For the first time in my life, I heard a tornado siren this evening. I wasn't really scared or anything, but Adriana and I went to the basement with the kids just to be safe. I then called a couple of friends that don't watch TV regularly and told them about it and then called Pa (Dennis Decker) to make sure I was doing everything I needed to to ( Read more... )

Iron Monkey 11/13 Tarantino brought this move over to us. Great action, not a new story line by any means, but well treated. A lot of fun ( Read more... )

Carmen Marie Watt

Here's a link to some amazing pictures our good friend Aimee took this afternoon.  And yes, there are some pictures of momma in there.

Last night at 10:48 pm, this beautiful little girl came into our lives:

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So, I interviewed for a couple of part time jobs last Thursday.  I was supposed to hear back by Monday (tomorrow) whether or not I got them.  Well, I still don't know about the one at the Mac store, but I got a call yesterday afternoon to see if I could go in last night to the high-end beer and cigar store, Woody's Smokes and Brews.  Unfortunately ( Read more... )

Well, I've all but gotten the baby's room finished.  The only thing left (for me to do) is paint the doors to the closet the same color as the trim.  I think I'll go ahead and get oil based paint for that.  It should be easy, as I can do that in the newly cleaned garage.  Karen and the girls came down for a visit and she and I cleaned out the ( Read more... )

It's official.  We now have a complete and functional bathroom upstairs.  Never mind the fact that the trim's not all installed.  Never mind the fact that there are about 7 different shades of white in here and that the toilet that I just installed looks almost bone when compared with the vibrantly white sink...that it is right next to.  Forget all ( Read more... )

I just got done painting the bathroom.  It looks like the interminable bathroom remodel may actually be terminable.  I'll get some pics of the floor and such up soon ( Read more... )

Here are pics for some diapers we are trying to sell.  This is the easiest way I can find to post pics there.  If you are a regular reader, please ignore this post.


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I ended up going with the squares mainly because it was a lot easier to line up that way, but I do like the squares better, so it works out ( Read more... )