Monday, November 10th, 2008
life has been flying by lately. it seems like mandy and i just work and work and before we know it, the weekends are over and we’re going back to work. it’s really not that bad, but we’ve just been crazy busy.
it’s good to see the stars beginning to clean up their game. i think that turco has been taking a lot of heat for loosing the games, but our defense lines really need to start cleaning up their act and trust turcalicious to stop the pucks, that is what we pay him to do. if you’re a dallas stars fan, follow www.twitter.com/dallasstars. it’s normally myself, @neotsn, or @txsarge calling the games, live.
the shield is getting really good. we’re down to about 4 shows left of the series. i’m not sure what’s going to happen. it seems like mandy and i work out some ideas of what the next show will be about, then the show ends and we’re left confused, trying to figure out what’s next. i’ve never seen every single episode of a tv show. i’ve seen most of the simpsons, and a lot of the south parks, but the shield is just an awesome show. now i’m looking for ideas on what show to get caught up in next. i’ve been thinking about renting the soprano’s from netflix for mandy and i to watch start to finish. hmmm.
i’m working again this friday night do do an offline defrag of some of our exchange 2007 databases. hopefully saturday i’ll make it out of the house, unlike this last weekend. i keep feel like i’m getting sick, so i’m not sure if it’s just from staring at a computer for so long or not going out to do things like mandy and i used to. bleh, we’re working on getting back on track.
thanksgiving is coming up soon. mandy’s birthday is even sooner. i cannot believe we’re about to see 2008 say goodbye, but to be honest, i’m looking forward to our cruise coming up in march.
Sunday, November 25th, 2007
i did not do a lot over this thanksgiving break.
tuesday was mine and mandy’s anaversary so we had a nice diner out a lone for once and walked around bed bath and beyond talking about ideas of things to register for, for wedding showers and what not. wednesday night, mandy and i took her dad to the hockey game. mandy had given me a brenden morrow jersey for our anaversary so i had to sport it, even though i was so cold.
we spent most of our thanksgiving day at mandy’s parents relaxing. my family went to arkansas and mandy and i decided to stay home to save the money on $3 per gallon gas. after thanksgiving, mandy and i spent some good time relaxing.
i agreed to keep an eye on my sisters dog over the weekend so other than relaxing on the couch at home, i was over at her house playing on the wii, while chonci sat and wondered why i was flaling about like a drunken fool.
today was mandy’s birthday and her and i went by a park in hurst to take some pictures. tonight i round up the boys and nina and we met for diner at on the border. they brought mandy a birthday browney with ice cream that she was unable to enjoy because she is allergic to nuts. (yeah, yeah, i don’t know why she’s with me either.)
i’m sad thinking that i must return to a real week of work tomorow. i have not had a real week of work in the office since before my trip to california. oh well, take care everyone, happy month end. christmas will be upon us soon.
Monday, November 5th, 2007
so i realized today that thanksgiving is just two weeks away…
mandy has told me she would help me start on cleaning up around my apartment; last night she took initiative and really dove in. today whenever i got home from work, i had plans to get some things done i need to work on so i started off by tackling my desk to get things cleaned up so i could use my desktop that has not been turned on since just after quakecon in the summer.
mandy and i put a bid down on a house in lewisville over the weekend. we found out today that the house was purchased by someone hoping to ‘flip it’ to make some money. turns out it’s hard to get a loan for a house that shows it was just purchased less than 30 days ago. so now, mandy and i are in a holding pattern, looking for more houses while we find out more about our options with this house.
i cannot believe it’s been so long since i wrote a last blog post. i realize i say that almost every time i post now. perhaps i should change that eh?
ya’ll take care. i’m flying out to anaheim this saturday for a week long conference my work is hosting. i think it will be a fun expearence to meet some of our members, but with over 8000 people from around the world expected to walk through during the 3 day expo, i’m sure i have a lot of work ahead of me.
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
after moving all weekend and then sorting through stuff most of the week, it was nice when hambone offered a ticket to tuesday nights stars game against the coyotes. on my way home from work, i got a call from my boss, who told me she had two extra tickets to the game and could not go… i turned around and headed back to pick them up. soon after getting them and jumping back in the truck to head home, in order to change and make it to the game in time, i opened up the envelope to take a look at the tickets and parking pass she handed me. i realised the tickets where floor seats and i called mandy and told her she better get a move on, because this was certainly a game we would not want to miss.
mandy and i met up with hambone and sarge at the bus station in irving. i told the guys that if sarge would drive, i’d pay for parking. the game ended up being a shut out, 6 - 0. the best hockey game i’ve ever watched, and not just because we where so close to the ice, but because of the huge brawls they kept having. two of the phoenix guys got ejected from the game for poor conduct, one of those throwing a fit and not going into the box for a penalty of ruffing. in the end, i had blast and mandy and i are still all riled up from the excitement.
tomorrow night hambone is going to help me pick up the couches from eric; then friday, i’m getting off work early to meet time warner to get my cable setup. my apartment will be a comfy place to hang out soon. :)
i don’t think i blogged about this… mandy bought a backup camera for her wedding photography stuff she’s doing. i’ve been carrying the camera around and i finally ordered a 50mm lens. after 2 weeks of back order, it came in and i’ve been enjoying shooting random stuff along my way to and from work.
anyways, ya’ll have a happy thursday. we’ll catch you on the other side of the week.
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
brad invited me out to watch the hockey game tonight. we road the train over and i did not want to risk taking my camera and getting caught waiting for a train in the rain. besides, every game i’ve gone to, the stars have lost…
not tonight.
the stars one 3 to 2. during the third period, mike modano scored his 500th career goal. all of those being with the dallas stars. the nhl record career goals is 502, so mike will hopefully shatter that record in the games leading up to the play offs.
whenever we got through security before the game, they where handing out the gold clapper toys. the entire night the clapping was a constant thunder in the crowd. now i have to find a way to get mike to sign this souvenir.
go stars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Modano
