Steve. Dude. I did not know you knew about this place. I'm honored to have your attention. And you STILL have my freakin Guided by Voices cd that you borrowed 3 years ago!
George... for goodness sake, buy a mac. And if the Orange Thongs decide to make a Colorado appearance, consider yourself booked.
Kate, miss ya. Email me and let me know what's up. Or write... I think I've forgotten how.
Ryan, hook this negro up. I'll have ftp access on the 1st. I've got some stuff you have to hear too.
Kaitlin, did you and Gabi make up yet? I talked to Sarah about you coming out for the summer. It would be redunkulous! I hope it works out.
Paula, Sarah is still projectile vomiting, but any other tips you have are welcome.
Jim, thanks for the feedback about the word verification. I hope it doesn't discourage any incredibly lazy people from posting. I always love what they have to say.
Mom & Dad, sorry for not calling more. I've been juggling a trillion things. I love you.
Stephen & Ezra, punch each other in the face for me. I miss you guys. Hopefully, we can get you out here for a couple weeks each when the baby is born. I'll do the homeschooling... of course, the only subjects we'll cover are music, art and computer science.
Sean. Miss you man. Hope I can see you again in the forseeable future. Make fun of Dave for me.
Sarah... if you're reading this, I love you and I'll see you when I get home... yeah, that was dumb.
Well, that's Tuesday catchup. Hope you were on there, and if so, that you enjoyed it. If you weren't on there, comment more... then I'll remember to write to you.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Sunday, October 23, 2005
I, much like Lousiana, am not fixing the real problem...
I am building levees. (Honestly... does anybody know how to spell that?)
In accordance with Ryan's sage advice (He's getting mad props lately.) I am erecting a word verification box in my comments section. Please forgive the inconvenience if it bothers you, but it will hopefully prevent the salmon cooking, iPod nano giving, blood sucking populace of the internet from posting on my blog.
My thanks to all of you for your patience as I continue my attempt at an enjoyable blogging experience.
In accordance with Ryan's sage advice (He's getting mad props lately.) I am erecting a word verification box in my comments section. Please forgive the inconvenience if it bothers you, but it will hopefully prevent the salmon cooking, iPod nano giving, blood sucking populace of the internet from posting on my blog.
My thanks to all of you for your patience as I continue my attempt at an enjoyable blogging experience.
The glove compartment is inadequetly named...
...and everybody knows it.
Hi everyone. Thanks for all the comments. As Ryan so adequetly put it, it makes the dull ache of missing you quiet down for a couple minutes, just hearing from you.
I'm terribly excited about having produce bearing my name. Jim the pumpkin. If I were a vegetable, I probably would be an odd shaped gourd of some kind. The kind that makes you worry about eating it.
The end of the week was fairly uneventful, with the exception of some busy days at work. The "man" and I are doing well, and I have been making friends at my new Starbucks. They were taking their time about deciding if I was ok or not, but seem to over their suspicions.
The library was a real jewel mine this week concerning music. I found Beck's Guero album, an older Belle & Sebastian album, and a cd by Whirlwind Heat... a small band that has the gimmick of the bass player beating the living daylights out of the lead singer at the end of every concert. Jumping on his back and punching him in the head and what-not. Good, clean fun. I also picked up an old japanese yakuza (gangster) movie called "Afraid to die." It was pretty decent... and had a cool "I've been shot and now I'm going to stagger over to an escalator, struggle against it for several long seconds and then die in a poetic, and somewhat unusual ending to the movie" ending. I also picked up "Osama" which is an independent film that came out last year about a little girl in a family of women that live in Taliban-ruled Afganistan. Her last male relative dies and she has to cut her hair and pretend to be a boy to get work. She uses the name Osama because it's powerful, and people don't question her. I got interupted watching it, and it apparently didn't have the appeal to bring me back. So I didn't. Oh well. Maybe someday when I feel like it.
We get broadband set up next week!!! We're so excited. This is going to be so much less of a luxury.
Hi to Kristen! Welcome! I miss you and your laugh. My wonder twin. Say hey to Kate Hunter for me, and Jen if you see her.
Massa, are you still in contact with Sarah Kowal? Just wondering.
Well, that's about it for today. Thanks for the comments about controlling spam, Ry. And Jim, I do read your blog. You have never lost your edge there... thank you for setting a good, if not jaded example. And Paula, I bought those travel-ease wrist bands for "my woman I'm taking to the dance" and she has been wearing them. No real difference yet, but anything helps. Thanks again for the tip!
See y'all later!
"How you like it?!"
Hi everyone. Thanks for all the comments. As Ryan so adequetly put it, it makes the dull ache of missing you quiet down for a couple minutes, just hearing from you.
I'm terribly excited about having produce bearing my name. Jim the pumpkin. If I were a vegetable, I probably would be an odd shaped gourd of some kind. The kind that makes you worry about eating it.
The end of the week was fairly uneventful, with the exception of some busy days at work. The "man" and I are doing well, and I have been making friends at my new Starbucks. They were taking their time about deciding if I was ok or not, but seem to over their suspicions.
The library was a real jewel mine this week concerning music. I found Beck's Guero album, an older Belle & Sebastian album, and a cd by Whirlwind Heat... a small band that has the gimmick of the bass player beating the living daylights out of the lead singer at the end of every concert. Jumping on his back and punching him in the head and what-not. Good, clean fun. I also picked up an old japanese yakuza (gangster) movie called "Afraid to die." It was pretty decent... and had a cool "I've been shot and now I'm going to stagger over to an escalator, struggle against it for several long seconds and then die in a poetic, and somewhat unusual ending to the movie" ending. I also picked up "Osama" which is an independent film that came out last year about a little girl in a family of women that live in Taliban-ruled Afganistan. Her last male relative dies and she has to cut her hair and pretend to be a boy to get work. She uses the name Osama because it's powerful, and people don't question her. I got interupted watching it, and it apparently didn't have the appeal to bring me back. So I didn't. Oh well. Maybe someday when I feel like it.
We get broadband set up next week!!! We're so excited. This is going to be so much less of a luxury.
Hi to Kristen! Welcome! I miss you and your laugh. My wonder twin. Say hey to Kate Hunter for me, and Jen if you see her.
Massa, are you still in contact with Sarah Kowal? Just wondering.
Well, that's about it for today. Thanks for the comments about controlling spam, Ry. And Jim, I do read your blog. You have never lost your edge there... thank you for setting a good, if not jaded example. And Paula, I bought those travel-ease wrist bands for "my woman I'm taking to the dance" and she has been wearing them. No real difference yet, but anything helps. Thanks again for the tip!
See y'all later!
"How you like it?!"
Friday, October 21, 2005
No news is good news... or just plain boring...
So I'll try to make some up.
Not really.
I can, however, continue to update everyone on what's going on with us. Sarah is still having alot of morning sickness, and doesn't have much of an appetite, but she is pulling through and has been getting alot of rest. We're both encouraged by the feedback we've read about the morning sickness. It would seem that it implies a healthy pregnancy so far, and to be quite honest, I've been nervous. It's just one of those things in life, and maybe because my family had some miscarriages, that you almost don't want to think it will go all the way through in case it doesn't. But we trust that God is in control of any and all situations, and this is just another part of life that we will live through no matter what happens.
Work has been going well. I close the store tonight. I don't know if I mentioned it, but I am being paid by my store to do posters and flyers for our Saturday Night music and art shows. We are starting a program to boost our business on Sat. nights by bringing in bands and art shows every weekend. It's very exciting, and last week, our first week, went great. I'll post some of the posters here later so that you can see them.
Oh, last night Sar and I went on a date. We went out for Italian, and then saw the Corpse Bride. A really fantastic movie. Tim Burton is great. It was really well done, and charming, with a very original plot. Kept me guessing... At dinner, Sarah and I had a great discussion that ranged all over the place. I know it sounds funny to say, but I miss her. I've been working alot, and she's been home alone, and I know the feeling is mutual. Needless to say, it was a very nice evening.
We're both looking forward to the Sox in the World Series this weekend! I can't wait. I can't help but feel like this is their year.
Oh, in Apple news, which should be considered my alternative blog. If mine is down or something... Apple debuted the new, quad G5 processor tower. That's four, 2.7Ghz power pc G5 processors working together in what would be the fastest computer I can imagine is on the market right now. And the chips are built so that 2 independant processors are on the same chip. They're calling it dual-core processing... and it's already 64 bit. This is just crazy. If Ryan had that setup for his sound editing, or if I had that for graphics, it would BLOW US AWAY. I have no idea what it would be like to work on a machine like that. But I'd like to.
Well, that's it for today. Hi to everyone back at Woodgrove Festival, at home in Ohio, and in Illinois!
We love and miss you.
Jim
Not really.
I can, however, continue to update everyone on what's going on with us. Sarah is still having alot of morning sickness, and doesn't have much of an appetite, but she is pulling through and has been getting alot of rest. We're both encouraged by the feedback we've read about the morning sickness. It would seem that it implies a healthy pregnancy so far, and to be quite honest, I've been nervous. It's just one of those things in life, and maybe because my family had some miscarriages, that you almost don't want to think it will go all the way through in case it doesn't. But we trust that God is in control of any and all situations, and this is just another part of life that we will live through no matter what happens.
Work has been going well. I close the store tonight. I don't know if I mentioned it, but I am being paid by my store to do posters and flyers for our Saturday Night music and art shows. We are starting a program to boost our business on Sat. nights by bringing in bands and art shows every weekend. It's very exciting, and last week, our first week, went great. I'll post some of the posters here later so that you can see them.
Oh, last night Sar and I went on a date. We went out for Italian, and then saw the Corpse Bride. A really fantastic movie. Tim Burton is great. It was really well done, and charming, with a very original plot. Kept me guessing... At dinner, Sarah and I had a great discussion that ranged all over the place. I know it sounds funny to say, but I miss her. I've been working alot, and she's been home alone, and I know the feeling is mutual. Needless to say, it was a very nice evening.
We're both looking forward to the Sox in the World Series this weekend! I can't wait. I can't help but feel like this is their year.
Oh, in Apple news, which should be considered my alternative blog. If mine is down or something... Apple debuted the new, quad G5 processor tower. That's four, 2.7Ghz power pc G5 processors working together in what would be the fastest computer I can imagine is on the market right now. And the chips are built so that 2 independant processors are on the same chip. They're calling it dual-core processing... and it's already 64 bit. This is just crazy. If Ryan had that setup for his sound editing, or if I had that for graphics, it would BLOW US AWAY. I have no idea what it would be like to work on a machine like that. But I'd like to.
Well, that's it for today. Hi to everyone back at Woodgrove Festival, at home in Ohio, and in Illinois!
We love and miss you.
Jim
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
The man and I make nice
Today I fixed things with the manager I mentioned the other day. We both had some good things to say, and everything is better now. I've just been stressed lately. Alot on my mind.
But today things are really looking up, and I have some good news on several fronts. The first, and most important is that Sarah has an appointment to go see the doctor, and hopefully that will go well. We are excited to find someone that will see her in the next millenium, and I pray that it is a friendly and sensative doctor... so someone imaginary basically.
The second thing is that I called and arranged to have internet installed at our apartment on the first of next month. That will truly simplify a great deal of our life right now, and allow us to keep in touch with all of you that much easier.
The third, and somewhat inconsequential... but cool to me, is that Apple has made a modification to their iTunes program that I suggested to them. Of course, there may be absolutely nothing to do with me sending them a long email with pictures and at least a dozen reasons why their program needed the feature I suggested, but there may be. They are very good at keeping their finger on the pulse of the consumer, and the power user even more so, and to have an eloquent and well thought out idea that they can use and look cool because of, handed to them on a silver (free) platter is a great deal for them. Brain storming for free. Maybe I was just one of many people frustrated by the lack of folders in the iTunes playlist menu bar, or maybe I was the only one that said something, but I feel that I have done my job in simplifying my and other people's musical lives. Go Jim.
And my geekery stock increases exponentially.
Um... what else? The mountains looked really beautiful today. They're flocked with snow, and really look fantastic. I am hoping to get back on Ryan's show, possibly using an internet phone service, as soon as we have internet in the house. We'll see. For the time being, he's still using pre-recorded segments of "The music you're not listening to, but should..."
Well, I can't think of anything else right now... Oh, George or Massa.... Would you guys please make sure that Michelle C. and Emily Smith have the address of this blog? I think that they'd enjoy it.
Later,
Jim
But today things are really looking up, and I have some good news on several fronts. The first, and most important is that Sarah has an appointment to go see the doctor, and hopefully that will go well. We are excited to find someone that will see her in the next millenium, and I pray that it is a friendly and sensative doctor... so someone imaginary basically.
The second thing is that I called and arranged to have internet installed at our apartment on the first of next month. That will truly simplify a great deal of our life right now, and allow us to keep in touch with all of you that much easier.
The third, and somewhat inconsequential... but cool to me, is that Apple has made a modification to their iTunes program that I suggested to them. Of course, there may be absolutely nothing to do with me sending them a long email with pictures and at least a dozen reasons why their program needed the feature I suggested, but there may be. They are very good at keeping their finger on the pulse of the consumer, and the power user even more so, and to have an eloquent and well thought out idea that they can use and look cool because of, handed to them on a silver (free) platter is a great deal for them. Brain storming for free. Maybe I was just one of many people frustrated by the lack of folders in the iTunes playlist menu bar, or maybe I was the only one that said something, but I feel that I have done my job in simplifying my and other people's musical lives. Go Jim.
And my geekery stock increases exponentially.
Um... what else? The mountains looked really beautiful today. They're flocked with snow, and really look fantastic. I am hoping to get back on Ryan's show, possibly using an internet phone service, as soon as we have internet in the house. We'll see. For the time being, he's still using pre-recorded segments of "The music you're not listening to, but should..."
Well, I can't think of anything else right now... Oh, George or Massa.... Would you guys please make sure that Michelle C. and Emily Smith have the address of this blog? I think that they'd enjoy it.
Later,
Jim
Monday, October 17, 2005
A Jim Blog Classic...
For those of you who occasionally cruise around the archives of this blog, ok... so none of you do that... so in acceptance of that fact, I have decided to post a "Jim Blog Classic" from my first blogger post on July 28th of last year.
The scene, I am not yet working for Starbucks, and I am still in the hell hole known as A Quantum Leap Advertising... (Yes... named after the show... anyway...) Sarah and I had just moved into our Woodridge, IL apartment, and were getting settled. I had been blogging for about 2 months, on the spymac network, which had proved to be fairly unfriendly to my non-macintosh friends. And with that introduction, I give you my younger, less mature, newly blogging self...
"Stress has been building up lately, and with the constant demand on my employer's part for new and "more amazing" designs... I'm running out of steam. And since the "steam" is what I bring to the table, I need to keep it coming or I am not exactly considered useful. All the same, all these thoughts culminated today in the action of my brain farting. Yes, I think that in my overactive, and recently abused imagination, I heard my brain go "Phummph" today around 3:42pm. At first, I thought it might be our neighbors, "The mexicans" who have a giant garden growing in what was meant to be the loading dock of their business. But no, the harsh reality that my brain had just farted was the disgusting, whether real or imagined smell of boiling hotdogs (which for those of you who don't know, is the worst smell ever...) which smelled only slightly less horrible than the skunk that ate burnt popcorn, crawled under our apartment the other night and died in a fiery sulfuric blast. This is merely my interpretation of the smell that started smelling about 11:30 the other night. It stopped reeking around 8:45 that morning. Just enough to deprive us of as much sleep as possible. Later that day, upon arriving home, I went sniffing (literally) around the apartment to find the source of the hideous odor... but to no avail. No skunkish-burnt-popcorn smells to be found.
Oh well..."
And there you have it ladies and gents... the brain-farting, skunk despising post from the past. Hope you enjoyed this rerun. I hope to enter syndication at some point...
The scene, I am not yet working for Starbucks, and I am still in the hell hole known as A Quantum Leap Advertising... (Yes... named after the show... anyway...) Sarah and I had just moved into our Woodridge, IL apartment, and were getting settled. I had been blogging for about 2 months, on the spymac network, which had proved to be fairly unfriendly to my non-macintosh friends. And with that introduction, I give you my younger, less mature, newly blogging self...
"Stress has been building up lately, and with the constant demand on my employer's part for new and "more amazing" designs... I'm running out of steam. And since the "steam" is what I bring to the table, I need to keep it coming or I am not exactly considered useful. All the same, all these thoughts culminated today in the action of my brain farting. Yes, I think that in my overactive, and recently abused imagination, I heard my brain go "Phummph" today around 3:42pm. At first, I thought it might be our neighbors, "The mexicans" who have a giant garden growing in what was meant to be the loading dock of their business. But no, the harsh reality that my brain had just farted was the disgusting, whether real or imagined smell of boiling hotdogs (which for those of you who don't know, is the worst smell ever...) which smelled only slightly less horrible than the skunk that ate burnt popcorn, crawled under our apartment the other night and died in a fiery sulfuric blast. This is merely my interpretation of the smell that started smelling about 11:30 the other night. It stopped reeking around 8:45 that morning. Just enough to deprive us of as much sleep as possible. Later that day, upon arriving home, I went sniffing (literally) around the apartment to find the source of the hideous odor... but to no avail. No skunkish-burnt-popcorn smells to be found.
Oh well..."
And there you have it ladies and gents... the brain-farting, skunk despising post from the past. Hope you enjoyed this rerun. I hope to enter syndication at some point...
My eternal battle against the man...
And... I'm losing.
I got written up today, for the first time at Starbucks, because I was late to work. I am not exactly sure why I have been having trouble this last week, but I was late several days. Only 3-5 minutes each time... not big in my book, but the assistant manager at my store is one of those annoying people that rarely makes mistakes, and holds an incredibly high standard for other people. I'm not saying that she doesn't have ground to stand on, she does... I was late. But I'm really used to having folks look the other way in certain areas, because of my performance in areas like sales and interpersonal/customer relations.
In actuality, I'm going to look at this as a challenge. I know that I can get almost everything right at work if I really push myself, but I'm not used to someone on my back about it. It's such an inward battle for me. On one hand, I feel like I should be excused for some reason. That my exemplorary behaviour in one area of my work should allow for some leaway in what I consider to be a "nitty-gritty" area. On the other hand, I realize that arriving on time is important, and while I have slipped up this last week, it's something I usually get right. (At work that is...) I'm just trying to swallow my pride, and accept that there are things that I need to get right, or I'm going to be called on it. I guess that's the problem. I don't have problems accepting that I need to change, but I guess I feel that I can do it on my own, without supervision, or repercussions regarding failure.
Anyway, on to other things... Sarah and I have decided not to keep the Buick. We are going to be selling our 1996 Buick LeSabre, and hopefully getting another, more fuel efficient car.
Sarah is still feeling sick, and it lasts the majority of the day. Hopefully this will pass soon, and she'll be able to not throw up in the morning.
Ryan, buy the iPod. It's gotten considerably thinner, and while the nano is awesomely small, 4 Gigs and the loss of video support just doesn't justify the price difference of like $50. Seriously man, when you're sitting at work, watching Entourage on your iPod... are you seriously going to care that you can't fit it in the gum wrapper you just tossed? Buck up and buy the iPod. Steve-o is not going to make a size bump on the nano anytime soon, or he would've debuted it WITH the new iPod. He seriously would've waited to make a bigger impact. He prefers an onslaught of new devices as opposed to the gradual release like they've done this past month. My bets are on him NOT being happy with the way that this release has gone, but these are outstanding products all the same. P.S. Jim V... congrats to Paula on the purchase of the last of the 4th gen iPods. I know she'll be happy. It was the best of its line.
Massa, sorry about Matt being a putz and not giving you the phone. I am in the process of writing you a little card. My address is mwaff-wulfff-wauuuaffff-uff-waspafff (censored).
George, thanks for the story. I will now be able to intrigue and beguile listners with the history of that word for years to come. Can I ever repay you?
Thanks to everyone on the congratulations! We are so happy to have friends like you. Our little one is going to have such a family of great and supportive friends watching over its life. We appreciate you all so much!
I think I had something else... what was it? Oh, maybe this...
We are probably going to have INTERNET AT HOME NEXT MONTH!!! We're working on it. With Sarah's tutoring position, we may have the funds to set it up. If so... I will post more... if not, I'll try to post more.
Oh, and yeah... THE WHITE SOX ARE IN THE SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO Sox, and here's to ending the stupid "curse" thing... maybe we can get the Cubbies in the series next year. First Boston, now the Sox... who knows?
Stephen, are you wearing your jersey and hat?
Well, that's it for now. Peace out, and have a great day... we miss you.
I got written up today, for the first time at Starbucks, because I was late to work. I am not exactly sure why I have been having trouble this last week, but I was late several days. Only 3-5 minutes each time... not big in my book, but the assistant manager at my store is one of those annoying people that rarely makes mistakes, and holds an incredibly high standard for other people. I'm not saying that she doesn't have ground to stand on, she does... I was late. But I'm really used to having folks look the other way in certain areas, because of my performance in areas like sales and interpersonal/customer relations.
In actuality, I'm going to look at this as a challenge. I know that I can get almost everything right at work if I really push myself, but I'm not used to someone on my back about it. It's such an inward battle for me. On one hand, I feel like I should be excused for some reason. That my exemplorary behaviour in one area of my work should allow for some leaway in what I consider to be a "nitty-gritty" area. On the other hand, I realize that arriving on time is important, and while I have slipped up this last week, it's something I usually get right. (At work that is...) I'm just trying to swallow my pride, and accept that there are things that I need to get right, or I'm going to be called on it. I guess that's the problem. I don't have problems accepting that I need to change, but I guess I feel that I can do it on my own, without supervision, or repercussions regarding failure.
Anyway, on to other things... Sarah and I have decided not to keep the Buick. We are going to be selling our 1996 Buick LeSabre, and hopefully getting another, more fuel efficient car.
Sarah is still feeling sick, and it lasts the majority of the day. Hopefully this will pass soon, and she'll be able to not throw up in the morning.
Ryan, buy the iPod. It's gotten considerably thinner, and while the nano is awesomely small, 4 Gigs and the loss of video support just doesn't justify the price difference of like $50. Seriously man, when you're sitting at work, watching Entourage on your iPod... are you seriously going to care that you can't fit it in the gum wrapper you just tossed? Buck up and buy the iPod. Steve-o is not going to make a size bump on the nano anytime soon, or he would've debuted it WITH the new iPod. He seriously would've waited to make a bigger impact. He prefers an onslaught of new devices as opposed to the gradual release like they've done this past month. My bets are on him NOT being happy with the way that this release has gone, but these are outstanding products all the same. P.S. Jim V... congrats to Paula on the purchase of the last of the 4th gen iPods. I know she'll be happy. It was the best of its line.
Massa, sorry about Matt being a putz and not giving you the phone. I am in the process of writing you a little card. My address is mwaff-wulfff-wauuuaffff-uff-waspafff (censored).
George, thanks for the story. I will now be able to intrigue and beguile listners with the history of that word for years to come. Can I ever repay you?
Thanks to everyone on the congratulations! We are so happy to have friends like you. Our little one is going to have such a family of great and supportive friends watching over its life. We appreciate you all so much!
I think I had something else... what was it? Oh, maybe this...
We are probably going to have INTERNET AT HOME NEXT MONTH!!! We're working on it. With Sarah's tutoring position, we may have the funds to set it up. If so... I will post more... if not, I'll try to post more.
Oh, and yeah... THE WHITE SOX ARE IN THE SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO Sox, and here's to ending the stupid "curse" thing... maybe we can get the Cubbies in the series next year. First Boston, now the Sox... who knows?
Stephen, are you wearing your jersey and hat?
Well, that's it for now. Peace out, and have a great day... we miss you.
Friday, October 14, 2005
Little big news
Ok, I couldn't include this in the "Big News" post, but Apple just released new iPods that can view video, and are thinner, and new thinner iMacs with remote controls...
I burn, I pine, I perish...
www.apple.com
I burn, I pine, I perish...
www.apple.com
BIG NEWS
Ok, so huge news today.
Sarah is expecting!!!
I can't hardly believe it, but after being married for 4 years, we are going to have a baby! There were some accurate predictions by commentators on this blog, and I will say that we had our own suspicions, but neither of us expected this to be this easy. Sarah's mom had to undergo alot of surgeries and hardship to have children, and we feared that this would also be the case for Sarah. But apparently not.
She still has been struggling with morning sickness, but at least she doesn't have to worry about missing work or anything. She did pick up the tutoring job, that will be a few hours a week, and all at night.
Thanks so much everybody for all of your love and support. It was just a few days ago that we started mourning the loss of Susan, and now this! What a burst of good news!
On to more good news, I got a call from my sister Tammy today, and she is also expecting! They found out today. Very strange that both pregnancies are so close together, but that will mean less boredom for our kids at family reunions. I'm picturing one great baseball game.
Wow... what else? Oh yeah. Sarah turns 26 tomorrow, so this is one big birthday present for her. If anybody wants to send their good wishes or congratulations or both to her, her addy is saremil@yahoo.com. I'm sure she'd love to hear from you.
Well, we're off to go to dinner for Sarah's birthday. We got a gift certificate for Chili's from one of the gazillion surveys that she fills out on a regular basis. :)
Love you all, miss you all...
Peacy-weese
Sarah is expecting!!!
I can't hardly believe it, but after being married for 4 years, we are going to have a baby! There were some accurate predictions by commentators on this blog, and I will say that we had our own suspicions, but neither of us expected this to be this easy. Sarah's mom had to undergo alot of surgeries and hardship to have children, and we feared that this would also be the case for Sarah. But apparently not.
She still has been struggling with morning sickness, but at least she doesn't have to worry about missing work or anything. She did pick up the tutoring job, that will be a few hours a week, and all at night.
Thanks so much everybody for all of your love and support. It was just a few days ago that we started mourning the loss of Susan, and now this! What a burst of good news!
On to more good news, I got a call from my sister Tammy today, and she is also expecting! They found out today. Very strange that both pregnancies are so close together, but that will mean less boredom for our kids at family reunions. I'm picturing one great baseball game.
Wow... what else? Oh yeah. Sarah turns 26 tomorrow, so this is one big birthday present for her. If anybody wants to send their good wishes or congratulations or both to her, her addy is saremil@yahoo.com. I'm sure she'd love to hear from you.
Well, we're off to go to dinner for Sarah's birthday. We got a gift certificate for Chili's from one of the gazillion surveys that she fills out on a regular basis. :)
Love you all, miss you all...
Peacy-weese
Monday, October 10, 2005
Ok... that's it!
I agree wholeheartedly with Jim V's rant comment on the "Comfortably Numb" post. Advertisers on blogger are scum, and I am, like Pat Robertson endorsing the assasination of a world leader on his "christian" program, endorsing the online (via hacking, spamming or otherwise obnoxious behaviour) assasination of the advertisers using my blog as a billboard.
It is way too annoying for me to use my limited internet access time to delete your notes about home loans, mortgages, and sports memorabilia! Take a gander through my posts, and you'll realize I don't have money for any of that!
Argh! (And for George... "IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!")
It is way too annoying for me to use my limited internet access time to delete your notes about home loans, mortgages, and sports memorabilia! Take a gander through my posts, and you'll realize I don't have money for any of that!
Argh! (And for George... "IT'S DRIVING ME NUTS!")
This weekend, in which it snows, Sarah is still sick, and Jim makes gruel
Well folks, today it is snowing here in Colorado. It's beginning to look alot like a freak mix of seasons, as most of the trees have not yet changed. I will say that the aspens look beautiful whether they have green leaves, yellow leaves or snow on them. What a fantastic tree. Sarah says I'm a geek because I like trees and birds. I guess it's more than the fact that I like them... I have this odd desire to remember their names, and things about them. I don't remember doing that as a kid. Maybe something's wrong with me.
Sarah's been feeling ill for about a week and a half now. She gets sick in the morning, and doesn't like eating much. For those of you who know her, that's somewhere near death for her. I decided that maybe she needed some chicken soup, so yesterday, I made some soup. I started with water, some chicken boulion, some chicken I grilled, celery and onion. I added some spices, and left it in the crockpot to steep for awhile. I then added a little more than a cup of rice. Mistake. After about 4 hours, (In my mind, a good amount of time for a soup... having 0% soup making experience) the rice had gone beyond soft and tasty, (approx. 2 hrs.) to being highly absorbant. When I returned to the crockpot around hour number 4, the rice had successfully absorbed all of the fluid in the pot, and had turned into something resembling grits. Grits are good, but not chicken flavored grits with pieces of celery in them. We called it gruel, and I bravely ate about 4 ounces of it, before pouring the whole fiasco into a bag and hauling it off to the trash. This accounts for the second cooking fiasco of my married career. And I must say, out of four years, two incidents aint bad! The whole thing reminded me of a book I read as a youngster in which a sailing ship hauling rice as cargo sprung a leak, and the rice inflated and blew the ship apart by its boards. This was much less dramatic, and involved celery and a crockpot, but the stories are otherwise identical. In my defense, I tried to come up with an idea of restoring the gruel to a state of edibility. But to no avail.
Oh, I should probably say something about my new store. I am now full time at the Garden of the gods Starbucks. The workers and customers are great! I really like the crew, and while drive through poses some really big challenges, I'm sure I'll get accustomed soon enough. Some possible "feet in" for Sarah have popped up in the last week or so. My district manager Ed, knows a head honcho over at Cook Publishing, and he met with his friend yesterday, and gave him Sarah's resume. Hopefully it will lead to something lucrative for her. In the meantime, a tutoring position may open up for her that would pay around $30 an hour! Pretty awesome!
Anyway, I can't really think of anything more to say for now, so I'll let you all go. Enjoy your day, and know that we miss you.
Peace,
Jim
Sarah's been feeling ill for about a week and a half now. She gets sick in the morning, and doesn't like eating much. For those of you who know her, that's somewhere near death for her. I decided that maybe she needed some chicken soup, so yesterday, I made some soup. I started with water, some chicken boulion, some chicken I grilled, celery and onion. I added some spices, and left it in the crockpot to steep for awhile. I then added a little more than a cup of rice. Mistake. After about 4 hours, (In my mind, a good amount of time for a soup... having 0% soup making experience) the rice had gone beyond soft and tasty, (approx. 2 hrs.) to being highly absorbant. When I returned to the crockpot around hour number 4, the rice had successfully absorbed all of the fluid in the pot, and had turned into something resembling grits. Grits are good, but not chicken flavored grits with pieces of celery in them. We called it gruel, and I bravely ate about 4 ounces of it, before pouring the whole fiasco into a bag and hauling it off to the trash. This accounts for the second cooking fiasco of my married career. And I must say, out of four years, two incidents aint bad! The whole thing reminded me of a book I read as a youngster in which a sailing ship hauling rice as cargo sprung a leak, and the rice inflated and blew the ship apart by its boards. This was much less dramatic, and involved celery and a crockpot, but the stories are otherwise identical. In my defense, I tried to come up with an idea of restoring the gruel to a state of edibility. But to no avail.
Oh, I should probably say something about my new store. I am now full time at the Garden of the gods Starbucks. The workers and customers are great! I really like the crew, and while drive through poses some really big challenges, I'm sure I'll get accustomed soon enough. Some possible "feet in" for Sarah have popped up in the last week or so. My district manager Ed, knows a head honcho over at Cook Publishing, and he met with his friend yesterday, and gave him Sarah's resume. Hopefully it will lead to something lucrative for her. In the meantime, a tutoring position may open up for her that would pay around $30 an hour! Pretty awesome!
Anyway, I can't really think of anything more to say for now, so I'll let you all go. Enjoy your day, and know that we miss you.
Peace,
Jim
Monday, October 03, 2005
Comfortably Numb
I was driving up by Glen Eyre on the western side of town today, and I decided that the perfect song to drive through the mountains to is "Comfortably numb" by Pink Floyd. Not that anyone needed to know that, but as Ryan would say, I had and "apostrophe".
Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and prayers. Jim, you nailed it on the head with the verse that you recommended. It's one of my favorites, and a constant source of strength in my life. My dad had me memorize it when I was young and afraid of the dark, and it's gotten me through increasingly "dark" areas of my life. "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does."
Very cool to have you bring it up. Thanks man.
Massa, Erina and Mom, thanks for your posts too. Love you all.
That's all for today. More later.
Jim
Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and prayers. Jim, you nailed it on the head with the verse that you recommended. It's one of my favorites, and a constant source of strength in my life. My dad had me memorize it when I was young and afraid of the dark, and it's gotten me through increasingly "dark" areas of my life. "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does."
Very cool to have you bring it up. Thanks man.
Massa, Erina and Mom, thanks for your posts too. Love you all.
That's all for today. More later.
Jim
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