Went to the Tigers/Astro's game last night with M H. Was fun, the first hour of the game it rained, but the Tigers squeaked out a win and all is right in the world.
This morning I am dead tired - D woke up at around 4 and because of the large Mnt. Dew I drank sleep did not come easy. I even screwed up some numbers in my morning report. Whoo-hoo, right?

The kids are growing up so fast - I've been looking at the pictures that I have on the Google+ pages and it has them from about 3 years ago to now and they have changed so much. Unfortunately, so have A and I. Really thinking that we need to hit the diet/exercise. We can do a lot to improve our weight and overall health. I am seriously thinking about signing up A for a yoga class and I start running every day. This should also help our stress levels.

4 May 2014 - new post, new blog name, new home, larger family, totally different place in life.
Since we last visited, A has graduated, S was born in 2008, D was born 2010, and Nessie has passed on.
Oak Park is our new hometown, own a nice two story Detroit Bungalow, down the street from S's new school, driving two Fords - a 2014 Escape & a 2003 Focus Wagon (not new, but I'm driving it now).

Life is tough, but great. Having kids changed my life more than anything else - for good and bad. The demands that they put on every other corner of your world is amazing. Ask A how many times she's had to take work off or work at home because of a sick little one. I have actually had my daughter at my work because we had no where else to take her -- something that I thought I would never do. The benefits totally out-way the downsides. Love those guys.

A's job is quite demanding - being a social worker has it's own set of demands/rewards. It is something that I could never do, more power to her - she's saving the world, one day at time.

Since things have been so hectic around the house, I've re-started this blog, more for myself then anything else...

We will see where thing proceed...

Friends and other friends

I was supposed to play D&D on Friday, but I had forgot to tell the guys that I was also asked to a Poker party. I usually blow off the Friday night poker parties, unless I am told that I have to be there by my wife or something like that. Don't get me wrong I love poker, it is a great game and playing it with friends is always entertaining.

I played this time because I am unsure how many times we will be playing in the future at this place. My friend is looking at selling his place and we are unsure if he will even be staying in Michigan. This makes me sad. He is a great friend and I will miss him a lot. No, not in a gay way, but in a good friend who has tried to kill me more times than I can count way.

My other buddies are having problems with getting enough people to play D&D every Friday night. This also makes me sad, as they are awesome fellows. They are intelligent, well learned (even though they all went to BCW...) and fun to be around. We don't share a lot of the same views in politics, religion, or anything else, but that doesn't matter. They are good people and I am proud to be their friend. I kind of wish that I could be there every week, early, with beer and chips, and my best game on. Unfortunately, with the money issues that we are having, I can't do this. I am lucky to be there once a month. This doesn't help them at all. The thing about D&D is it really helps if you have more than 3 people there. Otherwise it kind of defeats the purpose.
Well, the only way I can solve all these problems is win the lotto. Since that's not most likely never going to happen, I am unsure of what to do.
Arrgh!

Well, at least it's nice out today...

Sick, sad, puppy

Last Friday, I am took Nessie into Detroit to LaFond Veterinary Hospital for her to get her top left molar removed.

She has had bad breath for a while so last week I did the old 'grab a toothbrush and try to brush the dog's teeth' maneuver.

Between A and I, when it comes to brushing the dog's teeth, she only lets me do so and when I say 'do' I mean that I have to sit on her while trying to do so.

When I was brushing this time she was extremely sensitive when I was brushing around her molars, I noticed blood on the brush and she yelped. So taking a closer look I noticed that her molar was split in half and it was a greenish-grey color. Expanding upon my vast biology background (me hurting myself and going to the hospital) I realized that was not a good thing.

So I took her into the Vet's last Monday and my worst fears were realized. She is going to need it removed. The doc is great, he's the one we first brought Nessie to when we got her and she really likes him.

She is now playing with her squeaky ball and running around like the old dog of yore...
I think that she is feeling better, and that the stink was messing up her sniffer. Cause now when we go on walks all she wants to do is smell *everything*!!
Oh well, she's better and life is good in Ann Arbor - sunny and 60!

I am reluctantly coming to the conclusion that Nessie is my kid. This is kind of weird, and I really hope that I don't become one of those old crazy pet people who dress up their animals and convince themselves that the dog/cat/bird is really a child.

Well enough of this.

See you on the flip side!

Old Spice Commercial ft Bruce Campbell

The Soundtrack to my Life

Because I love music and I know that you all care so much about that, here is something that I thought that I would share...

This is your life soundtrack (randomly determined, thank you)

Instructions:
1. Open your music library (iTunes, Winamp, whatever).
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For every question, type the song that’s playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button.

Here we go!

Opening Credits: Heroes - David Bowie
Birth: Pink Triangle - Weezer
School: Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
Driving Theme: Strip - Adam Ant
Prom: Shamrocks and Shenanigans - House of Pain
Graduation: Surrender - Cheap Trick
Falling In Love: Walk it Down - Talking Heads
Fight Scene: Numb - U2
Breaking Up: Nemesis - Shriekback
Life: If I had a $1,000,000
Mental Breakdown: Wave of Mutilation - Superdrag
Wedding: Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
Divorce: Just a Girl - No Doubt
Flashback: Don't let me die Young - Andy Taylor
Birth of Child: Hot Dog - Martini Rach
Final Battle: Just a Friend - Biz Markie
Moment of Triumph: Bring the Noise
Work: 100 Girls - Stroke 9
Death: Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News
End Credits: Train in Vain - the Clash

Well, there you go. What a strange soundtrack.

"Weird Al" rocks K-fed

The Al tv interview of K-fed. Masterfully done, Al.

Charlie Brown Christmas - Performed by the Cast of Scrubs

Scrubs + Charlie Brown = very funny stuff!!!

Concrete Blonde - Everybody Knows (Live - MTV 120Min)

A Leonard Cohen song that is done by one of the best voices of the nineties.
I miss those dresses...

Myspace crazyness

I was browsing through myspace yesterday (yes I do have a myspace page) and I noticed that the majority of people who are from my home town, that have escaped, were glad of that fact, although they all had mentioned that they don't mind visiting.
Why would that be? If you are from Bay City, I guess you'd have an answer, I don't have a really good one.

We are supposed to be in store for a really big winter storm. I don't think that it is going to happen. The West Coast of Michigan has been hit pretty hard, we have gotten rain (like we need any more...).

I have a bit of a chest cold. I've been drinking tea and surfing the net for interesting things. (I love Youtube). I could be up north with my "Ballet" buddies. (some of my other friends [and wife] want to protect me from being known as an uber-geek - I play D&D every Friday night, hence "Ballet"), but A and I have the Guirie family Christmas party tomorrow. I really enjoy myself at these get-together's. A has fun relatives.

Where oh where is the snow????

Scrubs Music Video -- Guy Love

If you are a guy, you know that you have a friendship like this...
I do.
His name is Chris

I don't like Mondays!

Thanksgiving is done, less then a month until Christmas - and things are really sucky!!!
I have no job, A is totally stressed out, and to top it off, on Sunday when we were heading back home to Ann Arbor, Focus takes a crap (OF course it was fully loaded up with the X-mas tree on top). Something was going on with the transmission. It was not switching gears properly or something. Arrgghh!!!!

Well, we did have fun at the Glengarry Bhoys on Saturday night.
It was a great show. Celtic Rock, nuff said!!