Blog Infomercial

As you must know by now, I like to write blogs. But, I didn't always like the whole blog thing. A long, long time ago (okay, a year ago) I had heard "blog this" and "blog that", but I had no earthly idea what to make of it. I didn't know what it meant, where it came from, and least of all why people were involved with them. I have since found the answers to all these questions and more.As adults, we tend to get more and more stupid as the days progress. Don't take offense, but don't attempt to deny it either. As children and teens, we were learning everyday at school and then having our knowledge tested over and over again. Constant brain...

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Much To Do

Well, I haven't had much time to sit down and do much of anything much less write a blog, but here goes. We've been working on the house and getting a lot done. I absolutely love how it is going. I'll admit that it is hard work and not a cheap endeavor. However, our plan is coming together quite well. We have ran across a few stumbles, but we got right back up and amended our plan accordingly and it is all going well. One stumble that was bothering me a lot was the discovery that the tub/shower fiberglass insert that was given to us for free from our pastor wouldn't fit up the stairs. I got a second opinion about what might be done to get it...

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Inappropriate Names

One of the first and most important things a person will have to do as a new parent is to name their child. As you know, my wife and I recently did this. So, I'd like to go over some pet peeves of mine that rose to the surface during this process. Naming a person is obviously an important task. There are so many things to consider and many more things to avoid when coming up with a name.#1 - This is a person. While you think that your little one may be cute like a puppy or beautiful like a swan or whatever, your baby is not a pet and should therefore not have a pet name. Do NOT name your child Otis.#2 - The picked out name may sound great...

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America's Youngest Model

We did another photoshoot in our living room the other night. This time it was baby focused. He was a real crappy model, though. Literally not figuratively. He was a great model who crapped a lot. The problem with holding a naked baby is that he feels the need to let loose and unfortunately was letting loose all over me. The whole photoshoot lasted maybe five minutes, but in those five short minutes he managed to take care of a lot of business. The straw that broke the camel's back was when in one photo where he was sitting in the palm of my hand and leaning up against my chest (the last photo below). He decided to take a dump right in...

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We bought it!

We closed on the house last night! It's finally ours! It's still sinking in. I don't think that it will completely seem real until we move in and start sleeping there. That will be a while yet. Our awesome landlords are letting us do a half month next month so that we will have about 35 days to get the place all cleaned up and fixed up the way that we want it.Today, we couldn't help but get started on it. So, I woke up and changed all the locks this morning. Then, this afternoon we were all over there working up a sweat in a house with no heat. Jacob helped and learned a few things and Lyric helped by sleeping through all the hammering...

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Almost There

The appraisal on the house went well but it came back with two exceptions. The exposed plumbing in the bathroom would have to be covered and the hole in the hardwood floor between the first bedroom and hallway would have to be fixed. The plumbing was relatively easy. The cover was already there. I just didn't put it back when we found a leak during the inspection process. So I fixed the broken piping and covered it back up. The bad news is that when I turned the water on at the meter and went back up to check for leaks again, there was another leak. My plumbing didn't leak a drop, but there must be a busted pipe in the floor of the bathroom...

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Home Alone

Today was Jodi's first day at home alone with Lyric. Her mom left Saturday evening after having stayed with us since Tuesday evening. She was a big help and we really appreciated her being here. However, today I came home and found a funny site. With no one here, Jodi finally got to catch up on her sleep. These two pictures show how I came home to find them. They were a couple of blanket mounds. It was cute. In other news, the old fart that owns the house that we are trying to buy finally signed something that we sent him. Last Saturday, we sent him a new addendum stating that he would have the termite treatment done and have the yard...

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Good News A' Plenty!

#1 Lyric gets the end of his thingy sliced off today for the low-low cost of about $50. We went through an ordeal trying to get it done while Jodi was still admitted into the hospital. The doctor's office wanted fax confirmation that it was covered under our insurance and our insurance company was acting like sending a fax was equivalent to pulling a tooth. It didn't get done and the wording of my insurance policy made it sound like it was no longer covered after being discharged from the hospital. However, under a higher degree of scrutiny, a magnifying glass, and the use of a law school approved dictionary it turned out that it was still...

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