Lexie's ears

Lexie took her Christmas money and got her ears pierced.

haircut and pierced ears

Lexie used the rest of her Christmas money to get her ears pierced. we got 14k gold because last time her ears got icky and wouldn't heal right. from everything i've heard it was not infected because they did not swell up, turn red, or grow over the posts. Hopefully she will have better luck this time.

haircut for Logan

we had a coupon for greatclips

Christmas Morning

Lexie opening presents...

Friday night before Christmas

Shizue and I went to get a quick bite and we wanted wing, so we went to TK's pub. We went pretty late and they had a good band playing. I don't remeber the name, and they weren't to great but I liked all the songs they covered. We were going to stay a little while, but smoke started getting to us when we moved over to the bar area to get closer.

Lindsey & Christmas Eve

Theresia and I watched "I Know Who Killed Me" on Saturday night. It was better than I thought it would be. Tonight we attempted to watch the new Potter movie with the kids, but we all fell asleep. I woke up at around 1am and wrapped presents until just now. I am pretty exhausted but I can't sleep.

Lexie & Friends

I don't remember their names. There is a Marissa and a Katie. Don't know the last one, and I will have to get Lex to tell me later which is which.

Doughnuts with Dad

Today was "Doughnuts with Dad" at school. Logan reminded me at about 6:45 this morning so I got them to school at 7:30 and spent about an hour and a half hanging out with them. They always take polaroid pictures to raise money and I got this picture and one of Lexie and her cadre of girlfriends.

Whats So Great About Scooters? Why Should You Care? - Wheels - Autos - New York Times Blog

This is an interesting article I found regarding scooters. It would be news to most people in the U.S. Whats So Great About Scooters? Why Should You Care?

Pack Meeting - Ice Sculpture

The kids didn't get to see the guy make this ice sculpture but they both thought it was really cool. No pun intended by them, I'm sure...

marshmallow treat

Logan made this wierd marshmallow treat.

marshmallow

Now Logan EATS the wierd marshmallow treat.

skit at the pack meeting

they did skits at the pack meeting and the tigers sang rudolph the red nosed reindeer

Helmet

The helmet came in today. It feels tight, but from what I read, you want them tight because they will loosen up over time. I think it makes me look like a big bubble-head freak, but I don't care so much as long as i'm seen and protected.

Viva 250 Fire-Engine Red!

I went to look at helmets last night at CC Rider. They had this Viva 250cc scooter they were trying to sell me, but they wanted $2400 for it, which I'm not ready to pay yet, and also it's used--they are asking more than you can get them new online. You can get them for $1800 day after day. Plus its the body style--I like the Reflex style better. Here's one with identical color and body style as to what they are selling...

Pelmeni

I watched these two movies...Night Watch and Day Watch. They wereRussian sci-fi like movies along the lines of The Matrix. Anyway, inthe movies, they are eating dumplings like we would eat a hamburger,so the last time I went to the International Supermarket, I picked upsome of these chicken pelmeni. You eat them with butter or sourcream. I had a bowl of them with butter on Sunday for supper. It wasok...not bad, but not anything to give up pizza over. Then today Ihad some with sour cream. Man, what a difference! They areawesome!!! You gotta try some. At the IS in J-town they are like$5.99 for a frozen bag. They look a little like tortilini.

protection-stormtrooper style

I did my research (tell me--when have you known me NOT to research something I'm buying?) and the best advice is for crash protection: a full-face helmet, and for visibility: white or neon. Well I'm not much on neon colors, so I thought white would be ok. Then I got thinking that if I'm going to look 90% like a stormtrooper, "why don't I see if they make a stormtrooper motorcycle helmet!" Nearest I can figure, they do...um, did...make 500 of them. So its the "Holy Grail Effect". I'm going to look for one similar to this pic.

yes, this food is pink

The key to creative left-overing today is bravery.

A Christmas Carol

Saturday night, Theresia and I went to Actor's Theatres production of A Christmas Carol. It was very good, with numerous special effects we would have never dreamed of at NAHS when we did it. I had the part of Jacob Marley that time. We did a mini-version so we could take it to all the elementary schools. It really made me remember the whole thing when they sang "Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat! Please put a penny in the old man's hat. If you haven't got a penny then a ha'penny will do, if you haven't got a ha'penny then God bless you!" After you've sang it a hundred times (more like a thousand because it repeats) you never forget it.

boots for Lexter

I found these boots at AJ Wright and I sent this picture to the kid's mother. She showed (only) Logan for me and we all agree that Lexie will like them. I got them Friday after work. Done with shopping until next payday.

Christmas Shopping 2

I got just a couple more things.  I got Lexie ear-buds she's been wanting for her MP3 player which she's getting instead of the sculpey clay.  I had a littlest pet shop toy that I was going to take back to Walmart since I found the ten-pack online, but Logan is ahead of her on dollar value and I try to keep them the same, so I'm giving her that instead of a couple little pet shop figures.  I still have to find those darn boots, or something similar.

I found the Cube World thing for Logan.  For around $20 I got him a set of graphite drawing pencils, a nice hardbound sketchbook, and a book on how to draw dinosaurs.  Now all I need is a couple small things--probably the Suncatcher and Model Magic Fusion.

I hope to find the boots at Payless today after work...  they said they may have a truck in and stock out today.

bourbon ball overkill?

For the first batch of bourbon balls i used wild turkey 101. Do you think thats overkill? its for the cookie exchange at work...those people need some holiday cheer! i ate two and was warm and toasty! logan had one in his mouth chewing it for a good twenty seconds before he made a face and spit it out. Lexie tried just a bit leftover off the spoon with a lot of powdered sugar. she said "it was good at first then when i got the aftertaste i almost threw up!" That's about what im looking for...

goose egg

the kids were playing with the seat belt and Logan got whacked in the fod. he didn't cry, but it looks bad and Lexie keeps telling him he's brain damaged. Logan just asked me if he was retarded now.

This is my mission...

this is the type of boot i am looking for in size 7.5 for Lexie

Jake, The American Elf

The school had a program last night "Christmas around the world". Logan was Jake, the American Elf. He held the red booklet up in front of his face the whole time he was reading his lines...even though he knew them and didn't really need to READ THEM! What a goofball! That's ok...he was still adorable, and fit right in with all the rest of the kids who did the same thing.

Christmas Shopping

I'm about 85% done with the Christmas shopping for the kids. Here's
what they're getting.

For Lexie
From Daddy: 2 pair of jeans, Pink Butterfly Top(shirt), Tennis Shoes,
Nerf Rapid-fire 20.
From Logan: Littlest Pet Shop Paws Off Electronic Diary
From Santa: Littlest Pet Shop Pack of 10 (shipping from Amazon),
Barbie Tanner (pooping dog), Sculpey clay*, 2 individual Littlest Pet
Shop figures*.

For Logan:
From Daddy: 2 pair of jeans, Green shirt, Red shirt, Nerf Longshot Gun.
From Lexie: Cube World game*
From Santa: Flytech Dragonfly, something for about $20*, Suncatcher
kit*, Model Magic Fusion*

*I still have to get the (*) items. I'm going today to try and find
these things but I might have to wait for this weekend.

I really wanted to get Logan a drawing kit. I might see if I can find
one at Hobby Lobby for around $20. Also really wanted to get Lexie
those boots, but they are $35-40 so... These days seems like it's
just rent, utilities, gas, groceries....

I did a fair bit of shopping online this year. I have 3 different
shipments to track and worry about...that's always fun.

rednecks gone?

it looks like the rednecks who lived diagonal from me finally were either evicted or moved out. they left all their crap outside and the dumpster is overflowing but at least they won't be loitering around the entrance to the building, having really loud parties and music, using really bad language, smoking and drinking, leaving trash in the hall, and jacking into the electric from the hallway.