Friggin Sprinkles...

Deb made these cupcakes for when Sara, Derek and the girls came over this weekend. Problem is they didn't make it due to illness and we had all these cupcakes to eat. So I took one to work with me today. Well the cupcakes have these red/pinkish sprinkles all over the top of them. No biggie except when I got back out to work, a few of the mechanics were laughing at me and I couldn't figure out why. Could have been my frizzy hair... my lumbering ape walk... my bloody knuckles from dragging them on the ground... but nope. It wasn't any of the obvious and normal things. It was because I had red/pinkish sprinkles all over my lips that looked like bloody glitter. So naturally when I figured it out, I altered my stance, raised the octave of my voice, looked those bastards straight in the eyes and said in my best gay voice (which is actually quite good) "You're just jealous you couldn't pull off red glitter in these outfits like I can". That shut them up. Nothing like the possibility of a homosexual sueing you for sexual harassment to get your mind back on your job.

That's the story and I'm sticking to it...

Good night my fellow bloggers.

My Lil girl has an "Old Man Face"!!!!!

Kathryn has taken up to tucking her bottom lip up under her nose, which in turn scrunches up her face. She looks like an old man with no dentures!!! I caught her with the camera briefly while she was doing this but I only caught the tail end of it. Her bottom lip can literally be almost tucked under her nose!! Here's the pic.

Oh... and on a final note for this post, Kathryn now has 2 bottom teeth with the possibility of a third on the top this week!

ummm... and on a final FINAL note.... we're trying to wean Kathryn off of the boob at night. This entails yours truly to go in when she cries and try shoving a Nuk into her mouth. It took me 45 mins last night but she FINALLY went to sleep. I have a feeling this is going to be a very long week. Probably shouldn't have decided to do all my concreteing this week. Go figure.

I hate being sick...

Well... I caught a bug or something. I'm going to blame it on one of the guests at the stag and doe. I'm not sure who but I hope they are rotting in a puddle of snot right now!! It started out as a bit of a head cold monday night. Nothing too serious but I was snoring quite a bit so woke up with a bit of a dry throat and cheesed off wife. Then Tuesday it got progressively worse and I ended that day with a really runny nose. Then Tuesday night, it really hit me. Plus it didn't help that Kathryn was up a lot in the night. Her new thing is to only go an hour and a half between feedings. Lil goob. So I ended up staying home wednesday with a pretty bad headache brought on by the head cold. Fast forward to Wednesday night.... head is still pretty crummy but the headache is going away (may have something to do with all the drugs I took!!). But the cold decided to move down into my chest. Now it feels like I have a couple of bowling balls sitting on my chest and I get winded doing the smallest movements. JUST FRIGGIN LOVERLY! So here it is thursday... I'm still home from work which blows. So.... yeah... that's about it.... ummmm... how are you guys?

Thank the Maker it's over!!!

Alright... the Stag and Doe is over and done with along with my Tux fitting (yes that was an ordeal too because I'm a little butterball and not too proud of that fact).

To begin with, Deb, the kids and I drove to Orangeville friday afternoon and set up in my inlaws empty house (they were away on vacation). About 4pm, I left to go to the Aultmans to help get everything in order for the next day. Blah blah blah blah blah. I ended up leaving about 11:30 and got back to the house at about midnight. Then we were up early the next day with the kids. We headed to Walmart then I was able to sneek in a quick nap before we had to leave to go to a wedding reception BBQ in Erin. Now I don't tend to nap well. I don't fall asleep quickly and when I do, I slide right into REM sleep so it takes me forever to wake up. So usually I just avoid the whole thing. But this time I thought I should try. Anyways, we then went to the BBQ which was really nice despite not knowing really anyone. Kathryn was pretty good but Patrick kept saying "Bye" to everyone and pointing to the way out. So we really only stayed for just over an hour which kinda sucked. Deb was really looking forward to it so I was hoping we could stay longer. HOWEVER, the other reason we had to leave was because in my infinitismal wisdom, downed a smirnoff ice in a couple chugs so I could chase after Patrick. Well I haven't really drank that much in the last several years and haven't had a smirnoff in a very long time. It only took about 2 minutes to hit me and I got woozy. Then a couple minutes after that, I broke out into sweats and had HORRIBLE stomach pains (Like heartburn). It felt like I was on fire on the inside! Deb gave me a couple tums which helped after awhile but I felt SO horrible. It was too the point where I didn't even know if I could make it to the stag and doe. But by the time we had gotten home, I had recouped enough to leave again.

So therrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre I was..... motor oil smeared alllllllllll over my body.... she came in with a pair of jumper cables.... oh wait. Wrong story. Sorry about that.

The Stag and Doe!

It started off fairly slow... then people started to trickle in but they were all older people. None of the actual "friends" of the bride and groom really came until a bit later. And even then... it was a very slow trickle. We were really worried that not enough people would show and we wouldn't even break even. Then a larger group of our friends showed up but the buggers barely drank anything and didn't really play that many games!! Bunch of Hosers! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!... but it turns out it was all good. Despite the fact that no one really danced (so much for my music downloads) and no one really drank that much, we were able to make a profit with all the games we did. I won't say how much because we're still figuring that out.
Anywho.... we figured we had about 75 people there which was less then we hoped but still good. It would appear everyone had a good time and the bride and groom were happy. I just wish my darling wife could have made it! But she had her own troubles (see my wife's blog).
After clean up, we got back to Josh and Carry's place about 2am. Josh and I were going to stay up a bit and talk because we were a lil keyed up but decided to go to bed instead. However, I wish I hadn't because my mind was racing until about 4am... then I was up with the twins and Josh at about 7am. BLECH

Onto the tux fitting the next day....

Hmmmm... got my tux fitted with Josh and Ethan in Brampton the next day. Not much else to say. Oh... we stopped in Acton and saw the club where Whitworth and Steph are getting married. Holy Smokes!! Very Posh!! I'm goin to feel SO out of place!!! Oh well... their funeral! I mean wedding!! hehehe

OK... I'm tired. I should have written more but... well screw ya! I'M TIRED DAMN IT!

Gone for the weekend...

Well it's a busy weekend this weekend. We leave for Orangeville today right after my doctors appt. Once there, we'll do a bit of grocery shopping then settle in at Mom and Dad's (who are away). Then I'm off to the Aultmans to help prep for the stag and doe tomorrow night. Not sure how long that will take. I've got to figure out how to hook up a rented stero system to a laptop.

Then on saturday, we're heading to Cathy and Chris's reception BBQ for a couple hours. Should be pretty good except i'll know next to no one :( Then it's back to the Aultmans to grab all the stuff and head to Caledon East for the Stag and Doe. When that is over around 1ish, i'm crashing at the Aultmans.

Then sunday, Josh, Aultman, Ethan and I are heading to Brampton to get fitted for Tux's. All in all... a very busy weekend in which I'll need a weekend to recoup!

ummmm.... yeah.... the end... or better yet....

fin

Hot Damn! A Day Off!

I took the day off today to take care of the kids while Deb went to the dentist AND to try and give Deb a break and let her get caught up on her sleep. Right now, Deb has a couple friends over for a lil play session. I'm downstairs because I think I make the kids a little bit nervous. They are pretty young and when they see a big guy, they get a little iffy!

So right now I'm downloading more music for the Stag and Doe this weekend. I think i've got more then enough right now but I'm still downloading! I know i'm going to miss some songs and kick myself!

Hmmm... not sure what else to write... It's going to be a busy weekend. Going to Orangeville friday. I'm heading to Carry and Josh's friday night to help prep for the stag and doe. Then Saturday to Erin for a BBQ for Deb's friends. Then Saturday night, I'm heading out to the Stag and Doe, and will probably crash at Carry and Josh's. Then sunday i'm out with the guys getting fitted for tuxes. Not sure what we're going to do after that.

SO BUSY!

Plus I've worked about 30 hours OT this past couple weeks. It's a lot of work and Dry Storage right now is a nightmare so it's no fun at all. But the good news is my OT over the past couple months has paid off the pool entirely. The next couple OT shifts will pay for windows!... and after that... new fence around the pool. It's all going somewhere but still.... BLECH!

Good Grief...

Kathryn woke me up about 12:45 giggling. I tried putting in her Nuk but she promptly spit it out and started giving me a lecture on how it wasn't the REAL thing. So Deb got up. In the meantime, I went downstairs to get a drink. Noticed my Harry Potter book and decided to read a chapter. Well here it is.... 3:15am. I'm still not done the book but i'm about a 120 pages further along. I think i've only got another couple chapters before I'm done. YEESH!! Stupid Book!! It's going to be the death of me!!

TOO HOT!!!

Yeesh... I roasted yet again at work. I spent the last 4 hours at work scrubbing a giant flask trying to decontaminate it (Get rid of radioactive particles). While doing this, I'm in coveralls AND a tyvex suit which is basically a paper suit so I don't get contaminated. But they damn things don't breath!!! By the end of the day I was drenched :( Then to top it all off, I had to put in a bioassay sample (pee sample). Do ya think I had enough in me?? NOPE! It was like a really old dog lifting his leg and a little wisp of smoke coming out. On the plus side though, I'm still losing weight! Down to a 36. I figure I'll be hovering around a 30 by the end of the summer. Assuming I just don't collapse first! My diet isn't quite as good as Deb's though. At least when she loses the weight, it'll STAY off. Mine will be back!

Been an intersting couple of days...

Alright... picture your mind/heart as a vast frozen lake as far as the eye can see. When you are born, there is nothing there but a light covering of snow. Nothing to mire the crisp beauty of the landscape. As people and experiences pass through your existence, they leave tracks. These tracks form what is essentially you. Now imagine something falling through that ice leaving a gaping hole. Cracks stretching through the landscape effecting everything. Cutting through old tracks and not allowing others to be formed. Flash forward in time. The hole has slowly frozen over again, cracks have nearly dissappeared. But nothing refreezes the same. The hole may have frozen over but it still stands out in the landscape. It may now be safe to walk on... but it just doesn't feel the same. Should it just be closed off or should tentative steps be taken on it...?

That... in a bloody big metaphoric nutshell... has been my last couple of days. Enjoy the image i painted. You would think I was on hell of a trip when I came up with it!

ADDENDUM:

I guess I was too caught up in playing with the words that I left something out! I've also got a few new "lakes" in my head that no one but the people they belong to can touch! They are in reverse order "Lake Up A Lot In The Middle Of The Night Talking", "Lake Defiant But Still Cute" and "Lake Puts Up With A Lot Of My Shit But Still Loves Me". That Is All!

Weird....

First off... I'd just like to say that Canadian Overhead Crane can't program a crane worth crap! It's just one error after another. And the guys they trained to fix it... are as useful as chicken shit on a pump handle. I ended up having to do most of the debugging and trouble shooting myself. Bunch of idiots.

And secondly... I feel weird. Don't know why and don't know how. Just am feeling weird and I don't think I like it.

That is all.... Carry on with the rest of your lives.

And Sorry but no funny stories today... It's hard to have a funny story when you're stuck 80' up for most of the day in sweltering heat.

Shaun and the "Dream Underwear"

Alright... the day started out crappy. I basically got reamed out at work by a coworker but he didn't actually use my name. Just made it obvious it was me. Now... I'm the guy that pretty well gets along with everyone and is a mediator between this idiot and our boss. So I usually do this guy a lot of favours... but for some reason, he got it into his head to attack me this morning. I won't get into details because then I would have to explain my job which would just take too damn long. Anyways... I was all raring to go at his throat this morning. I had a thousand lines for him and could have pointed out how lazy he was and etc.... but I didn't. I just sat there and took it. And I'm not sure why. I guess I'm just getting tired of always having to defend myself and the things that I do to some people. Not to toot my own horn or anything but I know for a fact that this multi-million dollar (closer to Billion dollar if you take into account that we could have shut down the plants for good) would never have happened without my contributions. And that SHOULD make me feel great. But it doesn't. For some reason, knowing a person thinks I'm not working up to expectations just rubs me the wrong way. So I guess I didn't push back because I know I could never change the persons' mind afterwards. Stupid logic I know.

Anyways... onto the story about the Dream Underwear.

I got changed into my radiation clothing after lunch. This includes underwear. Anyways... I was in a rush and just pulled it out of the bin not really looking at it. I put it on, then my coveralls and run out to the crane. On the way, I could feel the underwear slide around a lot... they were REALLY loose. I just assumed it was someone's Dream Underwear... IE. they dreamt they could fit into it and stretched the elastic until it was nearly non-existent. SOOO... they are REALLY loose on me. By the time I get into the crane, the damn things had nearly slid down to my one knee under my coveralls. So I figured... "NUTS TO THIS". So while I was in the crane which is 80 feet up, and no one was watching, I unzipped and was able to remove them without even taking off my coveralls! Whoever dreamt they could fit into them was ONE FAT BASTARD!. So i spent the rest of the afternoon going commando in coveralls. And let me tell you something... the inside of a zipper on a pair of radiation coveralls is SHARP.

There... that's my story and I'm sticking to it.