Update: Micah's First Day

So apparently my child is too cool for school and ditched his school today. He got there and was playing fine for about 15 minutes before deciding he wanted "che'see pez" and went to hang out with one of his normal babysitters at the studio/preschool. Thankfully today was actually just an orientation day and so it didn't really matter that he wanted to go somewhere else instead.

I feel like this is a look into the future, my son, the Fonze of his day.

Congrats Micah!!!

So today Micah officially started Preschool today! That's right, my little man is going to have to stretch those unused sharing muscles and play nice with all the other kiddies. He has 8 kids in his class...7 boys and 1 girl...I pity that poor poor little girl. Have not heard yet from my wife how it went, but I'm sure there will be some post on either mine or her blog about it.

Stay tuned for an update on his day and a post about upcoming TV I'm looking forward to!

Career change in my future?

I'm gonna take you back, back to a day when i worked for the Great Mouse of the West and had dreams of a different career than Graphic Design.

*Fades to March of 2007*
I was working at Disney selling their timeshare vacation program(which if I may add is still not a bad idea if you have the money for it), and was planning on leaving there to go become an Orange County Sheriff. I had the book on what I would need to do, what I would be tested on and all that stuff and was ready to make the change. Then got engaged, married, and moved across the country.

*Back to the Present*
I have completed my schooling for Graphic Design and am currently looking for work. The search has been long, and each time I think I've found a good match it turns out it was just me thinking it was a good match and the employer thinking I need more experience.

So our teaching this Sunday at church was on moments of clarity and cloudiness with what the Lord has for you. This meaning that sometimes you have times of great clarity where you can see everything God has done and why he's done it, in other words everything clicks right into place and you have that "light bulb over the head" moment. Then you have the times where life seems so clouded and blinding that you couldn't see God or his plan if he literally put it on a sign and waved it in front of your face with flashing lights on it. I had one of these moments last night and here's what I've come up with:

I want to become a Police Officer/Sheriff in North Carolina. I still have the same drive and last night something inside of me kept pulling my mind to the idea and telling me to go for it. I absolutely love graphic design and if things go well, plan to do graphic design as freelance in my spare time, but the sign to be in Law Enforcement has never been more brightly lit in front of my face than it is now.

So here's to hoping that God's willing to give me a moment or two of that clarity to see that I'm doing the right thing.

Micah's sleeping patterns must go!

So for the weekend Micah decided it was time to test out a new sleep pattern. For those who don't know, my little boy has upgraded himself to a big boy bed and no longer has the confines of bars to hold him in. Instead, he can roam wherever his will desires at any time his will desires. Which leads to the lack of naps in the afternoon, because who would want to nap when you can play with your white noise machine and bounce around on dressers?

But he's newest trick was waking up at 3:45AM on both Friday and Saturday night to join my wife and me in our bed. Now I would not be so against this if he...you know...slept when he came in. But the constant hourly wake-up to the tune of "Nuggle Mama...*swoosh swoosh swoosh*...Nuggle Dada". <- That right there is the dance and song of Micah snuggling mom and then a few seconds later changing sides of the bed and coming over and snuggling me. Which again, would be fine if he just did this once, twice even...but not 6 times per hour. I do have a happy ending to this little story though, and that is THANK GOD he did not do this to us last night before I had to be at work at 7:30 =)

Weekend Fun

So this last weekend my parents came to visit us from California. It was a great weekend of just spending time and being able to chat/hang out in a way we normally can't. Spent Saturday morning at the farmers market followed by lunch at the restaurant there. Spent the afternoon at the house with Micah non-stop fussing and not napping which is OF COURSE giant fun. Chili's via 919dine.com was great.

Sunday was church in the morning followed by a babysitter for Micah while we had "adult time". We went and saw The Switch and I have to admit, for a chic-flick i was pretty darn good. Jason Bateman has really established himself as a capable and funny lead man as opposed to his normal side-car riding support roles. When had dinner after at Firebirds and if you ever have the chance to eat there I advise to only eat the Filet & Shirmp...because quite honestly, nothing else on the menu can compare to the amazingness that is this meal. And a side of your choice to complement this wonderful combo (I would suggest the pecan seasoned green beans).

After that it was goodbyes and goodnights to Micah and the grandparents, but again, a great weekend all in all.

Ok, this time is for reals!

Alright, so after helping my wife "re-brand" herself and her blog I decided it might be a good idea if I did the same. I made myself a checklist and got to it...

1. Take out out posts that i cannot have anymore [x]
2. Redesign and update my blog site [x]

I promise to the readers out there to begin posting on a consistent basis about life, games, and my Graphic Design work that's going on.

3. Promise to start posting again on a consistent basis [x]

I think that covers everything. Be ready for some posts today to catch up on time lost!

Could My Kid(s) See the New Night at the Museum?

Parents of younger children often wonder if a movie is alright for their little ones to see. Well at Wired Online they have a section just for those parents. Check it out, it gives some good insight as to weather or not the new Night at the Museum is a film your children might enjoy and be able to watch.

Here's their review

A Nice Long Weekend

So no posts this weekend. . why? Because I spent the last 3 1/2 days in Goochland Virginia. That's right, Goochland. We visited my wife's mom and brother and hung out all weekend and just enjoyed ourselves. We saw Angels and Demons(which even though I read the book, I actually enjoyed the movie as well), BBQ'd up some steak kabobs, watched my son play with the dogs, and even got a rocking chair that belonged to my wife's great great grandmother.

All in all, it was an awesome trip. Able to sleep in, not have to worry about our son waking up at 7, and if he did someone else took him for us, had a great time with her family, listened to a good book on tape on the way up and down, just a great weekend with family.

Just enough time to get well rested and then jump back into the swing of life and work. Here's to hoping I have a great Patient of the Day for you all.

I gotta say, I'm impressed with myself

So my wife and I started what I am calling our "Year of Improvements". There are projects around the house that I want to have done within a year. Here's what I've got so far:

1. Get a ceiling fan and hang it downstairs.
(See my success here)
2. Sod the upper half of the back yard.
3. Build a fence with a gate for the upper half of the back yard.
4. Build a patio for the lower half of the back yard.
5. Re-seed the front yard and if need be sod it.
6. Get some nice flowers/plants and replant the front yard.

So overall, not a horrible list, but definately some work and money involved. And I just say I am super proud of my work with the fan considering when it comes to doing electrical work. . .I know about as much as a janitor knows about brain surgery.

So wish me luck on all the projects to come. . .it's weird that I'm actually looking forward to doing manual labor.

Freaking Iphone Email

So I've been trying to check my email on my iphone all morning, and so far every time I try it keeps telling me that no connection with the stmp.gmail server is possible. That's great, but if I can get onto gmail using safari why can't I just have my lazy way of hitting the mail button!!!

/rant

Here is the video I tried to make for my wife for V-Day. For some reason Photo Booth didn't want to ever record more than 45 seconds. . . out of 10 attempts. To say the least, playing the song through 10 times each time to find that only the first 45 were saved. . . kinda sucked. But oh well, it was worth it.

In The Beginning. . .

There comes a moment when you realize you are no longer a kid anymore. It comes in many shapes and forms. It can be something as small as making your first car payment, or something as huge has the birth of your first child.

Some people think that once this happens, everything "fun" you've been doing has to stop. . .not true.

Now in some respects and aspects of life, things do need to cease to exsist. But things like playing that game you've loved, collecting those cards you've had since you were 8, or those silly stuffed bears are all perfectaly acceptable to continue as an adult. . . in moderation.

I myself am constantly under the preverbial microscope when it comes to my previous statement. I play a video game called World of Warcraft, where in this game I and my trusted companions(Guild) take on the evils that plague the virtual world. Sometimes I fall victum to enthralling myself into the virtual world more so than the real one. Now we all have something that we will tend to put before more important matters. So how do you actually moderate yourself when you happen to fall a little too deep?

I am thankful that I have a wife and son who want attention on a consistant basis(not needy, just love me so want to spend time with me). They are able to keep me in decent check, but there are still times that I will spend more time then I need to playing games. A few good things to do for any other guys/gals who tend to do this are:
- Be sure to save some time before you to go bed to talk with your significant other. Shows them you do actually care
- Play less or cut out days that you don't play at all(or very little with easy stopping points)
- Surprise them every now and then on a day they are used to you playing, and just dont, it's great to see the reaction.
- Bring something special home, or cook something special(unless you can cook, then allow them to cook the special something but you get it all from the store)

Most of my posts will be fun and funny, but felt like starting off with a little deeper content. I'll have a new post in a few minutes of an amazing incident that just happened in the office