Hooray For Saturday!

The Move

One week from now I should be up to my elbows unpacking a lot of junk we should have thrown away, instead of having it moved to our recently purchased house.

I can't wait.  This move has been a long time in the works and our family so needs to get back to normal, whatever that is.

You have no idea how much this guy took for granted the pause button on the DVR.  I miss and love my HD television and DVR so much that once we are reunited, I gonna take it under the bleachers and make out with it.  Hulu has been a nice mistress, but she still makes me watch lame ads.

Once we get settled, I'll tell about the move that seemed never ending and our new place.

Between The T & V, Nothing

There are no U turns allowed in Columbus, OH.

Preschool For The Little Man

The Little Man started preschool on Thursday.  Godspeed to his two teachers.

 

So far, he's loving it. 

When I picked him up, I asked how his day was and he replied, "Good.  I got to eat a snack, then we ate lunch, played in park, ate lunch, had a snack and ate lunch!  Can we go get a snack?"

First Day

Thrilling. 

That describes our daughter's first day of school.  However as you can see here in the photo, her little brother...not so impressed.  While Doodlebug is waiting for her teacher to pass out name tags, The Little Man finds time to yawn and shove his hand down the back of his pants completely bored.

I didn't notice it at the time I took it, but this photo is about par for the course as far as our kids go.  The daughter always interested in what's going on, the son pretty much an independent man of leisure.

After tears at first, when we dropped her off, we returned to a complete adrenaline rush explanation of how awesome her day was.

When we were dropping her off in the morning we were wondering where everyone was, but then The Lady pointed out the school has less than half the number of kids we were used to from last year.  That was my adrenaline rush of how awesome the day was.

Sucks To Be On Top

During this time of year or any time I am submitted to standardized tests, I wonder how the number one pencil feels.  Sure it's number one and all, but no one cares.  Everyone just wants the number two.

I would imagine this is having a tough toll on the number one pencil.  They are few and far between.  Most likely you can find them behind a smokey bar, drowning their sorrows in a cup of paper clips, rubber bands and fingernails.

Moving...Finally

Finally, we are moving.

Well, not immediately.

We are living in a corporate apartment for about a month, so kids can start school on time.  Then we will move into our house, once we close in the middle of September.

If you need to buy a house in the Cincinnati burbs of Northern Kentucky, I'm your guy.  We already know we are going to lose a lot of money on the house, so let's make a deal.

I know I've said it over and over again, but I do look forward to getting back to writing on this thing.  It's been a stressful summer, during which I've been trying to keep the kids having as much fun as possible.

It's The Not Knowing

I haven't written here in ages.  I've been meaning to, but just haven't.  There is really no excuse as to why I haven't, besides the fact that I'm lazy and haven't had the motivation to do so.

Note I just used the contraction: haven't, a bunch of times.

Our lives are in limbo right now.  We know/think we are moving to Columbus, OH, it's just a matter of when.  Ideally this would happen now, the sooner the better.  Seeing that we would like to start kids in new schools at the beginning of the school year.  However, my wife's job is holding the keys to that vehicle.  We are in the passenger seat and they are driving.

So it's the not knowing that is what is driving me crazy. 

Each night I look at the real estate market here, where we live, and wonder when can we put our house up for sale.  Then I look at the real estate market in the Columbus area and wonder if we will be able to basically create a push out of the move.  That, on top of researching school districts, different areas and commutes has me up at night wishing I knew what the heck is going on here.

I'll be around. 

Busy Busy Busy

I know, it's been a while.  We've been spring breaking off the coast of where was it?  Not really.

I've been super busy putting together the 2009 Kentucky State Disc Golf Championship Tournament.  I'll be back after this weekend.

In the meantime, if you ever need any electrical work done in the Cincinnati area, call Edgewood Electric, go buy yourself a pair of Keen shoes, go throw some Innova Discs purchased from The Nati Disc Golf or Disc N' Dat, stop at the Ameristop convenience store in Burlington, KY for a beverage and candy bar, go eat some good food at Florence Y'all Gyros & Wings, check out the selection of discs at Prime Discs, if you ever come across Lee Stephens or Keith Dailey buy them a beer and last but not least, enjoy the outdoors in Boone County, KY Parks.  All of these people or places have helped out to sponsor this event.

Even more important, check out the Team In Training link to a friend of mine, Nick Thomas.  He's trying to meet his fund raising goal, as he trains for his personal goal of finishing a triathlon.  You can find his story and donate to the cause here.  Any amount will be appreciated and help him out.  Tell him Kevin sent you his way.

Portraits

The good ones get printed up, then mailed or handed out to those that like to scare rodents or small pets from their homes.

The outtakes get posted here.

She's A Little Runaway

This morning, out of the blue, our daughter informed me that she was going to runaway and live at Grandma's house, because it is simply too messy here.

She had gone through the motions of writing a good-bye letter and picture for her mom, which I did find a little disturbing, and informed me that she would be leaving after school.

We sat down and I asked her who was the main contributor of the messes around here and she replied, "Me and my brother".  She took a couple of minutes and after some serious thought, she told me "I guess I should stick around and help him clean these messes up, so we can have a snack later!"

Funny thing is, I was thinking please take him with you.  At least for the weekend.