Just a quick ramble before bed:
The "good side" of frying your motherboard:
1. Added incentive to finish tax return. Thanks Mr. Bush and CO., in advance.
2. I actually read a book in less than a week. I think that is a record. No, it wasn't a kid's book. There weren't even any pictures.
3. Good chance to tune up and optimize Brandon's computer.
4. Downloaded and can play the Magic Online beta test. I'm enjoying it a lot. Reminds me of the days when I first started playing Magic way back in 1993. I didn't know every card, didn't own every card, and still loved playing. Magic Online is as close to that as I have ever been since.
5. Brandon and I played Dungeons and Dragons. The pen-and-paper-miniatures-map-token-colored dice version. He is so smart. It was a hoot.
6. I have changed more diapers and fed more baby food in the past 2 weeks than I had been in a while.
7. More time to update the blog. ;)
Wednesday, February 27, 2002
Sunday, February 24, 2002
It was another busy weekend here in Allie-land. On Friday night, we celebrated the end of the week by going to Blockbuster to rent movies! Rant mode on: Blockbuster won't take more than one free movie rental coupon per day, so we had to leave with just one. We made it up to Brandon by taking him to get his movie after his soccer game. Then, we got McDonald's and headed home.
Deana and I watched Snatch. It was great! Warning: don't watch unless you have a thick skin for profanity. It was so genuinely clever and well written that it made up for the swear words though. Best line:
"I don't care if he's Muhammad I'm Odd Bruce Lee!"
Friday evening wrapped up with the Olympics.
Saturday was busy as well. I worked on the computer, swapping a hard drive from the other PC to the one that's working now. Took forever but I have more storage now, until I get the other one fixed. The Power Rangers and Transformers were in fine form, of course. Brandon and I worked on cleaning his room. By that, I mean I played with and arranged his toys and he cleaned the floor. Connor mainly chewed on some of Brandon's books. The soccer game was a nail biter! Ended up in a tie, but boy the kids played hard. We ate at Cracker Barrel with Mom and Dad, and Adam and Jo came over in the evening.
Sunday was busy with church, and me writing the letters to Nigeria to be sent this week. That keeps us up to date. Brandon is yelling at me to come play Pokemon Stadium, so see ya next time!
Deana and I watched Snatch. It was great! Warning: don't watch unless you have a thick skin for profanity. It was so genuinely clever and well written that it made up for the swear words though. Best line:
"I don't care if he's Muhammad I'm Odd Bruce Lee!"
Friday evening wrapped up with the Olympics.
Saturday was busy as well. I worked on the computer, swapping a hard drive from the other PC to the one that's working now. Took forever but I have more storage now, until I get the other one fixed. The Power Rangers and Transformers were in fine form, of course. Brandon and I worked on cleaning his room. By that, I mean I played with and arranged his toys and he cleaned the floor. Connor mainly chewed on some of Brandon's books. The soccer game was a nail biter! Ended up in a tie, but boy the kids played hard. We ate at Cracker Barrel with Mom and Dad, and Adam and Jo came over in the evening.
Sunday was busy with church, and me writing the letters to Nigeria to be sent this week. That keeps us up to date. Brandon is yelling at me to come play Pokemon Stadium, so see ya next time!
Thursday, February 21, 2002
Well! What a crazy few weeks this has been. The latest on the computer front: the cable modem is fixed! We had water in our line which was causing the internet and TV to be all whacked out. The cable guy fixed it. However, when installing some RAM on Monday night, I fried my mother board with a static shock. Ouch. There's about a $100 mistake! When Dubya sends me my tax check, I can buy another, but until then I am using Brandon's PC, circa 1997. No Everquest! ACK!
School has still been lousy. Here's my analogy. Soon, teachers are going to be held accountable for student output, rather than what they INPUT to the kids, as it is now. This is similar to having a great omelette making contest. All the chefs in the world are to make an omelette, and it has to pass certain minimum standards for taste, appearance, and such. However, while some chefs get the best, freshest ingredients, and a fancy kitchen, sparing no expense, other chefs have rotten eggs, moldy cheese, and an old greasy frying pan with pure lard to cook with over a campfire. Guess which kind of chef I would be?
Parents as Teachers visited Connor tonight. He is doing awesome for his age. He didn't show only two things: waving bye and playing pat-a-cake. Of course, as soon as the PAT teacher left, he played pat-a-cake, roll-em-up and all. It figures! I still think he is a genius.
Brandon is learning Spanish in WINGS. He can count to ten by memory, and can say the months and weekdays with the right pronunciation. Condering that I can't roll my R's, it's impressive. He is reading voraciously now. He goes to the bathroom all the time just so he can read. It's the "library" for sure.
TTFN!
School has still been lousy. Here's my analogy. Soon, teachers are going to be held accountable for student output, rather than what they INPUT to the kids, as it is now. This is similar to having a great omelette making contest. All the chefs in the world are to make an omelette, and it has to pass certain minimum standards for taste, appearance, and such. However, while some chefs get the best, freshest ingredients, and a fancy kitchen, sparing no expense, other chefs have rotten eggs, moldy cheese, and an old greasy frying pan with pure lard to cook with over a campfire. Guess which kind of chef I would be?
Parents as Teachers visited Connor tonight. He is doing awesome for his age. He didn't show only two things: waving bye and playing pat-a-cake. Of course, as soon as the PAT teacher left, he played pat-a-cake, roll-em-up and all. It figures! I still think he is a genius.
Brandon is learning Spanish in WINGS. He can count to ten by memory, and can say the months and weekdays with the right pronunciation. Condering that I can't roll my R's, it's impressive. He is reading voraciously now. He goes to the bathroom all the time just so he can read. It's the "library" for sure.
TTFN!
Friday, February 15, 2002
Just a quick post from school here. Our cable service is out, and there isn't anyone available to come fix the connection issue until next Tuesday. So, no updates for a while. Also, no internet games, downloading anything, or checking email. Lame.
One quick story: this morning, Connor crawled into the bathroom while I was finishing my shower. I got out and he stayed in there and pulled the hair on my legs while I got ready. Definitely made my morning! Except for when he pulled my towel off. There's a mental picture for ya!
One quick story: this morning, Connor crawled into the bathroom while I was finishing my shower. I got out and he stayed in there and pulled the hair on my legs while I got ready. Definitely made my morning! Except for when he pulled my towel off. There's a mental picture for ya!
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
I'd like to post about all the stuff that happened at work these past two days. But I'm not going to. Told it too many times already, sick of it. It was lousy, let's leave it at that.
Yesterday morning, Brandon found a note from the Tooth Fairy under his pillow. Apparently, the Tooth Fairy had conferred with the Valentine's Day Fairy (or is it an elf?) and they decided to pool their resources. The note directed Brandon to the living room where a brand new Transformer was waiting: Cryotek! I thought Brandon was gonna cry! He looked so happy and shocked, that was the best $20 that I have spent... er.. that the Tooth Fairy has donated in a long time.
That toy is a booger to transform but wow it looks awesome. After a hard day at work there's nothing like changing giant metallic blue and green dragons to robots with your son to alleviate stress. I highly recommend it.
Along with more cool news, Monday night, Deana put Connor down and took a shower. After a few minutes, the poor guy woke up crying. I went to check on him. Now, usually, he will not even stay on my shoudler if I pick him up at night. He is attached to his mother BIGTIME. However, tonight was different! I soothed him a bit, and put him on my shoulder. I patted his bum and rubbed his head, and in a matter of moments, he was asleep again! I was so stoked. That is only 3 times I have got him back to sleep myself. And, to top it all off, he STAYED asleep when I layed him back down. It sounds like a small thing but man it felt good doing that. I immediately did a victory dance and told Deana all about it. I think she was pretty shocked hehe.
Yesterday morning, Brandon found a note from the Tooth Fairy under his pillow. Apparently, the Tooth Fairy had conferred with the Valentine's Day Fairy (or is it an elf?) and they decided to pool their resources. The note directed Brandon to the living room where a brand new Transformer was waiting: Cryotek! I thought Brandon was gonna cry! He looked so happy and shocked, that was the best $20 that I have spent... er.. that the Tooth Fairy has donated in a long time.
That toy is a booger to transform but wow it looks awesome. After a hard day at work there's nothing like changing giant metallic blue and green dragons to robots with your son to alleviate stress. I highly recommend it.
Along with more cool news, Monday night, Deana put Connor down and took a shower. After a few minutes, the poor guy woke up crying. I went to check on him. Now, usually, he will not even stay on my shoudler if I pick him up at night. He is attached to his mother BIGTIME. However, tonight was different! I soothed him a bit, and put him on my shoulder. I patted his bum and rubbed his head, and in a matter of moments, he was asleep again! I was so stoked. That is only 3 times I have got him back to sleep myself. And, to top it all off, he STAYED asleep when I layed him back down. It sounds like a small thing but man it felt good doing that. I immediately did a victory dance and told Deana all about it. I think she was pretty shocked hehe.
Sunday, February 10, 2002
2 big events for the day:
Brandon lost another tooth! He had been working on it all week. Here's what happened as he told me this morning. "I was eating my biscuits and there was something crunchy. I tried to chew it but it was too hard so I swallowed it. Then I thought it was my tooth. I swallowed my tooth!" Our score so far: Tooth Fairy - 5, Brandon's Digestive System - 2.
Connor just crawled all the way across the house! He started by my computer and crawled all the way to Brandon's room. He is really feeling the Olympic Spirit, it seems. Also, he is starting to say "Ba Ba'. Is it Bottle? Brandon? Bite? Or just Ba Ba? Me, I think it is "Da Da" and he has a speech impediment.
Brandon lost another tooth! He had been working on it all week. Here's what happened as he told me this morning. "I was eating my biscuits and there was something crunchy. I tried to chew it but it was too hard so I swallowed it. Then I thought it was my tooth. I swallowed my tooth!" Our score so far: Tooth Fairy - 5, Brandon's Digestive System - 2.
Connor just crawled all the way across the house! He started by my computer and crawled all the way to Brandon's room. He is really feeling the Olympic Spirit, it seems. Also, he is starting to say "Ba Ba'. Is it Bottle? Brandon? Bite? Or just Ba Ba? Me, I think it is "Da Da" and he has a speech impediment.
Saturday, February 09, 2002
Today was a big day. First off, Brandon woke me up at 7:45 wanting to watch TV. Good dad that I am, I had already set up the timer to tape the premier episode of Power Rangers Wild Force. I put him off for 15 sleepy minutes. Then we watched a full hour of Power Rangers. As I type this, Brandon is watching the tape for the 3rd time today, this time in bed in his room. By the way, Power Rangers is an awesome show. Cool martial arts? Got it. State of the art "Crouching Tiger" style special effects? Yup. Lots of explosions and lasers? Been there. Giant robots and radioactive monsters? Done that. Swords, axes, and magic spells? Uh huh. They even have stuff filmed like the Matrix. Plus, it's made for kids with an attention span of 2 and a half minutes. No wonder I like it!
Brandon had a soccer game today as well. Brandon's Thunderbirds beat the hippy tye-died Fire and Rain 3 to 1. That makes us 2 and 2! Brandon can kick the ball like Pele, but would rather walk then run after the ball. He has been watching ol' lazy dad too much I guess!
In the baby news, Connor pulled up on his knees for the first time. Unfortunately, he munched on a few videotapes on the second shelf. I don't mind if he eats a Barney tape (or a dozen, for that matter), but I might have to move the Godzilla tapes to a higher shelf. :(
Brandon had a soccer game today as well. Brandon's Thunderbirds beat the hippy tye-died Fire and Rain 3 to 1. That makes us 2 and 2! Brandon can kick the ball like Pele, but would rather walk then run after the ball. He has been watching ol' lazy dad too much I guess!
In the baby news, Connor pulled up on his knees for the first time. Unfortunately, he munched on a few videotapes on the second shelf. I don't mind if he eats a Barney tape (or a dozen, for that matter), but I might have to move the Godzilla tapes to a higher shelf. :(
Hello everyone and welcome to the Allie Alley. I read about this Blog thing and it seemed like a good way to easily update my friends and family on what we are up to. It's been since November since I posted new pictures; that's too long, I know, but Publisher stinks. Anyway, due to the ease and simplicity of blogger.com, I'll keep on top of things much better. At least, that is the plan!
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