Wow, does Comcast suck or what. We had a biiiiig problem with the install during the week and we had to set up another install today because the first guy only did half the job and didn’t hook up the cable to the TVs at all, he just left the wire hanging there loose. As you already know, I’m in the process of moving and working a bunch of overtime. (7 days a week until they hire a new guy) So we had the kids go let the second cable guy in. All he had to do was put cable in two rooms. I’m sure he has done it a hundred times. But for some reason, he was as incompetent as the first guy. I was just finishing bringing a load over when one of my kids came out and said that the guy was only going to set up one room. When I confronted the guy, he looked me square in the eye and said that his work order was only for one install and not two. Of course I called him on it and told him that he was lying. I made him put in the other box. I know it’s not the kids fault, but they have to be a little more assertive or they’re going to get taken advantage of. My wife called last time when the install was screwed up. But, I’m going to put in a complaint into their company office. I used to like Comcast, now I can’t wait to get rid of it.
Most of the move is finished. There are only a few things from the bedroom and the bathroom left to do tomorrow. It’s going to be a very busy day. First of all, we have to finish the move. Then, it’s my son’s twenty first birthday. So, we’re going to take him out for a birthday dinner or lunch depending on what time we finish the move. It’s Sunday, so we have to squeeze a little time in for the football game. Then, it’s Halloween, so we’re going to take the baby out trick or treating. Then, it’s back to work for me. Sometime next week I’ll relax.
I’m starting chapter 25 today. I thought that it would be a problem stopping to finish Kidnapped, but I picked it up right where I left off and it’s trucking along. I have some Guns n Roses, Metallica, Wasp, and Dio on the playlist tonight, so I guess it’s time to get going.
-Thom
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Oct 29
I usually work for night shifts and one day shift every week. I like that schedule, because it gives me two and a half days off. While on my day shift, I have the chance to interact with a lot of people. During that time, I talk to everyone. I’m not talking long conversations, but shot ‘how’s it going’ ones. There are a few people that I talk to regularly and some where the conversation extends on to the five minute mark. It was one of the medium conversationalists that stopped to talk to me. She set her bag down and I asked her about her weekend like I usually do, because my day shift is on a Friday. As she’s fixing whatever she was fixing in her purse, she tells me what she’s going to be doing and then she asks about my weekend. I told a little fib. My son moved out two weekends ago, but I told her that he moved out last weekend and this weekend it was my turn to move. I don’t think I can ever remember anyone stopping dead in their tracks before until then. She looked up at me and said. “Your son… Are you married?” I didn’t know it was a secret. I don’t wear a ring, but that it because my finger became bigger as I became older. Before I took it off, I had worn it somewhere between ten and fifteen years. My nineteen year anniversary is in a few days, by the way. When I did take it off, (Which took a lot of effort) it left a groove in my finger that didn’t go away for like six months. Anyway, I told her that I was and as she turned and stomped away, she said. “I can’t believe that I’ve been wasting all of this time.” She continued to mumble as she walked out the door, but I couldn’t hear the rest of it. I had no idea that she was flirting with me. So, if anyone ever wants to flirt with me in the future, you are defiantly going to have to hit me over the head with a brick, because I won’t catch on.
No baseball today, and the only thing that’s been happening at home is the move. But that’s not too exciting. There’s not too much you can say about putting things into a box and taping it up.
The Great Detective is a compilation of short stories all revolving around the Great Detective. Each chapter is a complete adventure. I was able to complete a whole chapter yesterday and my mind has been swimming around the next two. Since I’m working a shift and a half today, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that I’m going to be able to finish both of those two chapters today. I’m putting on some Abba, Crystal Gayle, and Linda Ronstadt. I know, they’re all girls, I’ll throw in a few other girl one hit wonders. But, it’s time to get going.
-Thom
No baseball today, and the only thing that’s been happening at home is the move. But that’s not too exciting. There’s not too much you can say about putting things into a box and taping it up.
The Great Detective is a compilation of short stories all revolving around the Great Detective. Each chapter is a complete adventure. I was able to complete a whole chapter yesterday and my mind has been swimming around the next two. Since I’m working a shift and a half today, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that I’m going to be able to finish both of those two chapters today. I’m putting on some Abba, Crystal Gayle, and Linda Ronstadt. I know, they’re all girls, I’ll throw in a few other girl one hit wonders. But, it’s time to get going.
-Thom
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Oct 28
I am soooooo tired. From the moment I got up, I’ve been loading the truck and unloading it at the storage place. I thought that we had a minimal amount of furniture. We gave a bunch of it to my son when he moved out. But, it still took me all day to move it all to storage. We seemed to have more bookcases and computer desks than anything else. At least most of it is done. We have some furniture we’re moving into our new place, but it is only temporary so we’re not putting everything in there. (Besides, it is up stairs, and not just up stairs, it is UP STAIRS.) We probably have about two or three truck loads to bring up there, and yes I’m going to be the one hauling everything up all of those stairs. But, I get kind of a break tomorrow. The boss called me in to work some overtime, so I won’t have time to do anything tomorrow. So, it’s Saturday or bust. At least the kids came over and helped today. They did a great job cleaning up and even helping me load a little.
I started The Great Detective yesterday. It’s a fun little book that shouldn’t take too long to write. I’m already a third of the way through it. I sent Kidnapped off to the editor, so I won’t hear anything about it until next week or maybe even the week after. Its part two of a series, so the chances of getting it published are very slim. I’ll still send it out to a couple of places, but it should go straight to self publishing right away.
The Giants clobbered the Rangers again today. Game two is in the books. I didn’t get to see the whole thing, but I did get to see the seventh inning where they made seven runs. It was great, 9-0. The pitching was the key to the game, only it wasn’t the Giant’s pitching. In the Seventh, I think they went through four pitchers and one of them walked the bases loaded and then walked a run in. I’ve only been able to see a Ranger’s game while they were playing against the Yankees. I thought that they would have put up a better showing. We’ll see when they talk the game to Texas. Maybe they’ll rally and make a series out of it.
Well, it’s time to get going. I’m putting in some Scorpions, Pink Floyd, Motley Crue, and Twisted Sister into the playlist for background music.
-Thom
I started The Great Detective yesterday. It’s a fun little book that shouldn’t take too long to write. I’m already a third of the way through it. I sent Kidnapped off to the editor, so I won’t hear anything about it until next week or maybe even the week after. Its part two of a series, so the chances of getting it published are very slim. I’ll still send it out to a couple of places, but it should go straight to self publishing right away.
The Giants clobbered the Rangers again today. Game two is in the books. I didn’t get to see the whole thing, but I did get to see the seventh inning where they made seven runs. It was great, 9-0. The pitching was the key to the game, only it wasn’t the Giant’s pitching. In the Seventh, I think they went through four pitchers and one of them walked the bases loaded and then walked a run in. I’ve only been able to see a Ranger’s game while they were playing against the Yankees. I thought that they would have put up a better showing. We’ll see when they talk the game to Texas. Maybe they’ll rally and make a series out of it.
Well, it’s time to get going. I’m putting in some Scorpions, Pink Floyd, Motley Crue, and Twisted Sister into the playlist for background music.
-Thom
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Oct 27
Well, we bought new beds yesterday and we picked them up today. We should have paid the total yesterday. We didn’t because we didn’t bring the truck. Originally, we were just pricing them. But, when we found the bargain we scooped them up. We put down half the money and told them that we would come pick them up this afternoon. Apparently, that was supposed to hold the beds for us. When we got there, they sold the box springs out from under us. They said that they thought that they had more in their inventory, but they were getting more in on Friday. Since we really didn’t need them today, we still have our old ones until Sunday it wasn’t that big of a deal. Unfortunately fate had a different plan. We must have been too understanding or something, because when we got to the new place, we were disappointed again because the cable that was set up that afternoon was all messed up. We have a lot of TV’s We are renting the apartment over my in-laws house and since we are putting cable in, we figured we would string it through their house as well so as not to have two cable bills. Actually, they had Direct TV. They canceled it and Direct TV is charging them to turn in the equipment. Can you believe that, they can’t just drop it off, they send you specific boxes and you have to pay to ship it back. And they say that they have the best customer care, yeah right. But, Comcast is giving them a run for their money. Our kids were there to tell the installer where to put the boxes and everything. We were scheduled to have six. The kids are eighteen and twenty one. They’re not idiots and they know what was supposed to happen. They’ve been there during an install before. The guy that came said that he wasn’t here to install anything. There wouldn’t have been any other reason for him to be there, so he said that he would take care of it. He didn’t have six boxes to put in, so he only installed four and the internet. When the kids called my wife, she called and set up another installation for the other two. When we got there after picking up most of the beds, we found that he just set up the boxes and left them there. He didn’t connect them to the TVs or put the connections where we told the kids to have him set them up. So, we had to call back. This time, we weren’t so understanding. They put my wife on hold for nearly twenty minutes and finally told her that they would have someone call her back so that they could take her complaint. So far, they haven’t called back. I feel very sorry for the person that does call back. I know my wife and she is going to unload on him. So, I spent an hour re-wiring everything. Luckily I’m a computer guy and I have experience running wires.
We took the baby with us most of the day as we were getting things done. She is getting cuter and cuter by the day. We were talking about what we were going to pick up to eat. We’ve been eating out a lot lately because most everything is packed. Usually it is hamburgers, but when I suggested it today, she said that she didn’t want hamburgers because she had them lasterday. I know it’s not hilarious, but it was kind of funny. We ended up getting Popeye’s chicken. It was pretty good. When we got home, my son and I moved the washer and dryer to his new place. It is getting emptier and emptier. We were going to move a bunch of stuff into storage today, but game one of the World Series is also on today. I didn’t get to see the ending, but the Giants were spanking Texas eleven to four. I’m pretty sure that they are going to win. My granddaughter wanted to watch it with us, we were packing and watching at the same time, but since Giambi and the Rockies weren’t playing she didn’t want to see it. Every time a game comes on, she asks if Giambi is going to play. He’s her favorite player. She knows all of the players on the Rockies team, but she’ll stop everything to see Giambi hit. Hopefully he will be back next year and they have a better season.
I’ve sent Kidnapped off to the editor, so it’s time to start the Great Detective. I think I’m going to go over what I have first before I start a new chapter. It’s been a while since I’ve done anything with it and I don’t want to lose or forget anything. I put in some Eagles, ELO, and Queen in the playlist so it’s time to get started.
-Thom
We took the baby with us most of the day as we were getting things done. She is getting cuter and cuter by the day. We were talking about what we were going to pick up to eat. We’ve been eating out a lot lately because most everything is packed. Usually it is hamburgers, but when I suggested it today, she said that she didn’t want hamburgers because she had them lasterday. I know it’s not hilarious, but it was kind of funny. We ended up getting Popeye’s chicken. It was pretty good. When we got home, my son and I moved the washer and dryer to his new place. It is getting emptier and emptier. We were going to move a bunch of stuff into storage today, but game one of the World Series is also on today. I didn’t get to see the ending, but the Giants were spanking Texas eleven to four. I’m pretty sure that they are going to win. My granddaughter wanted to watch it with us, we were packing and watching at the same time, but since Giambi and the Rockies weren’t playing she didn’t want to see it. Every time a game comes on, she asks if Giambi is going to play. He’s her favorite player. She knows all of the players on the Rockies team, but she’ll stop everything to see Giambi hit. Hopefully he will be back next year and they have a better season.
I’ve sent Kidnapped off to the editor, so it’s time to start the Great Detective. I think I’m going to go over what I have first before I start a new chapter. It’s been a while since I’ve done anything with it and I don’t want to lose or forget anything. I put in some Eagles, ELO, and Queen in the playlist so it’s time to get started.
-Thom
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Oct 26
When my wife is at her mom’s house and she says that it’s time to go, the last thing that you want to do is get up. If you do, then you have to find an excuse on why you got up. The easiest one is to excuse yourself so that you can go use the restroom. Or, you can move over next to one of the kids that are always running around so that you can play with them and have something to do. The reasoning behind this is that when my wife says that it is time to go, even if we’re in a hurry, it means that there is still at least another hour or two before she is actually ready to go. I’ve made the mistake of waiting in the car when my wife has said that I just have to drop off something and I’ll be right back. Yep, the last time that she said that, as soon as she went inside I went to a movie. It was a boring movie, so I snuck into another theater and watched another movie. By the time I got back, she still wasn’t ready to leave. We were at her mom’s house today. We were in a hurry. We were just dropping something off and picking up one of the kids. We went inside and they started talking and talking and talking. They’re not speaking English, so I have no idea what they are talking about. But, when my daughter saw that they were sitting at the kitchen table going at it, she went into one of the bedrooms and took a nap. When I say nap, I really mean she got her entire night’s sleep. I have no doubt that we would still be there if I hadn’t physically pick her up and throw her over my shoulder and drag her out to the car. That was when she picked up her cell phone and called her mom so that they could talk the entire way home.
We went and bought beds today. We went and checked the stores on Furniture Row. They had some moderately good deals until we asked if the mattresses were included. The name of the store had the word bed in the title. The only thing they sold there were beds and bedroom accessories. How can a bed store sell beds when mattresses aren’t included? I asked how much the mattresses were and they said that they didn’t sell mattresses. They only sold the frames. Needless to say, we didn’t buy any. We went to a place where everything was included. In fact, we bought three beds for the price of one out on Furniture Row.
The Girls are off for the next three days. Back when I was in school I remember having a spring break, but now they have a fall break as well. I thought that having the next three days off was kind of convenient. We’re moving and have to be out by the end of the month. We’re mostly moved out and there is only the bare minimum back at the old place. Having them around during the day would make cleaning and moving the last of the stuff very easy. As soon as we mentioned it to the kids, they suddenly had plans for the whole five day weekend. But, little do they know that I’m the boss. I’m going to make sure that they put in some elbow grease. After all, they helped mess the place up they should have to help clean it up. I know that they are reading this right now and laughing hysterically, but we’ll see what happens before Monday November first.
I’m finished with the re-reading stage. I’m printing Kidnapped out today and sending it off to the editors tomorrow. We should have results back in about a week or so. I didn’t find any real mistakes. I did fix a continuity error, but it is looking good. It should be on the shelves by the middle of November. I’m putting the radio on in the background because I just can’t decide on what I want to listen to tonight.
-Thom
We went and bought beds today. We went and checked the stores on Furniture Row. They had some moderately good deals until we asked if the mattresses were included. The name of the store had the word bed in the title. The only thing they sold there were beds and bedroom accessories. How can a bed store sell beds when mattresses aren’t included? I asked how much the mattresses were and they said that they didn’t sell mattresses. They only sold the frames. Needless to say, we didn’t buy any. We went to a place where everything was included. In fact, we bought three beds for the price of one out on Furniture Row.
The Girls are off for the next three days. Back when I was in school I remember having a spring break, but now they have a fall break as well. I thought that having the next three days off was kind of convenient. We’re moving and have to be out by the end of the month. We’re mostly moved out and there is only the bare minimum back at the old place. Having them around during the day would make cleaning and moving the last of the stuff very easy. As soon as we mentioned it to the kids, they suddenly had plans for the whole five day weekend. But, little do they know that I’m the boss. I’m going to make sure that they put in some elbow grease. After all, they helped mess the place up they should have to help clean it up. I know that they are reading this right now and laughing hysterically, but we’ll see what happens before Monday November first.
I’m finished with the re-reading stage. I’m printing Kidnapped out today and sending it off to the editors tomorrow. We should have results back in about a week or so. I didn’t find any real mistakes. I did fix a continuity error, but it is looking good. It should be on the shelves by the middle of November. I’m putting the radio on in the background because I just can’t decide on what I want to listen to tonight.
-Thom
Monday, October 25, 2010
Oct 25
Can you believe that I’ve been waiting all week for that Bronco game? It was embarrassing, 59 – 14. I and everyone that I know thought it was going to be a blowout the other way. We hadn’t had a divisional game yet until that disaster and our division hasn’t been doing all that well. So, now that our divisional games are coming up, I thought that we were going to start a big winning streak with the Raiders as our first victory. Which it should have been, most of the games we lost were very close against really good teams and we should have beaten them. All right, it’s Monday and it’s time to put that fiasco behind us and move on to the 49ers game.
My mother-in-law wanted me and my brother-in-law to move all of the stuff out of her yard and take down the covering of her (I guess you would call it a tent). It’s the size of a garage made out of PVC pipes and canvas and it covers her back yard. Then, she wanted us to run wire around the top, crisscrossing and put a new tarp on. She wanted us to do it so that when it starts snowing, it won’t accumulate on the top and rip the canvass. We were supposed to get there at 0600 to start. Well, we got there at about 0800. No one wanted to get up that early on a Saturday. It was difficult dirty work, but we got it done about two or two thirty and it looks nice.
After that, the girls had their homecoming dance. Since it is us, we naturally waited until the last minute to go buy them dresses. Luckily, I didn’t have to go. (I hate clothes shopping.) The girls looked very nice and my eldest asked if she could go to an after homecoming party. She’s eighteen and responsible, so we agreed to let her stay out until after one. I would call her and then go pick her up. As they were out at their dance, my youngest asked if she could go to a different after homecoming party. We’re trying to give her a little more freedom so that she can prove herself to be as responsible, I agreed. I told her that I would go get her at midnight. But, she had to answer her phone when I called. My kids have a problem of answering the phone when I call. To her credit, she answered when she was supposed to. Since I was in a good mood and I didn’t want to go out twice, I told her that she could stay out until one and then I would pick her up when I picked up my eldest. Like before though, she had to answer her phone when I called. So, I called again and she told me where to pick her up. I told her to go outside, because I had already left and I knew the general area where she would be. When I got there, there was no house and no daughter waiting outside. So, sitting in the intersection, I called eight more times without her answering. Finally, after fifteen minutes, she answers and tells me that she is at a different address. Now, I’m a little mad. She said that she was waiting for me and her phone was in her backpack where she couldn’t hear it. (Sure, it’s always something. But, their normal excuse is that their phone died and none of their friends have phones, even though they are constantly talking to their friends on the phone.) But, I picked up everyone and everything was fine. We’ll see about next time.
Before the girls went to their homecoming dance, I had gone to 7-11 to get a double big gulp of ice tea. I don’t know how many ounces it is, but it’s the size of a football standing on its end and about as wide around from top to bottom. I was really looking forward to relaxing and drinking it after working on the in-law’s back yard all morning. I took one drink on my way to the sofa and was just about to sit down, when I dropped it. Ice tea went all over the place. I wasn’t a happy camper. Then, after the homecoming dance, I took the girls to Burger King because they were hungry and it was open at two in the morning. I ordered myself another large ice tea, because they have Gold Peak ice tea here in Denver and it is really good. Anyway, as soon as I got home guess what happened. Yep, I got one drink and as I was sitting down, it went over. Not a very good ice tea day.
Sunday, my wife had to work. The kids were recovering from the homecoming dance, and the Broncos had an afternoon game, so I spent the morning packing up the kitchen and my closet. I packed up seven large boxes of just pots and pans. I didn’t even get to the plates and bowls and stuff. Since the game didn’t turn out like I hoped it would, I should have just kept going. I could have finished the kitchen off and had the rest of the night to do whatever. But, no, I had to watch and scream at the television for three and a half hours. It wasn’t pretty. I tried to watch the night game, but the kids came over. My wife called them to come get their jackets and pick out what dishes they want for their new place. They haven’t said anything, but I don’t think they want any more stuff. I don’t think they realized how much stuff they have, and I think they’re running out of room. But, my wife wants them to take it so that we don’t have to move their stuff into the new place. So, we visited for a while and sent my eldest out for ice cream. By the time they left, they took a big box of plates and bowls and a large bag of jackets, but they conveniently forgot two other bags of stuff. They have been moved out for a week now, and my wife still hasn’t been over to look at their place. I still think she’s in denial about them moving out.
Before we went to bed on Sunday, I got that wonderful feeling. (No, not THAT wonderful feeling that I’m getting sick feeling.) And, wouldn’t you know, I woke up with a cold. I usually go visit my mom on Mondays, and by the time I got there, I was miserable. It was my birthday on Monday also, and I had planned on taking my mom out to lunch and maybe a movie. She doesn’t get out much anymore. Instead, she kicked me out after a few hours. I went home and took something and fell asleep. I was supposed to wake up and go pick up my wife from work. Oops, that didn’t happen. She ended up walking instead of calling me to wake me up. She was being nice, but it was cold, windy and a little rainy. Hopefully, she doesn’t end up with a cold. Anyway, we usually go out to eat on someone’s birthday and the birthday boy or girl gets to pick where they want to go. Since we just had two other birthdays, (October is a busy birthday month for us) I said let’s just go to Burger King. After we were eating, I went into the bathroom and the manager was coming out of the stall. He didn’t wash his hands and went straight back to work. I saw him back in the kitchen as I was exiting the bathroom. (I did wash my hands). Needless to say, that’s the last time I’m going to that Burger King.
Over the weekend, I also submitted my books to Smashwords. They compile them and transform them into all of the various ereaders. Had I known about them, I would have been using them from the start. I had been going through Amazon’s affiliate. But, I’ll see how Smashwords goes. It seems to be ok. They have a lot more formatting requirements, but it wasn’t as difficult as it seems. I might try their paperback publishing with Kidnapped. Which I am almost finished with the re-read. It will be done this week. Then, I’ll be able to start on the Great Detective. So, time to get busy. I’m putting Styx in the playlist for a little background music.
-Thom
My mother-in-law wanted me and my brother-in-law to move all of the stuff out of her yard and take down the covering of her (I guess you would call it a tent). It’s the size of a garage made out of PVC pipes and canvas and it covers her back yard. Then, she wanted us to run wire around the top, crisscrossing and put a new tarp on. She wanted us to do it so that when it starts snowing, it won’t accumulate on the top and rip the canvass. We were supposed to get there at 0600 to start. Well, we got there at about 0800. No one wanted to get up that early on a Saturday. It was difficult dirty work, but we got it done about two or two thirty and it looks nice.
After that, the girls had their homecoming dance. Since it is us, we naturally waited until the last minute to go buy them dresses. Luckily, I didn’t have to go. (I hate clothes shopping.) The girls looked very nice and my eldest asked if she could go to an after homecoming party. She’s eighteen and responsible, so we agreed to let her stay out until after one. I would call her and then go pick her up. As they were out at their dance, my youngest asked if she could go to a different after homecoming party. We’re trying to give her a little more freedom so that she can prove herself to be as responsible, I agreed. I told her that I would go get her at midnight. But, she had to answer her phone when I called. My kids have a problem of answering the phone when I call. To her credit, she answered when she was supposed to. Since I was in a good mood and I didn’t want to go out twice, I told her that she could stay out until one and then I would pick her up when I picked up my eldest. Like before though, she had to answer her phone when I called. So, I called again and she told me where to pick her up. I told her to go outside, because I had already left and I knew the general area where she would be. When I got there, there was no house and no daughter waiting outside. So, sitting in the intersection, I called eight more times without her answering. Finally, after fifteen minutes, she answers and tells me that she is at a different address. Now, I’m a little mad. She said that she was waiting for me and her phone was in her backpack where she couldn’t hear it. (Sure, it’s always something. But, their normal excuse is that their phone died and none of their friends have phones, even though they are constantly talking to their friends on the phone.) But, I picked up everyone and everything was fine. We’ll see about next time.
Before the girls went to their homecoming dance, I had gone to 7-11 to get a double big gulp of ice tea. I don’t know how many ounces it is, but it’s the size of a football standing on its end and about as wide around from top to bottom. I was really looking forward to relaxing and drinking it after working on the in-law’s back yard all morning. I took one drink on my way to the sofa and was just about to sit down, when I dropped it. Ice tea went all over the place. I wasn’t a happy camper. Then, after the homecoming dance, I took the girls to Burger King because they were hungry and it was open at two in the morning. I ordered myself another large ice tea, because they have Gold Peak ice tea here in Denver and it is really good. Anyway, as soon as I got home guess what happened. Yep, I got one drink and as I was sitting down, it went over. Not a very good ice tea day.
Sunday, my wife had to work. The kids were recovering from the homecoming dance, and the Broncos had an afternoon game, so I spent the morning packing up the kitchen and my closet. I packed up seven large boxes of just pots and pans. I didn’t even get to the plates and bowls and stuff. Since the game didn’t turn out like I hoped it would, I should have just kept going. I could have finished the kitchen off and had the rest of the night to do whatever. But, no, I had to watch and scream at the television for three and a half hours. It wasn’t pretty. I tried to watch the night game, but the kids came over. My wife called them to come get their jackets and pick out what dishes they want for their new place. They haven’t said anything, but I don’t think they want any more stuff. I don’t think they realized how much stuff they have, and I think they’re running out of room. But, my wife wants them to take it so that we don’t have to move their stuff into the new place. So, we visited for a while and sent my eldest out for ice cream. By the time they left, they took a big box of plates and bowls and a large bag of jackets, but they conveniently forgot two other bags of stuff. They have been moved out for a week now, and my wife still hasn’t been over to look at their place. I still think she’s in denial about them moving out.
Before we went to bed on Sunday, I got that wonderful feeling. (No, not THAT wonderful feeling that I’m getting sick feeling.) And, wouldn’t you know, I woke up with a cold. I usually go visit my mom on Mondays, and by the time I got there, I was miserable. It was my birthday on Monday also, and I had planned on taking my mom out to lunch and maybe a movie. She doesn’t get out much anymore. Instead, she kicked me out after a few hours. I went home and took something and fell asleep. I was supposed to wake up and go pick up my wife from work. Oops, that didn’t happen. She ended up walking instead of calling me to wake me up. She was being nice, but it was cold, windy and a little rainy. Hopefully, she doesn’t end up with a cold. Anyway, we usually go out to eat on someone’s birthday and the birthday boy or girl gets to pick where they want to go. Since we just had two other birthdays, (October is a busy birthday month for us) I said let’s just go to Burger King. After we were eating, I went into the bathroom and the manager was coming out of the stall. He didn’t wash his hands and went straight back to work. I saw him back in the kitchen as I was exiting the bathroom. (I did wash my hands). Needless to say, that’s the last time I’m going to that Burger King.
Over the weekend, I also submitted my books to Smashwords. They compile them and transform them into all of the various ereaders. Had I known about them, I would have been using them from the start. I had been going through Amazon’s affiliate. But, I’ll see how Smashwords goes. It seems to be ok. They have a lot more formatting requirements, but it wasn’t as difficult as it seems. I might try their paperback publishing with Kidnapped. Which I am almost finished with the re-read. It will be done this week. Then, I’ll be able to start on the Great Detective. So, time to get busy. I’m putting Styx in the playlist for a little background music.
-Thom
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Oct 21
We had a meeting today to get to know the people taking over the company I work for. It looks like we will be getting better insurance and some bonus opportunities. It sounds good. There might even be a raise. That would be even better. The best thing is that they provided cookies. I had two, a sugar cookie and a cinnamon cookie. I didn’t eat them there, I took them home to eat later. But, I had to pick up the wife and kids first. They wanted to go out to eat, so I was thinking about them the whole time we were at the restaurant. Then, when I got home, I was too full to eat them. So, I planned on taking them to work. But, my wife’s sister’s birthday is today. So, she invited her and her kids and her parents over to have cake and ice cream. We sang happy birthday and everyone sat around and talked. (Of course I had the Phillies/Giants game on in the background.) But, in all the hubbub I forgot about my cookies. I planned to take them with me to work. Now, I’m at work with no cookies. Actually, I’m not even sure where my wife put my cookies. Even worse, with all of the kids that came over, I’m not even sure if my cookies are even there anymore. One of the kids might have eaten them. I want to call and ask my wife what happened to them, but if I do that, one of the girls might hear and they might find my cookies if they are still there and have a midnight snack. So, I am going to have to sweat it out here at work dreaming about them until I can get home and check on them.
The Phillies beat the Giants today. That means that they are going to have to play another game. I should be a Phillies fan. I used to watch them when I lived out in New Jersey. But, for some reason, while watching the game today I found myself supporting the Giants. Too bad the Rockies couldn’t be out there instead.
I’m about three quarters through with the re-read. I’ll be sending it off to the editor this next week. Then, it’s time to finish the Great Detective. I’m putting some Kick Axe, Twisted Sister, White Lion, and Metallica on the playlist tonight, so it’s time to get going.
-Thom
The Phillies beat the Giants today. That means that they are going to have to play another game. I should be a Phillies fan. I used to watch them when I lived out in New Jersey. But, for some reason, while watching the game today I found myself supporting the Giants. Too bad the Rockies couldn’t be out there instead.
I’m about three quarters through with the re-read. I’ll be sending it off to the editor this next week. Then, it’s time to finish the Great Detective. I’m putting some Kick Axe, Twisted Sister, White Lion, and Metallica on the playlist tonight, so it’s time to get going.
-Thom
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Oct 19
Well, it’s the top of the ninth and the Rangers are beating the Yankees ten to three. I’m going to work, but I think the game is in the bag. The Rangers are going to the World Series. I got a buddy that was giving me a hard time when the Rockies were eliminated. He’s a big Yankees fan, so it looks like he’s going to get it tomorrow.
My son called this morning. It’s October, and it is starting to get cold, but no one wants to put their heaters on yet. So, he asked if he could have some blankets for his new apartment. My wife told him sure, so he asked if we could bring them over. I know that he’s my kid and all and I’ll let him have whatever he wants. But, he is the one wanting the blankets they’re the ones that are cold, they should be the one to come and get them. All right, enough complaining. They’re getting their place looking pretty nice now. The baby still has a lot of toys, but I’m sure that they’ll teach her how to pick them all up sooner or later.
The girls are getting ready to go to their homecoming dance. It’s Friday. To me, that sounds a little early, but I haven’t been in high school for twenty five years or so, so what do I know. My eldest also has to get her pictures taken for the school yearbook. When I was in school, they did it right there at the school. Now, we have to set up an appointment at a studio to have them taken. Then, she just gives the school a picture.
My granddaughter came over today. It was weird. All she wanted to do was watch Barney in the bedroom. I almost had to drag her out so that we could play. My wife was trying to teach her how to play a card game. She called it Fish, but it was really Concentration. My granddaughter was beginning to understand, but now when she wants to play, she calls it Fish. I tried to tell her that it was really called Concentration, but the game will stick before the correct name will.
I’m more than halfway through the re-read. I did change a bit on chapter 20 and now that I think about it, I’m going to have to go back and change an earlier chapter. But, that shouldn’t take too long. I’m putting some Scorpions in the playlist and getting started.
-Thom
My son called this morning. It’s October, and it is starting to get cold, but no one wants to put their heaters on yet. So, he asked if he could have some blankets for his new apartment. My wife told him sure, so he asked if we could bring them over. I know that he’s my kid and all and I’ll let him have whatever he wants. But, he is the one wanting the blankets they’re the ones that are cold, they should be the one to come and get them. All right, enough complaining. They’re getting their place looking pretty nice now. The baby still has a lot of toys, but I’m sure that they’ll teach her how to pick them all up sooner or later.
The girls are getting ready to go to their homecoming dance. It’s Friday. To me, that sounds a little early, but I haven’t been in high school for twenty five years or so, so what do I know. My eldest also has to get her pictures taken for the school yearbook. When I was in school, they did it right there at the school. Now, we have to set up an appointment at a studio to have them taken. Then, she just gives the school a picture.
My granddaughter came over today. It was weird. All she wanted to do was watch Barney in the bedroom. I almost had to drag her out so that we could play. My wife was trying to teach her how to play a card game. She called it Fish, but it was really Concentration. My granddaughter was beginning to understand, but now when she wants to play, she calls it Fish. I tried to tell her that it was really called Concentration, but the game will stick before the correct name will.
I’m more than halfway through the re-read. I did change a bit on chapter 20 and now that I think about it, I’m going to have to go back and change an earlier chapter. But, that shouldn’t take too long. I’m putting some Scorpions in the playlist and getting started.
-Thom
Monday, October 18, 2010
Oct 18
Another Monday, it’s been a busy weekend. My son moved out into his first apartment. It is just in the next building. He got new furniture and it looks really nice. We’ve been moving odds and ends over throughout the whole weekend, but we got all of the big stuff over. Every time he comes over, we seem to have stuff we’re pawning off to him. I don’t think he realized that he had so much stuff. Most of it is toys for the baby, but we gave them a lot of pots and pans. Next time, it’s going to be dishes and glasses and stuff like that. Our place is looking very empty now. But, we only have a few more weeks in it before we move. Most of our remaining stuff is going to storage. So, it won’t be as big of a move when we try to fit it all into one weekend.
My eldest daughter had a rough weekend. Her first boyfriend is incarcerated in juvenile detention. She told me what it was for, but I don’t remember. She swears up and down that he has changed and is going to turn his life around when he gets out. But, he received an 8 hour pass on Saturday to get out. It’s a preparatory program to ease him back into civilization. So, their plan was for him to spend about a half hour with his mom and then my daughter was going to come over and they would spend some time together. (Supervised by his mother of course, he isn’t supposed to leave her house without her being there to watch him.) Well, his mother had other plans. She picked him up and took him out to eat and then to visit with their relatives. My poor daughter was stuck at her grandmother’s house for the whole day waiting for him to call her to come over. Then, her phone dies and she couldn’t find a charger. They didn’t get to see each other, but they did get to talk on the phone. She was so depressed.
The Broncos lost again. They are now 2-4. They were playing the Jets, and they had the game won. There was less than two minutes to play. The Jets had the ball in their territory. It was fourth down and the quarterback throws a desperate Hail Mary pass down towards the end zone. All we had to do was not let the pass be completed and it would have been our ball. We could have run out the clock and we would have won. But, down on the one or two yard line, both the wide receiver and the defender were falling backwards, the ball was short. On their way down, our guy reaches out to make sure he wouldn’t catch it and grabs hold of his face mask. They got the call and they got it down on the one. Of course they scored. We had a chance to come back. There was a minute and thirty seconds on the clock, plenty of time. We start driving down the field. Everything was going ok until the rookie center snapped the ball way to the left. The Jets recovered it and that was all she wrote. Very disappointing. We play the Raiders next week at home, hopefully we can break our losing streak. We have a lot of divisional games coming up and we need the wins.
Because of the move and stuff, I’m only a third of the way through the re-read. I want to get it done this week so I can send it to the editor. So, I’m putting Foreigner, Chicago, and Boston on the playlist. Time to get started.
-Thom
My eldest daughter had a rough weekend. Her first boyfriend is incarcerated in juvenile detention. She told me what it was for, but I don’t remember. She swears up and down that he has changed and is going to turn his life around when he gets out. But, he received an 8 hour pass on Saturday to get out. It’s a preparatory program to ease him back into civilization. So, their plan was for him to spend about a half hour with his mom and then my daughter was going to come over and they would spend some time together. (Supervised by his mother of course, he isn’t supposed to leave her house without her being there to watch him.) Well, his mother had other plans. She picked him up and took him out to eat and then to visit with their relatives. My poor daughter was stuck at her grandmother’s house for the whole day waiting for him to call her to come over. Then, her phone dies and she couldn’t find a charger. They didn’t get to see each other, but they did get to talk on the phone. She was so depressed.
The Broncos lost again. They are now 2-4. They were playing the Jets, and they had the game won. There was less than two minutes to play. The Jets had the ball in their territory. It was fourth down and the quarterback throws a desperate Hail Mary pass down towards the end zone. All we had to do was not let the pass be completed and it would have been our ball. We could have run out the clock and we would have won. But, down on the one or two yard line, both the wide receiver and the defender were falling backwards, the ball was short. On their way down, our guy reaches out to make sure he wouldn’t catch it and grabs hold of his face mask. They got the call and they got it down on the one. Of course they scored. We had a chance to come back. There was a minute and thirty seconds on the clock, plenty of time. We start driving down the field. Everything was going ok until the rookie center snapped the ball way to the left. The Jets recovered it and that was all she wrote. Very disappointing. We play the Raiders next week at home, hopefully we can break our losing streak. We have a lot of divisional games coming up and we need the wins.
Because of the move and stuff, I’m only a third of the way through the re-read. I want to get it done this week so I can send it to the editor. So, I’m putting Foreigner, Chicago, and Boston on the playlist. Time to get started.
-Thom
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Oct 14
It was my eldest daughter’s birthday today. She is officially 18 years old. We took her out to Applebees. The food and service was really good. We had to eat early because my daughter in-law had to get to work. But, they came out and sung happy birthday to her. It was nice. We’re going to have the cake and everything on Saturday. Her grandma is going to cook and everyone will come over. I think it is someone else’s birthday also, so we’re having an all in one.
I’m already missing baseball. We can’t get most of the games, or I’m missing them. It was nice to have a game at six o’clock almost every day. Football is also great, but there just aren’t enough games. I hope the World Series takes seven games. At least there will be something to watch during the week.
I’m about a quarter of the way through the editing process. It’s going slow, but it’s better to be careful than find a mistake later on.
The kids are moving out tomorrow afternoon. I pulled out one of the computers for them to take. The house is going to be so empty when they’re gone. I think my wife is getting a little depressed over it. She’s been down for the last few days. I have to work on Friday, so I won’t be able to help with the move. But, we’ll go over on Saturday.
Time to get to work.
-Thom
I’m already missing baseball. We can’t get most of the games, or I’m missing them. It was nice to have a game at six o’clock almost every day. Football is also great, but there just aren’t enough games. I hope the World Series takes seven games. At least there will be something to watch during the week.
I’m about a quarter of the way through the editing process. It’s going slow, but it’s better to be careful than find a mistake later on.
The kids are moving out tomorrow afternoon. I pulled out one of the computers for them to take. The house is going to be so empty when they’re gone. I think my wife is getting a little depressed over it. She’s been down for the last few days. I have to work on Friday, so I won’t be able to help with the move. But, we’ll go over on Saturday.
Time to get to work.
-Thom
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Oct 13
This is going to be a short one. Not a whole lot has been going on. I’ve started going over Kidnapped. There haven’t been a lot of spelling or grammatical errors, but I found a few continuity problems. Mostly, they were in the seventh chapter. There was also something that I didn’t like, so I am going to cut it out today. Other than that, everything is going according to schedule.
At work, our company is losing its contract. But, the new company that is coming in is going to hire everyone and just convert us over. It looks like we’re going to get a raise out of it and some better benefits. I went through one of these before. I was working as a contractor for a big investment company. (I was working for Matlen Silver, but I was working at Merrill Lynch.) I was there for three years when it started. As the year progressed, before I was hired on permanently by the company, they had other companies come in and try taking over the systems department. At the end of that year, Merrill was paying my contract to At&t, they were paying it to Cyber, they were paying it to Matlen Silver, and they were paying me. It was very confusing, but at least I was getting paid.
The kids are all doing very well. Everyone is still in school. My oldest is having her birthday tomorrow. She will be eighteen. My son is moving out the day after. It’s going to be very quiet in the house without my granddaughter. We were playing today and she invented a new game where I turn her upside down and we make funny noises. It was very fun. My youngest daughter was sick today. She missed school and she still didn’t look too good before I left for work. We’ll see how she feels in the morning.
I’m putting Styx on in the background now, so it’s time to get to work.
-Thom
At work, our company is losing its contract. But, the new company that is coming in is going to hire everyone and just convert us over. It looks like we’re going to get a raise out of it and some better benefits. I went through one of these before. I was working as a contractor for a big investment company. (I was working for Matlen Silver, but I was working at Merrill Lynch.) I was there for three years when it started. As the year progressed, before I was hired on permanently by the company, they had other companies come in and try taking over the systems department. At the end of that year, Merrill was paying my contract to At&t, they were paying it to Cyber, they were paying it to Matlen Silver, and they were paying me. It was very confusing, but at least I was getting paid.
The kids are all doing very well. Everyone is still in school. My oldest is having her birthday tomorrow. She will be eighteen. My son is moving out the day after. It’s going to be very quiet in the house without my granddaughter. We were playing today and she invented a new game where I turn her upside down and we make funny noises. It was very fun. My youngest daughter was sick today. She missed school and she still didn’t look too good before I left for work. We’ll see how she feels in the morning.
I’m putting Styx on in the background now, so it’s time to get to work.
-Thom
Monday, October 11, 2010
Oct 11
I had to work during the Columbus Day parade this weekend. It was only for a few hours, but I was able to see the parade. It was short, but at least it was pointless. Most of it was dedicated to the reelection of a senator or congressman or governor or one of those guys. It lasted about twenty minutes if you stretched it. There was a huge police presence in case the protestors acted up. I was on the main drag of the main street, and I didn’t see any protestors. In fact, there were only three couples on my side of the street. There were a few kids on the other side, but not that many. There were more people walking down the sidewalk asking what’s going on than there were people that actually showed up for the parade. If I didn’t have to work, I wouldn’t have been there.
We got a lot of stuff moved into the storage on Saturday, a lot of the big stuff anyway. The apartment is looking pretty empty. It will look even more empty once my son moves out on Friday. My granddaughter wanted to play with me today after I got home from visiting my mom. But, I had to go to sleep so that I could stay up all night tonight. She was crying and I felt soooo bad. My wife made it up to her by buying her some toys. She really likes the princess stuff, so she got her a puzzle box with three kid size puzzles and a pretend makeup kit with real body glitter that had princess stuff on it.
My girls had to go to school today. I thought it was going to be a holiday because of Columbus Day, but I guess it is just a bank holiday. My wife’s dad had surgery today, so she was at the hospital late and they all didn’t get home until about eight or so.
The Broncos lost their game on Sunday to the Ravens. They haven’t had a good running game so far this year and they didn’t get one yesterday. The defense also didn’t play up to their norm. We gave up 31 points and Kyle Orton only passed for three hundred yards. I really thought that we had a chance to win leading up to the game, but it just wasn’t in the cards. Hopefully we’ll have better luck against the Giants next week. If we can go into our divisional games at five hundred, I think we have a very good chance of getting into the post season. I know it is only week five, but football season goes very quickly.
I finished Kidnapped on Friday. I wanted to begin the reread to look for spelling and grammatical errors this weekend, but I didn’t get a chance. I’ll get them started today. Then, it’s off to the editor so it should be ready in a few weeks. I’ll start on the Great Detective as soon as I send it off to the editor. I like the way it turned out. It’s a long one, like the first one. But, I expected that. All nine of the books in this series are going to be long. But, the Great Detective is going to be normal sized. So it shouldn’t take me too long to finish it up. I am sure that it will be done in time for Christmas.
-Thom
We got a lot of stuff moved into the storage on Saturday, a lot of the big stuff anyway. The apartment is looking pretty empty. It will look even more empty once my son moves out on Friday. My granddaughter wanted to play with me today after I got home from visiting my mom. But, I had to go to sleep so that I could stay up all night tonight. She was crying and I felt soooo bad. My wife made it up to her by buying her some toys. She really likes the princess stuff, so she got her a puzzle box with three kid size puzzles and a pretend makeup kit with real body glitter that had princess stuff on it.
My girls had to go to school today. I thought it was going to be a holiday because of Columbus Day, but I guess it is just a bank holiday. My wife’s dad had surgery today, so she was at the hospital late and they all didn’t get home until about eight or so.
The Broncos lost their game on Sunday to the Ravens. They haven’t had a good running game so far this year and they didn’t get one yesterday. The defense also didn’t play up to their norm. We gave up 31 points and Kyle Orton only passed for three hundred yards. I really thought that we had a chance to win leading up to the game, but it just wasn’t in the cards. Hopefully we’ll have better luck against the Giants next week. If we can go into our divisional games at five hundred, I think we have a very good chance of getting into the post season. I know it is only week five, but football season goes very quickly.
I finished Kidnapped on Friday. I wanted to begin the reread to look for spelling and grammatical errors this weekend, but I didn’t get a chance. I’ll get them started today. Then, it’s off to the editor so it should be ready in a few weeks. I’ll start on the Great Detective as soon as I send it off to the editor. I like the way it turned out. It’s a long one, like the first one. But, I expected that. All nine of the books in this series are going to be long. But, the Great Detective is going to be normal sized. So it shouldn’t take me too long to finish it up. I am sure that it will be done in time for Christmas.
-Thom
Friday, October 8, 2010
Oct 8
It is finished. I mistakenly said that I was working on chapter 43 the other day. It was really 44. I finished 46 just now and it looks good. I had originally planned on having a 47th chapter, but it didn’t work out like that. Now, I have to go back and reread the whole thing to make sure that there weren’t any spelling or grammatical mistakes. I might add a little here or there, or take out something depending on if it was necessary or not. But, that should take about a week or two. Then, it’s off to the editor. That will be another week. Then I’ll send it off for rejection to the agents. It’s a book number 2, so there is already a strike against it. Most agents will want the first book if anything. So, I’ll only send it out to a few of them. If they like it, I can send them ‘It Begins’ if they want. I will start reading on Monday. So, today and this weekend I will go over the Great Detective and see where I stand with it. I have been adding a little too it here and there. I think I’m on chapter 17 or 19.
My wife is going out to take her mom to visit her brother on Saturday. That’s the day I have to start moving things into storage. See how she skates out of work. It’s ok. I also volunteered to work a few hours in the morning. There is a Columbus Day parade that is going to pass right by the office building that morning, so I get to see a parade while I’m working.
Someone won the Powerball this last drawing. I haven’t checked my tickets yet, so I’m still imagining that I’m the winner. I’ve already spent it about a hundred times in my head. It would be much nicer to be able to spend it for real. Could you imagine what it would be like to not have to worry about spending nearly all of your paycheck paying bills? You could do whatever you wanted. I know the first thing I would do after paying off everything I owe would be to quit my job and buy me a couple houses. I would get one here in Denver and another in California and Arizona. Then, I would take a month or two off. Then have the best Christmas in the world. Then, I would take a trip to somewhere exotic. I would share the wealth and everything, but I would spend the next year traveling around just seeing stuff. Ok, as soon as I finish this, I’m going to check my tickets.
The family is doing ok. Nothing earth shattering has happened in the last few days. The girls are still in school and doing well. My son is still preparing to move out on the 15th. Our living room is full of packed boxes and it’s getting hard to move around. But, after the kids move out and we get our stuff in storage it will be back to normal for about two weeks. Then we move out.
-Thom
My wife is going out to take her mom to visit her brother on Saturday. That’s the day I have to start moving things into storage. See how she skates out of work. It’s ok. I also volunteered to work a few hours in the morning. There is a Columbus Day parade that is going to pass right by the office building that morning, so I get to see a parade while I’m working.
Someone won the Powerball this last drawing. I haven’t checked my tickets yet, so I’m still imagining that I’m the winner. I’ve already spent it about a hundred times in my head. It would be much nicer to be able to spend it for real. Could you imagine what it would be like to not have to worry about spending nearly all of your paycheck paying bills? You could do whatever you wanted. I know the first thing I would do after paying off everything I owe would be to quit my job and buy me a couple houses. I would get one here in Denver and another in California and Arizona. Then, I would take a month or two off. Then have the best Christmas in the world. Then, I would take a trip to somewhere exotic. I would share the wealth and everything, but I would spend the next year traveling around just seeing stuff. Ok, as soon as I finish this, I’m going to check my tickets.
The family is doing ok. Nothing earth shattering has happened in the last few days. The girls are still in school and doing well. My son is still preparing to move out on the 15th. Our living room is full of packed boxes and it’s getting hard to move around. But, after the kids move out and we get our stuff in storage it will be back to normal for about two weeks. Then we move out.
-Thom
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Oct 6
It’s amazing how a two and a half year old can spend hours digging mud up with a little stick and wiping it off on a tree. My granddaughter plays with all of the little kids in the apartment complex. I was watching her today and we were outside. The only little girl out there was a new one that I hadn’t seen before. She had a little stick and they just got to work. There are plenty of toys out there and even a small park just a little ways down. But, I guess the mud was much more interesting. When I asked them what they were doing, they said that they were looking for bugs. I thought that only little boys looked for bugs and frogs and snakes and stuff like that. But, apparently I’m already old fashioned. At least they were having fun. I should have brought a book to read. Actually, what I should have done was notice that she was wearing white clothes. I had to buy everyone dinner to get out of the dog house.
How about those Phillies? Yes, it was a no hitter. I know I’m a diehard Rockies fan, but I used to live next to the Phillies and they are my second team.
I finished chapter 43 yesterday and I am beginning 44 today. It is all coming together and it is almost finished. I can hardly wait.
-Thom
How about those Phillies? Yes, it was a no hitter. I know I’m a diehard Rockies fan, but I used to live next to the Phillies and they are my second team.
I finished chapter 43 yesterday and I am beginning 44 today. It is all coming together and it is almost finished. I can hardly wait.
-Thom
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Oct 4
Well, we did it. I’m not a packrat, but I am a collector. Back when I was a kid, I collected comic books. When I was working on computers and making a bunch of money, I collected movies and DVDs. Throughout all of it I collected non-sports cards. Over the years, I’ve had to sell off some of my comics. I had nearly the entire series of X-men. I had #1, 94 and Giant Size #1. Those are the three biggies. I had a car wreck in New Jersey. It wasn’t my fault, but the insurance only paid off the car. I still needed a way to get back and forth to work. It was 55 miles each way. So, I sold off the entire X-men series to get a new car. Later on, I sold off almost all of my Spiderman comics for other things. I still have about ten thousand, but they’re in collector boxes and sitting in storage. Just the other day, my wife and I decided to downsize on space. We’re getting ready to buy a house, so we’re moving out of the apartment and into her mom’s upstairs. To make extra room, we figured we would throw out all of our DVD boxes and just keep the DVD disk. We have 1300 and we had them sitting out on bookshelves. But, those bookshelves take up a lot of space. Besides, if we kept them, I would have probably had to carry all of them upstairs and then move them again when we get our house. So, it’s finally done. I threw away all of the boxes and put all of the DVDs inside these really large CD notebooks. It only takes up one shelve of one bookcase. Much easier to manage. Even though they are very heavy and there are a lot of them, I’m not giving up my card collection. I’m going to put it in storage while we’re at her mom’s, but it is coming right back out when we get our house.
I finished chapter 43 yesterday. I’m going to start on 44 today. I put in a bunch of Pink Floyd on the playlist and it is time to get going.
-Thom
I finished chapter 43 yesterday. I’m going to start on 44 today. I put in a bunch of Pink Floyd on the playlist and it is time to get going.
-Thom
Monday, October 4, 2010
Oct 4
Can I hold a grudge or what? I was watching football all day Sunday. The Broncos played the first game. They beat the Titans and put them at 2-2. It was a really good game. I think the Broncos are going to be much better than everyone is giving them credit for. They came very close to beating the Colts last week. Our defense has been great and no one gives him much credit, but Kyle Orton has been doing great. Our running game hasn’t been very good lately, so he’s made up for it by passing for over 800 yards in the last two games. Anyway, I watched the Redskins take on the Eagles. Since I used to live out in New Jersey, (five minutes from the Eagles stadium) I’m partial to the Eagles. I wasn’t voting for them yesterday, because I wanted to see how Shannahan’s team (The old Broncos coach) was going to do. He picked up McNabb as quarterback and they were playing back in Philly. They won, so I was having a really good day. Then, the Bears game came on. I have made it a habit to vote against them after Jay Cutler threw a fit and forced a trade. So, he got sacked nine times and couldn’t move the ball at all. By then, I was having a great football day. Cutler didn’t come back in the second half. They said that he got hurt. Since I got the chance to see him embarrassed and because I like football and don’t want to see anyone get hurt. I’ve decided to give up on my grudge. (It has been two years now.)
The Rockies didn’t finish well. They lost thirteen of their last fourteen games. I was really disappointed. We had that winning streak right before the losing streak that put us within spitting distance of both the division championship and the wild card. Before the losing streak, I was all set to buy tickets to the post season games and hopefully the World Series. It would have been nice. Now, I have to wait until next year. Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki were both in the top four for batting title. Carlos was number one. He had a .336 batting average and hit 34 homers. He stole 26 bases and had 117 RBIS. Next year, as long as they both stay healthy, we’re going to have a better season.
While I was watching sports all day, the wife took the kids and my granddaughter out to Chuck E. Cheese. They had a lot of fun and I had the whole house to myself. They won enough tickets to get the baby a new Barbie. They are moving out on the 15th of this month. It is going to be hard not having her (and them) around all the time. But, I’m going to volunteer to be their full time babysitter. And, it’s not like they’re moving to the moon or anything. They’ll just be ten minutes away.
My youngest made cookies today. That’s one of my weaknesses. They’re going to have to hide them from me, or I’m going to eat the whole batch. I already snuck some to bring to work. They never should have left me alone in the kitchen.
I’ve finished chapter 42 on Saturday. I’m starting 43 today. It’s almost done. I’m hoping to finish by the middle of next week. Then, I have to hurry up and finish the Great Detective. I want to have it done before Christmas because I’m sending everyone a full set as presents. So, I better get started. I just found a friend from the Marine Corps on Facebook today. Way back in the mid 80’s we went to a Bon Jovi and Cinderella concert. So, I’m putting them in the playlist to listen to in the background.
Thom
The Rockies didn’t finish well. They lost thirteen of their last fourteen games. I was really disappointed. We had that winning streak right before the losing streak that put us within spitting distance of both the division championship and the wild card. Before the losing streak, I was all set to buy tickets to the post season games and hopefully the World Series. It would have been nice. Now, I have to wait until next year. Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki were both in the top four for batting title. Carlos was number one. He had a .336 batting average and hit 34 homers. He stole 26 bases and had 117 RBIS. Next year, as long as they both stay healthy, we’re going to have a better season.
While I was watching sports all day, the wife took the kids and my granddaughter out to Chuck E. Cheese. They had a lot of fun and I had the whole house to myself. They won enough tickets to get the baby a new Barbie. They are moving out on the 15th of this month. It is going to be hard not having her (and them) around all the time. But, I’m going to volunteer to be their full time babysitter. And, it’s not like they’re moving to the moon or anything. They’ll just be ten minutes away.
My youngest made cookies today. That’s one of my weaknesses. They’re going to have to hide them from me, or I’m going to eat the whole batch. I already snuck some to bring to work. They never should have left me alone in the kitchen.
I’ve finished chapter 42 on Saturday. I’m starting 43 today. It’s almost done. I’m hoping to finish by the middle of next week. Then, I have to hurry up and finish the Great Detective. I want to have it done before Christmas because I’m sending everyone a full set as presents. So, I better get started. I just found a friend from the Marine Corps on Facebook today. Way back in the mid 80’s we went to a Bon Jovi and Cinderella concert. So, I’m putting them in the playlist to listen to in the background.
Thom
Friday, October 1, 2010
Oct 1
Happy October 1st. October is one of my favorite months. Not only is it my birthday, and a bunch of my family’s birthdays, but it has Halloween in it. I can’t wait to start looking at the costumes.
There are only three games left. Do you think the Rockies will win at least one? They have dropped 10 of their last eleven games. It was as if their September winning streak never happened. They came within spitting distance of the playoffs and then nothing. I think they were just teasing us. So, everyone, I predicted that the Rockies were going to go to the World Series. It looks like I was wrong.
I missed yesterday because I was just killer busy. Some of my urgent tasks were retyping my daughter’s book report and fixing some of the sentences. I was helping one of the guys buy plane tickets on line. That took a while, because we had to look at a bunch of airlines and compare flights for different days with each. My youngest daughter also sent me an email that was nearly as long as one of my books. It took a while to go through that.
Speaking of emails, I have been getting quite a few emails asking me why I’m emailing them ads for Viagra and things like that. I haven’t been. But, I even got one from me in one of my other email accounts. It looks like someone, (probably from work. Those people are almost all computer illiterate) downloaded a virus that stole my contact list and is sending out emails in my name. I remember at school, there was a program that was going around where you could email someone using someone else’s name and address. We had some fun with that for about ten minutes. Now, I wish I still had it. I might try downloading it again. I won’t do what this guy did to me. But, it would be kind of funny to reply to everyone’s email using their own name. Yeah, I need a life.
I finished chapter 41 and I’m working on 42. It’s going to busy, so I might not be able to get to it until Monday.
-Thom
There are only three games left. Do you think the Rockies will win at least one? They have dropped 10 of their last eleven games. It was as if their September winning streak never happened. They came within spitting distance of the playoffs and then nothing. I think they were just teasing us. So, everyone, I predicted that the Rockies were going to go to the World Series. It looks like I was wrong.
I missed yesterday because I was just killer busy. Some of my urgent tasks were retyping my daughter’s book report and fixing some of the sentences. I was helping one of the guys buy plane tickets on line. That took a while, because we had to look at a bunch of airlines and compare flights for different days with each. My youngest daughter also sent me an email that was nearly as long as one of my books. It took a while to go through that.
Speaking of emails, I have been getting quite a few emails asking me why I’m emailing them ads for Viagra and things like that. I haven’t been. But, I even got one from me in one of my other email accounts. It looks like someone, (probably from work. Those people are almost all computer illiterate) downloaded a virus that stole my contact list and is sending out emails in my name. I remember at school, there was a program that was going around where you could email someone using someone else’s name and address. We had some fun with that for about ten minutes. Now, I wish I still had it. I might try downloading it again. I won’t do what this guy did to me. But, it would be kind of funny to reply to everyone’s email using their own name. Yeah, I need a life.
I finished chapter 41 and I’m working on 42. It’s going to busy, so I might not be able to get to it until Monday.
-Thom
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