Monday

Well, it's Monday again. It's going to be a short week again since I am going to be taking Friday off and Lynn and I will be heading to KC. Hope we can take the time to stop off to see the Home of Sliced Bread... But, I don't have much say in it all. Lynn has planned this for me so It should be fun.

We're getting Lynn's van fixed for the trip. Needs new shocks and such. Not that Missouri Roads are that bouncy or anything.

I made about $32 in sales on eBay tonight. I put up a bunch of novels tonight also. I bought a big box of books for $75 off ebay a while back so I could get about 6 books out of it that I would like to read. Hoping if I put them back out in smaller lots, I should be able to get them sold and make the money back. And more...

I've got to do some testing tonight for work. they are switching out some servers for upgraded hardware, seems that we've been doing some REALLY good business lately so we need to upgrade. Good to know that. I volunteered to help out Gary at work also and test his stuff also. He was kind of flustered about some administrative issues today so I thought I would help him out.

Well, Not much else to say. Leave you all with a pic I took of Nate yesterday after we got home from church. Lynn had gotten this sweater a while back and I thought he should try wearing it once before the weather gets warmer and/or he grows out of it. Suprising how much the boy grows.

If you look closely, he is holding a Sally Porsch from Disney's Cars. Sally is currently MIA. We have NO idea where should could have gone....

Gross

So at the gym, I have a pair of Nike Sandals that I wear in the locker room so I don't pickup any nasty stuff off the floor. Needless to say, after getting wet, they've been stinking a little bit so I decided to give 'em the best wash down I could, so I put them in the dishwasher with the regular dishes. They're cleaning right now. Is this gross? Don't tell Lynn I did this.... Vote below!




Later,

Total Eclipse of the Heart

Anyone see the lunar eclipse tonight? I tried to take a picture of it with my camera, but don't think it really had turned out that great. I'll have to take an after picture for you all so you can see what the moon really looks like (Like it is any different here in St. Louis then anywhere else).



Lynn had a girls night out tonight so I took Nate to the Y and we went Swimming. I also took him out to Dinner at Krieger's. Because of my impending B-day, They had sent me a $10 gift Certificate to enjoy, so we went out together. He behaved pretty good. Got a little antsy at the end and the waiter was so helpful in getting the bill out quickly.

Thankfully,I was able to keep him occupied in the locker room while we were changing. They have a family changing room that gives you plenty of room to work. Nate likes to run over and open the door while I'm dressing, but giving him the padlock from my gymbag kept him pretty occupied.

In honor of Bonnie Tyler and Nicki French and the Lunar Eclipse (last one till Dec 2010), I'm posting their "Total Eclipse of the Heart" videos ....






Here's one by a gal named Jan Wayne... (she's German). More techno beat then the Nicki French version...

Well, I need to go pack, we're heading out of town this weekend to a undisclosed location (honestly, Lynn has planned something and we are going somewhere and I am so in the dark.)

Later,

Sherrif

For Valentine's, My parents got Nate a card with some money in it so we went to Wal-Mart and we let him choose a Disney's Cars toy. He chose "Sherrif". The choices were kind of lacking. I think we missed the first couple of runs of the "normal" toys. Now they are putting out repaints of everything. We'll have to keep our eyes out for a tarnished "Mater".



Later,

Blustery Day

It's been a little windy around here. Sunday Morning woke up to find that a small branch had fallen off the maple in the front yard. Came back from church and it looked like a larger branch had fallen off also, someone dragged it back into the yard it appeared. I went out today and put it all into one lawn bag, so I guess it wasn't THAT big. Although, it was pretty rotted out. Guess we'll need to get rid of that tree eventually.

We all went to Wal-Mart today, I have the day off for Washington's Birthday. Just as a little factoid, the official holiday title is "Washington's Birthday". I think someone felt sorry for the other 42+ saps and felt they all should be honored. Sometimes I wonder why? Guess it is all personal opinion.

Jackson is going in for his Annual checkup this afternoon. It's sort of a last minute thing since I'm home and we all can get Nate watched in the meantime and such. vet asked for a "sample" of his "output" to check for worms, So I had to follow him around till he did his deed. I guess number 2 isn't as bad as trying to collect number 1. Lynn had to do that earlier for something, and I remember my old roommate had to get a sample from his female bulldog for a test also. I think we found out he bulldog was diabetic or something strange like that. It didn't last another year, unfortunately. Cute dog though.

I sold about 15 items on ebay last night. worth about $150. Most of the people have paid, so that's good. Waiting for 4 right now, one of my items is $45, so I hope it gets here quickly. I had sold a book three weeks ago for $63 and the guy never contacted me to sell. I had some guy e-mail me this week with a -1 feedback begging to let them bid. I declined. Told them last guy scarred me for life. Especially when the last guys defense to his neg feedback was that "he didn't know he had to pay"? Um.. yeah...

Nothing really planned for tonight. Maybe I can talk Nate and Lynn into going to the Y and going swimming. It's my birthday week so i should be able to do whatever I please, right?

Got out of Lynn what my BIG B-day surprise is... we are going up to my parents' this weekend. Sounds like there will be some Nate-Free time involved in that also, so that makes me curious. Funny, she was talking on the phone to her mom how calm I am in not knowing what is up, but I do wonder. I'm just a little more calm/collected about it...

I decided on Carrot Cake for my B-day. Cream cheese frosting also.

Well, I need to go.
Later,