THE TIMEKEEPER CHRONICLES

The Man. The Dude. Eighteen years old. He made it. It's hard to believe that Susan and I have an 18 year old. That just don't sound right. But, it's true, and we are very happy for him.

His big gift was a new laptop. Actually a birthday/early graduation gift. He was very suprised.

Here's a little slideshow of pics from Jeremy's birthday party/dinner.

Alright. I know everyone has been so worried and concerned about my well being. But, I'm ok. Don't worry. I'll be alright. The doctors said I should be back to 'normal' in...well...in a few years. If I'm lucky. Whew.

The funniest thing about this whole puking bug was my daughter freaking out when she she heard me in the bathroom in that initial barf that set it all off. As I was sitting there, I knew it was coming, and I grabbed the garbage can, and the real show began. Then I heard somebody's feet hitting the ground, the beads hanging from Mik's bedroom doorway clanging against the door, then footsteps pattering across the hallway floor rather quickly. I later found out that Mik had ran into our bedroom and woke mom to tell her that "Jeremy is in the bathroom puking his guts out". Mom said "oh no, is he sick too?"(At this time, Sue didn't know I was that sick...I had told her I wasn't feeling that good earlier in the night). Then, they both realized I wasn't in the bed, and mom said, "no, it's your father!". Mik said "no way! That's dad? Oh-My-Gosh!" Since I hadn't puked in 11 years, she had never heard that kind of noise from me. Shocking!

Now, you have to imagine a 230lb dude in a bathroom with no sound barriers, and the only thing you hear breaking the silence of a peaceful night, is this extremely loud act of forcefully throwing chow, echoing through the house. It would wake up anybody. Then, when she realized it was me, she couldn't believe it. And then to hear them both do the re-inactment...well, it's just funny.

Anyway, all better now. Back to life.

Not that this happens very often....I actually had to call in sick today. Last night, I knew I really wasn't feeling all that great, but headed to bed around 9:30pm (early for me btw). And tossed and turned, then woke up around 12:30....sicker than a dog!. I had the twirls, fever, and all - - in a bad kinda way. Right now, I still feel like crap. I hope it's just a 20.5 hr bug, because this is nasty and more than a day of this might finish me off. Needless to say, Susans gourmet tuna casserol did not tast as good coming up as it did going down. (Don't you just love the detail in this post?)

Well, I'm going back to the couch and try to get to feeling better. This sucks.

I am in search of 2GB (4X512MB) PC800 RDRAM ECC 45 for my good 'ol Dell Deminsion 8200. Unfortunately, this stuff is easy to find....but freakin' expensive. I actually want someone to just give it to me, because I'm too cheap to buy it. Not really. I'm just trying to extend the life of my pc without having to take the plunge yet for a new one. Besides, I just bought a new couch set with the the tax refund, so there went the pc (I'm kidding, honey).

So, what the heck, I thought I would just post this here just in case someone comes across my blog and has some of this stuff laying around (haha). Shoot me a comment if you know where I can get some for CHEAPO!

I didn't know you could bake clams. But I guess you can. Or it actually doesn't mean you bake them. You kinda steam them.

Anyway, Susan received some fresh clams and lobster from New England during her birthday, and she stunk up my house those nasty critters. But she loved them. Goody.

Here's a before and after pic of Mr. Crabs....(she said they were screaming "HELP, HELP!" while she was lowering them into the boiling water! I told you she was mean!

Before

After

Wow....I'm married to an old lady! HAHAHAHA Of course, I'm kidding (I'm sleeping on the couch tonight for sure). Anyway, I won't say how 'young' she is, but I know she still enjoyed her day.

In a prior post, I mentioned that JM had totaled his truck. Here's a pic that I had on my cell phone the day we went to get the stereo and tag off of it. What a drag.

But oh well. You can't take this material stuff with you when you die, so thank God JM was ok and the other driver was ok as well. The only things hurt was some pride, and this poor truck.

Since then, JM ended up getting a 1997 Chevy Lumina....the babes are just chasing him all the way down the road for a ride...LOL. The other pics are of me, JM, and his posse installing the stereo in the his *new* car.

Might as well start off with some random pictures from the recent Holiday festivities.

Me and Mik trying out the ROCKBAND game for XBOX360. I have to say...IT ROCKS, DUDE!


Here's Jeremy trying out the ROCKBAND too.


The kids opening up gifts at Jeff and Tiff's house Christmas Eve.
Paige is obviously happy about Christmas.
Yes, believe it or not, Jeff actually put up some Christmas lights. It was worth the pic.
Jeremy, Paige, Madyson, and Mik

I'll have more pics to post soon.
CYA

Well, I guess it's been a while since our last post. Christmas was here and gone, and we went right back to work. Then the new year came and went, and we went right back to work. Another freakin year. Come and gone. Geez.

And finally, I'm off from work and am getting around to some updating. I'm sure, as with everyone, we're kinda glad the whole holiday is over. Too stressful.

Anyway, I've got some time this week, so I plan on getting some posting done here, and share some more pictures.