David doesnt wear Spiderman underware

Becky,


Wouldn't it be great if every day we had an update on David's underwear? I'm certain he still has some of those Underoos hiding in the back of his top drawer. My guess is that this week he's covering his backside with X-Men... It's just a guess but there seems to be a superhero theme in the air. I hear there will be a "Justice League" movie this year... an opportunity for new undies? You tell us.

PS - I wonder when this will entice David to show up and comment. :)

My HEAD...It hurts like this

My head is so stuffed tonight, I can barely stand it. I found out that Lisa's entire family is sick, Ant and Patti were sick and now Patti needs to see the Dr again, and hey you know Lise has a herniated disc. What's yer ailment, we can add it to a list and Lise and I will burn it on the fire.
Unreal. I blame too much work for all this illness... that and preschool are the petri dish of all infection. Even if Emily were to stop all smoking, I feel that we're all doomed to suffer from a work or preschool-born plague to make up for the lack of cigarette induced lung injuries. Although, I could be convinced that my sister is patient zero. She gets them all, mutates them, and sends them out to reduce the worlds population. :) All joking aside I am hoping everyone gets well soon...

I'm gonna dose up and go to bed...

night night, victims!
-M

Dinner With Marie

Tomorrow I go back to work and so to celebrate the occasion, we took Marie out to Dinner at a new Restaurant. It had all you can eat ribs tonight, so I figured we'd stuff the boys and Marie and then send all to bed... Like all good plans, this one SOUNDED good when we left but Marie didn't feel all that great when we got there, and overtired children don't seem to eat anything that's not junk-food. Like any other night, we arrived as batman and batman...

Ryan eventually had to relocate to calm down a bit after a long year of crime fighting had finally taken it's toll, and he just couldn't sit. Connor Stayed with Mommy and spent the rest of his time trying to keep her attention... he was marginally successful.

I only got one picture of Marie tonight, as she is a world renown photo-phobic. Ryan of course, hammed it up to the point of asking for pictures on the ride home in the car. I took this one over my shoulder while waiting for Lise to take her Mom back to her room.
Well, it's 9:12 and suddenly, it's a work night. I'm not looking forward to going back to work.. There is SO much that has to be done there, and what feels like very little time to get it all done. I hope I'm able to keep up and start posting here regularly. I see soo many blogs with no posts in them... I don't want to become a statistic. :)

Hope your year is great.

-Mike


PS - I found a great site from a photographer that posts one picture every day. (http://onepicaday.blogspot.com/) I'd really like to see what I could do to do the same. What a great way to increase my photo-chops. I might make a lame attempt this year. I'd love to commit to something so lofty, but work takes it's toll. That's something a single artist can better attempt. :)

Blog Fury

Well... it seems this has caught on, due to my Mom's enthusiasm. I must admit, she can really get people excited about something when she wants to. I am always surprised by how infectious she is! :) Anyway... I added Lise as a contributor to my Blog and made an entry on my parent's space. It would be cool if we got the whole family posting. I know how competitive we are with each other... I can only image the flurry of blog entries about to be unleashed on the world. :)

OK... So now, I'm going to put my computer away and take some meds and maybe take look through my magazines to see if I can come up with another way to add on to my house that I can't afford. :)

Happy New Year!

Good riddance to 2007.

It wasn't such a bad year, but for us, it was a year of transformation. Our home, jobs, kids, etc etc changed. I like new stuff, but I'm ready for a little stability this year. I wont go into the highs and the lows, but let's just say that I'm ready for a happier year.

Last night was tons of fun and we thought it would be over by 8pm and ended up pulling in the driveway at close to 11PM last night. :) We took our friends to a local Hibachi grill. Connor and Ryan loved it and our friends kids LOVED it. (except the little one, who was afraid of the fire from the volcano) Like every place we go... the boys were dressed like batman, of course. Ryan especially liked it when the cook took out a little squeeze toy filled with water that had "peed" on everyone. I thought he might pee in his pants too. Connor kept clapping every time the cook did anything. Lise and I both had a few drinks and enjoyed the show too. I was the only one to catch a piece of zucchini that he was flipping to each of us ... Ryan came close too. :)

Afterwards, we stopped by a neighbor's house for "just a minute to say Happy New Years". We had too much to drink, met neighbors, and Connor charmed the adults, while Ryan hung out and played "guitar hero" on wii with the teenagers. I think they adopted him quickly... being batman and all. He eventually ditched the outfit, when one of the girls told him he was "cute". He then carried a torch around for her the rest of the night. He is VERY heterosexual. Anyway it was lots of fun and was really needed. We keep meeting cool neighbors and this place is starting to shape up.

As for 2007 projects, Ryan's room is WAY DONE. (Thank the saints!) Now I only have two small rooms to go, and after that I have three bathrooms to rehab. The closet in Ryan's room was a bear. I got out of square as I entered the closet. I am pretty sure it wasn't me, but it was the closet ... that's my story and I'm sticking to it. What a pain... in the end, I had to dry fit the ENTIRE thing and then use the wonder-bar to tighten things up. What a pain in the butt... I would have had the whole closet done in 30 minutes, and it took me almost 2 hours, with the cutting and re-cutting. In the end, it looks OK, but I'm not happy with it. It's not as tight as the other parts of the room, and I notice it. Lise was very happy, and didn't notice it, so I guess that's a plus. :)

Anyway, it's 9am and we're going to go out to the Coffee Break (aka: "the Flamingo Place") and get some breakfast.