Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Day 421 - Bowling
Cory, Cole and I went bowling today. Cory won a game, Daddy won a game, and Cole was well on the way to winning the last game before they cut us off for time.
Cole had a signature move after many of his shots. See it below!
The hamster had another run in with danger today. Cory had put Sneezy's cage in the spare bedroom overnight, apparently because he was being noisy. The door was left open mid-day today, and Ginger (the dog) got intensely interested in Sneezy, and knocked the cage off the bed an onto its side.
Like I said, amazing that the hamster is still alive.
I went into the office tonight to finish getting the workstation set up for a new employee who starts tomorrow. A new producer. Wooo! So, we're at 17.
Cole had a signature move after many of his shots. See it below!
The hamster had another run in with danger today. Cory had put Sneezy's cage in the spare bedroom overnight, apparently because he was being noisy. The door was left open mid-day today, and Ginger (the dog) got intensely interested in Sneezy, and knocked the cage off the bed an onto its side.
Like I said, amazing that the hamster is still alive.
I went into the office tonight to finish getting the workstation set up for a new employee who starts tomorrow. A new producer. Wooo! So, we're at 17.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Day 420 - Restlessness, Productivity and Geekdom
157.0 on the scale (how quickly 155 fades), 3.0 miles on the treadmill, all of 'em ran and 150/0. Gave the pipes a rest.
I had an interesting day today.
I got up and got on the treadmill early so that I'd be ready before some water treatment people came by to tell us how horrible our water is and, of course, what they can do about it for $10K.
The guy was quite showy and a little bit gay-eye-for-the-straight-guy, except he kept talking about how cheap he was, had a big-ass wedding ring on his finger and kept talking about his wife. Anyway, indeed, we're getting a formal bid mid-next-week so we can see the next big-ass chunk of money we have to drop into this house.
Cripes.
I was horribly bored and restless, so I decided to get out of the house and run some errands.
However, just as I was ready to go, Cory ran up to inform Jo that Sneezy (his hamster) had stored away a penny in his cheeks. Yeah, a penny. You could feel it in there and everything. I had to see it for myself, so I went down there and tried to ease it up into his mouth so he'd spit it out, but he was having none of that.
So I left.
I got the oil changed. I went to Target and got another charger and a Micro SD card for my new phone, as well as some groceries. I watched our "Easter is early" spot on the TVs in the electronics department. I returned a movie. I stopped at Lakewinds to get a supplement I was about to run out of. And I stopped to get a 6-pack and a couple bottles of wine to go with dinner, since Lisa & David were coming over.
When I got home, I learned that Sneezy, once back in his cage, had unloaded his cheeks which revealed he'd not only hoarded a penny, but also some chunks of modeling clay along with the usual food bits.
It is a wonder that he's still alive with all the times he's got out and all the foreign substances he's been exposed to.
Anyway, Lisa and David picked up Famous Dave's Feast for Four and we ate and drank some and played a round of Uno before Jo put the kids to bed, then went to town choosing songs for their wedding reception playlist.
We had a good time. Music geeks. I say geeks because we had three laptops, and two iPods at the kitchen table to accomplish the task at hand.
Man, what did we do before all these fun technological toys?
I had an interesting day today.
I got up and got on the treadmill early so that I'd be ready before some water treatment people came by to tell us how horrible our water is and, of course, what they can do about it for $10K.
The guy was quite showy and a little bit gay-eye-for-the-straight-guy, except he kept talking about how cheap he was, had a big-ass wedding ring on his finger and kept talking about his wife. Anyway, indeed, we're getting a formal bid mid-next-week so we can see the next big-ass chunk of money we have to drop into this house.
Cripes.
I was horribly bored and restless, so I decided to get out of the house and run some errands.
However, just as I was ready to go, Cory ran up to inform Jo that Sneezy (his hamster) had stored away a penny in his cheeks. Yeah, a penny. You could feel it in there and everything. I had to see it for myself, so I went down there and tried to ease it up into his mouth so he'd spit it out, but he was having none of that.
So I left.
I got the oil changed. I went to Target and got another charger and a Micro SD card for my new phone, as well as some groceries. I watched our "Easter is early" spot on the TVs in the electronics department. I returned a movie. I stopped at Lakewinds to get a supplement I was about to run out of. And I stopped to get a 6-pack and a couple bottles of wine to go with dinner, since Lisa & David were coming over.
When I got home, I learned that Sneezy, once back in his cage, had unloaded his cheeks which revealed he'd not only hoarded a penny, but also some chunks of modeling clay along with the usual food bits.
It is a wonder that he's still alive with all the times he's got out and all the foreign substances he's been exposed to.
Anyway, Lisa and David picked up Famous Dave's Feast for Four and we ate and drank some and played a round of Uno before Jo put the kids to bed, then went to town choosing songs for their wedding reception playlist.
We had a good time. Music geeks. I say geeks because we had three laptops, and two iPods at the kitchen table to accomplish the task at hand.
Man, what did we do before all these fun technological toys?
Friday, February 22, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Day 418 - I Can't Keep Up
157.0 on the scale, 3.0 miles on the treadmill, and 150/100.
Sorry I haven't been blogging lately. Been nutso busy!
Friday, February 15, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Quote of the Day
From Kevin, while coming up with alternatives to Alexis's nickname for Seth, "Sethy":
"I smell Seth and candy."
"I smell Seth and candy."
Day 409 - Marathoner
156.8 on the scale, 3.0 miles on the treadmill, most of it ran, and 150/100.
Well, today was a back-to-back meeting sort of day. All marathon like. Woo!
However, most of the meetings were internal stuff, including discussions about some HAM games we're creating, HamJam '08, our website, and a Trivia Tuesday Lunch, scheduled by the office cheerleader, Alexis.
It was a lot of fun, and my hat goes off to Alexis and Tiffany for making up the rules on the fly!
My team ("Team Carl") won, thanks mostly to Tiffany's knowledge of movies and music, since the Trivial Pursuit game we were using was all pop culture from the 80's and 90's. Not to say that Seth, Eric and I didn't contribute, because we did. Just saying, Tiffany knows her shit.
Anyway, the afternoon saw a kickoff meeting for a great project opportunity with Target that we're all excited about.
Well, today was a back-to-back meeting sort of day. All marathon like. Woo!
However, most of the meetings were internal stuff, including discussions about some HAM games we're creating, HamJam '08, our website, and a Trivia Tuesday Lunch, scheduled by the office cheerleader, Alexis.
It was a lot of fun, and my hat goes off to Alexis and Tiffany for making up the rules on the fly!
My team ("Team Carl") won, thanks mostly to Tiffany's knowledge of movies and music, since the Trivial Pursuit game we were using was all pop culture from the 80's and 90's. Not to say that Seth, Eric and I didn't contribute, because we did. Just saying, Tiffany knows her shit.
Anyway, the afternoon saw a kickoff meeting for a great project opportunity with Target that we're all excited about.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Cory Wins Runner-Up!
Cory just got runner up in the district spelling bee!
Unfortunately, there's no going to county or state, because the Star Tribune did not sponsor the event this year.
Poopheads.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Friday, February 8, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Quote of the Day
Daddy, to Cory, who was being sassy while sitting next to Mommy in Old Chicago: "You better watch out, you're within reach of Mommy hitting things you don't want hit."
Cole: "Yeah, then you can't have babies."
Cole: "Yeah, then you can't have babies."
Day 404
158.2 on the scale, no exercise yet.
I was at the office past midnight building again, so am running slow today.
I was at the office past midnight building again, so am running slow today.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Quote of the Day
Alexis, on McCain - "I mean, come on. If you're running for president, fix your teeth!"
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Day 402 - Super Tuesday!
157. 0 on the scale, 3.0 miles on the treadmill, almost all of 'em ran, and 150/100.
I'm liking this running in the morning again thing. I oughtta get into the habit of this regularly.
So, I've never participated in a caucus before.
This morning, first thing I did was head over to the school where the DNC caucus was, to throw my two cents into Obama's hat. Oddly enough, it was full of students!
Yeah, that's when I learned that the caucuses weren't until 6:30 tonight.
So after work, I got home, quickly fed the kids while Jo was at an appointment, then packed them in the car to go to the school again, telling them it'd be a quick thing, and they'd get to be involved in a little piece of history perhaps.
I'd intended to cast a vote quickly, then drop them home afterwards, which would line up nicely with the time Jo-Anne got back, and then I was gonna head to Ikea to get some more pieces of furniture for the office.
Well, when we finally got in the school (traffic was nuts) and then through the chaos to figure out what room we needed to be in, we discovered there was a meeting agenda for this caucus thing.
An agenda? That ends at 8:30?? Two hours??? Crap.
We sat in the back a little while and tried to listen to the couple people that were in charge try to tell the small crowd -- the majority of which clearly had also never been to a caucus -- what was to be expected this momentous evening.
Well, I had to get the kids back and get to Ikea, but I wanted my two pennies in the Obama hat too. After stressing a bit, I just decided finally to write "OBAMA" on the ballot they game me (a little handcut, blank slip of pink paper) for the non-binding presidential preference vote, drop it in the official ballot box (which was a Converse shoe box with a slit cut in the top of it), and scurry back out of the political process that was to ensue. Caucus schmaucus.
Wow.
I know this is just for the party nomination, but this was about as down home, grass roots as it could get?
A shoebox?
I'm liking this running in the morning again thing. I oughtta get into the habit of this regularly.
So, I've never participated in a caucus before.
This morning, first thing I did was head over to the school where the DNC caucus was, to throw my two cents into Obama's hat. Oddly enough, it was full of students!
Yeah, that's when I learned that the caucuses weren't until 6:30 tonight.
So after work, I got home, quickly fed the kids while Jo was at an appointment, then packed them in the car to go to the school again, telling them it'd be a quick thing, and they'd get to be involved in a little piece of history perhaps.
I'd intended to cast a vote quickly, then drop them home afterwards, which would line up nicely with the time Jo-Anne got back, and then I was gonna head to Ikea to get some more pieces of furniture for the office.
Well, when we finally got in the school (traffic was nuts) and then through the chaos to figure out what room we needed to be in, we discovered there was a meeting agenda for this caucus thing.
An agenda? That ends at 8:30?? Two hours??? Crap.
We sat in the back a little while and tried to listen to the couple people that were in charge try to tell the small crowd -- the majority of which clearly had also never been to a caucus -- what was to be expected this momentous evening.
Well, I had to get the kids back and get to Ikea, but I wanted my two pennies in the Obama hat too. After stressing a bit, I just decided finally to write "OBAMA" on the ballot they game me (a little handcut, blank slip of pink paper) for the non-binding presidential preference vote, drop it in the official ballot box (which was a Converse shoe box with a slit cut in the top of it), and scurry back out of the political process that was to ensue. Caucus schmaucus.
Wow.
I know this is just for the party nomination, but this was about as down home, grass roots as it could get?
A shoebox?
Monday, February 4, 2008
Day 401 - Bloody Fingers and Tetanus Shots
159.6 on the scale, 3.0 miles on the treadmill, all of them ran and 150/100.
This morning, I was in Cole's classroom first thing to do the classic volcano experiment with him, as part of their Father/Child Einstein's assistant thing-a-ma-bob.
We showed off the experiment to the class. Somewhere in the course of it, I got red food coloring all over my fingers, so I got a few startled and alarmed looks at my hands during the day.
Also, I had an ominous, perhaps prophetic appointment on my calendar for today. The appointment title is "SCHEDULE TETANUS SHOT". Yikes.
Oddly enough, this on the day my hands looked all bloody from red food coloring.
I must have put an appointment on my calendar years in advance when I got my last one, which of course I don't recall.
Guess I should call the doc's office.
This morning, I was in Cole's classroom first thing to do the classic volcano experiment with him, as part of their Father/Child Einstein's assistant thing-a-ma-bob.
We showed off the experiment to the class. Somewhere in the course of it, I got red food coloring all over my fingers, so I got a few startled and alarmed looks at my hands during the day.
Also, I had an ominous, perhaps prophetic appointment on my calendar for today. The appointment title is "SCHEDULE TETANUS SHOT". Yikes.
Oddly enough, this on the day my hands looked all bloody from red food coloring.
I must have put an appointment on my calendar years in advance when I got my last one, which of course I don't recall.
Guess I should call the doc's office.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Day 400 - Building Building Building
158.2 on the scale, 3.0 miles on the treadmill, all of 'em ran, and 150/100.
I'm on the way to the office with the boys and Cory's friend Holden.
I'm on the way to the office with the boys and Cory's friend Holden.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Day 399 - Dave & Busters or Bust
159.0 on the scale. No exercise.
Today, I spent some time working on building office furniture, then took the family to Dave & Busters, where I got 3,072 tickets with my 200 pts!
At the beginning, we agreed that Cory and Cole could have Mommy and Daddy's points, except I made them choose up front who's points they wanted, thereby placing a bet on who was gonna get the most points.
Cole chose me. ;)
Today, I spent some time working on building office furniture, then took the family to Dave & Busters, where I got 3,072 tickets with my 200 pts!
At the beginning, we agreed that Cory and Cole could have Mommy and Daddy's points, except I made them choose up front who's points they wanted, thereby placing a bet on who was gonna get the most points.
Cole chose me. ;)
Friday, February 1, 2008
Day 398 - Holy Crap It Is February
159.4 on the scale, 3.0 miles on the treadmill, most of them ran, and 150/100.
God, where the fuck does the time go?
God, where the fuck does the time go?
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