Teasing the kids

I tease the kids too much. Scott has fun with it though and gives me a evil look when I take it too far. This afternoon when I was telling him he could buy a snack but could only eat it a few days later he lifted his fist high in the air with a terrible scowl on his face and cried out "Fist of Anger!"

No more Bruce Lee movies for that kid.

Waiting...

Ugh. I went to apply for my concealed handgun permit but the sheriffs office that handles it is completely booked. There is an unprecedented number of people trying to get their permits. They are having a 'open house' in the next few weeks where anyone can walk in and apply. First come first served. Guess I'll be getting up early that day.

Let's get physical!

James came over tonight and we put our boffer swords together. We still have hours of work to do on them. Come Saturday we should have them ready. I sure hope so. How old are we? Last time we tried this we were on a golf course in the middle of the night, looking for a missing tooth. That was like nearly twenty years ago. Sheesh. I like the idea of beating the tar out of somebody with a foam bat but James is getting serious. He wants to head to Ragnarök this summer. It's an all out Battle Royal. And some of these guys are hardcore. Check out these pics. It's like real life World of Warcraft for these people... here, here, here, here, here, and here.

I'm losing weight regularly now (2 pounds a week) but I want to drop some real fast so I plan to go on Atkins for a few weeks pretty soon. I also seem to lose about 10 pounds in that time period but I usually put it back on right after going off. But now that I am getting pretty disciplined about counting calories I should keep it all off and them some. Now I just need some motivation to hit the elliptical that is in our basement family room. I hate exercising for no other purpose than to exercise. It's soooooo boring. When I do go on the blasted machine I try to imagine someone is chasing me with a rusty axe sometimes to keep me going. But if I do that when I work out late at night I tend to be all freaked out when done, hearing noises and stuff. Can't sleep too good if you think someone is around the corner with an rusty axe, especially if the axe is named Otis...

It's warming up!

Chris and I ran over to the Sportsman Warehouse today. The weather is warming up and all the guys are looking forward to getting back to the mountains. Chris helped me pick out some nice Merrill hiking boots. They are much nicer than the crappy ones I had before.

Dad called. He's coming in a couple of weeks. Hopefully a blizzard won't come and stop him from getting here. I want him to be here when one of the spring storms hit. It's pretty impressive. But it gets old quick when I have to shovel 4 feet of snow off the driveway... three times a day.

Jill is getting larger... in the good way of course. The little baby boy is moving around quite a bit now.

The family found King's Chef (use IE, looks messed up in Firefox) old Valentine Diner a few weeks ago. Great place. I plan to go back and show James the place this Saturday morning. Yum...