Sunday, November 28, 2004

Welcome to the holidays...

Ahhh, the joyous time of year when we feast on turkey and then turn around and spend lots of money fighting crowds. Happy, happy, joy, joy. This year offered many firsts - my wife didn't get up for her annual running of the sale happy on the day after Thanksgiving...but I did. Worked out pretty well though as I pretty much knew what I wanted to get and I didn't get held up too much. Three hours and I was home singing "I'm almost done Christmas shopping" to which my wife almost killed me.

Next day, the wife and I went shopping for all of the children in our lives. Kind of depressing as I realized that most of the kids are outgrowing Toys 'R' Us - my favorite store. The kids are supposed to stay little forever and they aren't. I guess it's time for them to start smoking and drinking coffee.

So, shopping is almost done and it is now time for the wrapping and such. Tree is up, and we are fully ready for the holidays. Let the fun begin!!! Happy Holidays!!!!

Thursday, November 25, 2004

Happy Turkey Day...

So, it's time to spend with relatives, eating obscene amounts of food and watching football all in preparation for storming the malls tomorrow. Why do I think this wasn't the original intention of the first pilgrims? Oh well, HAPPY TURKEY DAY ONE AND ALL!!!!!

Shake what your momma gave you...

So, in preparation for Turkey Day, the children are doing chores. When we think they are all finished, we tell the young ones to take a shower. So, as I go in to the bathroom to start the shower I see the following scene:

Naked daughter standing on the bathroom counter cleaning the mirrors and shaking her behind.

And I thought it was the parents who were supposed to scar the children for the rest of their lives...

Sunday, November 21, 2004

Mr. Baldy Head...

Yep, you guessed it; this post isn't likely to be pretty...

So, due to male pattern baldness and an exceptional amount of time off for hunting, I decided it was time to experiment and see how I'd look completely bald. So, my brother in law gleefully sliced and diced my hair off my head and I started the week as a skin head. My family was aware of this being a possibility, so when I notified them what had happened all I got from the children was taunts of "Mr. Baldy Head". I've decided that I don't necessarily care for the bald look on me, so at the very least I'm likely to keep it stubble as opposed to bald, but the children will continue to remind me with calls of Mr. Baldy Head and a rub of the short, soft hair. All hail Mr. Baldy Head...

Gone Hunting...

Ahhh, deer season. I just spent another fun filled week "roughing it" with the boys. There's nothing like spending a week out in the woods with loaded rifles and lots of liquor (yep, no danger there... ;)) Another of my favorite reasons for going is to be able to completely lose the technological tether for a week. Time spent without the ability to use the laptop, cell phone or any other such device which keeps me connected to everything is a wonderful break. Really makes you realize how nice things were before this when you hit the airport (or nearest cell tower) and realize that you received 7 business calls in the 5 days being out of reach and only 2 personal calls. Then you add in the email and it is even clearer why getting out of reach becomes so important.

We didn't see much, but we did have lots of fun. It was good to see everyone and as always, definitely worth the price of admission. So, at least from me, the deer are safe for another year. Finally tally through my stay - Hunters 2 (+1 from another locale), deer 30 (rough count of what was seen but not taken from our 9+ hunters for the week). As always, tally is in favor of the deer, but I'm sure the stories will grow bigger than the deer. From Troy's 3 point first buck (which he adamantly claims as a 4 point) to the many other stories which will be relived for years to come. Let the good times roll.