V-Day

Today was the dreaded V-Day. I'm not talking about anything to do with WWII, rather the dreaded Vet-Day. Jenee and I took the day off to run errands including the vet. It is interesting how much personality I noticed in the cats. Marble actually preferred to be crammed into her little carry bag so she could be closer to Jenee. Sable likes a solid carry case. Marble freaks out in the car, Sable took a nap, Marble doesn't mind the exam, Sable would rather die. So funny. Once we got home we had the usual swag of hissing from Sab's but now she's calmed down and has weaseled her way onto my lap. At least we didn't have to get shots! Not our favorite.

We also went to the DMV to do our renewal which turned out to be a bigger ordeal than we were expecting. Apparently we needed new insurance and had to get a document from Texas to register the car. Sigh. The awesome thing was to see God's soverignty carry us through. We got a better deal on insurance, and renters insurance, and the Document is on its way so there shouldn't be any problems! Praise Him!

Firing Up The Cricut

Well here is something fun. Here is Jenee firing up her new scrapbooking tool / toy :-)

Our First Medieval Faire

Well, this weekend, Jenee and I attended our first ever medieval fair, the Hoggtowne Medieval Fair in Gainesville. It was a fun outing with Rob, Sarah and Meredith. Now, don't get me wrong, I appreciate all the effort some fans go to, but I don't remember pirates and samurai sword wielding, trench coat wearing ninjas in the dark ages, correct me (in the comments) if I am wrong. Anyway, fun day, you should go sometime. I even made a friend with a nice lady with a Nikon D3 (shibby) and she let me play with it for a while. We're best friends now...well, maybe not best friends, but she was very kind to let me play with her expensive camera. Slideshow below!
Having fun :-)

Catching Up On My Missed Childhood

When I was a kid, I had a neighbor who I was pretty good friends with. He was fortunate and had several incarnations of Nintendo gaming systems. I spent many hours watching him play and was occasionally allowed to play, only to quickly lose my turn because of my inexperience. Well, thanks to the smart people of Nintendo, I have downloaded some of those old games and tried my hand at them.

Apparently I still suck at playing them. I have been playing Super Mario Bros. 3 and I can not get past world 3. Even better is the level of aggravation due to continually failing to beat the final boss. Oh well, eventually I will get there, but here is the moral of the story. Share the game with someone else kids, it's the right thing to do!

Stupid Mario Bros...

Apparently I have a way to go. This guy can finish the game in 11 minutes.

Yay for Wireless Printing!

Well its only taken me 3 weeks, but I have finally got our HP C6180 all-in-one printer running on our home network. This cool little all in one prints normal and photos, faxes, scans, photocopies, makes coffee and projects HD images on our ceiling. Ok, I made the last two up. The problem I had was that the printer was recognized on the network, but none of the facilities work with Mac OSX 10.5.6. So, a quick driver update and voala! She works like a tiger. Of course I found this little triumph all the more satisfying than Jenee, who entertained my excitment with a small cheer for me.

Now I can archive my magazines to pdf files at home and save shelf space!

I know, I'm a big nerd, but at least I am efficient and minimalistic... lol

I'm in the Wrong Business

I think I have mentioned this topic here before, but here is my latest count on selling Nikon Camera's and Apple Computers:

Nikon Cameras: Total 9
D40 - Greg
D40 - Paul
D40 - Brandon
D40x - Karen
D60 - Georgios
D80 - Paul
D200 - Eugene
D50 - Donna
D60 - Random guy in camera shop

Apple Computers: Total 4
MacBook Pro - Jenee
MacBook Pro - Jenny
MacBook - Linda
MacBook - Corinna [Tentative]

Where's my commission Nikon and Apple?

Our First Visit to the Retired Horse Farm

Jenee and I took Rob and his daughter Meridith to visit the local retired horse farm. Its a really nice facility with probably more than 50 horses. Admission was 2 carrots per person. We bought a huge bag, and that was still not enough, so next time we go, I think we'll bring more. The horses themselves are rescued from all over the place, and they can be old race horses, draft, farm horses etc. Most are fairly sweet in temperament, but that didn't stop some jostling for position to get another carrot. Meredith had a great time too, she just walked and walked and walked and occasionally hazarded feeding a carrot from the safety of her dad's arms. Check out the slide show below.

Yay for MLK Day!

Well, its Sunday evening and for some reason, it doesn't feel like it. We're back in the swing of BSF and 5 o'clock mornings and 6:30 starts. It was a tad cold this week, and I was accompanied by my old friend, Supprise Bowel. Yup, good old Supprise let me know 5 minutes into the meeting that what ever I ate the night before probably shouldn't be included in my daily diet. Actually, I was reminded another 30 minutes later. Lucky me.

We just really enjoy BSF so much, the Lord has really taught me so much about His nature and I am continually finding the old saying; the more you know, the more you realize you don't know.

For some reason, when we get home after Saturday meetings we are always so tired and had a much needed nap. Which then extended into the late afternoon. Anyway, I decided to make the most of the moment, and continued on my quest to conquer Super Mario Brothers 3 on the Wii. I am actually very bad and have not made it past the second world. Stupid game.

Sundays is Financial Peace University (FPU), a Christian based financial training course. We have learnt much in the last two weeks and we are happy in the knowledge that with some discipline and time, we are going to be financial independant and are already on the way.

And why the Iron Man picture? Well, I had a gift certificate and Best Buy was having a sale so $16 later I have my second blu-ray disc, and no blu-ray player. I figure that when I get a blu-ray player we'll just have a really big movie fest. And, already FPU is rubbing off on me, I didn't buy a second disc because I was $3 short and wasn't willing to use my card. So anyway, thats been our weekend so far. It's a long weekend so tomorrow we're off to the gym, I'm going to get started on selling some of our unused stuff on ebay. Hope you are all doing well.

His Space - Her Space

We may not have put our Christmas tree away, we may have procrastinated tidying up or entering data, but I can tell you one thing we have done! This weekend gone, Jenee had a vision. A vision for the future, and that vision was to create room in our humble apartment.

With the careful application of some furniture moving, shelf relocating and some elbow grease, we now have what could best be described as a space each. No more leaving stuff in each others way, sharing a table or fighting for room to put a sewing machine or scrapbooking, ladies and gentlemen, we have room

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I can't tell you how pleased I was to wake up Sunday morning and walk past my area and see it just how I wanted it, and to see a shelf with Jenee's stuff, just how she likes it. Imagine what it will be like when we have a home to ourselves?...

Crazy Thing Are Afoot in Texas

Motivation is a funny thing. Sometimes you have it, sometimes you don't. Tonight I think I have run out. I came home early today because my IB (irritable bowl) was acting up. Jenee came with me with the ambition of finishing off her work project. I offered to help and 5 hours later we finished. I am glad I offered cause otherwise the poor thing would probably been working for 15 hours. Anyway, I am tired so I am not going write this big elaborate post about all the cool stuff we did in Texas over the Christmas break. Instead, I will mention it and let the slide show do the talking. Uncle John (my Dad's brother) came over to visit Tony and Caryl so it was great to see him. I did take the opportunity to pull a prank on him and hid his socks in the Christmas tree. We also had the Tooley's over to ride the horses at Linda and Joe's, so there are some photos in there. We learned how to play a card game called Golf, actually, two versions 4 and 9 card versions, we went to the King Tutankhamun exhibit and saw where his liver was stored (joy), I saw 2 Great Horned Owls, and we had an ice storm. Too much fun. Well, I hope you enjoy the slide show.