As Promised, Abbey's picture!
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
The busyness that is life
There are too many things to do today! Actually, I have too many things to do in general and they all will not be done today. Last Wednesday night, we got the remainder of our things from Becki and Rich’s house, so now everything is stacked in the basement. Things need to be rearranged. Maybe that will happen this weekend, who knows. Speaking of the basement, the pipes need to be insulated. This has been on my list of things to do for a while now, I just haven’t found time to do it yet. Oh yeah, more grass needs to be planted in the back and side yard. Another thing that I haven’t found time to do yet. Speaking of grass, it needs to be mowed! Argh! The final thing that I can think of off the top of my head is that I have to get insulation and hang drywall in the garage.
On another note, I have a flying lesson today after work and I forgot my tennis shoes. Why do I need tennis shoes you ask? Well, when flying a plane, the rudder is controlled with both feet and so is the brake. The brake and the rudder controls are all on the same peddle. Using my dress shoes is next to impossible because you can’t feel the brake part of the peddle. I am lucky because Melinda said that she would meet me at the airport to give me my shoes. Geez, that lady is nice! I am sure glad that she is my wife.
This just in: the kid’s computer is broken again!!!! Add that one to the list of things to do. Mat decided that he should login on Melinda’s computer in the mean time. This is not good. The kids computer is the only one that is ever broken. It isn’t because it isn’t good mind you, it is how they use it, so the last thing I want is them to use Melinda’s computer because that will just create more work for me when her PC breaks. Her computer is the most important one in the house since she uses it for her business. I can blow off fixing the kid’s computer for a day or two, but not Melinda’s, so it is just better that the kids with the golden touch stay away from it. Maybe the best thing to do is to give them a quick computer class and tell them how to fix common problems and then let them know what not to do. Note to the kids: reboots solve many problems. Anyway, after my flying lesson, I will fix their computer and they don’t know it yet, but I am going to move a printer from upstairs to the basement, so they will have a printer near by. They will be happy about that.
By the way, also on my list is to update the MacLachlan Family website. I figured I better add this to the list because I know that there would be numerous comments about it.
On another note, I have a flying lesson today after work and I forgot my tennis shoes. Why do I need tennis shoes you ask? Well, when flying a plane, the rudder is controlled with both feet and so is the brake. The brake and the rudder controls are all on the same peddle. Using my dress shoes is next to impossible because you can’t feel the brake part of the peddle. I am lucky because Melinda said that she would meet me at the airport to give me my shoes. Geez, that lady is nice! I am sure glad that she is my wife.
This just in: the kid’s computer is broken again!!!! Add that one to the list of things to do. Mat decided that he should login on Melinda’s computer in the mean time. This is not good. The kids computer is the only one that is ever broken. It isn’t because it isn’t good mind you, it is how they use it, so the last thing I want is them to use Melinda’s computer because that will just create more work for me when her PC breaks. Her computer is the most important one in the house since she uses it for her business. I can blow off fixing the kid’s computer for a day or two, but not Melinda’s, so it is just better that the kids with the golden touch stay away from it. Maybe the best thing to do is to give them a quick computer class and tell them how to fix common problems and then let them know what not to do. Note to the kids: reboots solve many problems. Anyway, after my flying lesson, I will fix their computer and they don’t know it yet, but I am going to move a printer from upstairs to the basement, so they will have a printer near by. They will be happy about that.
By the way, also on my list is to update the MacLachlan Family website. I figured I better add this to the list because I know that there would be numerous comments about it.
Friday, September 24, 2004
Tales of lunches and brain operations
I am excited because Dan went to Panera for lunch today. That means that I get Panera for lunch. Dan is a guy in our office and he always goes out for lunch. That pretty much means that he decides what I eat for lunch every day if I don’t want cafeteria food. Anyway, it is lunch time and he just went on a Panera run. Mmmmm…Panera.
Yesterday, Abbey had surgery to have her “extra brain” removed. Anyone who has seen her, has seen that she had some kind of lump on the back of her head. Well, not anymore!! Melinda got sick and tired of it, so she had it removed. Unfortunately, Emma will never get to experience the joke about Abbey’s extra brain. Oh well. The vet said that the lump they removed was the strangest thing they have ever seen. It was like a ball of fiber with fluid in the middle. There was one fiber sticking out of the middle and every time the vet pulled it out, another one would appear. Ok, enough grossness. I will post a picture because she looks quite funny at the moment.
Yesterday, Abbey had surgery to have her “extra brain” removed. Anyone who has seen her, has seen that she had some kind of lump on the back of her head. Well, not anymore!! Melinda got sick and tired of it, so she had it removed. Unfortunately, Emma will never get to experience the joke about Abbey’s extra brain. Oh well. The vet said that the lump they removed was the strangest thing they have ever seen. It was like a ball of fiber with fluid in the middle. There was one fiber sticking out of the middle and every time the vet pulled it out, another one would appear. Ok, enough grossness. I will post a picture because she looks quite funny at the moment.
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Star Wars Rant
The Star Wars Trilogy on DVD came out yesterday and I must say that I am a bit disappointed. Let me just say that I am not a Star Wars snob, but I do have an opinion about what has changed in the movie for this release. Ok, how lame is it that they replaced the old Anakin with Hayden Christensen at the end of Return of the Jedi where Luke looks to the sky and sees the “Force Ghosts?” Is it too much to ask to get the original movie? The other thing that melted my cheese was voicing over Boba Fett’s voice with that of Jango Fett. The explanation is that since Boba Fett is a clone of Jango Fett, then they should have the same voice. Come on! The whole thing is oh so lame! I guess that I should be happy that I have something that resembles the Trilogy on DVD.
On another note, there are Star Wars snobs out there who debate things like the administrative pay for janitors on the Death Star. I’m not kidding, you can check it out at CNN. These people have too much time on their hands. If you are going to point out something that minor, how about pointing out that Luke Skywalker had no flight time on an X-wing Fighter. Come to think of it, he doesn’t even have his pilot ratings. They should have put him in a Cessna before they trusted him with a multi million-dollar fighter jet. Shoot, they could have at least made him play that Star Wars sit down arcade game from the 1980s. Anyway, that’s just my opinion. Can you tell that nothing exciting has happened in the past few days?
On another note, there are Star Wars snobs out there who debate things like the administrative pay for janitors on the Death Star. I’m not kidding, you can check it out at CNN. These people have too much time on their hands. If you are going to point out something that minor, how about pointing out that Luke Skywalker had no flight time on an X-wing Fighter. Come to think of it, he doesn’t even have his pilot ratings. They should have put him in a Cessna before they trusted him with a multi million-dollar fighter jet. Shoot, they could have at least made him play that Star Wars sit down arcade game from the 1980s. Anyway, that’s just my opinion. Can you tell that nothing exciting has happened in the past few days?
Monday, September 20, 2004
A weekend of follies
On Friday, Brian and I decided to put together Melinda’s Bowflex. Don’t you just hate it when you are putting something together and you find out that the company didn’t give you all the required pieces. That happened to me this weekend with the Bowflex. The great Bowflex company shorted us on the washers. This caused us to debate what to do for a few minutes. Our final decision was to use the washers that we had in place of the ones we were missing and see what happened. We were prepared to visit Home Depot if need be, but we ended up not needing to. One thing that caused a lot of thinking is that the directions said we should have 6 adjustable pulleys. We only had 4. This would normally be a bigger deal than the washers, but after looking at all the pictures for 30 minutes, I couldn’t find where the other 2 pulleys went, so I moved on. After completing the last step, it looked like a Bowflex, so I called it a day. No one has used it yet, so I am not sure of the integrity of my construction.
Why does Red Lobster remove every item that I like from their lunch menu. This is really getting kind of annoying. Yesterday, all I wanted was some Mahi Mahi and they removed it from their menu!! Argh. They did the same thing with the Teriyaki Chicken. Please submit to me a list of what you like off of the menu, and I will make sure not to order it. I do like the Admiral’s Feast, but that is off of the main menu and my financial advisor said that I couldn’t afford it. So, what did I eat you ask. I decided to go with the all you can eat soup and salad. My financial advisor did say that I could stop on the way home and get a cheeseburger from Burger King, but I gave that up to go to Best Buy with Mitchel, Christian, Meagan and her friend Melissa. In case you’re wondering, I bought absolutely nothing at Best Buy. Some times it is good to just look at all the electronic goodness.
Why does Red Lobster remove every item that I like from their lunch menu. This is really getting kind of annoying. Yesterday, all I wanted was some Mahi Mahi and they removed it from their menu!! Argh. They did the same thing with the Teriyaki Chicken. Please submit to me a list of what you like off of the menu, and I will make sure not to order it. I do like the Admiral’s Feast, but that is off of the main menu and my financial advisor said that I couldn’t afford it. So, what did I eat you ask. I decided to go with the all you can eat soup and salad. My financial advisor did say that I could stop on the way home and get a cheeseburger from Burger King, but I gave that up to go to Best Buy with Mitchel, Christian, Meagan and her friend Melissa. In case you’re wondering, I bought absolutely nothing at Best Buy. Some times it is good to just look at all the electronic goodness.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Random thoughts on a random Tuesday
Listen up ‘yall, I am about to drop you the info straight efficient like. Awwwww....yeah!!!
Ok, I wasn't very good with the lingo, but yesterday was quite eventful. After 3 years off, I finally went back to taking flying lessons, or should I say, flight school. Ok, my thoughts on my first day back. First, I thought I was going to get to fly…nope. When I was taking lessons before, the instructor just took me up in the airplane and we flew, but now, I have to actually sit through a lecture. Wow, I am back in school so to speak. At least I will now know what actually makes the plane fly. Anyway, I will have more updates to come on my quest to be a licensed pilot.
On another note, there are some things in this world that are just never going to happen. For example, the Lions winning a Superbowl, Meagan getting her driver’s license, Mat eating corn on the cob. Well, you can cross off Becki and Rich building their house. There is finally a hole on their property and this one isn’t going to be a swimming pool! When Melinda called me to let me know, I made her go take a picture just to make sure it wasn’t an illusion. It is the same reaction I would have if she called and said she saw the Michigan Panther. By the way, what ever happened to the Michigan panther? Oh well, I can ponder that in another post. The point is, they will be moving to our neighborhood soon.
Can I just say, I love Cops!!! Not police officers, the show Cops. Last night, they came to arrest this guy who was living in a modified school bus because he had like 18 bench warrants out for his arrest. This bus had a TV and all the comforts of home. Actually, it was his home. Now when I was a kid, if I saw this modified school bus, I would have thought it was cool, but now I just think white trash. Back to the story, there were 6 or so officers outside the bus and they were asking him to come out. He was resisting the urge to exit the bus because he was afraid someone would steal his stuff when he was gone. Next, some guy, apparently a friend, stopped by and tried to persuade the guy to exit the bus. He told the bus guy that he would be right down to the station to post bond and he would have him out that evening. Sounds like the friend has done the whole posting bond thing before. In the end, the guy exited the bus crying and they slapped on the cuffs and ran him downtown. That was such a happy ending. The only thing that I pondered after that episode was how I could find out the guy’s name so I could write MTV to get that guy and his bus on Pimp My Ride. I can see it now: “This is X to the Z Xzibit and the Cops bus guy has no idea that we are going to post his bond and pimp his ride!”
Ok, I wasn't very good with the lingo, but yesterday was quite eventful. After 3 years off, I finally went back to taking flying lessons, or should I say, flight school. Ok, my thoughts on my first day back. First, I thought I was going to get to fly…nope. When I was taking lessons before, the instructor just took me up in the airplane and we flew, but now, I have to actually sit through a lecture. Wow, I am back in school so to speak. At least I will now know what actually makes the plane fly. Anyway, I will have more updates to come on my quest to be a licensed pilot.
On another note, there are some things in this world that are just never going to happen. For example, the Lions winning a Superbowl, Meagan getting her driver’s license, Mat eating corn on the cob. Well, you can cross off Becki and Rich building their house. There is finally a hole on their property and this one isn’t going to be a swimming pool! When Melinda called me to let me know, I made her go take a picture just to make sure it wasn’t an illusion. It is the same reaction I would have if she called and said she saw the Michigan Panther. By the way, what ever happened to the Michigan panther? Oh well, I can ponder that in another post. The point is, they will be moving to our neighborhood soon.
Can I just say, I love Cops!!! Not police officers, the show Cops. Last night, they came to arrest this guy who was living in a modified school bus because he had like 18 bench warrants out for his arrest. This bus had a TV and all the comforts of home. Actually, it was his home. Now when I was a kid, if I saw this modified school bus, I would have thought it was cool, but now I just think white trash. Back to the story, there were 6 or so officers outside the bus and they were asking him to come out. He was resisting the urge to exit the bus because he was afraid someone would steal his stuff when he was gone. Next, some guy, apparently a friend, stopped by and tried to persuade the guy to exit the bus. He told the bus guy that he would be right down to the station to post bond and he would have him out that evening. Sounds like the friend has done the whole posting bond thing before. In the end, the guy exited the bus crying and they slapped on the cuffs and ran him downtown. That was such a happy ending. The only thing that I pondered after that episode was how I could find out the guy’s name so I could write MTV to get that guy and his bus on Pimp My Ride. I can see it now: “This is X to the Z Xzibit and the Cops bus guy has no idea that we are going to post his bond and pimp his ride!”
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Why, why do you torment me so!
I should have known that this was a lost cause. Lloyd Carr has lost the road opener for like the last million years. Notre Dame is a rival. Notre Dame was looking for revenge for last year’s 38-0 loss at the Big House. The game was being played in South Bend. Michigan was starting a freshmen QB. The Wolverines always lose at least one game to someone they shouldn’t. Even after taking all these reasons in to account, I still came to the conclusion that Michigan could, no wait, should win this game. After all, Notre Dame sucks this year. Heck, they lost to BYU and looked terrible in the process.
So, I set aside the time to sit down and watch the game and for about half of the game, it looked like it would be time well spent. Sure, Michigan was not looking very impressive, but hey, they were shutting out ND at half time and Rivas had made every field goal he had attempted. We were well on our way to winning this game. Then came the second half. Contrary to popular belief, you do have to play a whole game to be considered the winner. The Irish came out and quickly scored a TD. Ok, it is 9-7, but our offense has to come to life soon. Well, that was not to be today. Why, you ask. It is because of the luck of the Irish. Actually, it wasn’t. It was because Lloyd Carr didn’t open up the offense. He played the same old conservative game that kills us at least once a year. You should have learned Lloyd. You have been on the coaching staff long enough. Argh…when it became 21-12, I turned it off and went upstairs. By this time I am not in a good mood. The day is ruined and I wasted my time watching something happen that I should have known would happen. I am a sucker and I will be a sucker again next year on September 17, when Michigan plays a team that has yet to be announced. Don’t worry ABC, or whoever televises the game, I’ll be watching, just please give me some good commercials. Oh well, at least Brian, Chad and Billy are around to ride 4-wheelers with.
So, I set aside the time to sit down and watch the game and for about half of the game, it looked like it would be time well spent. Sure, Michigan was not looking very impressive, but hey, they were shutting out ND at half time and Rivas had made every field goal he had attempted. We were well on our way to winning this game. Then came the second half. Contrary to popular belief, you do have to play a whole game to be considered the winner. The Irish came out and quickly scored a TD. Ok, it is 9-7, but our offense has to come to life soon. Well, that was not to be today. Why, you ask. It is because of the luck of the Irish. Actually, it wasn’t. It was because Lloyd Carr didn’t open up the offense. He played the same old conservative game that kills us at least once a year. You should have learned Lloyd. You have been on the coaching staff long enough. Argh…when it became 21-12, I turned it off and went upstairs. By this time I am not in a good mood. The day is ruined and I wasted my time watching something happen that I should have known would happen. I am a sucker and I will be a sucker again next year on September 17, when Michigan plays a team that has yet to be announced. Don’t worry ABC, or whoever televises the game, I’ll be watching, just please give me some good commercials. Oh well, at least Brian, Chad and Billy are around to ride 4-wheelers with.
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
All reviews are not created equal
I know, I know, I haven’t posted in over a week. Well, I was surfing Amazon.com this morning and found the funniest reviewer ever. Read some of his stuff by clicking HERE. Be careful though, you might just pee your pants laughing so hard. If you do, this wacky reviewer has found just the product for you.
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