My Dad loves to send us funny videos and stuff… well, this one made me laugh. 🙂 Hopefully it does for you too. 🙂
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Let It Snow! Keep It Coming!
In all the busyness of my web design work, and my Buffalo Bills show, and everyday life as a family of six, I have not gotten to say HOW MUCH I AM LOVING THIS WINTER!!! (AND IT’S NOT EVEN WINTER YET!!!!) 🙂
Just after Thanksgiving, people had their Christmas lights up (and on at night) but the ground was still green. Well, just about my birthday, that all changed! We got snow… and it’s set up camp! Looks like it’s going to be around for a long while and that is GREAT NEWS!!
It makes the Christmas lights look a lot better, too. 🙂
It snowed all day today – another 6-7 inches maybe? It’s supposed to snow all day Sunday. And Monday. And probably more after that! Oh man! This is my kinda winter!!!
The cool part for me is that I work upstairs. I don’t have to get the snow off the car, or shovel the driveway, or DRIVE in the stuff. I just get to have a nice hot cup of whatever and LOOK at it! Whoohoo! Oh… and I get to make snowmen with my boys at 10:30 at night. 🙂 (See below…)
Bring it on, winter! This is why I live in upstate New York!!!! 🙂
33
Well, yes, today is my birthday, but it has already begun to be celebrated. My sister made me a cake while we were down there with them at my Mom & Dad’s… they sang and everything. I got presents from the extended family. Many have been wishing me a happy birthday, including calls/IMs from Dad & Sister who have started this interesting tradition of wishing me a happy birthday on November 29th, so they can be the first one or something… 🙂
Last night we all went out as a family to celebrate. Red Robin gives you a free burger on your birthday, so we like to take advantage of that! We went there for dinner, they sang me a song. It was tons of fun!
During dinner, Kirstie (our awesome 3-year-old) says something about how we need to go to Chuck-E-Cheese for my birthday! I just smiled (as I am now!) and realized that to her, THAT is a birthday! We have done the Red-Robin-Chuck-E-Cheese birthday circuit for several birthdays running now! 🙂
So after dinner, we piled in the van and headed over to Chuck-E-Cheese!!
We got inside and the guy at the entrance said, “Is there a special occasion today?” I answered, “Yes……” He probed further, “Is it a birthday?” We all said, “Yes…….” He said, “Whose birthday is it???”
Everyone pointed to me and said, “Dad’s birthday!” He looked a little surprised, but handed me the birthday balloon!
We got a few dollars worth of tokens and headed out to have some fun. Strangely, most of the stuff we tried to do was broken, but the one thing I wanted to do – that cool little sketch/photo machine – did work and we got a funny photo memory from the night. I did get to play one game of skee ball with the boys, too. 🙂
So, for my 33rd birthday, I went to Red Robin & Chuck E Cheese! 🙂
But, there’s more. So far today I have received some awesome steak “plates” (they are boards!) hand-crafted by my almost-9 year old son and his crafty Grandpa Tom, and a BUNCH of e-mails, IMs, and other electronic birthday greetings. Jen has some plans for tonight too, but won’t divulge them just yet. 🙂
More later… unfortunately today is still a busy work day! Just wanted to tell the stories of how everyone has been celebrating my birthday. It’s been really fun so far, and much appreciated.
Thanks! 🙂
What Color Am I?
I don’t know why these quick little quizzes are so fascinating to me, but they are… My pick was interestingly accurate. It said to choose the “most appealing” one… that could mean a lot of things, so I chose the one I noticed first. Here’s what it said about me.
You love a free and spontaneous life. And you strive to enjoy every moment, in accordance with the motto: “You only live once.”
You are very curious and open about everything new. You thrive on change. Nothing is worse than when you feel tied down.
You experience your environment as being versatile and always good for a surprise.
So, click the image above and take their one-click test. See if it accurately describes you. 🙂
(The Great) Chris Farley and Paul McCartney
Was just remembering this Saturday Night sketch today, and found it (of course) on YouTube. Classic, CLASSIC video. Was laughing as loud as I have ever laughed I think when I saw it again. 🙂
Enjoy!
Candidate Calculator
I found this site last night, and thought it was interesting… I actually care very little about politics because I really just don’t like government very much at all anyway. I know it’s idealistic, but I definitely have Libertarian leanings, where each person is responsible for themselves, and the people around them. I don’t like that the government seems to be taking more and more control over people’s lives. 🙁 Definitely not a socialist… 🙂
Anyhoo… looks like I need to vote Huckabee. (Um, seriously… don’t you think he should change his name or something? President Huckabee???) 🙂
Click the image above and see who you should vote for! 🙂
(direct link: http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html)
Under Two Weeks!
I can’t believe it’s really here, but we are under two weeks from leaving for eight days—without our children!!! Seriously. It’s true! We leave a week from Friday, and will return the following Saturday night. Jen’s folks are keeping our kiddos for the week, and my folks gave us a week of their time share… all for our 10th anniversary celebration! What a celebration!
We’re so looking forward to it. The problem is the major cramming I am doing now to complete several projects before we leave! Still going nuts!
Besides relaxing for a week with no children, just enjoying each other’s company (celebrating TEN YEARS of marriage!) we’ll get to see some friends from college who live out “near” there. (At least closer there than they are to our home here in New York…) 🙂
So, fun all around! We’re 11 days away!! Holy cow!! 🙂
Quick Links
Hey folks… more to come, even today I hope. But have a couple quick things for you today:
Five Free Songs!
If you’re on Facebook, I heard through a podcast today that you can get 5 free songs from iTunes just by joining the Ticketmaster Live group. And, it’s true. I have 5 song credits on my iTunes account, just for joining their group. Neat!
The Holy Observer: October Edition
Folks, this site is just so well done. If you haven’t clicked over there in the past when I’ve linked it, you ought to take a moment and do that today. So well written, and expertly designed… and hilarious! I love the church sign for this month! 🙂
Enjoy… More to come.
Changing Seasons
Fall has begun, and that means that we’re coming to the very end of the ice cream season. It’s been a good one. Many visits from the Chis. My Dad has been up several times for ice cream. Friends from all over the region have met us there – including a surprise visit from our friends the Towners one night! – and we of course did our annual concert there with our friends in the band Sound Mind.
It’s been a good year.
But now, this Sunday (Sep 30)… Chill & Grill will be closing for the season. 🙁 🙁
We’ll be heading up there for sure on Sunday, and maybe tomorrow night as well. Been fitting in a few more ice cream trips this week, knowing it will be closing again for 5 months or so. Too bad. I would still get ice cream in the winter…
🙂
If you’re a fan, come out today or tomorrow and grab the last remnants of the ice cream! (Flavor selection is rather slim these days!) We’ll be there Sunday for sure!
Also, be sure to check out the Chill & Grill Fan Page I created on Facebook!
Looking forward to Sunday, and already looking forward to next season!
I do love me some ice cream… 🙂
Naples Grape Festival
Tomorrow and Sunday is the annual Grape Festival in Naples, NY. It’s about 35-40 minutes from our house, but we’ve never gotten to go. We’ve had a grape pie or two from the event, but never witnessed it in person. We happen to have an open schedule, so we’re planning to go! It’s a neat little town, and I think mostly the festival is about food. (But then, what festival isn’t??) 🙂 So it should be a super fun day!
I’ll try and bring back a report… but no promises on that one! 😉
If you’re a local, and you’d like more info, just click their photo to the right. Maybe we’ll see ya there!