I suck at shopping

I am a horrid Christmas shopper. I always have been. But in past years, it was always "I will grab that for them." Or one or two things for the significant other. But having to do it all. I am freaking out. I have spent a lot of money and I have like 5 things for each of them. I sit in the stores and just look at things. I dont pick them up, I just look at them thinking...Should I get that? I am still struggling with clothes for Taylor. She is not a trendy girl at all. So I cant find anything for her.

I was really really excited for this extended time off because I was flat out burned out at work. I mean just brain dead. A ton of stressful and continual months of insane testing. But now I am overly stressed with all this. I know they will love what I have got for them. I dunno people. Maybe deep down, I am more worried about the kids with this being the first Christmas with all these major changes in their lives. Regardless I suck at shopping. I really suck at it!! I am hiring someone to shop for Taylor next year. Plan on it... all of you.

I love being vague

I love being vague. Because its almost as fun as that other thing. I do it to my kids all the time when they ask questions. There was this one time they asked me this one question and Ohhh man you should have seen there faces when I gave them the answer. Probably the funniest comeback ever in the history of comebacks. Good times...Good times.

Let me put it this way... Multiply that one number by infinity & take it 2 the depths of forever & then you will have some vague idea what I'm talkin about... Ya feel me?

Pops is a tough s.o.b.

I know the last couple of blogs have been kinda mushy. Sorry. But here comes another...

This year has been an interesting one for my parents. Some of you may remember the 6th or 7th hip replacement surgery I posted about for my mom. Hell it could be more, I just threw out a number. Well she has a drill bit still in there for life. So that was awesome. Then my pops wised up and got some check ups done just because he should. Well, he found out he was diabetic, about ready for a heart attack and had prostate cancer. He has made great strides to help out the diabetic stuff. He had the heart surgery and today he had the prostate surgery. The man is tough s.o.b. I couldn't make it up to the hospital for the surgery due to father duties, but I sat here and just thought about him. I thought about all the things he has done for me. He truly is a great man. Granted he has many faults. We all do. He is basically me, but older (and not as hot) from a joking humor standpoint. But he is one of the smartest guys I know. Just loads and loads of information. I think he buys his underwear at Kmart basically.

Growing up he was always there to help me succeed in baseball. Lessons upon lessons. Watching plenty of baseball games on TV. One thing I will never forget, is he sold his 84 Ford Bronco that he really really loved so I could attend a baseball camp the day after Christmas down in Mesa AZ. Truly great experience with nothing but MLB coaches. He never missed a game growing up. When I played ball, I was pretty locked in at the plate. Nothing would phase me and I couldn't hear anything. Except for one voice. I could hear my Dads. I could always here my Dad helping while I am alone at the plate.

He is one of my best friends. I am so proud of him for the changes he has made in his life. I am so grateful for all he has done for me and what he is doing for me now. I am proud to be his son. I am doing everything I can to make sure he knows that.

Oh and his sense of humor..... Out of surgery and headed to his room, he wakes up just enough to look at my Mom and say "No sex for you!" Love that guy!!! What a dick.

I miss things as a Dad....

Okay so there are some things that I realize I am really bad at as a Dad. The hardest part for me, are the little things. Those damn little things you miss as a parent that probably aren't a big deal to your children, but you feel like shit for missing it. Yaaaa... thats me. Having the kids full time has me constantly racking my dome to make sure I remember little things as much as I can.

Well tonight after the kids had their showers, I saw claws! Freaking talons coming from Jaxons feet. If they were any longer, I would fully expect him to swoop down out of the sky in some majestic forest and grab a poor little trout out of the water. Ya I felt good. We took care of that. But it was one of those what the fuuu moments on my part.

Keep the toenail clippers close people.....keep em close. Feel better about yourself for checking those suckers on a frequent basis.

Blog for the Birthday Boy

This blog is completely dedicated to my stud of a son Jaxon M. Wolfley! Words cannot express how amazing this young boy is. He loves unconditionally. He loves to give you loves. He loves to make you laugh. My kids are my life. They mean everything to me. Jaxon has brought so much happiness to Taylor and I. He has made me a better father and a better person. I learn from him on a daily basis. His willingness to forgive and compassion for others amazes me to no end. He wears his emotions on his sleeve and I would never change that about him. He is an amazing little brother. Taylor and Jaxon get into their fair share, but I never get sick of watching them play together and how perfect they are. They truly are my greatest adventure. I love you Jaxon. You make me one of the proudest fathers in the world.

Happy 6th Birthday sweet boy. Thank you for being one of my rocks. Thank you for always being there for me when I need you most. Thank you for just being you.

Car brawl with the kids?

One of my favorite things about my kids, is when they get excited about things that are old school. Most recently we were out driving around invitations for Jaxon's sixth birthday (Happy Birthday Buddy) and I decided to teach them a good ole fashion game of Padiddle! I explained to them the rules, which are:

1. See a car with one light out, you yell padiddle and hit the closest person to you.

2. See rule one!

We had a great time and no we didn't hit each other.....hard. Things got heated between Taylor and Jaxon, so I ended the game.

It was a fun night. I was able to talk to some ex-family I hadn't seen in quite awhile along with some friends I have dearly missed. It was a night where I didn't mind that bed time was well past.

They have been enjoying old school movies lately too. Most recently, was the Oscar snubbed Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey. They thought it was hilarious!! Who wouldn't? When they are older I shall introduce them to the legendary Fletch, Caddyshack, and possibly Raising Arizona. Hell, I might even break out the Commodore 64 and have them play some Zork!

Oh and I totally ended the game/brawl with a win by getting a PaDunk! I just forgot to tell them about that rule.

The weight room run in

Okay so I haven't blogged for a couple of weeks. That is due to the lack of anything interesting to talk about. I have had a few people ask about what happened when I was working out and got into a little disagreement. So here is the story....Come along with me....

So I have been working out with my friend Chad for ohhh seven or eight months. We do stations and rotate through them four times at generally 10 reps per station. So at times we can make it not very accessible for others. We are fully aware of this and don't have any problems letting people use the things we are.

NOW... There is this one guy. I don't know his name, but we call him buttsweat. The name needs no explanation. Just, that there is a lot of it. He has bad etiquette. He will come in without asking and just use the machine or weights and not put them back how we had it set. He also likes to use things that we are using even though he can clearly do his pull ups or something somewhere else. Ohhh and he leaves his puddles of buttsweat on the benches.

So there is a little history. SO... Shoulders I believe was the workout on this day. I am rotating through the stations and everything is grand. Enter buttsweat. He did his normal I am doing my pull ups at this spot where you are instead of the other spot where nobody is. Okay cool, whatever man. So still doing our cycles at the stations and then buttsweat decides he is going to use the dumb bells for lunges and whatever his thing is. But he decides to do it right in front of the rack of weights. Not like...oh let me take a couple of steps away from the rack. No no, he was basically humping the rack. He was that close. So my friends are having to wait for this douche and go around him to put away the weights and pick them up. On top of that, Chad had to reach over the rack to grab a 55 because he couldn't get to it. I saw this from afar and decided yaaaa NO! I quickly get through my three stations to get to this guy. I get there and I have to move around him to use the weights. As I do, I say in a fairly nice tone..."Hey man, you might want to move away from the rack so the rest of us can get to the weights." Ignored. I kind of chuckle at that and go through my stations again. With me people?? So he is still dry humping the rack. I get back to him and he had his dumb bells perfectly set in front of him. Well, they were in my way. So I kicked them out of my way and got mine. So I finish our 4 rounds and Chad was setting up this sick burn I hate doing. Well I decide buttsweat must need another reminder of his location. So I say it again, this time not so nice. "Hey you need to move away from the rack. You are in every ones way." Here is where it gets good. As soon as I said that, the guy immediately looks at me and says "Oh you own this place?" Not expecting that response at all, I said "Um no. But you are working out right in front of the rack and you are in the way." He came back with yet again.."Oh that's right I forgot you own this place! YA YOU OWN THIS PLACE!" "Dude I am not trying to be an ass. I am just telling you that you are in the way." "You are being an ass. If you would have said please, I would have done it in the first place." Okay soooo. I didn't know I was in 1st grade wear we needed to use "please" to guys that love to grind the racks while he works out. But okay whatever. Then he said "Whats your name?" I said "You don't need to know my name!" Whats your name?" "Chris. Make sure you spell it right if you turn me in!" He followed it up with "Ya know what, ya know what?? FUCK YOU!!" At this point, Chad knew it was time to grab me and pull me away. Thank god for him or I would be out of a job. I finished it off with "Hey can you clean up your ass sweat you leave everywhere?"

So we did the burn and I frickin ran through that thing. Chad was kinda laughing because I was so amped up and I generally never finish this burn. So I go to shower and the dickwad decides to stair me down as I leave. Later, Chad tells me the guy went off on Chad about not cleaning up the weights. Chad didn't stand for that and let the guy know he wasn't the last one to use it. And don't ever talk to me like that again.

Okay people...ehhhhhhh.... I mean....is it okay that I wanted to break his arm? What I do know is, I haven't seen him in the weight room since. You know why? I do own that weight room!!! Now get the fuck out!!!

Peace!!!!

Why I love the game of baseball

Well its been since 1995 since my Cincinnati Reds have been in the playoffs. They have done it with nothing but talent. Nothing but the will to be the best that they can. They are not a top market like the Yankees or Boston. They don't go out and buy championships instead of grooming their farm system. They are doing it how it should be done. I am proud to be a Reds fan. I am proud that they are a mid level market team and playing just as well as the Yankees and other high paying teams.

Baseball is our national pastime. Its a treasure. Am I a connoisseur? Eh.... I know a lot. More that the average fan. I understand what is going on in managers minds when a hit and run is on. Why he did it in that situation. To me, it is an art to play the game. When the boys of summer are out there, I consider it The Louvre, The Guggenheim, etc. There is nothing like watching teammates that know each other so well turn a 6-4-3 double play. There is nothing like watching that elite pitcher take the mound knowing full well, that they can't touch him. There is nothing like watching the speed of a center fielder that plays shallow because when that ball gets in the air over him, that he can still get to it. Its my version of ballet. Its perfect.

Some of my most happy moments in life have come in the dugout. Baseball players are spazz's by nature. Also a bunch of dickheads. We will go out of our way to make someone look bad, play jokes on and point out personal flaws for some good laughs. One time their was a kid pitching and we joked that it looked like Michael Bolton out there on the mound. So what do I do when I get up....Well I started singing of course..."Tell me how am I suppose to live without you?" The times you have in the dugout are times that you cherish. You cherish the comradery, the laughter and the family you have all trying to succeed with the same goal...to win.

These men play with all their heart and determination like you have never seen. They get paid to play a game they use to play for free. They play with a passion for the game that is unmatched in any sport. That to me is art. That to me is why I love the game of baseball. That is why I love all baseball fans. True baseball fans. So don't come up to me with any kind of opinion on the playoffs unless you actually follow the game and have an understanding. Not because you have watched three playoff games and repeat what announcers tell you. Ya feel me?

So go Reds!!! Regardless of the outcome, I am so proud of them. The hunt for a Reds October begins this week.

A Great Daughter

Even though I get on her case a lot, I can't help be realize what an amazing little girl I am raising. Last night I had a bad night. One of those nights where you just wish you had someone. Someone to love, hold, laugh, talk... Laying in bed is the hardest for me when you are there all alone. So ya I had my moment where I kind of lost it. Who was there to console me? Ya.. this perfect girl that I have. She came in and asked me not to be sad because it makes her sad. Followed by "Besides you have me." She laid with me for awhile and cracked some jokes to make me laugh. She hugged me so many times that I couldn't cry anymore. To finish up, she looked at me and said "You good? Okay I am going back to bed."

Its moments like that, that I will never forget. Regardless of where life takes me, I will always have those memories to remind me that I am not alone. That she will always be there for me. I will always know she is there to make me laugh. She will always melt my heart when I watch her help her little brother without being asked. She gives love to everyone and it shows in Jaxon, who is just the same.

I personally hope all my friends get a chance to meet this young lady. She is one in a million. She is my best friend. She is what makes me proud to be a Dad. Her Dad. I love you Taylor Lynn Wolfley.

I met four of the most amazing people Friday night

Safetysuit is one of my favorite bands of all time. Top four for sure. If you consider active bands, then top two. For many reasons, first and foremost, Doug Brown the lead singer told Beyonce to suck it at the concert (jokingly). He sings a great if you like then you should put a ring on it!

Their first album was/is called.. Life left to go. With the last song called exactly that. Very strong lyrics about suicide and talking someone out of attempting it. Its people like this who can bring such a strong message to people for such a good cause. I admire them on such a high level for it.

The concert was at UVU with the help of the Second Chance Foundation of Utah. The point is to help bring awareness to people with the thoughts of committing suicide. They want to build self esteem and make people feel better about themselves. Who better to do it than this band who brings such great energy to the stage. Doug made a great statement before a song about people helping others who are hurting on the inside. Then proceeded to have the ladies sing after him "I am beautiful." It was a very moving moment and realize what these guys are about. You knew it before if you have heard them, but when you see it live... you get a whole new prospective.

So they are flat out dominating this concert. Doug almost lost his guitar into the crowd, but was luckily holding onto it. I have it on my phone. Pretty classic! I almost had to take a kid outside to calm him down with my fist because he has a serious man crush on Doug. Hear me out.... Doug likes to be interactive with the crowd and he came up to the rail and this kid LAUNCHED himself to get him some Doug Brown action. He went to crazy and rammed into a girl and this 10 or 11 year old kid was getting crunched. So I laid down the law and he wasn't to bad after that.

After it was over with a brilliant performance of 'life left to go', people started to vacate. I was just sitting back and soaking in the things that they had talked about and then the band came out to sign autographs and mingle. First I met Jeremy Henshaw (Bass). I like to call him G.C. Deuce because he is a spitting image of Clooney. This guy was insanely nice. We talked for a bit about who writes the songs and the next album's title. Tate Cunningham came up (Drummer) came up and told me to start fly fishing and it would change my life. Sorry bro..not touching those slimy suckers. Then Dave Garofalo (Lead Guitar) made his way over and was like the the coolest, nicest guy ever. Talking to people about playing guitar and excited for people taking lessons. Also very very appreciative that people were there to see them play. This cat is insane to watch jam out. He dances the whole time and plays incredible at the same time. Doug Brown (Guiar, Lead Vocals) was obviously the busiest of the bunch, but still took time to sign my ipod and we joked about some twitter messages I sent him. Very nice guy with a lot of jokes for everyone. I was having to much fun talking to them, I didn't ever think about just thanking them for the message they send to people and how much their songs inspire people. Although it was short, one of the best concerts I have ever been to. I also met four of the most amazing guys ever that night. Forever a fan for what they do and how they do it. These guys do it the right way!

Thanks Safetysuit and Second Chance Foundation for doing what you do. Thanks for reminding people to love themselves and others. So easily forgotten and we people like that to help remind us.

Here are some links for you peeps and use them:

http://www.safetysuitmusic.com/

http://www.secondchancefoundationofutah.com/

Until next time and thanks for reading.

I hate school work

Back when we were having discussions about having children, I guess school work never came up. I hated school work. I still hate school work. Plus I suck at it. I have been doing good helping Taylor, but there are things coming up already that has made me try to think back if I was learning these things at her age. I think I was suppose to, but bypassed the learning part.

Today was classic. Jaxon has homework for his Kindergarten class. Its like...Draw a picture of something loud and quiet and practice counting to 20. Now thats what I am talking about!!! But Jaxon threw a frickin fit!!! I thought he was going to collapse from balling so hard. This is the part where I try to be understanding, but doesn't work out to good. He got it done.

Taylor amazes me when it comes to how her mind works. Last year she told the teacher it was my fault that she didn't get her homework done, because I didn't push her enough to do it. She also thinks that she is going to die from doing her homework. My answer to that, was..."Well at least you will have eternity to get it done." It did take her along time tonight to get her homework done. I told her "You would have gotten done a lot faster if you would leave me out of it."

I sit here with her and I thought of a movie I would like to share...

Tommy: My Dad was smart, I'm not

Richard: Very true. But there's two types of smarts, book smart, which waved bye bye to you long ago. And there's street smarts, the ability to read people.

Anyways...thats why people like us have got to forge ahead Helen. Am I right?

So many different things to do when you go camping

So I went camping this last weekend for labor day. Sadly it was my first time out this year. I blame my parents for this. After you camp in a trailer, you can't go back to a tent. So THANKS MOM for inconveniencing me and my kids by needing a new hip. Always thinking of yourself!!

But there are so many fun things to do while you go camping that you don't normally do at home. Like walk the dog. Or sit in a chair outside. Play a board game. Hell I even watched some t.v. I mean who would do that at home?? Really?

For the most part I did have a good time. I felt bad I didn't get Taylors 4-wheeler running to make the trip. So I did spend most of my day riding with the kids so they wouldn't get bored. Taylor did get to drive the Rhino a few times and was pretty good. Her first driving lesson...sniff sniff. She was killer on the 500. I told her we may have to sell her 90 and upgrade. She didn't like that idea. The unfortunate part of the trip is they saw me break down (emotionally) not on the wheeler. I tried really hard not to. But I had to get in the Rhino and just take a drive. There are just times when you realize how much you need that companion to help you. I love my kids more than anything in the world, but sometimes you just need help. I didn't have the teammate by my side to help me with that. It could have been a combination of having your friends from work get engaged or married just before camping. It could have been the sharp knife that was jabbed into my back from my ex right before I left. But it happened. I broke down and the kids recognized it and started to miss their mom in the process. I countered it with more riding and more riding annnnd a lot more riding. We did make a lot of campers upset by the dust we created. Hey don't set up camp by the best spot to ride and catch some air is what I say!!

So what I learned on this camping trip:

I can barely handle two days when trying to entertain my kids.

There are tons of things to do camping that you can't do at home.

I am an emotional wreck.

Hiking would be a lot easier if there was ski lifts in more places.

You can compress the diameter of your sleeping bag by driving over it when packing up.

Branches will hurt you if you are not paying attention while riding.

Its just over the next hill still works while camping when your kids want to get back to camp.

Remember to pack more than one shirt for your son.

Don't build fires with strong winds. (That was a close one)

I make amazing marshmallows for smores.

Two things on my mind....

1. Is it absolutely necessary to get upset if someone spells something the wrong way in a chat? Until they get a spell check in chat I don't think its that big of a deal? So I said to instead of too. You got what I was trying to say. Seriously??? If I send out an e-mail I make sure its all good before departure. Notice the correct way I typed e-mail..see it..see it?

2. The other is music. I know I bag on specific music. Like country music or nickelback (awful)!! But that is just my opinion. I don't pretend to be right about it. I dont throw out the argument that what I say is frickin scripture. Anytime someone disagrees with someones genre or favorite band someone chimes in with how they know for a fact that you are wrong about that. Its all just opinion. So don't act like your choice in music is coming from the god of music and you have the only right answer. Feel me????

Peace everyone

C2theDub

I am on some new pills

I am been having some highs and lows recently. Mostly lows. I am sure some have noticed. But I am hoping this new drug can balance me out. Oh man I wish this was real.

The Office...Pranks

At my work we pride ourselves on a good practical joke. You have to lock your computer when you leave your desk. I make that mistake frequently and I pay for it. I came back to a wallpaper with Wizards of Waverly Place. It was pretty good, but I cant say I don't watch that with my kids. I have switched some keys on a keyboard over just one so its not noticeable. Changing the mouse buttons always good for a laugh. My truck got moved once, but didn't go over to well.

Then there are the bigger ones. My bro at work (Chad) is always the target. Someone posted a KSL ad for free chickens and had his work desk and cell phone. He got call after call after call and was probably the funniest thing I had ever seen. Then recently Chad got an email from his boss to call a Mr. Lyon and help him with a problem. Well he called the Hogle Zoo asking for Mr. Lyon. He asked three or four times for him. Finally the guy on the other line was like "dude I think you have been had."

We do get work done. Promise. But drop me a line if you have a good one. Also, if you use any of the above, please PLEASE let me know how it went.

The beast that is Lagoon

So this is the first year I took my kids to Lagoon on my own. I had an amazing time, but it drained me as well. There was no way around it, I had to go two days in a row. I did this so Jaxon can ride his little kid rides Saturday and bounce back today for Taylor and me to go on the big rides. Yesterday was really amazing to watch Taylor be a big sister. She was very caring and went on any rides she could with Jaxon. There was only a couple of times Taylor got really antsy about going on other rides, but she handled herself so good. Well that is until we got home and the fighting commenced as usual. It was odd to be so wore out by not doing to much. All the kid rides are in the same spot for the most part. But I was pretty tired. I was pretty excited to go to sleep last night and laid in bed until 2:00 am until I fell asleep. I think I got a good hour of sleep in until Jaxon had come into my room, fell asleep and then kicked me in the balls to wake me up and stand guard for the night. I am thinking because this isn't the first time this has happened, I might start sleeping with a cup on.

Round 2....So we get to Lagoon at 10:00 thinking that's when it opens and had to stand in line until 11:00 for the rides to open. Oh definitely go to Lagoon on a Sunday. You walk onto rides. Barely any waiting. Anyways.. Taylor has no fear at all. I love that girl!! We did all the rides we could a few times and I got a little sick from it. Wicked was pretty good. First time I have gone on it because the line was always to long. Same with the Spider. That one actually scared the shit out of me. Taylor loved it of course so we went a couple more times. It was a great day with her. I love just spending time with my daughter. She is truly one of the most fun and entertaining people I know. But after these two days, I am flat out drained. I am trying not to complain, but good hell!!!

One thing for sure is, there are no cheap thrills when you go there. My pockets are empty! I am also trying to decide if it was the rides that makes people sick or the substance they call food there? I also didn't get to try any theme park pick up lines since my kids were there. Just the basic ones...Like "Wanna ride my roller coaster?" or "I wanna throw my balls in your basket." I was gonna try "Do you wanna try the ring toss on on me?" Oh well, maybe some other time. You thought I would just blog and not throw in a couple of jokes??? Come on!!!

All in all I had an amazing time with my little ones. Tired as hell, but WELL WELL worth every minute of it.

Hey look Gary my main man Wells made the picture!!

My Monday Meetings

I cant help but wonder the amount of work that doesn't get done based on the amount of meetings that occur at the work place. I have a meeting with the developers I work closely with every Monday morning. It's a great meeting for me to sit back and enjoy the amount of nothing I apparently know while they truncate their IPEC server and DNS to the Apache server to hit the Tomcat machine???? Its all a bunch of languages that can consist of abbreviations and unnecessary overly used technical wording. They do this to see who can out duel each other until someone gives in and can finally get on their knees raise their arms and hand over the pocket protector like they were passing the torch of computer wisdom.

Well then there is our team meetings of just the testers. I use the phrase 'just the testers' because we are the cool kids of the I.T. world. We are the kids that you want to sit by at school. We dress normal, we shorten words in a good way. We don't limit our conversations to just other I.T. people. We joke about things that don't involve a hard drive. We make jokes about things that are completely inappropriate at the work place. I feel bad for our Manager because it could take our meeting about 3 minutes to get ours over with. But we tend to stretch it out as much as we can and make jokes about anything. So sometimes I can see he is thinking 'Good god why did I take this group?' My Mondays brighten up at 2:00 (when I am on time). It's the best Monday meeting you would want to be a part of. I could really take notes in our group and have a blog just about the meetings. Hmmmmmmmmm?????? But then there are sometimes... We are not that fun

So what did I accomplish on this blog about meetings? Developers talk in abbrv. My team is the shit! Meetings on my Mondays can be more than hilarious on both scenarios.

Why I hate world cup and the sport of soccer

Everybody knows I hate this damn sport. So this is more a rant blog. It really sucks that Taylor is an amazing goalie keeper person. But here is a list of reasons why it sucks.


1. World Cup is suppose to have around 32 teams playing in it. When they could really condense it if they just said Europe.

2. I like to call it being sniped. If someone gets hurt they are on the ground like a sniper from the stands just tagged them. Remember Mcnabb played a freaking football game with a broken leg???

3. I read somewhere that the average soccer player runs 4 miles in a game. Ya at 3 miles per hour. Soccer is like watching lord of the rings, a lot of running around on camera.

4. Ending a game with a penalty kick is like asking baseball to forget extra innings and have batting practice to determine a winner.

5. Here look at this yellow card!!!! oh oh you want to look at me that way RED BUDDY!!!!! ooohhhhhh

6. The mental stability of fans scares me. Ya know like murdering a player for doing something wrong. Or killing yourself because your team didn't win.

7. Do they think its cool to only have one name? Shit lets get Madonna out there.

8. Zero not nil

9. Soccer fans argument that it is the most popular sport ends there. That is where it ends to. Imagine if they could play NFL football as often as they get sniped.

10. THEY ARE WALKING ADVERTISEMENTS!!!!

11. The clock counts up and it never ends when it should. As a friend of mine said they use an actual hour glass and guesstimate.

12. The Goalie is a douche and thinks he needs to wear a different jersey then his own teammates.

13. Umbro markets Zyklon, a type of shoe, to soccer participants. Zyklon was the name of the gas used to kill Jews in WWII.

14. Singing chants at soccer games? It has no intimidation to other teams. It has no purpose.

15. Our really popular MLS team won whatever they call their Superbowl game and all 10 people showed up to celebrate it when they got home. We didn't even give them a parade. They brought the most famous player in the sport to our league to boost attendance and popularity and still nobody cared.

So there you have it. Soccer sucks.

Oh and if you have an opinion that does not agree with mine. I don't care so don't bother.

Punch this guy

If you see this guy, PUNCH him!!!! Not the super cute girl. But that guy is okay. This is my friend Chad. For some reason unknown to me, I started working out with him a little over a month ago. Because of this guy, I cannot move very well pretty much on a daily basis. The workouts this guy comes up with makes me believe that he does it just to see if I will try it. I know he is laughing to himself and sometimes out loud...'he is actually doing it'.

Joking aside I truly appreciate him helping me out to get in better shape. To bad I still look like Tommy Boy approaching the hot girl by the pool saying... 'You know where the weight room is? I'll check it out.'

I guess in the long run I started working out because now that I have to date again, I need to look better than I do. Because right now, if I decide to stroke out or have a heart attack from working out, I at least know I got plenty o' cushion to fall down on. So Chad as I have said before..Thank you. But I hate you. In a loving way.

Peace

C2theDub

I know the difference between a bit and a byte

My family has had this impression that I know all there is to know about fixing computers because I work in I.T. The fact of the matter is....not to much. I mean I know some stuff that I have picked up from great friends. But if you ask me to fix your computer, its going to be the same answer about 90 percent of the time....'Reboot'. Thankfully I have friends that do help me if I cant do it. They get a lunch out of it.

My patience has been tested this last year trying to help my parents learn to use these things called computers. Ya know the hard things like scrolling, clicking the back button, copy and paste. The advanced classes. But I love them none the less.

So for now on when my family asks me to help them, it will be required to ask in Carla Tate form. To which I will reply...'NO BLUES!!!!'

My Adventure

Anyone who knows me, knows I joke around pretty much all the time. I try to make a joke about anything. A lot of them fail, but if I can make someone laugh at least once a day, I feel better that I made that persons day just a little happier with a smile or laugh. I have every intention of doing just that on this blog. I also intend to maybe use this as an outlet to just talk about my life and whats going on with it. I am not a person who reaches out looking for help so maybe this will help me just get some stuff out there. I hope anyone who reads this will enjoy it.

So here I am....here I go....life's waiting to begin. I heard that song listening to one of my favorite bands 'SafetySuit'. It was a video about their tour and they used 'The Adventure' as the song. When I heard the line I thought to myself...ya thats me in a nut shell.

I have made a lot of mistakes in my life to get me to this point. The only thing that has kept me going is two AMAZING children. My daughter Taylor is one of the funniest people I know. She is alot like me in that she always wants to make someone smile. She is a joker. She is beautiful and my best friend. We laugh and we love. My other little one is Jaxon. He is amazing in that he is just so loving. He always is willing to give you a hug and just tell you that he loves you. These two are my adventure. They define me as a person, as a father and a friend.

A new chapter is starting for me. I am going to make the best of it and learn from everything in my past and make it the best it can be. I hope you all enjoy the journey with me.