New house

After much debate we bought a house in State College.  It is in a great neighborhood and we are excited to move into it.  Here is a link to it http://www.trulia.com/property/3010111769-796-Cornwall-Rd-State-College-PA-16803 

On a side note anyone want to buy a house in Minneapolis?

Holloween

The Great Pumpkin

There she goes..

Its a happy day.....and a sad day

On a similar subject. Anyone want to buy a house?

Ghost House

I find it somewhat strange that if you want to sell your house that it should look like no one lives in it. We were told that we cannot have any kids things out. You know how hard that is with 2 kids in the house? Basically our house needs to be as sterile and un-lived in as possilbe. While it is nice to get rid of some of the clutter our house is starting to look like the inside of a hospital. I guess we have to play the game to sell our house. Specially in this market.

Hypocrites....

I really don't have much of a problems with politicians believing in something and trying to convince others that what they say or believe in is the best way to proceed. There are some caveats to this one being homosexuality but lets just leave that be for now. For example believing that taxing the wealthy more is not the right way to balance the budget. Or say the stimulus bill was not the right way to stop us from going into a deeper recession. These discussions are good to have and work out differences and come to some agreememnt. I think the thing that drives me most nuts about politicians/personalities in general is hypocricy. For example saying the stimulus bill is absolutely the wrong way to balance the budget while at the same time writting letters to the federal government asking for stimulus money(*cough* Bachman *cough*) Or saying that protectiong our troops is utmost importance meanwhile leaking a CIA name to the public for political gains. Or saying homosexuality is deviant behaviour and all homosexuals should be shipped to Siberia and partaking in that behavior in private. Maybe I have huge blinders on but it just seems as if the current Republicans are the kings/queens of hypocricy. Hence my current dislike of them. Well that and I can't get over the bash the homo under tones of the party.

State College

Well most of you probably already know this. It is with much sadness and excitemnt that we will be moving to State College, PA. The time frame is the end of the year. I will try and let you know more as I do. So things are a little crazy around here getting the house ready to sell and attempting to get things moving in order to buy a house.

Isaac says ...

After getting seriously annoyed with Isaacs impatience of trying to push through the door while carrying Nora Mom Says sternly "Isaac Sit"

Isaac says, "Silly Mommy. I don't have a tail"

Basically Isaac is saying don't tell me to sit. I am not a dog.

To Craigslist or To Not Craigslist

So I have always not liked Craigslist. I know there is no listing fee so the possibility to make more money is there but....It is a pain in the ass. You constantly have people emailing you. Some are asking if the product is still available some are trying to low ball you. Then you have to deal with meeting someone at your house who could be a serial killer or meeting them in some neutral location. Not to mention all the hastle that goes along with setting up a time to meet. In contrast you post something on ebay it sells you get paid and ship whatever you are selling. I know ocassionally someone doesn't pay on ebay but that doesn't happen that often.

Ok so now to my story. K talked me into selling a few of our used baby things on Craigslist. So I put a baby swing and a bumbo on craigslist. I must have had 10 people email me about the swing asking if it was available and wanting to set up a time to look at it and probably buy it. After replying to them all only one person then replied saying they wanted to come Friday and pick up the swing(they never showed up). So after all that hastle the swing still hasn't sold. Now to the Bumbo. Who knew bubmo's were so popular. I had a ton of emails on it and finally had set up for a person to come by and pick it up. They came around 6pm(it was a mother with her baby). She shows up and asks if she can come inside and change her baby...ok a little strange but no big deal when a baby has to go they go. She then sat and chatted for a little bit before paying us for the bubmo. She gives K a $20 bill folded up and doesn't ask for change when the bumbo was on sale for $15. Ok again a little strange but whatever. After K realizes she had given us a $20 she digs out change and gives it to the lady. Who then leaves with the Bumbo and change. The next day K goes to the coffee shop with the $20 takes the twenty out and thinks it is a counterfit. She sends me a freak out email about how we have been had blah blah blah. Well it turns out after taking the $20 bill to the bank that it isn't counterfit but just an old twenty.

So the moral of the story is Craigslist is just more work then it is worth.

This killed me

I found this website hugely entertaining. Maybe you will to.

Shitmydadsays.com

Happy B-day Amelia

With Attitude

Isaac puts toy in mouth.
Mom says, "Isaac don't put the toy in your mouth.  If you put that toy in your mouth one more time I am going to take it away from you"
Isaac immediately puts toy back in mouth.
Mom takes toy away.
Isaac immeditely puts hand in mouth removes hand and says, "Momma can you take my finters away?"
Isaac 1 Mommy 0

Isaac gives new meaning to cool shades

This is my house

Moisture Question

While enjoying an outdoor activity on an overcast day with a high chance of rain you feel what appears to be a rain drop land perfectly on your lower lip.  Do you...

A.  lick your lip and think to yourself ahh rain sweet nectar of the Gods
B.  lick your lip and spit out that vile substance as quick as possible.
C.  screem ala the wicked witch of the west "I'm melting" from the acid rain
D.  lick your lip only to find that this isn't rain but a passing bird's little gift to you
E.  Stop drop and roll...oh wait that is for something completely different
F.  leave it on your lip doing a complex science experiment to see how long it will take to evaporate

Isaac

Didnt want Isaac to get jealous

Nora Christine

This is it

I have been searching high and low to remember exactly who a coworker reminds me of.  After years of searching I have finally remembered. 

Nora Christine Poole

New addition

New yet un-Named baby girl. Everyone is doing great

It is the beginning.

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Flinstone like stoppingough

As the weather in Minneapolis slowly changes we have the joys of lots of ice.  During the day the snow slowly melts which in turns freezes to a nice sheet of ice.  While biking to work on Monday I came across the Greenway and 5th Ave.  This place is usually a lake of water this time of year.  It usually is deep enough that just a half inch or so freezes on the top and when you ride your bike on it you just break right through and are riding in about 6-7 inches of water.  While this can pose challenges of its own, ie trying to break a half inch sheet of ice as it hits your tire 5 inches or so up on your front tire, it is much better then riding on glare ice.  So Monday I did the little dance through the small pond and carried on my way.  I was lucky enough to get the west side of St. Loius Park before I had to use my brakes again.  The down side of not using my brakes for so long was that the water that was on my rims from the lake froze to a nice icey layer.  Needless to say while I was trying to brake I wasnt really slowing down.  This caused me to put me feet down a la Fred Flinstone and stop.  For a brief second it was a little scarey.  After that I used my brakes a bunch in order to warm them up and melt the ice.   Moral of storey is check your brakes after riding through a pond in below freezing temperatures.

I am Lost...

Maybe it is me or my generation but it seems to be that Rocky 3(oh sorry Rocky III) and Rocky IV have some great quotable lines in them.   I mean Clubber Lang was awesome in Rocky III.  "So champ what do you predict for this fight?"  "I predict Pain..."  In Rocky IV Ivan Drago provides the quotable material.  "He is like piece of Iron."  "I must break you"  Why is it that it isn't the "star" who provides the quotable  lines.  Is it that Sly truely sucks that much as an actor.  I mean Governator provides the best quotes in most of his movies.  Anyway I just find it interesting that those 2 movies are not really the greatest movies but they provide some excellent quotable lines by the villans.  Of course again maybe it is just me who thinks they are quotable.

I watched the first 2 episodes of the final season of Lost.  I thought this season was about answers.  Ok to be fair I feel there was one somewhat big question answered but there must be about 20 new ones to take its place.  One word to the wise...Fear the smoke monster.  I think I might be sad when this show ends.

41 year old hasbeen declares he will quarterback Notre Dame

That is almost as ridiculous as this story  http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/news/story?id=4888515   Of course I don't really have any eligibility left so my headline is a bit more ridiculous but still.  A 13 year old declaring where he is going to school.  He better be the next football jesus or he is destined for failure with all the pressure his parents and others are putting on him..  I don't know if I should not like him or his parents or just our stupid sports industry in general.

Can you believe this?

My legs are like piece of iron!

The Alien Still lIves

and no that isn't hair.