Cat Burglar

We’ve all done it before, locked ourselves out of our vehicle/home. I remember when we first moved out here locking my keys in the trunk one day after work. Becky had to drive 35 minutes to come and save me. Well today it happened to Becky. She was loading Ashlee (to take her to preschool) and Frankie (to get his nails trimmed) in the car when she remembered she needed Frankie’s immunization records. She back in the house, grabbed the paperwork, and ran back out leaving her keys by the door.

Luckily our neighbor was home so she could call and leave me a message. While she was waiting for me, she managed to get one of the windows open but realized she probably wouldn’t be able to get in anyway. So she came up with the brilliant plan to let Ashlee do it. So she lifted Ashlee up, put her through the window, and in no time at all Ashlee had the front and the back doors open. She’s turning out to be pretty nifty to have around in those situations.

I asked Ashlee about it later after coming home from work and she just brushed it off like it was something she does everyday. I though it was pretty funny.

Update on Me

For those of you that haven’t heard yet I have recently moved out of the house. I moved into a house at work and now run an honors dorm. This means that I basically get paid to sleep. For now my mailing address is still home and you can reach me on my cell phone.

Princess Birthday!

The day is finally here. She’s been dying for her birthday to come for several weeks. When she first woke up this morning, she had small sleepy eyes. As soon as Becky said, “Happy Birthday!”, to her she instantly got all excited. She had a very fun day. She got to open one present this morning. Then she went to preschool where she got to share with her class some Care Bear cupcakes Becky had made. While at preschool, Becky ran back home and quickly put out some balloons and decorations for Ashlee. She was excited to see them when she got back from preschool.

I came home from a work a little early and she was knocking at the window when she saw me. She came out and was hollering about how today was her birthday so when I finally got inside she shouted, “Surprise! It’s my Birthday! Happy Birthday!” She’s funny like that. Next she opened up her presents (finally). Then we went to eat at Red Robin, and she was excited once again when they came and sang to her and brought her an ice cream.

After dinner, Nick had karate so I took her and Nick to that while Becky finished off her Princess Castle cake. We got home and sang her Happy Birthday, then we had cake and ice cream.

Oh, but the celebration is not over. Her “big” party with her friends is still coming up this Saturday. It’s a princess party where there will be a princess cake, princess activities, and anyone who wants to can come wearing a princess dress (Nick and I won’t be dressing up of course). Some of the girls in her class have been talking about this party long before we ever even sent out the invitations. So it should be fun.

Happy Birthday Ashlee!

For the Horde!

Some of you may remember the email I sent out a couple of years ago talking about World of Warcraft while I was testing it out during it’s beta period. Well, almost two years later, I’ve finally purchased the game and started playing again. I don’t play as often as I did during the beta (family, work, school) but it’s still pretty fun. The expansion is set to come out next month. And I think because of the expansion, the original only costs $20 now. A couple of you should purchase the game so we can all get on at the same time. If any of you are thinking about it, let me know, I can get you a guest pass and all.

Where will you find me? I’m on the Duskwood server. My main character is Torgall, a Tauren hunter. Now go get the game and start playing!

Karate Kid

So Nick started up karate last night. I can’t remember the specific type but it is some Korean form. But he really loved it. It was fun watching him go through all the movements they taught that first night. They also did a relay race of sorts at the end where they would punch or kick a pad across the room then reverse crab crawl back to the line to tag the next person. He was even good about following instructions and yelling, “Yes, ma’am!” where appropriate.

We talked him into karate when he decided he didn’t want to do soccer this fall. Becky had to show him a video of someone demonstrating karate before he finally decided it was cool enough for him to try it out. He seems to really like it after the first night. And for his homework he is supposed to say “Yes, Mom!” or, “Yes, Dad!” immediately after we ask him to do something at home. That lasted for a good hour after we got back, but we’ll take it. Now it’s off to go purchase a gui for our little ninja. Oh, and he told me that night when getting in to bed that his yell is the same one that Link makes when he swings his sword (see any Legend of Zelda game to hear). Now me and him can spar and just claim its “practice” when we’re asked to stop.

And not to leave out our little princess, but she starts dance this Friday and she can’t wait. Luckily, we’ve already got the clothes she needs for that.

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Christmas Gift Exchange

OK, I was talking to Chris and we realized we hadn’t drawn names yet for Christmas. He mentioned everyone else was probably waiting for me to do it. Whether that’s true or not, I took the initiative – I had a few minutes to kill before the end of the day. So here’s a reminder – the limit is $20 and no one gets their spouse. I couldn’t find last year’s list, so I don’t know if anyone drew the same person as last year. If you did, then I apologize and please feel free to swap with someone.

The following is the list of who drew whom:

Jere has Melissa
Becky has Laurie
Melissa has Trish
Justin has Andrea
Laurie has Josh
Will has Justin
Trish has Leah
Catherine has Will
Chris has Catherine
Leah has Becky
Josh has Chris
Andrea has Jere

Happy shopping and the following is my Christmas Wish List. (JK)
Love to all!

Liss

Deja vu, boo

Is it just me or do I remember myself talking about too many turnovers a couple of weeks back? It’s not like fumbling the punt return with under a minute to play to give your team (with 3 timeouts left) the ball with a chance to win the game was enough, but we then had to toss an interception (granted it was tipped) to end the game. This was after the defense I thought played pretty good in the second half. And you can’t deny the fact they put the offense in a position to win both in the fourth and during the overtimes. But hey, the fun doesn’t stop there, let’s miss a makable field goal in the fourth quarter and another in the first overtime when we can’t catch the snap. All these mistakes with the game on the line. This is making me crazy! And I haven’t got around to complaining about penalties. I’m almost regretting now not being too burned out of football by the time the weekend rolls around from not covering a high school this year. 1-2, it’s a great start, rah-rah, rah-rah-rah, go Cougars.

Well it’s off to watch the Wolverine game. If they can keep up the whuppin’ they’re putting on the Irish right now (up 27-7 midway through the second) the day won’t be a total waste…