The house guests are gone and the TV is operational once again! I apologize for there not being a blog yesterday. I just didn't have the time. Hopefully today begins a return to a regular schedule.
So DeAnne's Dad and his family left yesterday. We enjoyed seeing them and having them here, but we were ready to see them go also. It's amazing how similar the girls are to what I picture DeAnne and her sister Sara being like when they were small. While they were here, we also discovered that we will have no need for a baby monitor when we have children. Between the house being so small and the floors not being carpeted, we were able to easily hear Anna when she woke up in the night, even through two closed bedroom doors.
We also got the TV back yesterday. The new Dish receiver finally arrived, we hooked it up and now we just have to reset the eight million settings and recording timers we had set on the thing. It'll probably be days before we get everthing back in order. We've still got to figure out a way to see the shows we missed that don't rerun, but other than that, we're back in business.
Have a good Friday and a good weekend. Oh, and happy halloween.
--Paul
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
It's Amazing
It really is amazing how strange it is not to have TV. Even if we had it, we'd be watching cartoons for DeAnne's little sister, but still, it would be TV. Instead, we've had to watch a steady stream of Disney movies. This is much worse on DeAnne simply because she's here during the day so she has more exposure to it than I do.
Her Dad did get a building and got the majority of his stuff moved yesterday. He should finish up moving today and then I think they're planning on leaving either Thursday or Friday. It's really been a lot of fun at times. The children are starting to really warm up to DeAnne and I, Cindy (the oldest one) especially. We've had a good time with them, but it'll be nice to have the house to ourselves again. We've enjoyed the company that we've had lately and we're glad for it, but at the same time, you miss just having time to yourselves. I know that if we ever have children, that will be a permanent change, but with children it just seems like it would be different. Of course, I could be wrong. Who knows?
The election is only six days away. The closer it gets, the more news items seem to come out directly tying Obama to socialist ideals. Fox News has had a steady stream of articles detailing Obama's connection to socialist thinkers such as William Ayers. It's beyond me how anyone can vote for Obama after looking at this guy's history and record. I guess there's just that many people in this country that have gotten so lazy that they're to the point of looking to the government for a handout. Now that's sad. Go vote next Tuesday.
Have a good Wednesday.
--Paul
Her Dad did get a building and got the majority of his stuff moved yesterday. He should finish up moving today and then I think they're planning on leaving either Thursday or Friday. It's really been a lot of fun at times. The children are starting to really warm up to DeAnne and I, Cindy (the oldest one) especially. We've had a good time with them, but it'll be nice to have the house to ourselves again. We've enjoyed the company that we've had lately and we're glad for it, but at the same time, you miss just having time to yourselves. I know that if we ever have children, that will be a permanent change, but with children it just seems like it would be different. Of course, I could be wrong. Who knows?
The election is only six days away. The closer it gets, the more news items seem to come out directly tying Obama to socialist ideals. Fox News has had a steady stream of articles detailing Obama's connection to socialist thinkers such as William Ayers. It's beyond me how anyone can vote for Obama after looking at this guy's history and record. I guess there's just that many people in this country that have gotten so lazy that they're to the point of looking to the government for a handout. Now that's sad. Go vote next Tuesday.
Have a good Wednesday.
--Paul
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Crouching Blog, Hidden Post
I managed to get a post in today. Things are going well. DeAnne's dad, step-mother and two half-sisters are staying with us. So far things have been pretty cool. The girls are precious, DeAnne's step-mom is nice and her dad...well, he's her dad.
The biggest problem we've had so far is that the Dish receiver died yesterday. It won't even come on. So now we have a three year old in the house and no TV to entertain her with. Normally, I wouldn't consider this to be a problem but, since their just visiting, they didn't exactly bring a toy chest full of toys for them to play with. So last night we had to bust out some of the kids movies DeAnne has picked up for her classrooms.
I'm a little upset with Dish. I called and after jumping through all kinds of hoops to appease the tech so that he would finally declare the receiver dead, he told me it was going to be 3 to 5 days before we got the replacement. Already, having it down last night hurt. We missed Chuck, Heroes, Little People, Big World, Jon & Kate and 17 Kids and Counting. There's nothing on on Tuesday, but Wednesday has Pushing Dasies and Private Practice and Thursday is Ugly Betty and Grey's. So if it takes three days to get the new receiver, we're out pretty much an entire week of our shows. I guess we'll have to turn to steaming versions on the company websites. I think the worst part of all of this though is going to be redoing all the timers to record the shows when we get the new receiver in. There's no way to transfer the settings from the old receiver to the new one.
So that's what's been going on. I think I'll be able to post the rest of the week, but if I miss a day, then don't hold it against me.
Have a good Tuesday.
--Paul
The biggest problem we've had so far is that the Dish receiver died yesterday. It won't even come on. So now we have a three year old in the house and no TV to entertain her with. Normally, I wouldn't consider this to be a problem but, since their just visiting, they didn't exactly bring a toy chest full of toys for them to play with. So last night we had to bust out some of the kids movies DeAnne has picked up for her classrooms.
I'm a little upset with Dish. I called and after jumping through all kinds of hoops to appease the tech so that he would finally declare the receiver dead, he told me it was going to be 3 to 5 days before we got the replacement. Already, having it down last night hurt. We missed Chuck, Heroes, Little People, Big World, Jon & Kate and 17 Kids and Counting. There's nothing on on Tuesday, but Wednesday has Pushing Dasies and Private Practice and Thursday is Ugly Betty and Grey's. So if it takes three days to get the new receiver, we're out pretty much an entire week of our shows. I guess we'll have to turn to steaming versions on the company websites. I think the worst part of all of this though is going to be redoing all the timers to record the shows when we get the new receiver in. There's no way to transfer the settings from the old receiver to the new one.
So that's what's been going on. I think I'll be able to post the rest of the week, but if I miss a day, then don't hold it against me.
Have a good Tuesday.
--Paul
Friday, October 24, 2008
So Far, So Good
Looking at the connection stats on our modem, it looks like the connection hasn't dropped since the CenturyTel guy came and did whatever. Maybe this afternoon I can try and get the router going again. It'll be nice to be back to fully networked.
It's Friday!
Sorry, I just had to get that out of my system.
Auburn tried to play last night. I didn't even watch a second of the game and I'm kind of glad I didn't. Just looking at the stories this morning, it seems like we did about the same thing we did against Vandy: a decent first half followed by nothing. Evidently we still haven't figured out a running game other than "let Burns keep the ball every other play". He had 111 passing yards, but he also had 82 rushing yards. That was on 15 carries. Brad Lester had 13 carries but only managed to get 37 yards out of them. Meanwhile, the running back for WV averaged 12.2 yards per carry. I would say our defense is terrible, but I think it's just that they've been on the field so much this year that they're beat up and just can't keep going. If we had had some sembelance of an offense the first 7 games, then the defense would probably still be in good shape and wouldn't be making the mistakes they're making now.
Alright, end Auburn rant. Nothing really planned for this weekend. DeAnne's dad and his family are supposed to be coming in this evening. I'm not sure how long they're staying. It's going to be crazy. There's five of them, so with me and DeAnne there will be seven people living in our house. I imagine insanity will insue shortly. Touching on that, I'm going to try and blog next week, but it's highly likely that there will be someone making a bedroom out of the office. If this is the case, then blogging at home will probably not be a possibility. I may try and go in to work early so that I have a few minutes to post some short messages from there each day. Either way, I'll try and let you know what's going on on Monday.
Have a great weekend.
--Paul
It's Friday!
Sorry, I just had to get that out of my system.
Auburn tried to play last night. I didn't even watch a second of the game and I'm kind of glad I didn't. Just looking at the stories this morning, it seems like we did about the same thing we did against Vandy: a decent first half followed by nothing. Evidently we still haven't figured out a running game other than "let Burns keep the ball every other play". He had 111 passing yards, but he also had 82 rushing yards. That was on 15 carries. Brad Lester had 13 carries but only managed to get 37 yards out of them. Meanwhile, the running back for WV averaged 12.2 yards per carry. I would say our defense is terrible, but I think it's just that they've been on the field so much this year that they're beat up and just can't keep going. If we had had some sembelance of an offense the first 7 games, then the defense would probably still be in good shape and wouldn't be making the mistakes they're making now.
Alright, end Auburn rant. Nothing really planned for this weekend. DeAnne's dad and his family are supposed to be coming in this evening. I'm not sure how long they're staying. It's going to be crazy. There's five of them, so with me and DeAnne there will be seven people living in our house. I imagine insanity will insue shortly. Touching on that, I'm going to try and blog next week, but it's highly likely that there will be someone making a bedroom out of the office. If this is the case, then blogging at home will probably not be a possibility. I may try and go in to work early so that I have a few minutes to post some short messages from there each day. Either way, I'll try and let you know what's going on on Monday.
Have a great weekend.
--Paul
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Getting Somewhere...Maybe...
I would like to think we're getting somewhere with the internet problems. The guy came yesterday afternoon and checked the line and the log on the modem. He also bypassed my surge protector. Either way something seems to be making a difference. My modem up time goes back to the last time he reset it. It was getting disconnected every couple of hours or so, so the fact that it's been up for 18 hours or so is a good sign. I may not need a new router after all.
So it's been two days since I managed a real post. I apologize. My grandmother headed home yesterday. We're now looking towards the weekend and the potential visit from DeAnne's dad and his family.
We finally watched "Facing the Giants" a couple of nights ago. If you don't know, the movie was made by Sheerwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA. All the actors were volunteers from the church membership. The acting was a little hokey to start with, but they seemed to hit a stride about a third of the way into the movie and it got really good. It was a really inspirational movie and we really liked it. The church has a new movie out called "Fireproof". We're not going to make it to the theater any time soon, but we'll be renting it when it comes out on DVD.
The week's almost over. Have a good Thursday.
--Paul
So it's been two days since I managed a real post. I apologize. My grandmother headed home yesterday. We're now looking towards the weekend and the potential visit from DeAnne's dad and his family.
We finally watched "Facing the Giants" a couple of nights ago. If you don't know, the movie was made by Sheerwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA. All the actors were volunteers from the church membership. The acting was a little hokey to start with, but they seemed to hit a stride about a third of the way into the movie and it got really good. It was a really inspirational movie and we really liked it. The church has a new movie out called "Fireproof". We're not going to make it to the theater any time soon, but we'll be renting it when it comes out on DVD.
The week's almost over. Have a good Thursday.
--Paul
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Problems Abound
Internet connection issues abound. I'm on the phone now with CenturyTel. I managed to get a connection long enough to get this in. Hopefully the guy will come on out today and we can finally get this fixed. I've about had enough of these problems.
Sorry for the lack of a post yesterday. I feel like I let you all down. Anyway, hopefully tomorrow things will be better.
Have a good Wednesday.
--Paul
Sorry for the lack of a post yesterday. I feel like I let you all down. Anyway, hopefully tomorrow things will be better.
Have a good Wednesday.
--Paul
Monday, October 20, 2008
Let The Week Begin
Well, we're back around to Monday again. We had a good weekend for the most part. DeAnne got sick Friday night with her sinuses. The air turning cool like it did really messed her up. It always does. You can always count on her getting sick in the spring and the fall when the temperature makes big swings.
We've been having a good visit with my grandmother. She's heading back to Atlanta either Tuesday or Wednesday. After she's left, the real adventure should begin. DeAnne's dad, step-mother, step-sister and two half-sisters are coming down and staying with us before the end of the month. Most of you that read this have probably been in our house before. Now try and picture it with seven people living in it for a week. Talk about crazy.
And speaking of crazy, or well, just being dumb, Auburn didn't play one of the Mississippi teams this past Saturday. In fact, they didn't play at all. Alabama played one of the Mississippi teams (Ol Miss to be exact) and they nearly let the game get away from them. I would have to say that Auburn had a good day though. They couldn't loose.
Have a good Monday.
--Paul
We've been having a good visit with my grandmother. She's heading back to Atlanta either Tuesday or Wednesday. After she's left, the real adventure should begin. DeAnne's dad, step-mother, step-sister and two half-sisters are coming down and staying with us before the end of the month. Most of you that read this have probably been in our house before. Now try and picture it with seven people living in it for a week. Talk about crazy.
And speaking of crazy, or well, just being dumb, Auburn didn't play one of the Mississippi teams this past Saturday. In fact, they didn't play at all. Alabama played one of the Mississippi teams (Ol Miss to be exact) and they nearly let the game get away from them. I would have to say that Auburn had a good day though. They couldn't loose.
Have a good Monday.
--Paul
Friday, October 17, 2008
Just When You Thought It Was Safe...
I'm having internet issues again this morning. I'm not sure what's going on, but it's really beginning to get aggravating. I think I'm going to call CenturyTel back one more time before I buy a new router and see if there's anything else that they can do for me. At least it's Friday.
Nothing really major to report still. My grandmother's coming down today and staying with us for a few days. Auburn named Kodi Burns the starting QB this week. I don't know if it's really going to make a difference. We're playing one of the Mississippi teams this week. I'm not sure which one, but either way, it should be a game we win. Weather or not we will, who knows, but hopefully things will go well.
Other than that, it just the same ol' same ol' around here. Have a good weekend and I'll see you on Monday.
--Paul
Nothing really major to report still. My grandmother's coming down today and staying with us for a few days. Auburn named Kodi Burns the starting QB this week. I don't know if it's really going to make a difference. We're playing one of the Mississippi teams this week. I'm not sure which one, but either way, it should be a game we win. Weather or not we will, who knows, but hopefully things will go well.
Other than that, it just the same ol' same ol' around here. Have a good weekend and I'll see you on Monday.
--Paul
Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Final Countdown
Well, we didn't watch the debate last night. Looking at the headlines this morning, I may regret not catching it. It sounds like McCain tried to take a more aggressive approach than in the previous debates. Maybe it'll do some good. I just wish he had been aggressive from the start. When you're dealing with someone as good an orator as Obama, you've got to be aggressive and convincing if you want to get an edge. I think that's something that McCain has struggled with and hopefully he'll get better at over the next 2 and a half weeks. It's kind of hard to believe that the election is that close. With the campaigns beginning in the summer of '07, it seems like it's been election season for forever.
Well, I know it's short, but that's really all I've got today. I'll try and do better tomorrow. I promise. Have a good Thursday.
--Paul
Well, I know it's short, but that's really all I've got today. I'll try and do better tomorrow. I promise. Have a good Thursday.
--Paul
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
It's Confirmed
Something has definitely gone haywire with my wireless router. I played around with it some more yesterday afternoon and every time I tried to put it in the mix, the modem would loose it's connection. I guess it's time for an upgrade.
Not much going on. It's Wednesday, so we're halfway there. It looks like my Grandmother's coming into town this weekend and is probably going to be staying with us for a couple of days. We haven't seen her since we went up to Atlanta in July for the Butch Walker concert, so it'll be good to see her.
Other than that, there's just not a lot going on. The final Presidential debate is tonight. It'll be interesting to see if either candidate tries to up the ante any from the first couple of debates. The second one was pretty much just a repeat of the first. I'm ready for some new questions on topics other than the economy and the war. I thought the woman who moderated the VP debate did a good job covering a lot of topics. I'm not sure who's doing tonight's debate, but maybe they'll take a cue from her and try and keep things moving.
Have a good Wednesday.
--Paul
Not much going on. It's Wednesday, so we're halfway there. It looks like my Grandmother's coming into town this weekend and is probably going to be staying with us for a couple of days. We haven't seen her since we went up to Atlanta in July for the Butch Walker concert, so it'll be good to see her.
Other than that, there's just not a lot going on. The final Presidential debate is tonight. It'll be interesting to see if either candidate tries to up the ante any from the first couple of debates. The second one was pretty much just a repeat of the first. I'm ready for some new questions on topics other than the economy and the war. I thought the woman who moderated the VP debate did a good job covering a lot of topics. I'm not sure who's doing tonight's debate, but maybe they'll take a cue from her and try and keep things moving.
Have a good Wednesday.
--Paul
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Continuing On
A couple of other things I wanted to mention from the weekend.
Friday night was the church sponsored fall festival at Pleasant Home. It went really well. There was a good crowd. It started about 4:30 and we went to almost 6:00. Our Sunday school class was in charge of the ring toss. We had can drinks sitting out and if you rung one, you got it. They weren't cold, but the kids were tearing into them. It was a lot warmer than I thought it would be and the kids were all pretty hot from running around. After the football game, they had a band play and give testimony and present the Gospel. DeAnne and I didn't stay, but from what I understand, there were a good many teenagers saved that night.
Saturday we watched a couple of movies. The first was "Run Fatboy, Run". It was pretty good. It's about a guy that leaves his pregnant fiance at the alter and then tries to win her back five years later by running a marathon. It was pretty humorous and fairly touching at the same time.
The other movie we watched was "You Don't Mess With the Zohan". At times it was almost crossed the line of so stupid you couldn't stand it, but it always seemed to back off just as it got to that point. Overall it was pretty funny, but definitely just a renter.
DeAnne's party went pretty well last night. She had a good turn out and got a pretty large order. For all the trouble she earned a good bit of "free" jewelry. All she has to do now is pick out what she wants.
That's all I've got for today. I've got to get my blood drawn this morning and I'm already starving. Here's hoping 7:30 gets here fast. Have a good Tuesday.
--Paul
Friday night was the church sponsored fall festival at Pleasant Home. It went really well. There was a good crowd. It started about 4:30 and we went to almost 6:00. Our Sunday school class was in charge of the ring toss. We had can drinks sitting out and if you rung one, you got it. They weren't cold, but the kids were tearing into them. It was a lot warmer than I thought it would be and the kids were all pretty hot from running around. After the football game, they had a band play and give testimony and present the Gospel. DeAnne and I didn't stay, but from what I understand, there were a good many teenagers saved that night.
Saturday we watched a couple of movies. The first was "Run Fatboy, Run". It was pretty good. It's about a guy that leaves his pregnant fiance at the alter and then tries to win her back five years later by running a marathon. It was pretty humorous and fairly touching at the same time.
The other movie we watched was "You Don't Mess With the Zohan". At times it was almost crossed the line of so stupid you couldn't stand it, but it always seemed to back off just as it got to that point. Overall it was pretty funny, but definitely just a renter.
DeAnne's party went pretty well last night. She had a good turn out and got a pretty large order. For all the trouble she earned a good bit of "free" jewelry. All she has to do now is pick out what she wants.
That's all I've got for today. I've got to get my blood drawn this morning and I'm already starving. Here's hoping 7:30 gets here fast. Have a good Tuesday.
--Paul
Monday, October 13, 2008
I'm Better Now
We had a pretty good weekend. DeAnne woke up sick yesterday, but other than that, it was nice. We didn't do much of anything, but I think that may have been part of what made it nice.
A tech from CenturyTel came out Friday and looked into our DSL problem. After working with him for about an hour, we came to the conclusion that it was something to do with my wireless router. We left the router out of the equation and my internet connection has been fine all weekend. I'm going to try playing with the router some this week and make sure that it's the problem, but right now I'm leaning in that direction.
Saturday was a day for visitors it seemed. We started off the morning by cleaning the entire house in preparation for DeAnne's jewelry party that's tonight. As part of that, Dad and Sherry came by and picked up a couple of things that we wanted to get out of the house. Not too long after they left, Mom stopped by for a while. We had a good visit with her and she bought some jewelry from DeAnne since she's not going to be able to make the party. After Mom left, we headed to Wal-Mart for the weekly trip and then when we got back DeAnne's Mom and Wayne came over and dropped off some chairs for the party. It was a pretty busy day, but it was all contained at the house so it didn't really feel busy.
Yesterday we just finished cleaning in between church services. DeAnne stayed at home trying to stave off her sickness. We're not sure what she's got, but it's probably just sinus and allergy problems.
There's a couple of other things I want to talk about from this past weekend, but I'm out of time today so they'll have to wait until tomorrow. Have a good Monday.
--Paul
A tech from CenturyTel came out Friday and looked into our DSL problem. After working with him for about an hour, we came to the conclusion that it was something to do with my wireless router. We left the router out of the equation and my internet connection has been fine all weekend. I'm going to try playing with the router some this week and make sure that it's the problem, but right now I'm leaning in that direction.
Saturday was a day for visitors it seemed. We started off the morning by cleaning the entire house in preparation for DeAnne's jewelry party that's tonight. As part of that, Dad and Sherry came by and picked up a couple of things that we wanted to get out of the house. Not too long after they left, Mom stopped by for a while. We had a good visit with her and she bought some jewelry from DeAnne since she's not going to be able to make the party. After Mom left, we headed to Wal-Mart for the weekly trip and then when we got back DeAnne's Mom and Wayne came over and dropped off some chairs for the party. It was a pretty busy day, but it was all contained at the house so it didn't really feel busy.
Yesterday we just finished cleaning in between church services. DeAnne stayed at home trying to stave off her sickness. We're not sure what she's got, but it's probably just sinus and allergy problems.
There's a couple of other things I want to talk about from this past weekend, but I'm out of time today so they'll have to wait until tomorrow. Have a good Monday.
--Paul
Friday, October 10, 2008
Now I Am Annoyed
Our internet connection has gone even further downhill. I don't know what's dropping faster, the Dow Jones Industrial average or the reliability of our internet connection. I called CenturyTel yesterday and had a good conversation with a really knowledgeable tech support agent who amazingly enough was American. Anyway, they're dispatching a field tech to look at the lines and all today, so hopefully they'll find something and get us back going again.
So, I've been waiting 20 minutes for the connection to become steady, so this is going to be short. We've got Fall Festival at PHS tonight. Our Sunday School class is sponsoring the ring toss, so we're going to go work that for a little while. Other than that, it should be an uneventful weekend. Mom's coming down on Saturday, but that's about it. I'm on call, so we're not going anywhere. Auburn's on pay-per-view, so that's out. I may just have to listen to it on the radio. I'm kind of scared to know how it goes though.
Anyway, here's hoping that this posts. Have a great weekend and I'll see you all back on Monday.
--Paul
So, I've been waiting 20 minutes for the connection to become steady, so this is going to be short. We've got Fall Festival at PHS tonight. Our Sunday School class is sponsoring the ring toss, so we're going to go work that for a little while. Other than that, it should be an uneventful weekend. Mom's coming down on Saturday, but that's about it. I'm on call, so we're not going anywhere. Auburn's on pay-per-view, so that's out. I may just have to listen to it on the radio. I'm kind of scared to know how it goes though.
Anyway, here's hoping that this posts. Have a great weekend and I'll see you all back on Monday.
--Paul
Thursday, October 09, 2008
I'm Almost Annoyed
Short post today. I've been fighting with the internet for the last 15 minutes and so far it's a draw. I finally got a stable enough connection to get into the blogger system, but who knows if it'll last.
Not much to talk about really. We've just been watching more TV. I finally watched Pushing Daisies from last week and it was pretty good. We also watched the first episode of the new Star Wars cartoon and it was pretty good too. I was really impressed with the way it looked. DISH picked up Cartoon Network HD a couple of months ago and I'm glad they did now.
From all I've heard, I didn't miss anything by not watching the debate from Tuesday. It's disappointing that they really didn't do anything new and just asked the same questions over again. I think there's one more to go. Maybe we'll get something good out of that one. I just hope that John McCain steps up and starts doing better or it's going to be a long 4 years.
So Auburn kicked Tony Franklin to the curb yesterday. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. It's definitely a sad though that the season's been so tough that we fired a new offensive coordinator after having him for just seven games (counting last seasons bowl game). Maybe Tubberville can right the ship and get the team looking better. I just worry about the effect on the recruiting. Hopefully it'll all work out though. At least things can't get much worse.
Have a good Thursday.
--Paul
Not much to talk about really. We've just been watching more TV. I finally watched Pushing Daisies from last week and it was pretty good. We also watched the first episode of the new Star Wars cartoon and it was pretty good too. I was really impressed with the way it looked. DISH picked up Cartoon Network HD a couple of months ago and I'm glad they did now.
From all I've heard, I didn't miss anything by not watching the debate from Tuesday. It's disappointing that they really didn't do anything new and just asked the same questions over again. I think there's one more to go. Maybe we'll get something good out of that one. I just hope that John McCain steps up and starts doing better or it's going to be a long 4 years.
So Auburn kicked Tony Franklin to the curb yesterday. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. It's definitely a sad though that the season's been so tough that we fired a new offensive coordinator after having him for just seven games (counting last seasons bowl game). Maybe Tubberville can right the ship and get the team looking better. I just worry about the effect on the recruiting. Hopefully it'll all work out though. At least things can't get much worse.
Have a good Thursday.
--Paul
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Still No Good
Still having problems with titles. Oh Well.
We didn't watch the debate last night. I recorded it, but I doubt that I watch it. I'll probably just read a couple of recaps on the internet this morning. Neither of them are going to say anything to change my vote at this point. I don't necessarily agree with everything McCain's talked about, but Obama can't be allowed to become the President.
We did watch "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" last night. It was a little raunchy, but it was pretty funny too. A good renter. I also started watching the new Star Wars: The Clone Wars cartoon. I didn't get very far though because DeAnne has no interest in it and shut me down so that we could watch the movie. What I saw looked good though.
I don't know how much more of anything we'll be watching this week though. DeAnne's having a jewelry party next Monday and has plans for the house that should keep us busy for the rest of the week. We've also got the Pleasant Home Fall Festival that the church is sponsoring on Friday night. So we've got a full second half of the week coming up.
I thought it was going to be short today, but I managed a decent post after all. Have a good Wednesday.
--Paul
We didn't watch the debate last night. I recorded it, but I doubt that I watch it. I'll probably just read a couple of recaps on the internet this morning. Neither of them are going to say anything to change my vote at this point. I don't necessarily agree with everything McCain's talked about, but Obama can't be allowed to become the President.
We did watch "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" last night. It was a little raunchy, but it was pretty funny too. A good renter. I also started watching the new Star Wars: The Clone Wars cartoon. I didn't get very far though because DeAnne has no interest in it and shut me down so that we could watch the movie. What I saw looked good though.
I don't know how much more of anything we'll be watching this week though. DeAnne's having a jewelry party next Monday and has plans for the house that should keep us busy for the rest of the week. We've also got the Pleasant Home Fall Festival that the church is sponsoring on Friday night. So we've got a full second half of the week coming up.
I thought it was going to be short today, but I managed a decent post after all. Have a good Wednesday.
--Paul
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
What To Say
Titles are really becoming hard to come by.
Last night's Heroes was by far the best episode this season. The first couple of episodes were okay, but I was hoping that they would get better once they got a little further into the season. Last night was episode four and it was awesome. Hopefully they keep up the good work.
There's another Presidential debate tonight. I didn't get a chance to talk about last weeks VP debate because of the internet trouble and being gone on Friday, but suffice it to say, my position still stands. I thought Palin did a pretty good job and held her own. She made some good hits and she took a couple, but it wasn't a K.O. for either side. The biggest thing that caught my attention was Biden's comment about letting the courts meddle with mortgages if someone files for bankruptcy. In case you missed it, he said that he and Obama would advocate for the backruptcy courts not only being able to adjust the interest rate you pay on your mortgage, but they would also be able to adjust the principle amount you owe so that you could afford to keep your home. I'm not a fan of either measure, but at least when you mess with the interest rate, your just affecting the amount of profit the banks make off the loan. When you start monkeying with the principle though, you've gone off the deep end. You've destroyed the value of every piece of property in the country. It's one of the scariest things I've heard the Obama/Biden camp say. In a free market you just can't do something like mess with the principle on a mortgage. It undermines the entire market and all your left with is the government setting the price on property and telling people what to pay for stuff. Oh wait, that's communism. Now that's a scary though.
Anyway, end political rant. Have a good Tuesday.
--Paul
Last night's Heroes was by far the best episode this season. The first couple of episodes were okay, but I was hoping that they would get better once they got a little further into the season. Last night was episode four and it was awesome. Hopefully they keep up the good work.
There's another Presidential debate tonight. I didn't get a chance to talk about last weeks VP debate because of the internet trouble and being gone on Friday, but suffice it to say, my position still stands. I thought Palin did a pretty good job and held her own. She made some good hits and she took a couple, but it wasn't a K.O. for either side. The biggest thing that caught my attention was Biden's comment about letting the courts meddle with mortgages if someone files for bankruptcy. In case you missed it, he said that he and Obama would advocate for the backruptcy courts not only being able to adjust the interest rate you pay on your mortgage, but they would also be able to adjust the principle amount you owe so that you could afford to keep your home. I'm not a fan of either measure, but at least when you mess with the interest rate, your just affecting the amount of profit the banks make off the loan. When you start monkeying with the principle though, you've gone off the deep end. You've destroyed the value of every piece of property in the country. It's one of the scariest things I've heard the Obama/Biden camp say. In a free market you just can't do something like mess with the principle on a mortgage. It undermines the entire market and all your left with is the government setting the price on property and telling people what to pay for stuff. Oh wait, that's communism. Now that's a scary though.
Anyway, end political rant. Have a good Tuesday.
--Paul
Monday, October 06, 2008
Monday Already?
Say it ain't so! The weekend flew by and we had a great time. We left for Mobile around lunch on Friday. I actually went to work for a little bit. I was going to blog Friday morning, but our internet connection was still flaky, so I wasn't able to get one up.
The doctor's appointment went fine. He really didn't do anything other than ask me how I felt and draw blood to check my thyroid levels. A waste of $30 if you ask me.
After the doctor, we headed over to Courtney and Edwin's. We went and met up with some of their friends, Harry and Heather, ate dinner and headed out to Bayfest. Friday night we saw Candlebox. They're an old band from the 90's that had a couple of hits. They've got a new album out but they still played a bunch of old songs. Overall they were pretty good. After they played, we just walked around and checked everything out then called it a night.
Saturday we saw P.O.D. (meh...), Puddle of Mudd (best all weekend), a little bit of Kid Rock (or Kid Country Cover Song) and Buckcherry (not bad). Overall, not a bad lineup. I was disappointed with how poor P.O.D. was. I thought that after all these years they've been around that they would be pretty good, but they were really pretty terrible. A good time was had by all though.
When we weren't at Bayfest, we were hanging out at the house and mostly playing Rock Band 2. We had a great weekend as we always do when we go down to Mobile. Thanks to Courtney and Edwin for hosting us again. We love you guys. The only thing about it is that it goes by too fast and then it's time to go back to reality.
Hope you all have a good Monday.
--Paul
The doctor's appointment went fine. He really didn't do anything other than ask me how I felt and draw blood to check my thyroid levels. A waste of $30 if you ask me.
After the doctor, we headed over to Courtney and Edwin's. We went and met up with some of their friends, Harry and Heather, ate dinner and headed out to Bayfest. Friday night we saw Candlebox. They're an old band from the 90's that had a couple of hits. They've got a new album out but they still played a bunch of old songs. Overall they were pretty good. After they played, we just walked around and checked everything out then called it a night.
Saturday we saw P.O.D. (meh...), Puddle of Mudd (best all weekend), a little bit of Kid Rock (or Kid Country Cover Song) and Buckcherry (not bad). Overall, not a bad lineup. I was disappointed with how poor P.O.D. was. I thought that after all these years they've been around that they would be pretty good, but they were really pretty terrible. A good time was had by all though.
When we weren't at Bayfest, we were hanging out at the house and mostly playing Rock Band 2. We had a great weekend as we always do when we go down to Mobile. Thanks to Courtney and Edwin for hosting us again. We love you guys. The only thing about it is that it goes by too fast and then it's time to go back to reality.
Hope you all have a good Monday.
--Paul
Thursday, October 02, 2008
The Intertubes Are Jammed!
Having to email this one in real quick this morning. Our internet connection at the house was down this morning.
Really not much to talk about. We're heading for Mobile tomorrow for the weekend. We're going to be going to Mobile's Bayfest with Courtney and Edwin. I'm really looking forward to it. We always have a great time in Mobile. On top of that though, I've not been to a festival type event since the last time I went to Pensacola's now-defunct Springfest back when I was in jr. college. That was around 8 or 9 years ago now. The weather should be great for it and while there's no one that I'm just dying to see, there are several acts that I'm looking forward to.
We watched a movie called August Rush last night. The ending could have been better, but overall it was a pretty good movie. It's about a boy that gets placed in foster care at birth and when he's 11 he tries to find his parents by creating music. It's in that sappy, love-story vien of movies, but it was one of the better ones I've seen. Plus it has Robin Williams in it. It's not a comedic role, but I've always loved him and I thought he did a good job in this movie.
No blog tomorrow, so have a good weekend and I'll see you back on Monday.
--Paul
Really not much to talk about. We're heading for Mobile tomorrow for the weekend. We're going to be going to Mobile's Bayfest with Courtney and Edwin. I'm really looking forward to it. We always have a great time in Mobile. On top of that though, I've not been to a festival type event since the last time I went to Pensacola's now-defunct Springfest back when I was in jr. college. That was around 8 or 9 years ago now. The weather should be great for it and while there's no one that I'm just dying to see, there are several acts that I'm looking forward to.
We watched a movie called August Rush last night. The ending could have been better, but overall it was a pretty good movie. It's about a boy that gets placed in foster care at birth and when he's 11 he tries to find his parents by creating music. It's in that sappy, love-story vien of movies, but it was one of the better ones I've seen. Plus it has Robin Williams in it. It's not a comedic role, but I've always loved him and I thought he did a good job in this movie.
No blog tomorrow, so have a good weekend and I'll see you back on Monday.
--Paul
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
At A Loss
It seems like yesterday, I had a plan for what to write about today, but now I can't come up with anything. That's going to drive me crazy the rest of the day.
Well, if Monday was a busy night for TV, then Tuesday is evidently our night to catch up because there wasn't anything on last night that we were interested in. There's a couple of shows coming on tonight.
Tomorrow's the Vice Presidential debate. I'm really looking forward to this one. We watched the first Presidential debate last Friday and I really felt like it was just par for the course for both the candidates. I think neither of them really said anything to sway voters one way or another. It makes the VP debate even more important. Biden is known for being tough, but he also has a tendency to stick his foot in his mouth. If he messes up and Palin really goes after him, she could really help McCain out. I guess we'll see tomorrow night.
Have a good Wednesday.
--Paul
Well, if Monday was a busy night for TV, then Tuesday is evidently our night to catch up because there wasn't anything on last night that we were interested in. There's a couple of shows coming on tonight.
Tomorrow's the Vice Presidential debate. I'm really looking forward to this one. We watched the first Presidential debate last Friday and I really felt like it was just par for the course for both the candidates. I think neither of them really said anything to sway voters one way or another. It makes the VP debate even more important. Biden is known for being tough, but he also has a tendency to stick his foot in his mouth. If he messes up and Palin really goes after him, she could really help McCain out. I guess we'll see tomorrow night.
Have a good Wednesday.
--Paul
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