Operation Baby Watch
Due Date: Thursday, May 20th, 2010Countdown: 25 Weeks, 6 DaysGestational Age: 14 Weeks, 1 DayTrimester: 2ndBaby Size: Navel Orange (4.5 inches, 2 to 3 oz.)From "Pregnancy Tracker" application on iTouch. Read Full Story
Freezer Inventory
Three months ago, there were generally very few items in our freezer at any given time: ice, a chicken casserole, a few beer mugs, etc...Recently inventory has changed. I took a quick glance this evening and found Breyer's Butter Pecan Ice Cream, Mayfield Mini Ice Cream Sandwiches, Luigi's Italian Ice, Mango Sorbet, Raspberry Sorbet, Strawberry Sorbet, Fla-Vor-Ice, Ore-Ida Hashbrowns, Nancy's Quiche, Veggie Egg Rolls, and State Fair Corn Dogs.P.S. My beer mugs have vanished.P.P.S. I've gai... Read Full Story
Drought
I was going to pressure-wash the driveway today, but the water restrictions are still in effect. Not sure why... Read Full Story
Word of the Day
Epidural - n. pl. -S an injection to produce loss of sensation.Shannon asked me my thoughts around having an epidural during delivery. I told her I would definitely need one. Read Full Story
Ugly
I met a nice older gentleman this afternoon. He had a bunch of animals and was building an arc. Read Full Story
Block Party
The following article was on AJC.com today. The subdivision where this is being filmed is one block away from our house, and the walls are HUGE!!In many TV shows and films (think “American Beauty” and “Weeds”), suburbia is symbolized as a prison of surface homogeneity, over-fertilized green lawns, gas-guzzling SUVs and kids on swing sets. CBS is about to shoot a reality show tentatively called “Block Party” in Kennesaw that literally turns suburbia… into a prison.Earlier this month, the netwo... Read Full Story
Cruise 2009
I called my father the other day to tell him I was in Miami and on the biggest boat that I had ever seen. He asked me if I was at the boat show...Nope. I was on my very first cruise.Shannon had been on two, so she was my "Cruise Guide". Pulling up to the port, I was amazed at how many of these huge vessels were lined up. Celebrity, Royal Carribean, Carnival, they were all there. Skyscrapers floating on water.After finally getting on board (we had to navigate through security, which... Read Full Story
Key West
Our first stop was in Key West, which I had not been to in 20 years. We took the trolley tour to learn the city's history, had a beer at Sloppy Joe's, went to the original Margaritaville, toured Mel Fisher's Treasure, slipped into the Hard Rock Cafe, and saw the southern most point of the USA. Read Full Story
Cayman Islands
The Dolphin Swim was the highlight of the Caymans, but I'll have to post those photos later. Across the street from Dolphin Discovery was the turtle farm. The most dangerous thing here were the iguanas that lurked in the trees. You never knew when they were going to fall or jump from the palm trees.We saw our second Hard Rock Cafe and another Margaritaville while at the Caymans. We decided to eat at a local place instead though, Paradise Grill. We had two beers each, a fish sandwich, coc... Read Full Story
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