No it's not the latest basketball score, it's the temperature change from monday to tuesday, and the reason that I have become a walking snot factory again.
I really hate spring for this reason. When it's warm, it only stays that way long enough to make you sick, or it rains the whole time. I've never understood why anyone would like spring at all. I guess if you lived somewhere where the changes aren't so drastic it might be nice, but around here, I'll skip directly to summer please.
It amazes me that since I started watching what I eat and excercising more, I have been sick more often than any other time in my life. Clearly that seems wrong to me, but I can't seem to make any sense of it. Of course, after the way I ate this past weekend, I should be feeling better any minute now....... :)
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Raising Them Right
At the time that I write this I'm sitting at home watching the three stooges with my two daughters. Someday, their husbands will thank me.
My next plans are to be sure that the love football, play golf, and snowboard like they're going to the X Games. I don't worry too much about turning them into tomboys either because my wife will see that that doesn't happen. It's the perfect balance. In short, I'm doomed.
It scares me to death to even think about them being teenagers and dating, and the way we're raising them, they're going to be highly recruited. Especially if they get their looks from their mom. I'm still deciding between sitting in a creaky rocking chair on the porch holding a shotgun or just cleaning one at the appropriate times. Not the rocking chair, the gun. I guess that would be scary in it's own way, but it isn't what I had in mind.
I'm sure it will all be ok, but I can't help worrying a little. My plan for the time being is to not think about it. If you are raising boys out there, be sure they know how to do a little cleaning and learn how to listen. Hey, I'm doing my part, so you keep up your end of the deal!
My next plans are to be sure that the love football, play golf, and snowboard like they're going to the X Games. I don't worry too much about turning them into tomboys either because my wife will see that that doesn't happen. It's the perfect balance. In short, I'm doomed.
It scares me to death to even think about them being teenagers and dating, and the way we're raising them, they're going to be highly recruited. Especially if they get their looks from their mom. I'm still deciding between sitting in a creaky rocking chair on the porch holding a shotgun or just cleaning one at the appropriate times. Not the rocking chair, the gun. I guess that would be scary in it's own way, but it isn't what I had in mind.
I'm sure it will all be ok, but I can't help worrying a little. My plan for the time being is to not think about it. If you are raising boys out there, be sure they know how to do a little cleaning and learn how to listen. Hey, I'm doing my part, so you keep up your end of the deal!
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Verizon = annoying
I really don't like dealing with Verizon because they continually mess things up, but this week I had no choice. Crystal needed a new phone badly because hers had been lost and we had been told that we were eligible to get the discount on new phones on Feb 28, so this past friday, I decided to call and verify that that was the case:
I called to verify the 2/28 date, and was told that it wasn't 2/28, it was april 3rd. She tells me that on june 3rd of 2004 we switched the primary line from my phone to Crystal's and started a new agreement. I told her that that was not my fault and that the line was switched without my consent and that I was assured at the time that it would not affect our two year agreement date. She tells me that that wasn't the case, and that according to her records, my phone had been the primary line for a year and that we just switched it that month. I then tell her that my phone was never the primary line and that this was Crystal's account and that I just had a phone added to it so there is no way that that is possible, but of course their records say otherwise so there is no room for any other interpretation.
So I tell her that everytime I call or talk to anyone they tell me something different and act like they have no idea what the previous person was talking about and I'm sick of dealing with all this misinformation, and that I want to talk to a supervisor. She assures me that the supervisor will give me the same answer but I insist. So she is gone for a while and comes back and tells me that the supervisor is willing to make an exception and that we can have the new every two but Crystal will have to call in and give her consent, and that we will have to order the phones over the phone and have them mailed to us, since the stores can't make exceptions.
So I ask her why I should believe that the next time I call in that they are going to have any idea what we just talked about since no one ever seems to remember any conversations I've had with them, and she gives me her name, and id and her supervisors name and id. I ask her if the comments from our conversations about the line switching are there and she says that there are some about the discount but nothing that says that our two year agreement date shouldn't change (which they assured me at the time that there would be, of course).
So monday, I decided to go to the store and check out the phones so that I would know what to order and on a whim I asked the lady if their records still showed us as eligible for the discount. (they were the ones that originally told me 2/28). She says yes, which just proves that their systems make no sense.
To make a long story short we were able to get phones last night, but not without one last hiccup. The store was out of the phones we wanted so we had to drive a few miles to another store to get the job done. I really truly wish that there was some way that we could have another cell phone carrier but since everyone we know has Verizon, we can't pass up the mobile to mobile discount.
I'm just waiting to see what they mess up next.
I called to verify the 2/28 date, and was told that it wasn't 2/28, it was april 3rd. She tells me that on june 3rd of 2004 we switched the primary line from my phone to Crystal's and started a new agreement. I told her that that was not my fault and that the line was switched without my consent and that I was assured at the time that it would not affect our two year agreement date. She tells me that that wasn't the case, and that according to her records, my phone had been the primary line for a year and that we just switched it that month. I then tell her that my phone was never the primary line and that this was Crystal's account and that I just had a phone added to it so there is no way that that is possible, but of course their records say otherwise so there is no room for any other interpretation.
So I tell her that everytime I call or talk to anyone they tell me something different and act like they have no idea what the previous person was talking about and I'm sick of dealing with all this misinformation, and that I want to talk to a supervisor. She assures me that the supervisor will give me the same answer but I insist. So she is gone for a while and comes back and tells me that the supervisor is willing to make an exception and that we can have the new every two but Crystal will have to call in and give her consent, and that we will have to order the phones over the phone and have them mailed to us, since the stores can't make exceptions.
So I ask her why I should believe that the next time I call in that they are going to have any idea what we just talked about since no one ever seems to remember any conversations I've had with them, and she gives me her name, and id and her supervisors name and id. I ask her if the comments from our conversations about the line switching are there and she says that there are some about the discount but nothing that says that our two year agreement date shouldn't change (which they assured me at the time that there would be, of course).
So monday, I decided to go to the store and check out the phones so that I would know what to order and on a whim I asked the lady if their records still showed us as eligible for the discount. (they were the ones that originally told me 2/28). She says yes, which just proves that their systems make no sense.
To make a long story short we were able to get phones last night, but not without one last hiccup. The store was out of the phones we wanted so we had to drive a few miles to another store to get the job done. I really truly wish that there was some way that we could have another cell phone carrier but since everyone we know has Verizon, we can't pass up the mobile to mobile discount.
I'm just waiting to see what they mess up next.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
A Little Chlorine Goes A Long Way
I just got an email from an actual person by the name of "Jeanne Poole". Now I don't know this lady, but it would seem to me that she has every right to be annoyed. Why in the world would you do that to your child? On the other hand, she should be very thankful that her parents weren't fond of the name "Cess".
I can't help but wonder if she has siblings named "Whirl", "Kitty", and "8Ball". It seems to me that parents would have more sense than this, but my wife is a Kindergarten teacher so I know better. She has had many strange names and heard even stranger stories from other teachers. Those of us who have names that rhymed with anything at all, are at least sensitive to the importance of naming.
As it is, I would like once again to thank my parents for not naming me "Ham".
I can't help but wonder if she has siblings named "Whirl", "Kitty", and "8Ball". It seems to me that parents would have more sense than this, but my wife is a Kindergarten teacher so I know better. She has had many strange names and heard even stranger stories from other teachers. Those of us who have names that rhymed with anything at all, are at least sensitive to the importance of naming.
As it is, I would like once again to thank my parents for not naming me "Ham".
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Go Norway!
Have you ever found yourself rooting harder against americans than you have at this Olympics with Bode Miller and Shani Davis? Personnally I have rooted hard against both for all the selfish and just plain stupid things that they have done and said. American or not, I just don't take well to jerks.
I have been pleased to see Bode Miller totally flame out in every event he has entered. I just don't want people who don't care and don't take their sport seriously to prosper. In my opinion, it would have sent a bad message had he done well, and even if that wasn't the case, I just can't root for a jerk.
Shani Davis has just been selfish, but I still find myself rooting against him. In a way I can understand his motives, but you can't leave your team hanging like that. If he was in such bad shape that skating an extra race would have worn him down for his own event 3 days later then he didn't train hard enough. He also acted totally unappreciative of the gold he recieved in the 1000m. There are people who have done everything that it takes that will never have that chance, and he acted like it didn't matter to him at all. I'll be rooting hard for Hedrick in the 1500m. At least in that event there is another American to pull for.
I know that sports aren't the end of the world, but I just think that people can have a little bit of humility and respect for their sport and their fellow competitors.
I have been pleased to see Bode Miller totally flame out in every event he has entered. I just don't want people who don't care and don't take their sport seriously to prosper. In my opinion, it would have sent a bad message had he done well, and even if that wasn't the case, I just can't root for a jerk.
Shani Davis has just been selfish, but I still find myself rooting against him. In a way I can understand his motives, but you can't leave your team hanging like that. If he was in such bad shape that skating an extra race would have worn him down for his own event 3 days later then he didn't train hard enough. He also acted totally unappreciative of the gold he recieved in the 1000m. There are people who have done everything that it takes that will never have that chance, and he acted like it didn't matter to him at all. I'll be rooting hard for Hedrick in the 1500m. At least in that event there is another American to pull for.
I know that sports aren't the end of the world, but I just think that people can have a little bit of humility and respect for their sport and their fellow competitors.
Friday, February 17, 2006
Ebay Crazy
My wife and I have discovered lately how fun it can be to scour our house for things that we can sell on ebay. I have been a member forever but never really dabbled in selling before now. As it turns out, it's a lot of fun.
If nothing else, it will give us an excuse to go to garage sales and look through clearance racks, as the only way to make any real money on ebay is to sell things that you didn't have to pay hardly anything for.
I think Crystal has really taken to it at this point, whereas I, feel like I'm still "thinking" about some sort of plan to hit it big, instead of just focusing on the everyday stuff that we can throw out there to get us started. I guess it's good to think both ways, but in any case it's a lot of fun. The only annoying part of it that I can see at this point will be the constant trips to the post office and having to try and keep track of multiple auctions at once, but I'm sure it's not really as hard as it sounds.
Take a look at the auctions that we have so far if you want, and feel free to bid high. :)
If nothing else, it will give us an excuse to go to garage sales and look through clearance racks, as the only way to make any real money on ebay is to sell things that you didn't have to pay hardly anything for.
I think Crystal has really taken to it at this point, whereas I, feel like I'm still "thinking" about some sort of plan to hit it big, instead of just focusing on the everyday stuff that we can throw out there to get us started. I guess it's good to think both ways, but in any case it's a lot of fun. The only annoying part of it that I can see at this point will be the constant trips to the post office and having to try and keep track of multiple auctions at once, but I'm sure it's not really as hard as it sounds.
Take a look at the auctions that we have so far if you want, and feel free to bid high. :)
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Fun With Email
I just got this email at work:
Hi Everyone,
Come meet some of the Openly Staff members of our division and have some cake at 4:00 pm in the cafeteria.
Hope to see you there.
So if you are "openly" staff, does that mean that you don't hide the fact that you are employed here when you are in public? So if I "come out of the closet" and admit that I work here, will they throw me a party?
I know our society is big now on celebrating diversity and all but this seems a little over the top. Next we're going to have parties for people who admit to stealing company supplies, and hand out pink pieces of paper as party favors.
Well it just goes to show that you just never know. Oh and if you care what that email really meant, leave a comment and I'll explain it. It isn't really that funny so I didn't bother putting it down in the blog.
Hi Everyone,
Come meet some of the Openly Staff members of our division and have some cake at 4:00 pm in the cafeteria.
Hope to see you there.
So if you are "openly" staff, does that mean that you don't hide the fact that you are employed here when you are in public? So if I "come out of the closet" and admit that I work here, will they throw me a party?
I know our society is big now on celebrating diversity and all but this seems a little over the top. Next we're going to have parties for people who admit to stealing company supplies, and hand out pink pieces of paper as party favors.
Well it just goes to show that you just never know. Oh and if you care what that email really meant, leave a comment and I'll explain it. It isn't really that funny so I didn't bother putting it down in the blog.
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