1/2 a year gone by....

How's it going People? Can you believe that 2007 is officially half way over? My my my how time flies as we get older. It just seems a couple of months ago that I moved to Tampa. Before you know it I will have been here a year. Not much is going on, really. I am still having trouble getting my diploma. I know I barely got through school by the hair on my nose, but still to get a duplicate copy is pure hell. There is only one company that makes the for school I went to and the company representative (who was the representative when I was in school) was a complete asshole to me. I ordered the thing 2 months ago and still haven't received it. I was moved out on the floor this week at work. It's got its good points and it has its bad points. Guess I will just have to deal with it just like they are gonna have to deal with me. I really haven't done much this week other than watching Big Brother 8 all the time live online and on TV when it comes on. I am going to apply to be a house guest next year, even if I have to take a leave of absence from work. LOL. I did the yard today in the middle of the day. I couldn't cut it first thing this morning because it was still wet from yesterday's rains. It didn't take but about 1.5 hours to do all of it. I got a little sun in the meantime as well. I bought my ticket over to Daytona this coming weekend. I haven't been over there since Memorial Day Weekend. I miss Missy and Tommy so much. Missy says he will be coming over here in August for a few days. That should be lots of fun. I may just rent a car for a couple of days if he does come over. Who knows? LOL. Well, I'm off to bed, Peace out. I will be adding some pictures on the next blog. I finally got pictures that I had on my cell phone transferred by bluetooth over to the computer. I plan on uploading a variety of pics that I had on there. Okay, now off to bed. Peace out!

Have ya missed me...

Long time, no blog People. How's it going? I haven't blogged in while since much has not been going on. Work has been pretty tedious on me. But, I am officially being kicked out of the nest tomorrow and being put out on the call center floor. That means, I am just another warm body to answer the phones officially. I have to wait until April of next year to actually see if I can get transferred off the phones and move into another department. Life around home has been normal. Rachael and I rearranged the living room, I think it is better this way. It still needs a little tweaking. It's official, my DUI is now a thing of the past. Finally after four years, I have complete closure. I reinstated my license yesterday. I am hoping to get a truck or car by years end. My vacation over Thanksgiving week was officially approved this week. So I am going to try and make a trip back home to NC and visit the family. I can't wait to see my nieces and nephew. I guess my moving to Tampa has been somewhat of a reality check. I have realized some things must happen if I want to continue being happy in life. Ben and Jerry have become best of friends it seems like. Ben literally boxes with Jerry and beats him up. But, Jerry fights back when Ben isn't looking. Maybe I can get some video uploaded on here showing the action. Well, I am going to bed. Hopefully I will blog more. Peace out!

Some People Got Their Wish....

Hello, People. How ya'll doing? It's been an interesting week for sure. After my last post, I woke up from the nap and I started a coughing spasm. By the time I was done, I was hoarse. I lost my voice completely. What came out of my mouth sounded like a high pitched little girl. I didn't go in to work Monday. When I woke up Tuesday, the coughing had given me the worst headache and my voice was almost non-existent. I was horrible. I went to the doctor. The Dr. gave me a prescription of antibiotics and a cough syrup with codeine. The syrup worked like a charm. I passed out. I didn't get my real voice back til Wednesday. I did go back to work today, but, with a terrible headache. Listening to the people on the phone only made it worse. We finally got the dryer replaced here at the house. The old one finally died. Now it will be the dishwasher next, can't wait. Even though I rarely do the dishes as it is. Hell, I barely dirty any as it is. LOL. The yard is still dying away. I hope it dies quick. Well, it's time bed, I will post again over the weekend. Peace out!

Lazy Week...

Hola, People. Hope you are having a great day. I'm just getting curled into bed and figured I would jot down what has happened this week. I worked some more out in the yard. I threw some weed and feed down in the backyard. Then turned around and sprayed it with more liquid weed killer when I had to initially water it. Finally, the weeds are dying at a fast rate. Also, mowed the entire yard as well. Once a week, it has to be cut, just so we don't get those snakes in the yard. We had new neighbors move in this week as well. Hopefully, they are like the rest of the neighborhood. Didn't really do much around the house this week, since it pretty much stays clean. I cleaned the bedroom up and cleaned the bathroom up. Michael cancelled the trip to Daytona. I went over to Bryan and Robert's place Saturday night for the monthly campfire. There were about 25 guys that showed up. I am officially the Fire God. All those years in Boy Scouts paid off. I didn't even have to use Girl Scout Fluid. This fire wasn't as raging as the last one, but it was just as hot though. The mosquitoes were out in full force with smoke or no smoke. They were doing their damndest to suck us dry. I think everyone had a great time. Now, I going to take a nap. Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there. Miss ya Daddy. Sayanora, Peace Out!

Weekend Fun

What's going on People? Not much currently. But, it has been a great weekend. Friday, work was not bad at all. Michael and I decided earlier during the day that we would go out to eat at Sweet Tomatoes. He swung by and picked me up. At the time we had the afternoon sea breezes that usually cross the state during the summer clashing just to the east of us. We left the house and went the back way. I looked out the window and saw a beautiful rainbow. It wasn't entirely complete at that time, but it was very bright and you could see the vivid colors that it had to offer. By seeing the rainbow, it reminded me of the time, while living in Daytona when a weak tropical storm's eye had crossed over us and I actually saw a "double rainbow". I told Michael about that, low and behold, we turned onto US Hwy 301 and he looked out his window and saw another rainbow on top of the rainbow that we had originally seen. By this time, the first rainbow was complete from one side to another. Unfortunately, like the idiot I am, I left my cell phone at home so I couldn't take a picture. But the rainbow lasted for at least 15-20 mins. It was really an awesome sight to see. We had dinner and walked outside and the rainbow was gone, but I looked up ad actually saw the trail from the shuttle launch. I got excited because I now know if the weather is clear I should be able to see the shuttle launches from here. We got back home and then we headed out and played pool for a couple of hours at a local bar. I got up around 8am on Saturday and worked out in the backyard trying to uproot the weeds that are back there. I got about 1/3 of the yard done. Lisa stopped by to hang out and she wanted to go see a movie. We saw The Invisible. It was a good movie for the most part. We got home and I took a nap until Michael got here. We then went to the www.saturdaynightdinnerclub.net 's weekly dinner. Lisa and Rachael joined us. We actually had a very good time. Rachael was somewhat nervous, but after a couple of margarita's she was just fine. After dinner, the girl's went their way and Michael and I stopped by Cityside for a couple of drinks and played some darts. We got in around 1130pm and listened to some music and until finally falling asleep. But, we did sleep in until 11am this morning. That was novel in itself. I haven't done much today except relax and play with Jerry some. He has completely adjusted and I know he enjoys his new home. Ben literally pounces on him and Jerry sits there for a while taking it and then swats at him. We figured out why Jerry goes on the meowing spree at 4am. Rachael was shutting her bedroom door at night and Jerry must get bored and wanna play with Ben. Since she left it open one night, Jerry hasn't meowed loudly at night. I'm looking forward to the trip over to Daytona next weekend. Michael seems ready to go as well. It should be a good trip. Well, I guess I'm gonna watch some news and play some pinball. Peace out!!

Hard to Believe...

Hey People. Hope all is well with you. Its been a fun filled week. Monday evening after work, Michael and I worked out in the backyard. I moved a fancy palm tree out of the middle of the back yard and put it in the corner. Michael yanked up 2 garbage cans full of plants and stuff. The backyard is coming along very well. I still have to get rid of some more plants along the edge of the fence, but they are all dead. Lisa decided that she was going to get rid of her 5 piece sectional and planned on bringing it over here today. She sent me a message yesterday letting me know that she was replacing her mattress. She has a king bed as well. It's one of those Sleep Number beds. When I got home from work on Wednesday, I moved the table on the back porch outside and set it up with the umbrella. I stripped the bed and moved the mattress in the garage. Then, Michael and I rode over to her house to pick the mattress up. It's literally in about 10 pieces. We got it back home and it was rather easy to set up. I slept the best I have slept in a long time. Amazing they say a mattress can make the difference. It truly does. Today, I completely cleaned the back porch to get it ready for my home theatre furniture to move out there. I put a good bit of stuff in the garage to get it out of the way. I vacuumed the whole porch and wiped everything down. Then I moved the furniture out there and set it up. I completed setting up the outdoor table and chairs and stools. I cut the backyard again. Lisa called me around 230 and said that her son and friend were on their way over with the sectional. I was ready and waiting. Then about 10 minutes later she called and said 2 pieces had fallen off the truck on the interstate. She said they would come here and unload what hadn't fallen off and she and I would go in her car to get them since the were the small sectional pieces. We hopped on the interstate and of course had to get back on in the other direction where they had fallen off. That was a chore in itself. We had no idea if they were going to be ran over into a million pieces or still in one piece. Traffic on the interstate was busy as hell. We couldn't pull off in the emergency lane on the right, because there wasn't one. We pulled off on the left hand side. She had the top down on the car. We literally had to run across 4 lanes of traffic to the side where they were. The cars were going 70 + mph. We made it across to the other side. She grabbed the one closer to the car and walked up about 100 feet to the other one. Then waited for the perfect chance to run across the interstate and loaded them in her car. They somehow fit perfectly and weren't beat it up at all. Only one had lost the legs on it. Amazing, huh, for them to be heading down the interstate at 60mph and Lisa watching them bounce 3 times on the highway. So, then, we headed back to the house. I tried setting it up one way and it didn't look right. So I took the curved piece and stuck it in a corner by itself. Now the couch is at least 12ft from one end to the other. Now everyone can enjoy the projector in a comfy couch. It's burgundy red leather. It compliments Rachael's red and black curtain scheme. I will take some pics and share on here at some point. We figured we can comfortably sit 16 people in the living room with plenty of room for some to stand. I can't wait to throw our first house party. Missy is planning his next visit over mid July. Lisa may throw a dinner party for www.saturdaynightdinnerclub.net at her house. We are hoping she will host it that weekend Missy comes over. She definitely has the room to entertain, that's for sure. LOL. Well, I'm gonna watch some Fast Cars and Superstars. Have a great evening. Peace out!

The Wait Is Over....

Yo Yo Yo People. I hope you all are having a grand ol' time. I know I am. Now that I have my baby girl back, I'm getting back in the swing of things. I got my laptop back on Friday. Luckily, it was covered under the warranty, but they had to replace the motherboard. However, I thought I was lucky when I turned it on and realized that they didn't have to do a complete restore on it. But, my luck, I had to do it after all. I must say, if you don't have to upgrade to Windows Vista yet, DON'T. If you do though, beware that if you use Internet Explorer 7 with Vista, that you can't uninstall it at all. My laptop kept giving me certificate invalid errors. After spending over 1.5 hrs on the phone with HP, I ended up having to wipe my hard drives after all. Fortunately I really didn't have much on them anyways. Most of what I did have I stored on Gmail. This week overall was a very good week considering it was a short week. Without having the internet, it sorta sucked though. I think I could live without cigarettes longer than I can without the internet. I did mention to Rachael at some point this week that I was gonna start looking for a kitten/cat, so Ben could have someone to play with. I figured I wanted to get a Siamese because I can remember the one we had while growing up. That cat was so damn mean, he didn't care who or what he crossed paths with and he would attack you. Daddy named him C.F.H. (Cat From Hell). He was really that bad. I figured I would find one come payday. I thought I would put a jump start on the hunting process and I posted an ad on Craigslist looking for a Siamese Cat/Kitten. It was barely an hour and I had 3 - 4 hits. However, the one that got my attention wasn't Siamese. He is a purebred Blue Point Himalayan. He's 2 yrs old, neutered, and declawed at that. His owner only wanted a $75 adoption fee for him. She sent me 2 pictures of him and I immediately fell in love with him. On Saturday evening I joined Michael and some of his friends out for dinner. We met up at Grillsmith. The food was decent. But, we had a good time sitting around chatting about this and that. After dinner, we stopped by Cityside and had a couple drinks and played some darts. Then on Sunday with help from Michael, we rode up to Wesley Chapel and looked at the cat. He was so calm in her arms, while outside he never tried to claw her to death in trying to get away. The pictures she sent me don't do him justice at all. She passed him over to me and he was just like a doll in my arms. I asked what his name was and I about fell off my rocker when she said "Bobo". I knew well in advance what my next pet's name was gonna be. With Rachael having her dog named Ben, my pet's name is gonna be Jerry. He probably weighs about 10-12lbs. You can see in the pictures that his haircut is like that of a lion's. He rode in my lap all the way back and we stopped at K-Mart to get the necessary stuff to start him off. When, we got him home, no quicker than me going out to get something out of the truck and me to get back inside did he disappear. Rachael, Michael, and I looked all over the house and couldn't find him. Wouldn't you know it, Jerry crawled up in the damn recliner and didn't wanna come out. Ben loved him to death though. Jerry never batted an eye at him, hissed, or anything. So, I put Jerry in my bedroom, so he could calm down some while I set up his box and bowl. He's good at playing hide and seek. Because I don't have many places in my bedroom to hide, but he managed to get under my captain's bed and crawl up in one of the drawers in the back corner. I decided I would take a nap before the girls and I headed over to Michael's for dinner. When I got up, he was still petrified and in the drawer. So I pulled him out and put him in the bathroom. Wouldn't you know it, Jerry laid in that litter box for at least an hour before we left for dinner and wouldn't get out. Since, we took Ben with us to dinner I figured Jerry would have run of the house while we were out. Michael cooked a delicious dinner for us. Sirloin steaks topped with bleu cheese and mushrooms, along with steamed broccoli and a salad. Lisa bought dessert. We had a delightful time watching Ben playing with Michael's dogs. He was just like a kid. At home he has energy, but tonight, he barked for the first time and he was non-stop full of action and playfulness. I'm sure when Jerry relaxes a little, him and Ben are going to be best of buds. When we got home, Jerry was darting out of the bathroom and I could tell he's getting used to his surroundings some. He's jumped up on the bed with me a couple of times as I have been typing the blog out. Well, I'm heading to bed, as always, Peace out!