Start 'em when they're young!

Yesterday Daniel and I had dinner at Chili's and as we were sitting in the bar section watching football, a group of 20 somethings came in with their babies. There were 2 couples, and 2 single women, and each couple had a small baby. I would guess that both of the babies were about 4-5 months old.

Now, personally I find it just slightly weird for people to take their babies into bars. Granted, it's Chili's..... but still. Just a little weird. However, it got even weirder when one of the mothers pulled out a portable dvd player and sat it right in front of her little baby to watch. Umm... I'm not a parent, but something instinctively just tells me that that doesn't seem like a good idea!

Really?! Setting up a portable dvd player for your 4 month old? I was in shock! Most parents try to keep their babies from watching tv for as long as they can. I mean,.... it's just a matter of time before they're hooked. But I've never seen someone actually going out of their way to try to hook their baby on the stuff!

I can understand having a dvd player for a toddler (although I personally think that a coloring book with crayons is better for them). But a 4 month old?!

And the poor baby. It's eyes were bug eyed as it stared at the little screen placed in front of him. I couldn't see what was playing.... but does it matter with a 4 month old? Is there ANYTHING good that could possibly come from them staring for a couple of hours at a screen?

Roller Derby?

The other night Daniel and I were hanging out with some friends in downtown Castle Rock for the annual Star Lighting Event. (Lots of fun, btw!) Anyways, while we were there a guy came around handing out fliers for Women's Roller Derby. (They are looking for new recruits)

I have to say, I was quite intrigued. I've seen clips on tv of roller derby bouts and I've often had thoughts like, "I could do that...."

So this morning I did some research on roller derby. Turns out there's actually rules and a way to score points. (I always thought they just skated around a big loop trying to knock each other down). I also watched some rather disturbing clips on youtube of some very aggressive games where the women had an all out slug fest with each other. That does NOT interest me.

However, I also watched some clips of what was obviously a more small town league and it was quite a bit more tame, while still having some level of risk and contact. (Not anymore than basketball though) I'm pretty sure that's what the Douglas County league would be like. So now I'm thinking.... hmmm..... maybe..... maybe I should try this. Besides being a great form of exercise, it would be a good way to meet new people. At the very least I should go to some practices and at least try. If it's not for me, I can always back out.

I'll keep you all posted! Who knows? This could be me:



But more likely this will be me:

Food Poisoning!

Can you believe I got food poisoning last night?! I got a burrito from Chipotle's kind of early.... like 4:30 and the place was dead. The meat had obviously been sitting out a while. I get home to eat my burrito and it tastes like it's room temperature. Not hot at all. I actually think to myself, "Gee... maybe I should heat this in the microwave so I don't get food poisoning or something". Then stupid me decides.... "Nah.... I'll be fine."

Umm... no. Not fine. Four hours later I was having the WORST stomach pains of my life. I seriously was beginning to think that something was majorly wrong with me and that I was going to have to drive myself to the hospital..... it was THAT bad! The next few details are too graphic for this blog, but let's just say that about an hour later I was feeling a lot better with just some occasional pains.

Ugh! That'll teach me! A word of caution to everyone: always make sure your meat is hot before eating it!

New Refrigerator!

Yah! We got our new refrigerator today! Wanna know the best thing about it? The door doesn't hit the counter top upon opening!!!!

It's a GE stainless steel, side by side. We got it at Appliance World as an "open box special" and so we saved a few hundred dollars on it that way. There are some scratches on the left side, but the wall covers them up.

I've organized all the shelves and doors, but I'm sure it won't stay that way! Also, sorry if the picture is crappy. Daniel has the camera in Texas. (And yes, I could have gotten my professional camera out, but it's so much work for just a little shot....) So this is from my camera phone....

So Sweet...

So I've had a bit of a rough week, and then Daniel left to go out of town today (gets back Friday), and what do I receive in the mail just now but a large package from Wine Country Gift Baskets. I open it up to find that it is from none other than Daniel! It's full of summer sausage, cheese, crackers, and mustards. Yum! I love those things!

Perfect timing too! Now I know what I'm having for dinner tonight!

Denied!

So the other day Daniel and I went out to eat at Chili's. We sat in the bar section to watch football, and we both ordered beer. And oops.... Daniel forgot his wallet. Do you think the waiter decided to give him his alcohol anyway? Nope! Daniel was denied!

He's been of legal drinking age for over a decade now and he was flat out denied his drink! So sad!

No More Comments

So you may have noticed (or maybe you didn't), that I have disabled the comment ability on my blog. The reason for this is that this blog will eventually be linked to my business website, and frankly I don't want a lot of random web browsers to find their way to my friends' and families' blogs.

Hope you all understand!

Remember this moment domain

So for the past six months, my computer has had a small post-it note attached to it with the phrase, "Rememberthismoment.com, Nov. 15th, 2008". Whatever does this mean, you say? I'm glad you asked.

That domain name was set to expire on the 15th and I was going to snatch it up the moment it did. All day yesterday I checked the status and it continually said that it was set to expire on the 15th. Also, the last time the owner did anything with the name was back in December of 2007. I thought it would be a piece of cake. I also decided that the exact moment of victory would be midnight.

So I stayed up far past my bedtime, awaiting the precious moment when this domain name would be mine, all mine!

At 11pm, I checked the status again (in case it expired in a different time zone). Nope. So I checked again at 12 (this time being half asleep and barely able to make it to the office). Nope, still taken.

So I went to bed. Daniel asked if he should wake me at 1am and I said, "No, I'll just buy it in the morning." Can you tell yet where this story is going?

So this morning at 7:30 I rush to the office to make my purchase and what do I find? The lazy owner got off his butt and renewed that stupid domain name at some point between the time I went to bed and the time I woke up! Can you believe that?!

He's not even using the domain name! He's just sitting on it! Shouldn't that be illegal or something?! Grumble, grumble!

So now the question is, do I put another post-it note on my computer with the phrase: "Rememberthismoment.com, Nov. 15h, 2009"?

First Snow!

I woke up this morning and looked out the window to see the ground covered in a blanket of white. Big fat snowflakes are still falling as I type this. So beautiful! Yah snow! Winter is finally here!

Remodeling by bathroom and kitchen

So recently I remodeled both the downstairs bathroom, and the kitchen. Both were quite the undertaking, but the final result is beautiful and I'm so glad I made the changes.

In the bathroom, I changed the paint color (which was quite a task since I went from a deep blue to a neutral color), and I also ripped up the carpet and laid down tile. (Sounds simple enough, right?)

Here's the bathroom transformation pics:

Before:

Finished painting, working on the tile:

Tiling:
The final result:

In the kitchen, we had new counter tops installed, and then I did a tile backsplash, and added new hardware to the drawers and doors. We're also going to be getting a new fridge. I'll post pics once that arrives!





Before:
Counter tops and table out:
Big mess:
Final result:

Welcome to Me!

So, yes, I have finally jumped on the blogging bandwagon! I get a lot of enjoyment from reading all the blogs of my friends and family, so I figured that this could be my small way of returning the favor.

My hope is that my blog will be filled with pictures, stories, and other tidbits from my life. Almost every day I encounter a little story or incident that I think would be perfect for a blog, but time will tell how often I actually get around to updating this thing!