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Tuesday, 13 November 2007

Sunday, 05 August 2007

  • P6097211 Ode to my Father...
    ok, so its more of a little story then an actual ode!

    As some of you might know, my dad can be rather unique on occasion.  My wedding day was no different.  He mentions to me a couple times before the wedding that his wife has a card for DaNae and I and that we shouldn't let anyone know what's in it.   So the big day comes and as I'm tracking down mothers so I can attempt to not impale them as I put their flowers on them and my dad comes up to me with an envelope in hand.  Its a little bulky and he again reiterates that I mustn't tell anyone what's in the envelope.  My curiosity is perked up by this hefty envelope.  My mind starts running through a couple of the scenarios of what could've possibly fit into this envelope...could it be a lengthy note discussing all sorts of "advice" from him? Or maybe its some heirloom passed down from father to son on their wedding day!  Could it be a severed finger? 

    Unfortunately I couldn't check the contents at the moment because I had to get rid of those flowers and I handed off the envelope to my best man for safe keeping.  Hours later after all was said and done.  The reception had wrapped up and DaNae and I were headed out, my best man comes up to me with the envelope and says "can't let you forget this!"

    DaNae and I jump in the vehicle and after my second Best man starts driving us away I decide to let my curiosity have the best of me and look in the envelope.  I didn't find any note of advice, or any family heirlooms and luckily there wasn't a severed finger! 

    Yes my father can be rather cryptic on occasion but I'm still rather glad that I can call him Dad. 

Tuesday, 24 July 2007

  • Sew perfect...

    Its been a while since I've updated everyone on my life so here's a few snippets...

    • I just spent the last two and half hours at work sewing!  Yeah, I can sew even though I'm a little slow at it.  What do I have to sew at work?  A net!  I trashed it last week trying to get flies out of the rafters up at the Sybille Wildlife Center and I need to do the same thing today (not trash the net but get more flies). 
    • I've been riding my bicycle more and more lately and been enjoying that more then my motorcycle. I like it so much I went out and bought DaNae a new bike.  One of these days I'll be able to convince her to ride to Walmart and Church and we won't have any reason to consume gas except for road trips and harsh weather conditions which occasionally rear their head in Laramie! I am a little envious of her new wheels but I'll just have to sit tight till next summer I think!
    • I need to start making my own trail mix!
    • Married life is pretty sweet!  Though it is a drastic change from having your own bed and room so you can have a place to get away from people if needed but I pretty much have that at work now (I have my own office, not a bed, at least not yet) so it makes the transition easier!
    • I've been eating carrots every week day for the last two or three weeks for lunch...I think I need to start mixing it up as far as fruits and vegetables go.  (I just reread that and to clarify, that's not all I eat for lunch but its the vegetable portion of my complete lunch!)
    • I just built a new computer for DaNae and I since both of us had archaic ones that couldn't do much for our needs.  I built the whole thing and installed Win XP and it worked perfectly!  I was a little bummed that I didn't have to do any troubleshooting.  Then I decided to upgrade to Win Vista Ultimate and had a few problems which I tried troubleshooting and wound up frying the install so I just did a fresh install and life is sweet!  I actually like Vista quite a bit more then XP.  Not sure why everyone complains about it.  And I'm sick of people saying that Windows is ripping off Mac.  They are still quite different thankfully and when Toyota comes out with a new truck I don't hear people complaining that they are ripping off Ford! 
    • I am a bit of a nerd.  In other news I've been playing Star wars legos on the xbox 360, its quite a bit of fun and kinda funny at the same time!  The joys of casual gaming are great!
    • I attended Dave's master's defense yesterday and enjoyed it until he got into the major technical stuff which I completely don't understand.  But he rocked and did a good job of fielding questions at the end.
    • My new boss is the same age as my brother (3 years older then me).  Its kinda funny how nerdy and excitable they both are, even though my boss has a mullet, but I won't judge his hair style tastes because I once had a dreaded 'rat tail'!  yeah, in hind sight I realize how bad of a choice that was, especially when I occasionally see someone else with one.  I just wonder why my parents would allow me to do that for so many years...did they think it was as cool as I did?  I think my family is more redneck then I give them credit for somedays!

    I'm off to catch flies...have a great day!

Wednesday, 06 June 2007

  • Saturday!!!! Saturday!!!! Saturday!!!!

    ok so I'm stressing a little bit...the big day is just 3 days away and I'm actually stressing more then just a little bit.  I'm not stressing over who I'm marrying or whether or not I should be getting married. I'm 100% positive that DaNae is the woman for me and they we are going to have a great life together, through the thick and the thin!  I'm more stressing over the fact that there is so much to do and so much to get done and making it through the ceremony with out forgetting to breathe or locking my knees!  The whole thing seems somewhat surreal at this moment, the fact that on Saturday my life will change, that after that day there will be someone else in my bed when I fall asleep at night and will probably be there in the morning (depending on how early she gets up and how late I sleep in).  After that day, I no longer have just me to think about when making major life decisions such as whether to buy a motorcycle or what food to buy at the grocery store!  After Saturday, I will no longer have to sit at home wondering what my best friend is doing, because she will already be there.  After Saturday, I won't have to worry about sending her home at night or about me driving home when its late and I'm tired. 

    I'm excited and nervous and about a billion other emotions all tied up inside of me at the moment...after Saturday life will be sweeter!

Thursday, 24 May 2007