This is 401 and counting

I have completed 400 posts on this website. I hope you have enjoyed the thoughts and rants going on in my brain. I enjoy telling and I hope you enjoy reading.

What is too expensive?

Why is it I will gladly spend $50 dollars on a nice dinner for the wife and I, but wonder if it is worth the extra $4 for the nicer insoles?  The food will be waste hours later but the insoles will be 6 months of happy feet. 

I'm sure many others do the same types thing. 

Like sleep on a bad mattress, but go on a cruise ever year. Would it make sense to skip the cruise this year and have a nice place to spend 1/3 of your day everyday for the next 8 to 10 years?

Why do we consider things for ourselves too expensive or not important?

Are you gellin?

This last weekend I purchased a new pair of shoes for work and I purchased  insoles to go in them. I was trying to decided between the generic $8 insoles or the $12 insoles. I decided to splurge and spend the $12 and get the really nice ones. I purchased the Dr. Scholl's massaging gel insoles. I'm very happy with the purchase. I figure since I will be wearing my shoes 60 or so hours a week for at least 6 months, it was worth the $4 extra dollars. I would recommend giving your feet the treat of gel.

Don't Bullshit me!!!

I have worked in sales for a good part of my career. So I can usually spot a person that is feeding me crap. Why is business so full of crap? I have always been honest with my customers and I expect the same in return. I know it is hard to believe, an honest salesman. Why is it that so many people lie to the customer to get them to buy a product? The customer will only change there mind about your product and never recommend it to anybody. Making your product a short term product. Why has greed made us question our values? Don't people understand that quality products have more value then lies and crap?

Loving the Wii

I know you can make all the jokes you want but I truly love my Wii. TI has all of the games I once loved and all the new things you could ask for. They just came out with Punch-Out with Everlast boxing gloves. One of the original Nintendo's greatest games. Little Mac is at it again fighting, Glass Joe and King Hippo along with all of the others from the original game. The great part of this game today is the Everlast boxing gloves and the fact that you are actually boxing instead of pushing buttons. The Wii rules because it gets you off of your fat ass and makes you sweat. I don't have this game but if you are look for something to get me for my B-Day on June 24Th this would be a good one. (hint hint)

Party's are different now

Last night we had some friends over for taco salad. It was a great time playing in the blow-up pool out back, and the sprinkler I had put in the trampoline. Then once it got dark we came inside and the men played a bowling tournament on the Wii. (I just wanted to point out that Jenna beat all of the guys in the last game, including Rob.) At the end of all the fun I was exhausted and ready for bed. I laid in bed and started to think about the party's before children and how different they were. My friends aren't getting trashed and getting naked for no reason any more. The only nudity last night was under the age of 4 from a diaper malfunction in the trampoline. It's not a bad thing just different.

Not worth the Suck.

I'm sure I have done this rant before but hear it comes again. A day off doesn't mean less work, it actually means more work in less days for me. Working in the beer industry for almost 10 years now I have grown to hate holidays. I get 1 day off, for 2 -3 weeks of hell. How does this add up? I would much rather work the holiday and just get payed then have 2-3 weeks of hell for a day off.

I have work a lot more then an extra 8 hours in the past 2 weeks. 

Looking for some feedback.

What do you think of these products? I know that some of them you have never heard of because they are new. Just give me your opinion and I will explain my reasons later.

• Arizona Iced tea 20oz plastic bottle (all flavors)
  
• Arizona Vapor water
• Vidration
• Xenergy (energy drink)
  
• Oh Yeah! (protein shake)
• Go Girl (energy drink)
• killer buzz (energy drink)
• Revolution Tea 
• Borba Skin Balance Water

I know you are asking yourself why I want to know your opinion on these products. Your just going to have to wait on that question, until a later date. 

Thank you.

Building the perfect womon

The other morning my daughter Jenna turned on the TV and saw football on it. She comes running into my room and wakes me up saying "dad quick wake up football is on". It turned out to be some highlights they were showing on the news from last season because they were talking about the NFL draft that had happened a couple weeks ago. She was very disappointed that football was not on. She said to me "dad when is football going to start. I really need some football". Did I mention she is only 5 and already a huge football fan. 

I never had a son to pass things onto, but I think I might be build the perfect womon. I figure if I have instilled football at age 5 how much progress can I make by 10 or 15.

Spining

This Saturday morning me and the wife went to a spin class at our gym. I have always thought the class was dumb, but figured I would give it a try. I was surprised that I lasted the entire hour. The work out was pretty intense and once I got past the 35 minute mark it was much easier. If you have ever done this class you already know that my butt is in pain. I would recommend the class and will do it again when the soreness goes away.

Crazy or Happy?

I'm sure every city, and possible every area of town has the crazy person dancing and singing at the bus stop. I see this lady every week dancing up a storm, and singing at the top of her lungs at the bus stop at 7am. I have always thought that lady is super crazy. Today looking at her smiling, dancing, and singing I thought the same thing "That lady is so nuts". Being in a truck all by yourself will lead to thinking and that's just what I did. I wondered, Where is she taking the bus to? Where does she live? Does she love or hate her job? Does she even have a job? What is she so damn happy about? 

I have been called crazy when I'm having fun and just enjoying life. I have also been called crazy for wanting to be spontaneous. So is crazy just being yourself and enjoying life, or is it a serious mental thing. I think it's fun to be crazy sometimes.

So, is she crazy or just happy?

Mothersday cooking adventure.

Me and the wife went on an cooking adventure on Sunday and used our family as guinea pigs. I have never had Cornish game hens before and have definitely never cooked them before. This Sunday I cooked 10 Cornish game hens, that turned out really well. Not to bad for a first timer. 

We marinated them in a homemade sauce for about 4 hours then cooked them on cedar planks out on the grill for about an hour on low heat. Me and the wife make a great team.

Some pictures of the mothers day dinner below.

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Information overload.

I have been on the computer a lot lately with no time to blog. I have been working very hard to learn as much as possible as quickly as possible. I am really enjoying learning HTML and can't wait to build my first web site. I still have a lot to learn but it is coming along really well. I have actually started to dream about code in my sleep. This has lead me to believe I have information overload and need a little time off to absorb what I have learned. I will be back to the learning in a few days and hope to finish my HTML cheat sheet that I'm putting together. I will post it when it is complete.

A very productive weekend.

This weekend was very busy. I built a wall in the back yard, mowed, pulled weeds, built some simple web pages for all my domains, helped my grandparents purchase satellite radio and installed it, then went to dinner with the wife and some friends at Vogue Bistro. I did all of that on Saturday. I was happy with what I did on Saturday, so I was lazy on Sunday. But I did more on Saturday then I have done in a month.