Last weekend was interesting in another way. I had two old friends visit and they met some of my current friends. It seems that I still have the same tendency to either attract the same friends or I'm some how drawn to similar types of people. It puts me in the reflective mood that makes me wonder if I have even changed at all over the years. It also makes me wonder if anyone truly changes over time or if it's just me.
I don't feel like I've changed much since about 8th grade, except for physically and in knowledge. I also know I've become more cynical in many ways and at the same time more positive in my reactions to events. Of course, having kids assists you in gaining patience and a better understanding of priorities. Have there been any major changes, though? Am I a better person overall or the same? I know that I still have the same weaknesses and that I'm really not any better in those areas. I still have the same likes and dislikes, too. Wouldn't true growth and change make me better?
Of course, thinking about this too much can make my head hurt so maybe it's best that I don't. :) I'm just glad to have good friends.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Ever Have One Of Those Days?
Well, it was supposed to be a great weekend with friends, but...
I thought the original plan was for two friends to come up Friday night and be in Des Moines by about 11pm. That meant we'd have the entire day Saturday to do some fun things and then they could head back after dinner on Sunday. That was the original plan. Oh, how things change...
During the course of the week, one friend was keeping in touch and trying to get that plan to work out while the other has some outrageous work hours and hasn't quite figured out how to have a life outside of work for a full weekend. That friend really needs the work and money so you can't blame her, but I firmly believe that if you have a month or more worth of time to plan things correctly then work shouldn't be an excuse. Just my humble opinion and I don't live in their shoes.
The plan did shift a bit so that they would arrive late Friday, but have to leave late Saturday night. That was better, but still made it feel like it would be a short weekend. At least a full day is better than a half day which is better than nothing. Still not as good as a day and a half, though.
I got a call about 11pm Friday, which was their previously scheduled arrival time, that they were finally leaving home. This would put them here about 3-4AM. When I awoke at 6AM, I saw there was a message on my phone. The message said they had hit a deer around Knoxville, IA. I was a bit panicked, but there was no implication of injury. I called them right away and they were sitting in the Wal-Mart parking lot awaiting a local mechanic to arrive at work. They were safe, but the car had overheated. I received another call about 8:30AM stating that the car could not be repaired sufficiently to make it to Des Moines and asking for a ride. I took off and picked them up and we went and had a pretty good breakfast in that town. We made the decision to head back to Des Moines, make some calls, and see what they could do to get home.
When we arrived back in Des Moines, I offered some suggestions to get the insurance company handled for a rental and learned how one insurance company tries to avoid helping their customer. I don't mind mentioning Shelter Insurance and stating that their customer service and assistance for their customers who are paying for full coverage on their vehicle is abhorrent. I could not believe what poor service and lack of answers they had for my friend and I even talked to them on her behalf. It was disgusting. Imagine paying full coverage for a nice full size sedan, hitting a deer on the weekend, the most traveled time period, and being told that your insurance company can't help you out until business opens on Monday at the earliest. Imagine paying for rental assistance and being told that you can't get a rental car to get back in time for you to work on Monday. This is what Shelter Insurance's customer service employee Jennifer told my friend. The actual statement was that they could not do anything for their customers until an adjustor is able to see the vehicle and confirm the damage, which could be Monday or Tuesday. My friend had a job to return for on Sunday, which helped shorten the weekend even if they didn't have an accident, and had no way of returning in which her insurance would help her out. Many insurance companies have deals with rental agencies to facilitate the service of their customers, but not Shelter Insurance. Shelter Insurance said they would reimburse my friend if she held on to her receipts and provided them after the adjustor had a chance to look at the car. That means my friend would have had to pay for a rental for several days before she could get her money back. That's also assuming my friend had enough cash on her to plan for a rental. Any insurance company that makes that assumption and doesn't go out of their way to take care of their customers ought to be fired since the customer is the boss. My friend will be dealing with her local agent to see if she wants to continue to do business with them or take it elsewhere. We tried contacting her local agent, but he doesn't work on Saturdays probably assuming that the 800 number for Shelter Insurance customer service would be sufficient. I will never do business with that company and don't recommend anyone else doing business with Shelter Insurance. They have no plan in place to help their customers out who have been in accidents on weekends that is sufficient for their customers. My advice is to take your business elsewhere.
Anyway, back to the rest of the story... My friend had to make some business calls, which also seemed a bit nuts when you take time to visit friends. This took up our entire afternoon until we could actually play some darts and have some steaks on the grill. That took us up until 4:30pm. Both friends were able to shower as they had very little sleep, if any, by this time. So far we'd had a nice breakfast with lots of laughs, a shortened dart game with lots of laughs, and dinner, which was quiet, but delicious. We did visit a lot and did laugh a lot because the friend who was driving really needed it and we are just that good of friends that we do a lot of joking and laughing.. It's just our nature. My roommates even got in on some of it since they were around for dinner, too. No, we didn't get to do anything except dinner and darts that was planned, but we were having some fun in spite of it being a short day and the accident.
At 5pm, the three of us went to a local friend's home for SCARY MOVIE NIGHT! My local friend and I had planned this for the last several weeks and we were going to start it off with the movie SAW. There were about 8-10 people that were interested in our SMN and my local friend really went all out to throw a party with snacks and drinks. The nachos were delicious! My friends that had travelled weren't really into scary movies, but did enjoy this one since it had some thought behind it and wasn't as gory as they had thought. SAW is a great movie and so is the sequel. We did have some laughs there, but we had to leave not long after the movie to be able to meet the ride that was coming to Des Moines to get my friends. I was really hoping for a better movie night, but only one friend came over that was on our planned list. We really had 6 of us there, but there should have been twice that since I had brought two guests and the couple that lives there made up 5 of us. Hopefully, it will get bigger. My local friends are just as fun so we did have some laughs and no stories about me came up, so it was all good.
When we arrived back at my home, we watched one of my favorite comedies, The Sweetest Thing. My visiting friends are women so I knew they would enjoy that movie and I highly recommend the unrated version since there are some huge laughs that weren't in the theatrical version. It was a good time to just sit and relax some more without the intensity of a scary movie and we had some more laughs. Their ride arrived just after the movie ended.
Even with the intense fog and late time, they still decided to leave on Saturday night instead of getting up early after some sleep. Thankfuly, they made it back safely, but they did see a lot of deer on the road and dead deer off the road.
I'm thankful for their safety and hopeful that the next time we plan a weekend that it is planned with more time for the fun stuff we did and more and that there are no accidents in the travelling portion. We tried planning this weekend about two months in advance so maybe I should get them started even earlier to plan the next one. Maybe they will use the time WISELY to maximize the full weekend WITHOUT WORK, WITHOUT INTERRUPTING PHONE CALLS, and hopefully during times of safe travel. I have great friends. They are fun, funny, and glad to live life positively as best as they can. In spite of the accident and in spite of the lack of time, we still had some great fun and that is the most important thing with friends.
Oh, and even with our abbreviated Cricket game of darts, I won by a VERY LARGE score.
I thought the original plan was for two friends to come up Friday night and be in Des Moines by about 11pm. That meant we'd have the entire day Saturday to do some fun things and then they could head back after dinner on Sunday. That was the original plan. Oh, how things change...
During the course of the week, one friend was keeping in touch and trying to get that plan to work out while the other has some outrageous work hours and hasn't quite figured out how to have a life outside of work for a full weekend. That friend really needs the work and money so you can't blame her, but I firmly believe that if you have a month or more worth of time to plan things correctly then work shouldn't be an excuse. Just my humble opinion and I don't live in their shoes.
The plan did shift a bit so that they would arrive late Friday, but have to leave late Saturday night. That was better, but still made it feel like it would be a short weekend. At least a full day is better than a half day which is better than nothing. Still not as good as a day and a half, though.
I got a call about 11pm Friday, which was their previously scheduled arrival time, that they were finally leaving home. This would put them here about 3-4AM. When I awoke at 6AM, I saw there was a message on my phone. The message said they had hit a deer around Knoxville, IA. I was a bit panicked, but there was no implication of injury. I called them right away and they were sitting in the Wal-Mart parking lot awaiting a local mechanic to arrive at work. They were safe, but the car had overheated. I received another call about 8:30AM stating that the car could not be repaired sufficiently to make it to Des Moines and asking for a ride. I took off and picked them up and we went and had a pretty good breakfast in that town. We made the decision to head back to Des Moines, make some calls, and see what they could do to get home.
When we arrived back in Des Moines, I offered some suggestions to get the insurance company handled for a rental and learned how one insurance company tries to avoid helping their customer. I don't mind mentioning Shelter Insurance and stating that their customer service and assistance for their customers who are paying for full coverage on their vehicle is abhorrent. I could not believe what poor service and lack of answers they had for my friend and I even talked to them on her behalf. It was disgusting. Imagine paying full coverage for a nice full size sedan, hitting a deer on the weekend, the most traveled time period, and being told that your insurance company can't help you out until business opens on Monday at the earliest. Imagine paying for rental assistance and being told that you can't get a rental car to get back in time for you to work on Monday. This is what Shelter Insurance's customer service employee Jennifer told my friend. The actual statement was that they could not do anything for their customers until an adjustor is able to see the vehicle and confirm the damage, which could be Monday or Tuesday. My friend had a job to return for on Sunday, which helped shorten the weekend even if they didn't have an accident, and had no way of returning in which her insurance would help her out. Many insurance companies have deals with rental agencies to facilitate the service of their customers, but not Shelter Insurance. Shelter Insurance said they would reimburse my friend if she held on to her receipts and provided them after the adjustor had a chance to look at the car. That means my friend would have had to pay for a rental for several days before she could get her money back. That's also assuming my friend had enough cash on her to plan for a rental. Any insurance company that makes that assumption and doesn't go out of their way to take care of their customers ought to be fired since the customer is the boss. My friend will be dealing with her local agent to see if she wants to continue to do business with them or take it elsewhere. We tried contacting her local agent, but he doesn't work on Saturdays probably assuming that the 800 number for Shelter Insurance customer service would be sufficient. I will never do business with that company and don't recommend anyone else doing business with Shelter Insurance. They have no plan in place to help their customers out who have been in accidents on weekends that is sufficient for their customers. My advice is to take your business elsewhere.
Anyway, back to the rest of the story... My friend had to make some business calls, which also seemed a bit nuts when you take time to visit friends. This took up our entire afternoon until we could actually play some darts and have some steaks on the grill. That took us up until 4:30pm. Both friends were able to shower as they had very little sleep, if any, by this time. So far we'd had a nice breakfast with lots of laughs, a shortened dart game with lots of laughs, and dinner, which was quiet, but delicious. We did visit a lot and did laugh a lot because the friend who was driving really needed it and we are just that good of friends that we do a lot of joking and laughing.. It's just our nature. My roommates even got in on some of it since they were around for dinner, too. No, we didn't get to do anything except dinner and darts that was planned, but we were having some fun in spite of it being a short day and the accident.
At 5pm, the three of us went to a local friend's home for SCARY MOVIE NIGHT! My local friend and I had planned this for the last several weeks and we were going to start it off with the movie SAW. There were about 8-10 people that were interested in our SMN and my local friend really went all out to throw a party with snacks and drinks. The nachos were delicious! My friends that had travelled weren't really into scary movies, but did enjoy this one since it had some thought behind it and wasn't as gory as they had thought. SAW is a great movie and so is the sequel. We did have some laughs there, but we had to leave not long after the movie to be able to meet the ride that was coming to Des Moines to get my friends. I was really hoping for a better movie night, but only one friend came over that was on our planned list. We really had 6 of us there, but there should have been twice that since I had brought two guests and the couple that lives there made up 5 of us. Hopefully, it will get bigger. My local friends are just as fun so we did have some laughs and no stories about me came up, so it was all good.
When we arrived back at my home, we watched one of my favorite comedies, The Sweetest Thing. My visiting friends are women so I knew they would enjoy that movie and I highly recommend the unrated version since there are some huge laughs that weren't in the theatrical version. It was a good time to just sit and relax some more without the intensity of a scary movie and we had some more laughs. Their ride arrived just after the movie ended.
Even with the intense fog and late time, they still decided to leave on Saturday night instead of getting up early after some sleep. Thankfuly, they made it back safely, but they did see a lot of deer on the road and dead deer off the road.
I'm thankful for their safety and hopeful that the next time we plan a weekend that it is planned with more time for the fun stuff we did and more and that there are no accidents in the travelling portion. We tried planning this weekend about two months in advance so maybe I should get them started even earlier to plan the next one. Maybe they will use the time WISELY to maximize the full weekend WITHOUT WORK, WITHOUT INTERRUPTING PHONE CALLS, and hopefully during times of safe travel. I have great friends. They are fun, funny, and glad to live life positively as best as they can. In spite of the accident and in spite of the lack of time, we still had some great fun and that is the most important thing with friends.
Oh, and even with our abbreviated Cricket game of darts, I won by a VERY LARGE score.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Weekend Update
My youngest daughter really liked watching King Kong! I knew the oldest would enjoy it, but so did the youngest! That's great! They are also quite excited about going to see Superchick in a few weeks. I'm taking them to that show and helped them realize who Superchick is. They recognized the songs One Girl Revolution and Perfect Day from movies they've seen. Maybe they'll enjoy being on the front row and rocking out like I do at concerts...when I can.
Has anyone else noticed the trend in the NFL this year to have playoff games at the normal second and third game times? In Central time the norm is noon and 3:30pm during the season with a Sunday and Monday night game. It used to be in the playoffs that they would use those normal Sunday times, which I prefer, to run their games on Saturday and Sunday. Now they are using the second game time with an evening game. It's a dumb idea, in my opinion, and I hope they change it back next year.
Speaking of football, does everyone else see it coming down to Denver and Seattle in the Super Bowl? I'm not a Pittsburgh fan by far since I'm both a Chiefs and Cowboys fan. Denver is the lesser of two evils in that game. I'm not a fan of Seattle, but of Coach Holmgren, so I'm rooting for them over the expansion team, Panthers. I just don't like expansion teams as it keeps watering down the professional level of competition in any major sport. Since there isn't a team really worth rooting for like I normally would, I guess I'm going to put my cheers behind Seattle to win it all, but it will be with a lack of enthusiasm. I'm also not sure how much football I'll actually get to watch, either, since I have my kids this weekend. They are more fun than watching any of these teams! :)
I've been trying to exercise a bit lately. I have a Gazelle and hope to have a Health Rider soon. Low impact on the knees is a good thing. I also think there is something more wrong with my right shin. I'm not sure if my knee area has produced enough water that it has swelled my right shin or if I have shin splints, but it will need to be looked at soon. Is it a bad thing to rest your feet up and then when you put your leg down there is a dent that takes a while to fill out so it won't feel like your leg will buckle under you? It feels weird...
My girls are so awesome!! We had a small snowball fight last night, played at the McDonald's indoor play area, watched movies, and still have most of today to go!
Has anyone else noticed the trend in the NFL this year to have playoff games at the normal second and third game times? In Central time the norm is noon and 3:30pm during the season with a Sunday and Monday night game. It used to be in the playoffs that they would use those normal Sunday times, which I prefer, to run their games on Saturday and Sunday. Now they are using the second game time with an evening game. It's a dumb idea, in my opinion, and I hope they change it back next year.
Speaking of football, does everyone else see it coming down to Denver and Seattle in the Super Bowl? I'm not a Pittsburgh fan by far since I'm both a Chiefs and Cowboys fan. Denver is the lesser of two evils in that game. I'm not a fan of Seattle, but of Coach Holmgren, so I'm rooting for them over the expansion team, Panthers. I just don't like expansion teams as it keeps watering down the professional level of competition in any major sport. Since there isn't a team really worth rooting for like I normally would, I guess I'm going to put my cheers behind Seattle to win it all, but it will be with a lack of enthusiasm. I'm also not sure how much football I'll actually get to watch, either, since I have my kids this weekend. They are more fun than watching any of these teams! :)
I've been trying to exercise a bit lately. I have a Gazelle and hope to have a Health Rider soon. Low impact on the knees is a good thing. I also think there is something more wrong with my right shin. I'm not sure if my knee area has produced enough water that it has swelled my right shin or if I have shin splints, but it will need to be looked at soon. Is it a bad thing to rest your feet up and then when you put your leg down there is a dent that takes a while to fill out so it won't feel like your leg will buckle under you? It feels weird...
My girls are so awesome!! We had a small snowball fight last night, played at the McDonald's indoor play area, watched movies, and still have most of today to go!
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Time To Move Again
When Derek arrived home last night, he found a note in our door from our landlord. It looks like they are selling the house we rent. We do have an option to buy it, but I'm doubtful of that happening. We are looking around for another house the size of this one now. If we don't have a buyer for them by the 16th, we have to be out at the end of February. This stinks, but we could find something better. We've had enough electrical problems and plumbing problems here that we are anxious for better, but it stinks because we all hate moving. I just hope we find something not far away since we have such a nice location.
It's been a nice year and a half having a house instead of an apartment. I'm looking forward, though, so this will hopefully be a good thing.
It's been a nice year and a half having a house instead of an apartment. I'm looking forward, though, so this will hopefully be a good thing.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
TV Season Back In Swing
It's about time my shows started back up! Some of them have made me wait 4-5 weeks! Gee! :) I'm glad to see Commander In Chief is back and it opened with a two parter. Ah, the balancing act of family and national responsibilities. It truly takes a strong person and strong family support. Jake In Progress returned showing some potential. The show that opened it seemed interesting. It's called Emily's Reasons Why Not. Interesting premise, but we'll see how it plays out. I missed the opener of Four Kings, but have it set to record this week. Supernatural returned last night with some answers, but left me wanting more answers. That's a good thing.
My favorite, Smallville, returns and there is a lot of hype surrounding the 100th episode. Someone or maybe two someones die. My thinking is that it could be the dads or one dad and Chloe. The reason I'm thinking it's the dads is because of the parallels the show has drawn between Lex and Clark. That could really kick off some good stories.
It's good to have my shows this time of year since there isn't much to do outdoor. It also gives me something to do on weekends when my daughters aren't here.
Last weekend was another good weekend with the kids, though. I really enjoyed watching Cheaper By The Dozen 2 with them and we had fun playing Sorry, Battleship, and just goofing off. Paige really enjoyed her Bella Dancerella, too. She and Brittany had the first move down pat! I can't wait to see how they progress. It's always good when a white girl has rhythm, right? :) (Believe me, I've played enough clubs to know that most of us don't have very good rhythm!)
Concert season is going to start next month for me. I'm looking forward to it!
My favorite, Smallville, returns and there is a lot of hype surrounding the 100th episode. Someone or maybe two someones die. My thinking is that it could be the dads or one dad and Chloe. The reason I'm thinking it's the dads is because of the parallels the show has drawn between Lex and Clark. That could really kick off some good stories.
It's good to have my shows this time of year since there isn't much to do outdoor. It also gives me something to do on weekends when my daughters aren't here.
Last weekend was another good weekend with the kids, though. I really enjoyed watching Cheaper By The Dozen 2 with them and we had fun playing Sorry, Battleship, and just goofing off. Paige really enjoyed her Bella Dancerella, too. She and Brittany had the first move down pat! I can't wait to see how they progress. It's always good when a white girl has rhythm, right? :) (Believe me, I've played enough clubs to know that most of us don't have very good rhythm!)
Concert season is going to start next month for me. I'm looking forward to it!
New Church Forum
Check out the new God Talk forum for Fort Des Moines Church Of Christ. Their link is shown on the left of this page and you go to the Contacts part of their site to access the forum. Or you can use this handy dandy link.
http://godsfort.org/godtalk/
This is a great place for discussion of anything you like.
http://godsfort.org/godtalk/
This is a great place for discussion of anything you like.
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Book Of Daniel
I watched the two hour premiere of the much talked about controversial new show Book Of Daniel. The reason for all of the fuss is because this show is said to center on a religious family that seems far from religious. The father is supposed to be addicted to Vicodin, one son is gay, and the daughter is involved with drugs. Does that sound like a typical priest and his family?
As a TV show, it seems pretty intriguing. Every character has a story that will probably be fleshed out over the course of its time on TV. It turns out that the mother likes a stiff drink on occasion. The maid hides her smoking habit. The adopted son is having premarital sex. The priest's father is a bishop and he is having extramarital sex with the woman who oversees Daniel at the church. The adopted son is Chinese and dating a church goer's daughter. The mother of that girl is racist. A Catholic priest has ties to the mob. Daniel's sister-in-law is bi-sexual. His brother died with several things in his backside that seemed to be from a sexual relationship with his wife and secretary. A young couple seeking marriage counseling got the idea from Daniel, although is wasn't his intent, to just keep "living in sin" since the idea of marriage seemed to be causing some stress between them. The girl in that relationship smokes pot. Am I leaving out any characters? See how interesting they all are? There could be some great stories developed about these people.
The overwhelmingly sad thing is that none of them seem to truly be seeking God except for the possibilty of Daniel. Daniel does spend a good deal of time in prayer. That's how I see it. The character of Daniel is seen talking to his idea of Jesus several times during this show. I think it's a clever way of showing prayer and our time spent talking to God. We have in our minds an idea of how Jesus may or may not respond to our prayers and it colors our conversations with Him. Daniel does pray for his family and friends. He is tempted in areas of weakness and he questions his belief system while still secure in the fact that there is a God and He is involved in our lives. Daniel is the only person in this show that seems to be aware of that to the extent that it affects his life and how he lives it. The others surround him with their problems, but not really seeking Truth. That could change as the show goes on. Daniel does seem to have a good relationship with his family, although it seems a bit distant like a visiting relative.
I'm curious to see how Daniel's family has turned out this way since one would assume that a religious man would do a better job at raising his family with strong values. Of course, my parents set a high standard and I'd love to see that reflected in a TV show. I truly believe that a man seeking God and living a righteous lifestyle would raise a family in the way he is taught through the Scriptures. I've seen preachers who have had their share of problems and their kids turn out pretty bad, but I can honestly say it's because they treated the church like a job and didn't take care of what God tells us is important. A Christian man married to a Christian woman striving to be Christlike will raise a family that won't resemble the cast of characters in The Book Of Daniel. The children will turn out more like the parents and hopefully pass that on to their kids.
While I was entertained, I still felt sad that Christians aren't reflected on TV very well at all. Would real Christians make good TV, though?
As a TV show, it seems pretty intriguing. Every character has a story that will probably be fleshed out over the course of its time on TV. It turns out that the mother likes a stiff drink on occasion. The maid hides her smoking habit. The adopted son is having premarital sex. The priest's father is a bishop and he is having extramarital sex with the woman who oversees Daniel at the church. The adopted son is Chinese and dating a church goer's daughter. The mother of that girl is racist. A Catholic priest has ties to the mob. Daniel's sister-in-law is bi-sexual. His brother died with several things in his backside that seemed to be from a sexual relationship with his wife and secretary. A young couple seeking marriage counseling got the idea from Daniel, although is wasn't his intent, to just keep "living in sin" since the idea of marriage seemed to be causing some stress between them. The girl in that relationship smokes pot. Am I leaving out any characters? See how interesting they all are? There could be some great stories developed about these people.
The overwhelmingly sad thing is that none of them seem to truly be seeking God except for the possibilty of Daniel. Daniel does spend a good deal of time in prayer. That's how I see it. The character of Daniel is seen talking to his idea of Jesus several times during this show. I think it's a clever way of showing prayer and our time spent talking to God. We have in our minds an idea of how Jesus may or may not respond to our prayers and it colors our conversations with Him. Daniel does pray for his family and friends. He is tempted in areas of weakness and he questions his belief system while still secure in the fact that there is a God and He is involved in our lives. Daniel is the only person in this show that seems to be aware of that to the extent that it affects his life and how he lives it. The others surround him with their problems, but not really seeking Truth. That could change as the show goes on. Daniel does seem to have a good relationship with his family, although it seems a bit distant like a visiting relative.
I'm curious to see how Daniel's family has turned out this way since one would assume that a religious man would do a better job at raising his family with strong values. Of course, my parents set a high standard and I'd love to see that reflected in a TV show. I truly believe that a man seeking God and living a righteous lifestyle would raise a family in the way he is taught through the Scriptures. I've seen preachers who have had their share of problems and their kids turn out pretty bad, but I can honestly say it's because they treated the church like a job and didn't take care of what God tells us is important. A Christian man married to a Christian woman striving to be Christlike will raise a family that won't resemble the cast of characters in The Book Of Daniel. The children will turn out more like the parents and hopefully pass that on to their kids.
While I was entertained, I still felt sad that Christians aren't reflected on TV very well at all. Would real Christians make good TV, though?
Happy New Year...A Week Late
So much has been going on lately that I haven't had any time to tell you all about our New Years Eve party! It was great and I'm glad I had Sunday and Monday off work to recover. No, I didn't have a drop to drink, but it was a late night...and I'm getting old! Shh!! Don't tell anyone I said that!
We had over 105 people at the party. They started probably an hour earlier, but were still gone by 2:30AM. We had our little "contest" with 4 contestants and the person who should have won was robbed. Can't tell ya how! :) We heard comments that it was the best party, yet. That was nice to hear.
We hope to have another one in a few weeks.
There will be more posted soon. Some rants, some raves...
We had over 105 people at the party. They started probably an hour earlier, but were still gone by 2:30AM. We had our little "contest" with 4 contestants and the person who should have won was robbed. Can't tell ya how! :) We heard comments that it was the best party, yet. That was nice to hear.
We hope to have another one in a few weeks.
There will be more posted soon. Some rants, some raves...
Sunday, January 01, 2006
2005 Favorites
Some favorites from 2005. They are in no particular order and I may have missed something.
Favorite CD's of 2005
Bon Jovi - Have A Nice Day
The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back
INXS - Switch
LA Guns - Tales From Sunset Strip
Bret Michaels - Freedom Of Sound
Favorite Movies of 2005
40 Year Old Virgin
King Kong
Saw II
Star Wars Episode III
Batman Begins
Fantastic Four
Favorite Concerts of 2005
Waterstock 2005
Rock Never Stops 2005 - Cedar Rapids, IA
Def Leppard/Bryan Adams - Davenport, IA
Bon Jovi Opening Night - Des Moines, IA
American Metal Blast 2005 - Omaha, NE
Petra - Waterloo, IA
Favorite Moments of 2005
Christmas with my kids at my parents' home.
Winning the Church Softball tournament.
Teaching my girls to hit a softball at the local park.
Swimming at the local pool with my girls.
Parties at the house.
Favorite CD's of 2005
Bon Jovi - Have A Nice Day
The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back
INXS - Switch
LA Guns - Tales From Sunset Strip
Bret Michaels - Freedom Of Sound
Favorite Movies of 2005
40 Year Old Virgin
King Kong
Saw II
Star Wars Episode III
Batman Begins
Fantastic Four
Favorite Concerts of 2005
Waterstock 2005
Rock Never Stops 2005 - Cedar Rapids, IA
Def Leppard/Bryan Adams - Davenport, IA
Bon Jovi Opening Night - Des Moines, IA
American Metal Blast 2005 - Omaha, NE
Petra - Waterloo, IA
Favorite Moments of 2005
Christmas with my kids at my parents' home.
Winning the Church Softball tournament.
Teaching my girls to hit a softball at the local park.
Swimming at the local pool with my girls.
Parties at the house.
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