It's been awhile...

Well...I thought I would give you guys an update on how things are going. This past weekend was interesting because our wonderful TV decided to punish us for not fixing it sooner. We have a projection TV and ever since we moved into our apartment last year, we have had a problem with our blue convergence. Well we have gone a whole year "dealing" with the problem and our red convergence decided to chip in. That gave us the incentive to try and get it fixed, but it kept being pushed to the side. I know you guys all know how that is. Well, Friday the TV just decided to stop turning on. Yep that's right. We turn it on and two seconds later it turns off, so it's probably a bulb issue. Needless to say, it's at the repair shop and depending how much it costs, we may just end up buying a new TV, but we really don't want to. On top of that, John hurt his back really bad playing basketball last week, so we went to the doctor who put him on serious pain meds, which knocked him out almost the entire weekend. Other then that, we are doing pretty well. Just dealing with everything as it comes one day at a time. :)

Kirk's quandary

Kirk, Jess just told me about your recent decision to vote for Obama because of McCain's choice of Sara Palin as his running mate. She also mentioned that you agree that the government should not be bailing everyone out. I mean, who's next Ford? General Motors? Professional Boxing?

Seriously though, as the country starts moving towards a socialist society and Obama looks more and more like the next President, I hope you think of what you're doing. If you were a flaming liberal environmentalist that embraced communism, then I would abandon the fight to save a lost soul. However, I know you are not. You embrace a free market, you're a proud gun owner (at least you were a proud gun owner), and you drive a Porcshe versus a Prius.

You might want to do a double take on Obama's economic plan. He wants to eliminate taxes on the poor, cut taxes on the middle class, raise taxes on everyone making $250,000 and up, raise capital gains and dividends taxes, and raise taxes on businesses. Uh, did I mention he wants government run health care and college for everyone that wants to go. How in the world is he going to pay for such programs? Dentists and doctors will pay for it.

So, you may be scared of a little old beauty queen who doesn't know the difference between Iraq and Iran but at least she's not a rabid anti-dentite!!

Jeremy

Evolution of a Name

How a cat named Indiana Jones can also be known as Susan

I have a problem with nick-names. Its irresistable. I can't just call someone by their original name---it hurts too much to contain myself. So I come up with nick-names to fit the person and how I feel about them at the time. Even my staff have nick-names. But there is a logic behind it all, so I decided to write the most recent down with my thought processes so you all can see that I'm not completely cracked;

We got a cat and gave him a name:
"Indiana Jones"
which led to "Dr Jones"
which of course led to "Indy"
Which if you add a 'B' makes for a catchy "Bindy"
Now Crocadile Hunter has a daughter named "Bindy Sue"
So I also call him "Bindy Sue" and when he pisses me off, I call him by his formal name "Susan"
On a side note, we also call him "Indiana",
which if you shorten it leads to "Ana"
That is how you go from Indiana Jones to Susan
Indy's names:
Indiana Jones
Indiana
Dr Jones
Indy
Bindy
Bindy Sue
Susan
Ana
So he has been with us for 6 months and has 8 names. If you come over to our house and hear someone yell "Susan" or "Oh Ana" they are referring to the cat. I'm working on the dog now.

Dogs name: Noah
When he kinda barks it sounds like "Wha!"
So I call him No-Wha or Sno-wha
Joey calls him Nova for short and Nova Southeastern formal
I've been toying with a few variations......Since he squats when he pees, a variation on the name Snowa could be Snow White(cuz what male dog squats----what a pussy) What a Snow White! Snow White could be formal...Whitey (after Uncle Whitey) for short. Did Whitey squat when he peed? If he did that'd be perfect. I'll put Jess on the case to find out.
From Whitey we could stick to the white theme and go to gringo or the antithesis of gringo...beaner.
So our dog may be called Beaner or Cholo when you meet him. I just do not know how it will evolve. But, the name Noah is not long for this world.

Alaska

First we worked our buts off campaigning.. and putting up signs...

Then we hit the lake for some wave-runner fun...

Then Jer took me to a beautiful hotel room for a romantic night! It was a condo it was so huge!!

All-in-all I had a good time. I wouldn't mind living there.. it relaxes me so much.. There's no one around!!!