain, I would beat her with it. Belinda wanted me to work on my triceps. I don't have any triceps! And if you don't want dents in the floor, don't hand me the*&%#(#&** barbells or anything that weighs more than a sandwich. The treadmill flung me off and I landed on a health and nutrition teacher. Why couldn't it have been some one softer, like the drama coach or the choir director?
SATURDAY:
Belinda left a message on my cell phone in her grating, shrilly voice wondering why I did not show up today. Just hearing her made me want to smash the phone. However, I lacked the strength to even use the TV remote and ended up catching eleven straight
hours of the Weather Channel.
SUNDAY:
I'm having the Church van pick me up for services today so I can go and thank GOD that this week is over. Next week I'm gonna do something that is fun - like a root canal or a
vasectomy.
Lol..Hilarious!
Speaking of vasectomies, (don't give me that "oh here we go" look.)
I know this doctor who does them that has gotten his hands on quite a few men I know (so to speak).
His name is Dr. Nutting.
I'm just sayin.
Thought it was sorta ironic cuz we were talkin about this in CC..
T asked me yesterday when he was gonna be allowed to eat hard candy. I told him when he's around his cousin's age. He was quick to point out that his cousin's a teenager and I said "yup, pretty much." Then I told him he'd thank me later when he grew up and wasn't dead. I love parent logic.
"Dr. Nutting will you see you now."
I guess it was destiny for him to do that kinda work.
Yeah, regardin hard candy, why risk it.
Was just lookin at a slide show of pics from different space telescopes that you might like. Go to MSM, it's on the front page. Wasn't able to get a link.
Crashin early, busy week. gn.
Couldn't sleep, still up. You're not, so never mind.
Goood mornin.
I tell ya, nothin like a couple a hours a sleep to recharge ya. I'm DC sleepy right now.
Buck up Capt'n.
Couldn't find MSM? Don't know what that means. I heard they found water on Mars, tho. That's cool.
We're off to our last day of swim lessons!
Sorry, I meant MSN, it's not there now.
Good luck w/ swimmin.
Later.
Water on Mars. Well that means they have Hydrogen and Oxygen, so they've got that goin' for 'em.
They also found ethane on Titan (a moon of Saturn) so maybe if we don't drill for oil here, we can go there to get it. ;)
Well I care about others. I was worried the little Martians didn't have any water.
What a beautiful day here. Went to my folks' to swim.
Did you hear about NY and their thought of banning texting and walking at the same time? What a hoot. Thinkin it wouldn't affect Reck much. (Tried texting you in while we were in TX and it wouldn't go thru.)
So what work are you doin this week that's got you so busy?
What is "texting"? ;)
Was working on 2 jobs forn KB Homes. After they lift the houses and do heir plumbin stuff, I follow w/ sheetrock repairs and or installation and texturin. It's alittle more physically demandin than painting (especially all the freakin sandin). Anyhow, finished both up today.
Goin to a weddin manana (pastor's daughter). He's a nervous reck.
Funny story:
Couple a months ago he (our pastor) was baptizin the fella that's marryin his daughter. Right before the dunkin phase he says, "so, before I hold you under water, just what exactly are your intentions for my daughter?"
There should be a law against work like that in TX in the summer.
Pastor story...cute.
Ok guys, time to take another candidate quiz now that we're down to only a few. Stole this link from Brian R. at TH.
http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html
I'm 62.5% McCain
57.5% Baldwin
50% Barr
48% Obama
27% Nader
22% McKinney
This is not good. I took the vajoe quiz and here are my scores...
McCain 33%
Obama 30%
Nadar 20%
Baldwin 10%
Barr 3%
McKinney 2%
I'm not sure what this means. Maybe I'm disenfranchised.Oh yeah, I had to spell ck that one.
Did we take the same test?
Interestn evenin so far. decided to take the dogs for a walk. You know, "Dog Whisperer" style. Neither (side note, if mispell neither, as in reversin the e and i, spell ck spells out Nester) of our big dogs does well on a leash. So, off we go (one at a time).
Actually Buster did pretty well once he realized I wasn't gonna let him lead. Bobo on the other hand apparently thinks walkin on a leash means chocking to death. Manana I'm gettin some different type a collars (harness type I'm thinkin).
As per usual, I'm apologizing for not contributing so much. On top of all my distractions, I'm preparing for *FINALLY* recording one of my parody songs, I'll let ya'll guess which one.
Of course part of the preparations is getting sequencing/sampling software to work with my various Vista configurations, you might have an idea Y I'm so distracted ...
When I do finally get it finished, I'll do my best to share it with ya'll "BleckHeads" (tm). In the meantime, ya'll can debate about *WHICH* of my parody songs I'm preparing to record ...
I got:
McCain 76.27
Baldwin 62.71
Barr 50.85
Obama 30.51
McKinney 17.8
Nader 1.69
I'm a little concerned at how closely I matched McCain, but I'm guessing part of that is some of his 'moves to the right' since shoring up the nomination. I don't know anything about Baldwin or Barr. I had considered doing research on Barr, but maybe I'll also research Baldwin too. They may be someone I could legitamitely vote for in November. I'll have a hard time voting for McCain unless he picks a decent running mate.
Linda,
I'm surprised you haven't yet made mention of the 'Montauk Monster'.
So the pastor's a nervous 'reck'? Did he marry them too, or did he just give his daughter away? I'm curious to how that worked. Let us know how the wedding went.
Yes, he's doin the marryin. Guess he'll walk her down the isle as well. I'll let ya know.
You mean the bloated dog that washed up on shore?
That's the one. I'm thinking it's what someone on the CNN video suggested, a sea turtle without the shell. But I'm sure the conspiracy theorist who runs this blog has other thoughts. Perhaps it's the alien who 'seeded the earth'. ;)
Actually, I'm thinkin it's a sea turtle w/out its shell. Ugly lookin thing. If something like that woulda washed up in Padre, I think I woulda stayed out of the ocean from that point forward.
I thnk yall are right, it does look like a sea turtle.
"But I'm sure the conspiracy theorist who runs this blog has other thoughts." Lol
Found that funny, didja?
Yes.
The weddin was cool. Best line ..
Right before the vows, our Pastor's talkin about what's important to the groom and bride on weddin day. So he says, "There are only three things a bride thinks about on her wedding day. The aisle, the alter, and you (pointin to the groom). And for the rest a her life this is what she'll focus on...aisle..alter..you."
Pretty funny.
He did get teary bout half way through the ceremony, but he recovered nicely.
I see ya'll already know which of my parody tunes I'm gonna record. :-)
That's very clever. I didn't get it at first, had to reread it. I guess that's good, tho right? Course in my case it was 'gravel path, gazebo, you." Doesn't really work. :)
Did you do the hokey pokey at the reception?
Up way too early.
Hey, S and I were married outdoors in a gazebo as well.
May in Friendswood TX, yeah, it was warm.
No kidding? October in Northville, MI. Not warm... but beautiful foliage.
Linda -
> Oooh, Stan messed with Texas!
I wouldn't be a true Texan if I didn't when I think that Texas is wrong.
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