Well folks between the inside of the house(cleaning, organizing, decorating and our new bed coming tomorrow) and the patio making pretty good progress things are starting to really take shape.
Pictures will be a little later.
I have been wanting and needing a saw for a while now. In the past I would have to have Home Depot cut it for me which was a big pain in the butt because I had to load the wood back in my Jeep(which is always great for the interior), bring it back to the store, have them cut it and take it back home praying it was cut right(which was not always the case).
Well all of that is over folks. I picked my up a laser guided electric saw today and a huge drill bit set ( is only offered at Christmas time). Arrrrrrgh arrgh argh! I feel so manly I think I have to change my walk now. No more having to put off my projects because the store is closed! I am a man in his garage cutting stuff up just because I can dammit! The sound of the saw. The saw dust in my hair(the only way I will ever get high-lites). Yes ladies and gentleman I am REBORN!
All over the United States people got excited about Thanksgiving Day. They planed their big special dinner,got their houses ready for friends and relatives they couldn't wait to see. I envy them.
For me Thanksgiving Day has never been that great. I have always had the mental attitude that you should be thankful for the very fact that you we're allowed to wake up every morning instead of passing away in our sleep let alone everything else we take for granted. The only good thing for me in the past was to watch my mom, who loves to cook, see people eat her cooking and liking it. This year I wasn't even able to do that. One of my brothers(I have three) and I have never really gotten along. This is due to the fact that he would get frustrated with something in his life and the only person he had to take it out on was me because I was smaller than him and we shared the same room for the first 18 years of my life. Basically I had to sleep with one eye open every night because I never knew when he was going to feel the need to physically vent on me let alone how he loved to put me down and make fun of me(especially in front of my friends). It is no wonder why we aren't close.
After we were older and lived in separate places I didn't speak to him for about 10 years unless it was absolutely necessary. Even then they were the shortest sentences I could say. There were times that we had family gatherings where we were sitting right across from each other and I never acknowledge his presence. He was dead to me as far as I was concerned. Every now and then(between trying to make my mom less stressed and Cynthia in my life) I would attempt to fix things only to have him pull something stupid on me again and again and again.
A couple of weeks ago I stopped by my parent's house to pick up any mail and something my mom had for my wife. He was there with his daughter getting his usual free meal. I was talking with my parents and the word "bullshit" came out of my mouth. My brother, who has used way worse language in front of his own kid, told me to watch my language in front of my niece. I continued with my story in which I used the phrase "kicked her ass in court". He again told me to watch it. Now I didn't do it on purpose and I really didn't think that "ass" was such a bad thing to say. Again I tried to finish my story with my dad. As I was speaking a different bad word was in my mind to say but in order keep the peace I rephrased my sentence and used the word "hell" (which is NOT a bad word). To this my brother decided, in front of his kid, to physically threaten me. I told him I wasn't using a bad word and not to threaten me because I wasn't the little kid he used to beat the crap out anymore. Well this REALLY pissed him of because he thought that I was going to cower down to him and he would look like a big tough guy in front of his daughter so he jumped out of his chair, came around the table and tried to start a fist fight with me. Maaaaaaaaaaan was I ready! I have been waiting 34 years for this but my dad stopped it and told my asshole(oops there I go again)of a brother that he was overreacting and to take his granddaughter outside. Damn! After I left he called me to tell me the whole thing was my fault because I cursed to which I told him how stupid he was and hung up on him. We have not spoken since.
I couldn't go to Thanksgiving dinner at my parent's house because he, of course, was there for his free meal and I didn't want to ruin it for my mom who is already ready to have a nervous breakdown. It really sucked to have to avoid the house and show up after everything was either eaten or put away.
Sorry my update is such a downer.
For the past week or so Cynthia and I(mostly Cynthia)have been going through boxes and bags in both the garage and the house. I have been looking forward to this since before we moved into this house. I am very happy and so is Goodwill. The trash man however has probably been a little pissed off lately. Heh...heh:)
I have set a goal to have the entire house functional and organized by the end of the month. It WILL happen! We are already off to a great start. Thanks Babe for purging more than your craft room.
Now for the good stuff. I finally upgraded my phone to a T-Mobile "Dash". It is like sooooo cool! It does all kinds of groovy things. Check it out on "tmobile.com".
I don't know what it is with me. I am NOT the typical guy I guess. I am not a big sports fan. I don't hate sports. In fact, I used to be pretty good at basketball until my old Cub Scout injury kept acting up. The drums seem to suit me better anyway. Besides, it is how I snagged my gal so it can't be that bad of a thing. I,for some reason, also love to shop. Especially for the newest latest greatest gadgets. Gadgets are a guy thing right?
Someone, who will remain nameless(her name is one of the months of the year, begins an "A" and ends in "pril")recently e-mailed me to tell me to me to stop goofing around and update my blog. Well...she is very right. I have been goofing around with everything but my blog. I try not to bother everyone with every little thing that happens to me because my life just isn't that interesting.
Just to catch you up on my life:
1. The instrument panel on my Jeep keeps blowing a fuse which is driving me a little nuts.
2. My wife is still very cute.
3. I still have red hair.
4. I still love my new drums.
I am very sorry you have all waited so long to read such an exciting post. I promise to try to do it more often April. Damn! Now the cat is out of the bag. ;)
Cynthia and I watched 'The Notebook' tonight. If you haven't seen it yet you must rent it tonight and watch it with your special someone. It is not a "guys movie" but I usually will watch anything. Seeing it tonight made me think about my relationship with Cynthia and I have a few things to write:
Cynthia.
I thank you for putting up with my passions.
I thank you for being my biggest passion.
I thank you for giving me a reason to want to come right home.
I thank you for making me feel like I am worth something.
I thank you for pretending to understand what I am talking about when I am going off about a drum part in a song.
I thank you for choosing me instead of some rich successful guy.
I thank you for making me feel alive inside again when I had given up the hope that it would ever happen.
I thank you for loving my kids that love you back.
I thank you for never making me feel fat and ugly.
I thank you for laughing at most of my stupid jokes. You are my favorite audience.
Most of all...
I thank you for loving me.
Cynthia.
I am sorry if I ever let you down.
I am sorry for not being able to give you the things in life that you deserve.
I am sorry for all of the stuff you had to go through with your family in order to be with me.
I am sorry if I ever made you feel sad.
I am sorry that sometimes I have a crappy way of showing you I love you.
I am sorry I am not in the best of shape of my life. You deserve better.
And most of all:
I am sorry I didn't meet you sooner.
After over eight(really eight not because it is my favorite number)years I sort of upgrade to a newer drum set. It is cheaper than my last one and is very compact. It is also waaaay easier to set up and break down. The name of the company is called Traps if you wanted to look them up. The drum heads that came with the set really sucked and had to be replaced right away.That is how it is with most new sets that you buy. Otherwise it is really cool.
Don't get me wrong. I would rather have a huge $20,000 system like I drool over whenever I read my Modern Drummer but I had to be realistic about things. Besides, these drums won't kill my back nearly as much as my older set when I lift them in or out of the car.
In the great words of the great Martha Stewart...It's a good thing.
Monday the wife and I celebrated our two year anniversary. It was a great dinner at Lawry's Prime Rib and then rite home because my baby still has an owe. She felt really bad about having to have such a limited night. I told her the most important part of the night was that we were being together and that God willing there will be many more anniversaries to go out and do things. I have been very busy so it has taken me a few days to write this. I love you babe!
