Random thoughts...

So, I got to thinking about this whole political thing with health care, oil drilling, taxes, bailouts, and got a headache, pissed off and then just whatever about the whole thing. Then it hit me.

I have no idea how many seeds are in a dill pickle.
Playing a record backwards doesn't actually sound like anything except crap, then again, trying to find a record and a record player is increasingly difficult.
Some people came to my door and asked me if I had heard the word of god. I said yes and handed them a pamphlet and went back to breakfast.

I saw this picture and knew I was being stalked...


Then someone down the street at the trailer park wanted to know if I knew what trailer trash pony looked like. I said no and they showed me.


I was laughing so hard after that I decided I had to go back and see if I could spot any more things I recognized in my video game montage. See what you can do with it if you want. :) That is all. More posts later.

Front yard must change... so must cars...

And change, and change, and change. So, as you can guess, we were tired of the front area and changed it. So, let us take a journey through time. Let us set the way-back machine to just under five years. Destination, the front yard.

Here is the original state of the house. So many memories so awful colors, yet look at the palm tree. It was lonely (and dying) so we had to get rid of it and make it into what you see below.



Well, the little white fence and all that had to go. So here is our newest project...



We didn't think fast enough to take a picture before we got the pond in, but here it is anyways. :) And I am about to spray the sand down to pack it in. Gotta love FL sand.



Time to plant. Wait, we can't forget the tree. Should have some nice lemonade in a few years.



Now that the planting is done, lay the mulch and whala. New garden. I added the lighting in myself and now this is what it looks like up close and personal with nighttime mood lighting. :)



Kinda cool. Now the only thing left is where the bushes were. Anyone know how to get out stumps with killing yourself trying to do it? ~LOL~ Bushes have tree roots? Who knew?

Also, Dawn's b-day is tomorrow, so for a major b-day gift which we needed anyways as mine was dead. She got this... Happy b-day baby. It really is cool.

Movie madness...

Okay, so it has been a really long time and I decided I have to start keeping tabs here, so... 3D. I gotta say, I was skeptical at first and with everything I am hearing, I am waiting for reviews to see which to see in 3D and which not. After the first week, it is obvious which ones have real 3D and which ones don't. We saw How to Train Your Dragon. Now one must realize, up until this point, I have had problems with 3D for some reason, however, someone told me polarized was different and I had to at lest give it a show. so I did and it was AWESOME!!! Even matinees are expensive, but awesome. I am so gonna have to do that again. And the movie was just cute as all get out and what can I say? It had dragons. Weeeee... Anyways, on that note...

I am not going to bore everyone with the past details, but needless to say I will be updating more often, so stay tuned. Next update will be in a few days when I show off what I got Dawn for her B-day this month. Laters all and until next time remember to avoid the closet monster, he might lick your face.

ME!!! Signing off...

Wedding day come and gone...

So, we are back from the wedding now for a couple of weeks and finally settling back into a routine. We have sent cards out to everyone, so if you don't get your, please let me know. Some didn't get the complete invite, so... please speak up if your card vanishes.

As for the wedding, I couldn't have wanted anything more. The weather was fabulous, the venue was perfect and the people were amazing. Almost everyone had hippie clothing. It was amazing that everything came off so perfectly. I was very happy that everyone could make it. There is a great feeling about the whole thing and Dawn and I couldn't be happier. So, take a look at the Flickr over there for the wedding photos and once I get everyone else's I will make a full compilation and send them to everyone so get to sending.

The honeymoon was pretty darn special too. We stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge at Disney. A must for anyone stay there in the future. It was way cool. There were animals outside our window every single time we looked except the day we were checking out. It was almost like they knew we were leaving and moved on. We had dinner at some amazing restaurants and just got to be lazy and have a great time. We got ourselves a massage one day, swam with dolphins another, and even just took one day to laze around and do almost nothing. It really was a perfect wedding all around.

Thanks again for everyone that came out and be looking for pictures once I have all of them in one big gallery.

WOW!!!!

Okay, what else is there to say? I am updating. Isn't it amazing? I decided that I should really start writing in here more, so... Let's try again. Who knows what will happen, but hey.

I already gave the major updates last time around, so I will simply throw up a few pictures onto my brand, shiny new Flick'r and let you all look at some of the things that I already told you all about. I have the Flick'r kink going up over there -----> on the right when I get the pictures loaded in a little bit. Other than that, I also wanted to add a few nifty thing I found while out and about the net. Take a look and enjoy.

First off, let's take a look at some new currency.
MONEY!!!

I didn't know they made a commercial about me...
Yeah, I am aren't I?

What really Happened to the Enterprise C
The Rest of The Story.

And no offense, but this was damned funny...
A new fragrance.

And on a final note... OMG go see Start Trek if you haven't. It was awesome. The casting was amazing and the story line opens up a whole new plethora of options. You will see what I am talking about if you haven't seen it yet.

Laters all,
Brian

Hmmm... why does the carpet go squish???

Well, there is a really funny story there. Okay, I think I forgot what funny means, but anyways. Friday rolls in and I get up to take a shower. When I step into the closet, the carpet squishes. Great, wonderful... Well, low and behold it is the water heater leaking. At least that is what we think it is. So, I take the day off work and have a friend of a co-worker who is in the business come over and take a look. Sure enough, when we unscrew the front panel, water comes pouring out. Off to Lowes with my just cashed paycheck to get a new water heater and tools for the guy to fix it. Well, we get my check cashed and I pay him $150, which is a great deal. The only problem is, that he takes 6 hours to fix it and in the end, when my co-worker comes to pick him up from my place, she says, "Why don't you just use compression fittings?" To which he responds with... "I didn't even think of that." We are off to Lowes again. I see these things called gator bite fitting and ask about the and the guy explains they snap onto the old pipe and the new one with no soldering, no fuss and no mess. We pick them up and head back to put them in place in about 20 minutes after he had spend 6 hours trying to solder copper fitting in place. So, all in all I get a $150 lesson on how easy it is to change one of these water heaters out. I am glad I was watching the whole time as the next morning... no hot water. So, I call the number on the side and I end up having to unhook it and take it back as the sensors are bad. Thank goodness for those gator bite fittings. Removes, returned, replaced and rewired in about an hour tops. Then we spent the next couple of days vacuuming up water out of the closet. What fun it was. Now it's all in top form. Weeeee....



Jeff is getting bigger and the bigger the herd dog gets, the more annoying he gets as he wants to constantly be under foot and on the move and trying to push you this way or that and smell all your bits and slide around on the wood floor at mach five and so on and so on with hyper dog... In other words, he can be a lot of fun, but a lot of work as well. Here is a picture of them both.



In other news, we "finally" got around to doing our bathroom. It only took how long? Anyways, we stripped the walls and begged borrowed and stole supplies and such, dug up the fixtures we had bought I don't know how long ago and finally put it all together. We bought an accent clock and wind chime to go in there though for the whole spring bathroom, retro 70's look. Watch the video, you will see. You may want to save it to the desktop, then play it so it appears at the right size and not all grainy.

Bathroom Video and Commentary

Now for the B-day thank you to everyone since I just never seem to be able to get a stupid card in the mail. I am a bad person, I know, but I really appriciate everyone remembering me, so I have to do at least this much. Why? Because you all know I will NEVER get thank you cards in the mail. With that in mind, as a way of thanks...

Dan is married. Even if I hadn't been to the wedding, I would know he was married. Even if no one in the family told me he was married. How do I know this??? Because, for the first time I got a birthday card from him. It was a totally unexpected and cool shock. Thanks Kristina and Dan. ~LMAO~ Now I have to remember (and find out) two more birthdays. :)

Mom, really went with the modern age this year. No, money, no checks, just a wonderful online gift card with no wasted paper, no trying to figure out how to ship from Egypt, very green and very awesome. Where were we before internet and Amazon?

Pam and Tim, great people as always, sent me this really cool fantasy card. Thank you so much. It was right up my alley.

Gramps, the holiday check/card. Gotta love traditions. =^.^= (Kitty smile)

And dad... okay, so I get the mail and see a letter from dad. I know what it is, so I wait to open it until after we get settled in and I start dinner. I laughed so hard. It was sooooo cool I just had to post his letter here. The first thing out of Dawn's mouth was... "That is soooo cute. I totally approve." So, dad gets props for being dad.

Isaiah, unbeknown to me, has a card for me on my birthday as well. His mother, after giving me Robot Chicken Star Wars, (which totally rocks) tells me that when they were shopping for christmas "last year", he found this card and begged her to get it. She told him he was responsible for it and so for 8+ months he has been holding on to this thing and I had no clue. It was awesome. It plays the star wars theme when you open it.

I scanned all the cards, (Except Gramps because Isaiah accidentally threw it away with a pile of junk mail on the table. Sorry.) so you can see them here.


Pam & Tim | Dad


Kristina & Dan | Isaiah


Other than that, life goes on as usual. Calliope will be here in two days for a month and it's perfect timing as my vacation is in a couple of weeks. Planning on a camping trip. I will update again after the trip. No mom, you don't look 60'ish in that picture, you look fuzzy. ;) Must be all the wine at dinner. No, I still haven't seen Keith on WOW, though I know he will get hooked. The path to fitness is hard and expensive, but I am having fun... I think Dawn and Isaiah are as well and I will get phase one testing in December. Hope I can memorize everything by then. Isaiah even got to do some volunteer summer camp assistant work for our TKD school this year. It was a good learning experience I think. Keep in touch all and I look forward to hearing from you all.

Love to all my family, I couldn't have wished for a cooler set of people in my life.

Brian

The 4th & beyond....

So, this year was Disney 4th of July. We are pass holder, so we got to sneak in after the actual park closing. It was cool to see others turned away when we got to waltz right in. Above, for those who have never seen it, is the Hall of Presidents. (Click picture to see bigger image)It is a presentation about the history of this great nation with the usual Disney stilt to it, but the hall is creep as Bush, Lincoln, and a couple of other give speeches, the rest of them move as if fidgeting while listening. Creepy to see Reagan absently giving a slow toe tap with his crossed foot. But, we figure we would share a couple of fireworks shots as well as the lovely lady posing for a very patriotic picture. All in all, it was fun and we hit several of the attractions we rarely hit. As always, the fireworks were fabulous. All around the part and beautiful. So, more pictures anyone? And don't forget, Walt & Mickey as your leaving the park. :)

Alright, what else? Well, it appears that the marriage is moving forward finally. YEA!!!! So, here is the dilemma, we would really like to head off to Egypt with a stop over in Greece for a week. This causes dual problem. First, money. (Perhaps Italian wedding??) Second, family. We were thinking of wedding proper in Egypt with the whole signing of the papers at the US Embassy and then hit a few sites, maybe a river cruise and then a day or two in Greece. Mom, your the expert there, so would you advise us the best course on this. Everyone else, we were thinking of the reception after the honeymoon so the family could all get together. Maybe a couple of months apart so we can save up more funds. Perhaps even do the NE or CO thing. I really want to do the family thing, but I also want to be able to take Dawn to Egypt before mom leaves as having her there just makes the trip sooooooo much easier. Please everyone let me know what you think in this and advice is welcome from everyone.

Speaking of mom in Egypt. I got this funny picture from her where she said she was the one in red on the boat for the 4th. I am wondering why she is sitting on the food table??? Hmmm...



Also, had two more things I just had to share. Maybe you have seen them, maybe not, but here goes. First, reading is fundamental.
Only great minds can read this

This is weird, but interesting!
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Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

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Next, I was having computer issues the other day, so I couldn't respond to anyones email.