First off, MY DAD SOLD HIS HOUSE!! AND He is #5 on the list to get into Bethel Towers! Rock ON! I am so excited for him, that he will be going to a nice place that isn't filled with termites, dirt and in serious need of repair. I loved our house when we were kids and a lot of good stuff happened there, like our Christmas, the gaming nights, the LDOS parties, the New years parties.. you name it. It was so busy there, that I got an OPEN FOR BUSINESS sign for my window and then a CLOSED sign - just so when someone would come by to hang out they would know if I were home or doing homework.. Anything that happened in our highschool days usually was at our place, and I am very honored for it. I know my dad was also part of the group - we had the 'never-ending ice tea' pitcher, and wondered who kept filling it up :) my favorite quote from Carlos Molina- "I got a drink, it was almost empty, then I get up to get a soda a little bit later and its full again!". Dad you are the best :) The house became too much for him in his older years, but it did fetch him a nice retirement package ;) Susan and I are going to see you a lot in your new apartment when they call you very soon.. We will ALWAYS remember our first home - it was always my home till I moved to NJ.
In other news, finals are officially DONE! With my Katrina slideshow finished, I think I pulled an A in the PHL (ethics) and a B in the English tech writing. Next quarter I get a double dose of engineering math - yuck! Engineering statistics and Engineering systems.. not sure but it sounds scarry. I gotta do it, so...
FAMILY: Susan, Eric and Evelyn are coming NEXT WEEK! Holy SHIT! We got a lot to do in getting the place ready and we have this weekend to wrap it up - literally. We got gifts to finish, cleaning, the car needs an oil change, we got to get the baby stuff, the playpen, move a bed, and other fun stuff. In the end, its all good :)
CHRISTMAS IS COMING!! Wow - its going faster than expected. We got some good items foe everyone this season,so we don't need Santa anymore :P JK! You ALWAYS need Santa around for those hard to find things...Dad is getting a lot of shirts from LL BEAN - good stuff here! These are the sale items and they all rock - I got a new jacket for $40! I did get Dad THESE SHIRTS and THESE TOO from what Susan says, its like the bulletproof shirt. He likes the lined ones, so I got him 2 or 3. He REALLY needed clothes badly, so this is a good thing. Its the least we could do :) Dad P project is still going well and we should have his gift ready to go by next Thursday evening. Nicole has 2 sets of gifts to open this year - one set for NY and another for PA :) I hope she will like em and I spent a lot this time around. Most everyone else is getting an easy-to-mail gift that looks like a credit card.. hmmm... not sure what that is :P it's just easier that way for us especially since most of our friends live in another state! Go figure that out...
GAMING: I'm on the 'got too much stuff to play' list with our gaming group, but will still try to make it to events when I can. I'm still convinced that the X360 is the way to go - get on play and turn it off. It also allows me to play with Nicole and anyone else that is over at the same time. Next week Eric and I will be doing a lot of gaming, as its our vacation time too :) BF2142 is going well- I'm slowly unlocking the recon tree to get the machine gun for that kit instead of the sniper rifle.
HOME STUFF: Eric and Susan send our door handles, so that was nice :) I installed em upstairs and now have the ones for downstairs too :) I need to figure out the washroom ones, as the dummy handles are not the same there. OH, We have been watching the It takes a Thief show and WOW - what idiots we are. I had credit cards sitting out in the open, use to leave windows open in the daytime.. Holy crap man! Nicole and I went around one evening and fixed a lot of little things, so now we are better off if someone comes in uninvited. The next step is getting an honest safe, not a strongbox. I found it at Sams club for instore pickup. Most other places have you pay for the shipping and for a 100lb safe - well, lets just say F THAT!
FANTASY FOOTBALL: After discussing the ruling with Dave Brussin and Carlos Y, I am in the playoffs playing the #1 team! I'm gonna get spanked bigtime, as the gnomes have Gore, Westbrook and a good supporting cast of WRs and QB. I have some tough matchups this weekend, but might pull an upset - doubt it! This basically means that I will get the worst pick in the draft at #9 and most importantly, NO TROPHIE :( Who knows- stranger things have happened!
Next update will have some new pics of us, some Christmas things and maybe a surprise or two :)
Have a great Holiday weekend and I will see you all soon!
