Hey everybody...today was a Daddy Day. That is a little thing Sharkboy and I created a couple years back. It is basically the 2 of us hangin' out for a day. Some real male bonding. They are always a blast...
Yesterday I worked the part time gig. It really wasn't that hot, but it was humid beyond comfort. Nothing really to report...just a day that beat me to exhaustion.
This morning Sharkboy and I started our Daddy day with Daddy Pancakes and sticky dip. A favorite of ours to share. Then we wrestled and played with the little cars. Then we headed to take some pictures to Mommy so she could show her friends. That is when we invited her out on a date tonight.
We shared lunch at the new Sonic down the street and he thought it was pretty cool to eat in the truck. It was yummy. But I noticed that at other Sonics that I have been to the car hops were on roller skates. Ours was on tennis shoes. Maybe they have to build up to that level...Then Sharkboy and I headed home for a nap. OMG friends...that nap was unbelievable.
Jenny came home and we took her out on a date. Her 2 men out on the town with her. We ate Hacienda and watched Kung Fu Panda. While at the theatre Sharkboy had to go potty. We went in and he had finished up and was pulling his own pants up. Now for those of you that have not witnessed a 4 y/o pulling his pants up you have to understand it is a challenge. Undies twist and things just don't work as easy the do when you have 35 years experience. So he had is undies up just as I looked over to check up on him. I noticed that his "junk" was hanging out of the leg hole. He did too...then he exclaimed "No one wants to see that". I laughed, and should I have not been in a public restroom, I would have probably rolled on the floor laughing. He says some of the most grown up off the wall things.
Well we just tucked him in for the night. He thanked me for a great day, and I returned the appreciation.
Oh...I almost forgot. Shout out to Athena on her 150th post. I also have to say that as soon as I read 151 I thought about rum as well. At least I won't be alone at the meetings. Also...AAK, I hope your air conditioner is still running well. I wouldn't want to go through this time of year without Air.
Well, now Jenny and I are going to enjoy a glass of wine and hit the hay ourselves...So until next time.
Be Kind, Be Safe...
Shalom my Peeps.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Some days just seem longer than others...
Hey blog readers...today has been a long one. I found out this morning while reading e-mails that I am being moved to Sta. 1. Now the general idea of moving to Sta. 1 really doesn't bother me. I will go on more calls, but that is what I do this job for. It is just the idea of packing up all of my stuff again and moving to a different station that bothers me. But, I seem to be getting over it now, but I am sure I will have more to vent later. I have vented to my very patient driver and we seem to be ready for the move(he is moving with me).
So now on with the rest of the blog...here are some things that I have been thinking about lately...reflections if you will.
The longer I am a parent the more I understand all of the things that during my non-parental life that confused me. I never realized that I had so much capacity to love someone as much as I love Sharkboy. Now, that does not go without saying that sometimes I just want to shake the naughty out of him. During our trip, I missed him like nobody could ever imagine. I think I hid it pretty well, but I was crazy inside. The first thing I did when I got home was go in and see him. Now it was 11-ish at night, so I didn't get to talk to him, but I knew he was there and somehow that made me feel a lot better. He is a cool little boy...
The longer I am married, the more I appreciate Jenny as a wife. She takes very good care of us. She is patient with Sharkboy and even more patient with me. It isn't a very easy life being married to a fireman, let alone me. But somehow she does it and still thanks me all the time for being her husband.
I have the greatest in-laws in the world. They are gracious and giving and unlike most people...I can't use the old "In-Laws" saying. I can't relate to the embattled in-law problems other people have. They are simply the coolest. I love them a lot.
I have great friends...not enough room to describe everything. I am just honored to have great friends.
Ok...enough of the mushy stuff.
Tomorrow I am working the part time gig. Things have been going Ok there, and I am hoping it isn't just because I haven't been there a lot. Then Friday I have a Daddy day with Sharkboy. Not really sure what is going to happen, but I am sure it will be fun. Then this weekend I have an overtime detail at St. Pat's park for an event they are having. So check back...I think I have my blogging legs back under me.
Be Kind, Be Safe...
Shalom my Peeps.
So now on with the rest of the blog...here are some things that I have been thinking about lately...reflections if you will.
The longer I am a parent the more I understand all of the things that during my non-parental life that confused me. I never realized that I had so much capacity to love someone as much as I love Sharkboy. Now, that does not go without saying that sometimes I just want to shake the naughty out of him. During our trip, I missed him like nobody could ever imagine. I think I hid it pretty well, but I was crazy inside. The first thing I did when I got home was go in and see him. Now it was 11-ish at night, so I didn't get to talk to him, but I knew he was there and somehow that made me feel a lot better. He is a cool little boy...
The longer I am married, the more I appreciate Jenny as a wife. She takes very good care of us. She is patient with Sharkboy and even more patient with me. It isn't a very easy life being married to a fireman, let alone me. But somehow she does it and still thanks me all the time for being her husband.
I have the greatest in-laws in the world. They are gracious and giving and unlike most people...I can't use the old "In-Laws" saying. I can't relate to the embattled in-law problems other people have. They are simply the coolest. I love them a lot.
I have great friends...not enough room to describe everything. I am just honored to have great friends.
Ok...enough of the mushy stuff.
Tomorrow I am working the part time gig. Things have been going Ok there, and I am hoping it isn't just because I haven't been there a lot. Then Friday I have a Daddy day with Sharkboy. Not really sure what is going to happen, but I am sure it will be fun. Then this weekend I have an overtime detail at St. Pat's park for an event they are having. So check back...I think I have my blogging legs back under me.
Be Kind, Be Safe...
Shalom my Peeps.
New Poll to vote in...
Sorry it has been so long for a poll, but here is the new one. Please vote...and have a Safe and fun day.
Be Kind, Be Safe,
Shalom my Peeps.
Be Kind, Be Safe,
Shalom my Peeps.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday...and Pre-Birthday chatter.
Hey Blog readers...I am getting ready for my birthday in Vegas today. I sure hope there is something to do...LOL.
Yesterday we ventured down to the Fremont Street during the day. It was pretty quiet. I am guessing it is much more hopping at night. The old casinos were pretty cool...Golden Nugget, Binions, 4-Queens. There was just a musty old smell that made you realize the history that was there. Oh yeah, and the smell of "out house" in some places that just made you want to go back to the strip.
In the afternoon Jenny took her bikini and I-pod to the pool and I took a little nap. It was very nice. Then we went to Toby Kieths "I Love this Bar & Grill" for some food. It was cool, Jenny thinks he is hot and was drooling over all the pictures of him. I on the other hand was drooling over the Jean Mini-skirt, black tank top and "take me home boot" wearing waitresses. Oh...and the food was pretty tasty too.
We haven't had much luck with the gambling. We in, all honesty, also haven't really been focusing on it either. I am up about $10 total, and Jenny...well, we will just say she isn't. There is a lot to do here other than gamble and we are doing a lot of it.
In the evening we met up with our friend Minnie and her Daughter Corina. They are hilarious. We had a nice dinner at The Forum Shops at a nice authenitic mexican place called La Salsa Cantina. Good food and the drinks were yummy too. We did some window shopping around the shops and laughed at people(for some reason, my sense of humor is similar to a 13 y/o girls...interesting). The funniest part is that Minnie isn't very good with directions and we spent at least half an hour wandering around looking for her exit for her valet. It was a hoot and when we finally found her car, she insisted on taking us back to the hotel(that was an interesting ride...let's just say, I am glad Las Vegas allows U-turns).
Some funny things we had happen/saw yesterday...
While at Harrah's sitting at a slot, a drunk handicapped man with a walker caught our attention while he was insisting on tipping one of the cocktail waitresses. After she accepted his $1, he turned his attention to me. He said "Sir, can I tell you something?" Me of course recognizing drunk slurred speach and assessing the situation as harmless responded with "sure". He slurred out "I have to tell you, your wife is absolutely stunning." Jenny in her innocent nature thanked him for his compliment, and I did as well. He then continued with something like this...(may not be exact his speach went really drunk and quiet). "She's got big...ba ba booms..." While he said that, he made an obscene hip thrust, in his walker. We were both disturbed, but I was winning at the machine and couldn't pass up some extra funds. All the while I played, he was giving "drunken color commentary" next to me. I was up to like $40 and cashed out, so I didn't loose it on this guy.
6/25/08...
So blog fans you are noticing that this is really late in posting, and you would be correct. While in Vegas on Wednesday, my birthday, I became engrosed in all things not blogging and didn't feel the blogging force hit me the rest of the trip. So let's just recap the rest of the week. Wednesday...birthday in Vegas. Wondered around, saw "Vegas Style Review" Folies Bergere(I like boobies), then a late night of drinks and cigar smoking. While finishing my cigar in the garden area of the casino we got to witness the Flamingo Las Vegas undercover security guys at work. Some feral teenagers/maybe just turned 21 kids wandered in and were disrupting the otherwise peaceful area. Thursday we spent the day at the pool in our private cabana. OMG...it was so relaxing. Sorry for Jenny's friends, no Cabana boy, but there was a hot cabana girl(yeah me...see previous comment). Minnie and Corina again joined us for the day and relaxed with us. Great conversation and laughs were shared. In the evening we made some last minute wonderings around and otherwise finished our day of relaxing.
Friday we came home. This is where the other half of my excuse for not blogging comes in. I am a bone head. I, in all of my infinate wisdom, left the laptop cord in the hotel room. I realized this in the airport when I was attempting to add some music to Jenny's I-pod. I contact the hotel and after several attempts spoke with a very nice lady in their security division and they had found my cord. It is currently in transit here via UPS. So no laptop...no blogging, until today when I had some time at work to jump on and blog. Since Vegas there has been nothing too monumental to post. So I will conjure up a list of points to hit and post later tonight.
So for now, Be Kind, Be Safe (and don't forget you laptop cord)
Shalom my Peeps.
Yesterday we ventured down to the Fremont Street during the day. It was pretty quiet. I am guessing it is much more hopping at night. The old casinos were pretty cool...Golden Nugget, Binions, 4-Queens. There was just a musty old smell that made you realize the history that was there. Oh yeah, and the smell of "out house" in some places that just made you want to go back to the strip.
In the afternoon Jenny took her bikini and I-pod to the pool and I took a little nap. It was very nice. Then we went to Toby Kieths "I Love this Bar & Grill" for some food. It was cool, Jenny thinks he is hot and was drooling over all the pictures of him. I on the other hand was drooling over the Jean Mini-skirt, black tank top and "take me home boot" wearing waitresses. Oh...and the food was pretty tasty too.
We haven't had much luck with the gambling. We in, all honesty, also haven't really been focusing on it either. I am up about $10 total, and Jenny...well, we will just say she isn't. There is a lot to do here other than gamble and we are doing a lot of it.
In the evening we met up with our friend Minnie and her Daughter Corina. They are hilarious. We had a nice dinner at The Forum Shops at a nice authenitic mexican place called La Salsa Cantina. Good food and the drinks were yummy too. We did some window shopping around the shops and laughed at people(for some reason, my sense of humor is similar to a 13 y/o girls...interesting). The funniest part is that Minnie isn't very good with directions and we spent at least half an hour wandering around looking for her exit for her valet. It was a hoot and when we finally found her car, she insisted on taking us back to the hotel(that was an interesting ride...let's just say, I am glad Las Vegas allows U-turns).
Some funny things we had happen/saw yesterday...
While at Harrah's sitting at a slot, a drunk handicapped man with a walker caught our attention while he was insisting on tipping one of the cocktail waitresses. After she accepted his $1, he turned his attention to me. He said "Sir, can I tell you something?" Me of course recognizing drunk slurred speach and assessing the situation as harmless responded with "sure". He slurred out "I have to tell you, your wife is absolutely stunning." Jenny in her innocent nature thanked him for his compliment, and I did as well. He then continued with something like this...(may not be exact his speach went really drunk and quiet). "She's got big...ba ba booms..." While he said that, he made an obscene hip thrust, in his walker. We were both disturbed, but I was winning at the machine and couldn't pass up some extra funds. All the while I played, he was giving "drunken color commentary" next to me. I was up to like $40 and cashed out, so I didn't loose it on this guy.
6/25/08...
So blog fans you are noticing that this is really late in posting, and you would be correct. While in Vegas on Wednesday, my birthday, I became engrosed in all things not blogging and didn't feel the blogging force hit me the rest of the trip. So let's just recap the rest of the week. Wednesday...birthday in Vegas. Wondered around, saw "Vegas Style Review" Folies Bergere(I like boobies), then a late night of drinks and cigar smoking. While finishing my cigar in the garden area of the casino we got to witness the Flamingo Las Vegas undercover security guys at work. Some feral teenagers/maybe just turned 21 kids wandered in and were disrupting the otherwise peaceful area. Thursday we spent the day at the pool in our private cabana. OMG...it was so relaxing. Sorry for Jenny's friends, no Cabana boy, but there was a hot cabana girl(yeah me...see previous comment). Minnie and Corina again joined us for the day and relaxed with us. Great conversation and laughs were shared. In the evening we made some last minute wonderings around and otherwise finished our day of relaxing.
Friday we came home. This is where the other half of my excuse for not blogging comes in. I am a bone head. I, in all of my infinate wisdom, left the laptop cord in the hotel room. I realized this in the airport when I was attempting to add some music to Jenny's I-pod. I contact the hotel and after several attempts spoke with a very nice lady in their security division and they had found my cord. It is currently in transit here via UPS. So no laptop...no blogging, until today when I had some time at work to jump on and blog. Since Vegas there has been nothing too monumental to post. So I will conjure up a list of points to hit and post later tonight.
So for now, Be Kind, Be Safe (and don't forget you laptop cord)
Shalom my Peeps.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The end of Full day #1...
Hey blog fans...Vegas is a blast this year. Here is the run down of our activities today. We walked about 50 miles...thank God for my Nike Shox(Good call UNC). So here it is...sit back and enjoy an adult beverage, we have and we will some more.
We woke up about 9am(home time, 6 local). We took our time getting ready and headed out for some much needed coffee. There is a little Starbuck around the corner, and it was perfect. They have the perfect people watching window. It is air conditioned and overlooks the the little outdoor Mall area by Harrahs. So we drank some coffee, relaxed and did some people watching.
After that we headed to get a Monorail pass. The Monorail comes right up behind our hotel. It is a pretty quick way to get up and down the strip. On our way to the Monorail, Jenny had a coupon for a free pearl from a live oyster at one of the local jewelers. It was fun to pick it out(Now forgive me but I am not up on my pearl values). We picked up a nice 7.4mm pink pearl. Jenny picked out a nice setting. It is beautiful, and will make a nice piece for her for a long time.
We headed for our Monorail pass and made our way down to the MGM Grand. We hit the Grand Canyon experience and picked up something for one of Jenny's friends. Then it was off to the 1/2 price tickets place. We didn't find anything we wanted, so we headed to do some sight seeing on that end of the Strip. We hit Mandalay Bay. Walkded around a bit and saw the 4 story wine rack that has Wine angels in black cat suits and harnesses "floating" up and down to get wine. It was beautiful. Then we headed back to our hotel for some relaxation.
For dinner we hit the Rio. It is a pretty cool place. They have a seafood buffet there in my life so far has been unmatched. OMG. We ate way too much and enjoyed every bit of it.
We went to the Casino Royale for an offer they had for $50 of free slots play. What a joke. You got a voucher that you could only play in one machine and the only way you could win was to hit the Jackpot. The lady next to me was up to $380 and couldn't take a dime of it unless she hit the big Jackpot(she wasted her luck on that crappy machine). Then we saw the midget stripper card girl. Sorry, no picture to report...she was working a deal with some other dudes.
We watched some Karaoke...and laughed our butts off. Oh yeah, and then while walking we saw this little old lady. Like 70 or 80 and she used a cane to walk. She had her cane in one hand and a "Yarder". I just couldn't let that moment pass. I asked her if she drank the whole thing. She laughed and said "oh god no, I had help". She was absolutely adorable.
Tomorrow we are heading for Fremont St. Something we skipped last year and won't this. Then dinner with Minnie...oh and pictures will start popping up tomorrow.
I am going to take some notes tomorrow. There are so many little funnies that happened.
We are missing Sharkboy, but on the phone, he could care less if we are there or not. Well I am beat...time for sleep.
Be Kind, Stay Safe (and cool...we can't)
Shalom my peeps.
We woke up about 9am(home time, 6 local). We took our time getting ready and headed out for some much needed coffee. There is a little Starbuck around the corner, and it was perfect. They have the perfect people watching window. It is air conditioned and overlooks the the little outdoor Mall area by Harrahs. So we drank some coffee, relaxed and did some people watching.
After that we headed to get a Monorail pass. The Monorail comes right up behind our hotel. It is a pretty quick way to get up and down the strip. On our way to the Monorail, Jenny had a coupon for a free pearl from a live oyster at one of the local jewelers. It was fun to pick it out(Now forgive me but I am not up on my pearl values). We picked up a nice 7.4mm pink pearl. Jenny picked out a nice setting. It is beautiful, and will make a nice piece for her for a long time.
We headed for our Monorail pass and made our way down to the MGM Grand. We hit the Grand Canyon experience and picked up something for one of Jenny's friends. Then it was off to the 1/2 price tickets place. We didn't find anything we wanted, so we headed to do some sight seeing on that end of the Strip. We hit Mandalay Bay. Walkded around a bit and saw the 4 story wine rack that has Wine angels in black cat suits and harnesses "floating" up and down to get wine. It was beautiful. Then we headed back to our hotel for some relaxation.
For dinner we hit the Rio. It is a pretty cool place. They have a seafood buffet there in my life so far has been unmatched. OMG. We ate way too much and enjoyed every bit of it.
We went to the Casino Royale for an offer they had for $50 of free slots play. What a joke. You got a voucher that you could only play in one machine and the only way you could win was to hit the Jackpot. The lady next to me was up to $380 and couldn't take a dime of it unless she hit the big Jackpot(she wasted her luck on that crappy machine). Then we saw the midget stripper card girl. Sorry, no picture to report...she was working a deal with some other dudes.
We watched some Karaoke...and laughed our butts off. Oh yeah, and then while walking we saw this little old lady. Like 70 or 80 and she used a cane to walk. She had her cane in one hand and a "Yarder". I just couldn't let that moment pass. I asked her if she drank the whole thing. She laughed and said "oh god no, I had help". She was absolutely adorable.
Tomorrow we are heading for Fremont St. Something we skipped last year and won't this. Then dinner with Minnie...oh and pictures will start popping up tomorrow.
I am going to take some notes tomorrow. There are so many little funnies that happened.
We are missing Sharkboy, but on the phone, he could care less if we are there or not. Well I am beat...time for sleep.
Be Kind, Stay Safe (and cool...we can't)
Shalom my peeps.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Never leave your hotelroom without your camera...
Hey blog fans...the title says it all. Last night Jenny and I headed out for some sight seeing and general wandering. We hit O'Shea's, Casino Royale, Venetian, Pilatzo...we really were just wasting some time. Well on the way home we were dodging the stripper card handout guys. For those of you that haven't been to Vegas, there are these guys that have cards for strippers, supposedly that will be to your room in 20 min. Well, they can't talk to you, so they do this annoying clicking thing with the cards. Well last night we saw the funniest thing. There was a midget handing these cards out...not only was it a midget, it was female midget. She was really getting into it. We are going to go out tonight and seek her out. I want a picture with the midget.
So far, just a lot of site seeing. We have not hit the big win yet, but we are going to start the more focused gambling tonight.
So I should have more later tonight.
Be Kind, Be Safe...
Shalom my Peeps
So far, just a lot of site seeing. We have not hit the big win yet, but we are going to start the more focused gambling tonight.
So I should have more later tonight.
Be Kind, Be Safe...
Shalom my Peeps
Sunday, June 15, 2008
We made it...
Well...here we are in Sunny and Hot Las Vegas. It was a good trip over all. No major bumps. The pilots seat was having some problems in Minneapolis, but that only set us back 30 min.
We arrived at 11am local time. We met up with Jenny's friend Minnie, and she hauled our happy butts to our hotel.(Thank Minnie...you are the best) Then since our room wasn't ready, we headed for some food and some drinks at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville. I got buzzed off 2 Perfect Margaritas, it was delightful. Then Forum Shops at Ceasars were calling Jenny's name. We shopped a bit, but mostly I was working the phone, sending out our Happy Father's Day wishes.
After that our room was ready. It is a trendy little room. Remote window treatments and many other things you will see pop up in the blog later this week. Well now we are getting cleaned up from some pool lounging and then it is off to wander around the strip.
More in the morning...
Be Kind, Be Safe,
Shalom my peeps.
We arrived at 11am local time. We met up with Jenny's friend Minnie, and she hauled our happy butts to our hotel.(Thank Minnie...you are the best) Then since our room wasn't ready, we headed for some food and some drinks at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville. I got buzzed off 2 Perfect Margaritas, it was delightful. Then Forum Shops at Ceasars were calling Jenny's name. We shopped a bit, but mostly I was working the phone, sending out our Happy Father's Day wishes.
After that our room was ready. It is a trendy little room. Remote window treatments and many other things you will see pop up in the blog later this week. Well now we are getting cleaned up from some pool lounging and then it is off to wander around the strip.
More in the morning...
Be Kind, Be Safe,
Shalom my peeps.
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