Fron the last time....

"So the new job starts Monday.  The past 2 weeks have bben a mess.  Days like today make me wonder why I stopped drinking.  Today we transfered inventory from our vans to the new vans with the new company.  This includes parts, tools and laptops.  This became a huge nightmare as all the legal questions were answered and then changed.  There was an open conference call running all day for all the questions.  I never listened in but I heard that most of the day I was the focus of part of the call.  That's what happens when you start early.  After I was done half the stuff was changed.  Either way I got done early.  Tomorrow I drop off the van and MOnday I get picked up to get the new van.  There was such a discussion on the legal over this.  We can't be in one van since we aren't an employee.  We can't be in the other van after 11:59 Sunday night.  So there ends up being multiple trips back and forth. 

Saturday was fun.

Last year Jimmy joined a group call WNY United agaist drugs and alcohol.  They have meetings and fun outings and raise money for chaities.  Saturday was WNY United day at the ball park.  The Buffalo Bisons (AAA team) let the group on the field before the game to present award to the principals of the participating schools.  All members got free tickets for the family.  That means all 4 of us were there free.  Jimmy was asked to help carry out the banner with the signatures of all the members.  It was cool to see Jimmy on the Big Board

Even before this when we first got there the boys played some $1 games in the concourse.  Philip won 2 free tickets for a game in May spinning a wheel. 

Then he played Plinko and won 2 more tickets.

Then after the 1st inning they had a race between 2 of the kids from the group out on the field.  We look and there's Jimmy on the field.  The race was sponsored by Adams Mark hotel; the winner gets dinner for 2.  They raced with a suitcase to another suitcase.  They had to throw on a shirt and hat and run back.  Somehow Jimmy won at the end with a big burst of speed.

Busy busy busy

I'm behind on a bunch of stuff.  I'll catch up soon I hope.

Check out the quiz club group - Pinky posted 2 new quizes for everyone.

I've been AWOL lately. It's been busy around here. School, the holidays and everything else just takes time.

Since last year we needed new living room furniture. What we had was from my wife's aunt and was old when we got it. Over the past few months it got bad and we finally decided we would buy something new. We spent a month looking on line and checking out stores. That really kills blogging time. We decided and bought a new set on March 23. So that meant we had to get rid of what we had. Sunday, the wife and I carried the sofa and loveseat down the steps to the curb for Monday's garbage day. I spent the day cleaning and scrubbing the carpet. It's so much easier when you don't have to move furiture while cleaning.

So, Tuesday I took the day off and finished cleaning. We got the new stuffat noon. Very comfy. The pic and link are set and color we got. We also added a matching chair and ottoman. We didn't get the tables.

http://www.ashleyfurniture.com/Showroom/Showroom.aspx?PageId=Showroom&Categor...

This plant started out as a 4 inch plant from school. 4 years ago Jimmy bought this for Lisa as a mother's day present from school. It was supposed to die that year. We hoved it in the backroom where it get real cold in the winter. I put it in a bigger pot and it kept growing. Today we went to Target and got the new pot and moved it to the living room. It's too big for the back. It's on one side of the TV and a 3 foot snake plant is on the other side.

I haven't blogged much this past week.

Mostly I was sick. The whole congestion thing was driving me nuts. Now it's just a sore throat.

It took a while just to catch up on emails, finally I got that done. So I hope I can get back to the blogs.

So we are having weather today.

We were told 12" from today to Sunday morning. We already have about 6" and were told on the news that we should expect an additional 12" by Sunday. I love the accuracy of the weather forecasters.

The roads look terrible so we are spending the weekend at home. No Tae Kwon Do, no gym just the 4 of us in the house. If by chance I mysteriously stop posting or blogging send help.

We were supposed to go to the library tomorrow but that's off. We have stuff to return but we can renew online so we don't have to pay a fine.

Uggg

Tons of emails and blogs to catch up on.

Had appointments Monday and today. We missed the gym and Tae Kwon Do.

I have stuff to do for work at home that is taking forever.

Philip needs glasses. We went to the eye doctor and he's nearsighted so he jons the rest of us with glasses. The glasses there were $250. We took the prescription and drove th 1/2 mile to America's Best and paid $92 for 2 pair of glasses with warranty and one of the glsses has tint for summer.

I got an email from my class reunion people with names and addresses so I'll be looking through that too.

I'll catch up on stuff as I can.

Catching up on the week.

Thursday was a meeting at Jimmy's high school for next year. The top 20% on the entrance exams received scholarships. Jimmy was one of 2 kids that received 2 awards. The pic is from the reception. It was a nice way to bring some of the class together to let them get to know each other.

This morning was sign up day. We mad the registration payment and made it official that he's going to Timon. We have a parent meeting in May and he will have an orientation in the summer.

Philip has years to go before we worry about all this for him.

Jimmy is at the birthday party from last month. Seems that Crystal was in trouble last time too so the party was postponed. So today Jimmy is with Crystal and one of her friends at her house watching movies and eating pizza with her parents. He's supposed to home by 10:30.

Can't wait to here if he actually watched the movie.

I just don't have a good TV.

So we got power back and everything is ok except the TV. We are using our old 20" or now. Not much difference from the 27" we had. We thought about a call to the power company but the TV was old so I doubt it'd be worth the trouble getting them to pay. Turns out a transformer blew in front our church. No damge to the building.

It's not like we use the TV much. No cable, no dish, just a set of rabbit ears. Usually we aren't home and when we are someone is on the computer or reading.

I finished the taxes before the power went out so in 2 weeks we can think about a TV.

The wind is gone for now. It's still cold here. 14 F when I left the house.

Buffalo schools are closed to today. The wife is stuck at home with the boys. Not sure I wanna go home today.

Tonight is the scholarship reception for Timon so we have a busy night. Philip will be downstairs with grandma while we are gone. He gets to miss religion class to night; it's ok since they will have a substitute tonight. Lisa is his teacher and she will be at Timon.

It freezing out but in just a few weeks it will be baseball signup for Philip.

It's above freezing in Buffalo today. I'm going to Erie, PA.

Makes sense to me. I love my job, hope I get some quality nap time.

Work has been slow after the post Christmas rush. No one shopping means nothing breaking. Sooner or later something will break and become an all day job. Tomorrow I have some camera work to do, I'll be getting help from the Rochester tech. Unless the weather changes.

I'll be back later all.

Erie was south of here.

That's all I can say about the place.

It's in the 40's today but is expected to drop tonight when the big winds appear.

The asteroid has not killed us yet so I guess that's a good thing.

16 blogs in 3 days and still more to go.

I’m working on a couple in Word and will be sending them out soon. So far it seems people want to know about the kidnapping more then anything else. Oh well that is one I’m working on.

This weekend I’ve had a bad cough. Saturday morning I was up at 4:30 and tried sleeping on the couch so the wife could sleep. Sleeping sitting up helped but laying down was torture

I did make it too the gym for an hour on Saturday but not Sunday. This coming week will be tough to get there.

So this past week: On Tuesday Jimmy hurt his knee at Tae Kwon Do. It’s only a hyper extension but he’s still having pain. We stayed home Wednesday. Thursday was the usual I get to stay home for a little while when Lisa taught religion. Philip is one of her students and Jimmy helps out in class.

Friday was the dinner so I skipped the gym. Saturday Jimmy took class but he had some pain. This sucks because he has a Level test for Tae Kwon Do on Wednesday at 7pm. If he passes he will be a 1^st Dan level 2. That leaves at least 2 years until the next black belt test.

Sunday was not pleasant with Jimmy. Girl trouble but that will be a different blog.

Philip had a great time watching AFV this week. He couldn't stop laughing.

Howdy all!!!

I have a blogging plan. I will write the blogs off line so I can post then when I have time. Next, I will post my blogs here on 360 the use the Multiply upload to copy there and then all of those go to Blogger.

No I need some topics to blog about.

I have some I plan to do to catch up from November. I have a poll on some other topics that may be of interest, let me know.

Still not in the mood to blog much but figured I should stop in.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes.

I have stuff to blog about I just don't have the energy with the holidays.  Too many litt;e things pop up and take time away from relaxing.

Also, I really don't feel like complaining about the Tae Kwon Do classes Jimmy is taking.  It's just too easy.

Blogger's block sucks.

In general; I have very little to do at work so the boss has me doing his work which means work on the computer.  To do all that work I need to be on the corporate network which means no blogging.  Not that I would have time any way.

The rest is just the same thing every day.

Sunday Jimmy has an official date fo the first time.  He and his girl are going to spend the day at the mall while his mom trys her staling skills.