Shirk Happens!

To all my blogger fans, I must admit that I have shirked my responsibilities in blogging. And with that I apologize. Around the first of December my work sent out an email to everyone that there was a huge dip in bandwidth in there company that was affecting performance of the business communication with Findlay, Ohio. One of the problems that could have caused this dip is the fact that there has been abnormal traffic to youtube.com and personal blogs. Therefore you are not to go to those sites or suffer the consequences. So there in a nutshell is why I haven't blogged because I use to do most of it while I was at work and on breaks. This will cool down in a bit and the majority of the employees will start slowly going back to those sites but until the cool down period has expired I will have to blog from home. Sorry it took me so long. Maybe I will set a record and post 2 posts in January. Everyone hold your breath........

Another Day in Turnaround

We came into work on this rainy day hoping to have some work to do. In our line of work we are one of the last ones in to get our stuff done and if some of the crafts ahead of us take too long to get there jobs done then it shortens the amount of time we have to get our stuff done and then you have managment on your back to get your job done so they can start up the units. It is very upsetting to have work you need to get done and you try to get done and when you go back the next day it is all ripped back out. So now we wait to get to do our job........It is a very long wait. Hope everyone had a great turkey day.

Happy Turkey Day

I hope everyone is having a grand Turkey day. I am stuck here at work and wondering why I am here. We got most of our work done and the rest will have to wait till tomorrow. They say that we will be able to leave after only 10 hours but we will see if that is true. I hope to be home sometime after 6 pm to spend what is left of Thanksgiving with Brando and the kids. I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday because I know now that you dont really really miss it until you cant have it. Hope to have this all over with before Christmas. Wish me luck....

Long Hiatis (sp)

I haven't posted in a day or two so i thought i would take this time to let everyone know that I am quiting my job and going to be a professional World of War craft player. Yep you heard it right. I can level up my characters and then sell them on ebay for allot of $$. I have already turned in my two weeks notice and should be building multiple characters shortly. Why go to work and have to deal with turnarounds and idiots when I can make money at home and spend time with my lovely wife and kids. And if any of you really think I would be stupid enough to do this then you might know me all to well. Just kidding I am still working Turnaround and ready for it to be over with. Wish me luck and the Wolf Creek Cemetery site has 2007 pics and better rez videos on it as we type so make sure and visit. Sorry to have neglected my blogging dooties. he he he.....he said dooty.

Like I said.... In 3s.

A few days ago we were looking in the pond and for a while now we have seen a little black shadow of a fish. It is much smaller than the rest so we suspect that it has spawned in the pond. Well after waiting for it to get a little bigger to get a better look we have see that there is not just one fish but at least three new smaller fish. We are pretty excited over the new arrivals and cant wait for them to grow so they are easier to see and are not so quick. I cant even think about netting them because they are lightening fast. Hope to see more new fish in the future. Lost two but gained three.

The Clock Strikes 2!

Since my last post, death has struck two fish down in there prime. Both due to my error. I feel sorry for the little guys. One was the Oranda of the previous post. He made it a day or two after posting and then had a flushing party. Words were said over the bowl, it was a beautiful ceremony. Then Friday I was cleaning the filters in the pond and didn't notice a nosy little comet decided to get down in the filter with the pump. Sunday when I cleaned the filter, there was the little comet all pasty and stinky. He got thrown in the ditch. He was a little big to flush. I hope that the ole grim reaper is gone for now but they say it happens it threes. I wonder who is next?????

All OK but 1

All my fishies are doing OK except one. An Oranda that has been seen laying at the bottom of the tank and sometimes upside down. I have treated these fish with everything I know to keep them alive. I am not sure what will come from today. The tank is in Yuris room so I dont dare turn on the light an inspect what has happened in the morning. I just have to wait until I get home to check out how they are all doing. I hope my poor little Bubble Head makes it....

Sickly Fishies

A couple of weeks ago one of my fish that has bug eyes looked like one of his eyes was a little larger than the other. I kept an eye on him (No pun intended) and in a couple of days it was really noticeably bigger and with investigation and Googling told me he suffered from an infection called Popeye. That night I made a run to the store to get a remedy for my ailing fish and cooped him up and placed him in the aquarium where I will treat him and his tank mates. After a full week of the remedy, I still don't notice an improvement but I think it has stopped getting worse. Hopefully time will tell if his eye will go back to normal. While this was going on we decided to put the tank in Yuri's room. So we drained the tank about 2/3 rds empty and moved the tank. I filled the tank half way full and let it set about an hour with the aerator running to help get rid of the chlorine in the water. Then I filled the tank up and finally found my chemical dechlorinator and added it in. I noticed the fish acting lethargic and sleepy but it is darker in his room than where it normally sat. After a day I could tell the fish were obviously stressed big time. They lay at the bottom of the tank barely moving there gills to breath. I started to notice little white dots on the Black moor Goldfish aka Bo Bo. I quickly went over to my Mom in laws house and got her Ick remedy and added to the tank as well as adding the Popeye remedy to help with any other baddies in the tank. Yesterday morning the tank was still with stressed out fishies but by time I got home last night the fishes looked like they where back to normal. Unfortunately the stress has reeked havoc with the Orandas fins. Hopefully in time she will look back to normal again. I feel so bad for what these little fish have gone through.

Gettin around to Postin

I am finally going to post my review on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I was a pretty good movie. It was long and if they put every aspect of the book into this movie it would have been about another hour and a half tacked on to it. Most things were pretty well as the book describes so I will give it 4 and a half stars out of 5. I think the way they did the dementors in this movie is a lot more creepier. I have mixed feelings about seeing the next movie and I know that Brando is anxiously awaiting this weekend where she will pick up her book at a Harry Potter party at midnight. Have a nice weekend everyone.

New Addictions

A couple of guys at work are playing World of Warcraft. Since December of last year our days have been filled with talkings and goings on in the WOW world. Clod started as I said last December while Skeeter held out until May. I am the last hold out to cave because I started last night. It is highly addictive and I can see how people can get obsessed with the game. I worked late last night so I got a late start. I got on basically as soon as I got home and stayed on till 11:30 pm. I didn't sleep to well thinking about how to play the game and I hope this game does not ruin the rest of the summer. I really like to play but I can see where if I don't play in moderation it will cause problems. I recommend this game but only if you don't have a addictive personality.

Also I am really excited about tonight. Tonight Brando, Hope, Clod, Yuri and I will be going to see the new Harry Potter movie. I cant wait. I am so glad that Brando asked her mom to watch Yin so we can go out for the evening. I will make sure and give a review of the movie in the next posts.

Dumber than dirt

I cant believe how unbelievably stupid I am. Our pool has been running a bit high in Ph so I purchased some Ph minus to bring down the alkalinity. I tested the pool and also noticed the chlorine level was low too. So to kill one pool owner with one bottle I decided to put the two in one bottle and add to the pool water. I added water and shook the bottle and poured the contents into the pool. With quit a bit of powdery residue in the bottom of the container I repeated by filling with water and capping and a vigorous shake and pour. On the third time I must have finally got the chlorine and the Ph minus powder to mix because the bottle started to swell and heat up quickly. I started to uncap the bottle but it started to spew. I held the bottle under the water level and loosened the cap and it just about exploded in my hands releasing a cloud of vapor that burned my lungs and took my breath away. I rinsed the last of the toxic mixture into the pool and capped the clean bottle when I noticed my arms starting to burn. I quickly washed the chlorine and Ph minus (acid) mixture from my arms. After coughing like I had just smoked a cigarette store, I sat by the pond and pondered what a dumb ass I was. After I caught my breath and my lungs didn't quite burn so much I walked into the garage to look at the container. It says in BIG print "DON'T MIX WITH ANY OTHER POOL CHEMICALS!!!" Like I said I am a complete dumb ass. It has been about two hours since my exposure and my lungs and throat still burn a bit. I told Brando if I don't make it thought the night make sure and write on my grave marker, "Died being a dumb ass!" I think it would be fitting. Everyone in Blogger land dont worry about me, I am sure I will go out in an even dumber way than this.

New Transformers Trailer

Just saw it and I must say that it was pretty good. I was a little too busy to follow in parts and sometimes I was confused about which bot was good and which was bad but I would give it a high 4 out of 5.

Big Bangin Weekend

(Heres a picture of the Fireworks from my camera.....Just kiddin I borrowed the picture from Google.)

Since my last post, alot of things have happened in my life. Here are just the major ones.

1. My mom in law broke her arm trying to help hold a horse steady.

2. My parents came up to visit us for fire works.

3. My cousins and there better halves came up to visit for fire works.

4. My aunt and uncle came up to visit for fire works.

5. My brother and I got a year older.

6. We put 6 new fish in the pond.

I must say that I dont think I could have had a more pleasant weekend than we had. The only way it could have been better is if it was longer. I am really glad that Bean Boy, Mrs Bean Boy, Cynical, Ragged, Aunt R, Uncle A and of course my parents was able to make it up to visit on such a wonderful holiday. I hope everyone went home with a full belly and hoping to make it back up North soon. We will try to make it Southways as soon as we can.

Home again

I made it home Friday evening and have been trying to catch up on all the stuff that I normally do. Yesterday we went to pick up a few things from Eville and stopped at the Old Mill Resteraunt at around 9 pm for supper. After we ate until we were about to explode, we rolled into the van and arrived home after 10 pm. The kids were wiped and so were we. This morning we woke up and started straightening up the house. We cleaned the kitchen cabinets and the fridge out. After that we went for a swim to cool off. It was nice to relax in the pool. We all dried off and came inside to some lunch and took a quick nap. What a nice relaxing day as long as you dont spend alot of time outside.

Shaken Not Sturred

I don't know why all the exciting things have to happen while I am away. Here I am in sunny Phoenix and all sorts of exciting things are happening at home.

Yesterday, a friend for work gave me 5 HUGE Goldfish. I mean scaling and eaten HUGE. Well As soon as my plane touches down I call home to find out that one fish is MIA. My mind started to race with all the things that could have happened to this fish. I mean for this fish to up and vanish would be a pretty big feat. After about an hour of stomach churning worry about this poor fish and what I am going to tell my friend, I get a call that the thing has been hiding in a spot under a rock we didn't know existed until now. Now my stomach is still in knots but I am waiting for something else to happen since I am so conveniently close. Maybe the pond will catch fire next.

Haven't been here an hour and want to go home. I guess I will start climbing the walls. Maybe be in the next Spider man movie. His new villain Nervous Wreck. I just need a full body suit and some Speedos with an emblem of someone biting their finger nails on the chest.

Happy Belated Anniversary

Happy Belated Anniversary Brando!!!!

Cant wait for the next 16.

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Holiday World or Bust

Today we went to Holiday World, thanks to Pilot and Needles for letting us have their tickets. We wanted to go but didn't want to spend a bunch of money to get rained out and Needles being under the weather and unable to use the free tickets that her work gives her, we benefited by going with only having the purchase a ticket for Yuri. We fibed and said Yin was still 2 years old so she could get in for free $29.00 cause she missed it by 5 weeks. OUCH. Thanks again Pilot and Needles, we will have to go out to eat together, my treat, as long as we make sure and clear our wardrobe plans prior to the dinner date.

This was Yin's first time at Holiday World. Mom aka Brando took Yin to the kiddie park while Yuri and I went on the Raven. Yuri got off the coaster and complained that his head hurt so that was that for roller coasters for the day. Upon meeting up with Mom and Yin, she informed me that Yin was being a pain with wanting to ride a ride only to wait in line, get on the ride and then when Mom stepped away from her, Yin would start crying wanting off the ride. She had done this three times in the time we left them and met up with them again. I then took her to the seahorses ride and put her on the ride and stepped away. She began to cry for me. I told the attendant, "Crank her up." The sea horses went up and down and round and round with Yin setting there with a sad little face making her sad kitty cat noises. When she got off, I figured that Yin would be OK to ride some other ride. We put her on the little fishes ride only to drag her off before it could start because she was crying again. Heaven help us with this child.

Yuri rode the Raven and the canoes and then we went to the Holidog kiddie park and the kids played in the water a bit. Since they were wet, we headed to the Splashin Safari to play in the water park. Mom and Yin headed to the Crocodile Isle kiddie area while Yuri and I headed to the lazy river. We made three trips around the met up with Mom and Yin. We all headed to the new wave pool and enjoyed the waves crashing on us until our toes looked like white California raisins. We had the pork chop sandwiches at the local eatery and headed back into the wave pool. After we looked like shivering dead pirates on Pirates on the Caribbean I. We got dressed and went back to the drier side of the park. We rode the Tin Lizzies and the Gobbler Getaway. Then Mom and Yuri rode the bumper cars. Had about 10 pounds of fudge and tried one more time at the kiddie area for Yin's sake. Nutten Doin... By now Yin was pretty well tuckered and wasn't gonna have any of it. Being everyone was pooped, we headed for the car. A lady asked me if we wanted our hands stamped for reentry. I said, "No thanks." but I wanted to say that I couldn't handle a reentry today. We had a lot of fun but Yin will have more fun when she gets a little older. Also Yuri will have a better time when he gets a little bigger too. The Legend and the Voyage were a little too big a coaster for him this time.

Hope everyone had a nice weekend.

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