The Dream

Now hear this...

2010-07-20T09:40:00.000-07:00

Okay so in reality posting on a blog everyday takes work (and a good memory or drive)
I only post every month or so because, hey I have only on reader and I talk to her often enough that we don't need no stinking blogs to each other. So, I wind up posting random junk on here which would never attract any new readers and I don't have the will to do a daily/weekly blog. (I'm lazy)

I will not shut it down though... and pics ARE on the way .. promise. Just maybe not today...

Okay time for new Limirik
wow spelled that wrong

in the classical name fashion....

Have you heard the tale of Jude?
He's always so cranky and rude.
He used to be nice
but he paid the price
he married a girl whose a prude.

(lol Jude = every man on the planet?)
LOL

Working

2010-07-08T05:37:00.000-07:00

Yeah I a bad blogger but so what? You wanna fight about it?

This is news though and I'd like to let my millions of readers know that OMG my work is letting us use our IPODs at work again... YaY for music in my ears while in so much pain.

Pics coming soon. Of stuff

first mini

2010-02-21T13:22:00.000-08:00

Not bad eh? Not bad at all. Now he's no masterwork and I still think I'm using sub-par equipment (mostly the brushes) but one down... 4 to go... At this rate I'll be done in a couple years lol...

I think I will scour the internets for some good brushes.

Painting

2010-02-20T07:25:00.001-08:00

Okay, so painting minis is harder than I thought. However, after talking to my sister. I don't have the best equipment either... SO... when I get out of work I'm off to Hobby Lobby. Well maybe. It all depends on if I have enough time before the Incarnates game.

Then, tomorrow PHANTOM. DUHHHHHHH DH DH Dh Dh DUHHHHH-

Alpha Squad

2010-02-17T15:11:00.000-08:00

Okay, yes its pure cheese, but they are my first squad to paint. Part two, primer, check! I went with black primer on this occasion after doing alot of research online. The general concensus is that while white primer would make bright colors brighter black primer would add more definition. So its simple as that... I did alot better on time this go round. Only like twenty minutes. This wasn't difficult either. The only tricky part was getting into all the nooks and crannies. It sure beats the pants off of trying to hand paint the primer on as the starter kit suggested. Plus I think the atomizer probably made the primer alot smoother than if I had done it by hand. So, the next step is the one I dread the most. My sis thinks that I may have some latent ability somewhere deep down inside, and she is really good so hopefully it runs in the family. I'm going to do these guys in the colors I was given so they will be Ultramarines in traditional colors. You almost have to do these guys that way because one of the shoulder pads on each marine is molded with the Ultramarine insignia on it. Hey i'm not ready to rock the boat just yet. Finally, I think I will take the advise of a few message boards I've found and use the assembly line approach to painting. Stick with one color and paint them all then switch colors and repeat. I thought about one at a time but there's only five of them so maybe I'll be done by the middle of next week. Okay well keep checking back for updates.

My first tac squad

2010-02-16T16:08:00.001-08:00

There you have it. My very first tactical squad of Space Marines. Aren't they lovely? Okay so yes right now they are just hunks of plastic that I threw together in half an hour (I'm slow) but they are mine.... Next step, primer.. MUAHAHA.

No for serious though they weren't that difficult to piece together. Whip 'em up with some glue and BAM Ultramarine goodness. I thought it wise to purchace them. They came in a paint set box for Assault on Black Reach. Sort of a tutorial squad to let beginners, like me, experiment. It was only $25 bucks and I got these 5 marines, a paintbrush, a row of paint, and a palate. They're not very customizeable and there were only 4 pieces to each marine, but for the price I don't mind trying my hand at them. I also went ahead and purchased a pair of cutters, plastic glue, and a can of Chaos Black primer. I'm going to have to do little by little everyday and save big jobs for Saturdays. It's gonna rock. I have a SM Captian on the way. I bought him for a buck on ebay. A new squad of Grey Knights direct from the UK are coming too. There a bit more pricy but I need to learn how to work with metal figs too. Lets see, then I'm in the middle of getting a bunch of AoBR SMs from another site online. The plan is to have two or three armies up by August. One just GK, one SM with GK, and one GK with Stormtroopers. Maybe another all SM army too if I can afford it. As it stands I've spent under $100 bucks and have at least two of those armies I mentioned within 48 hours of play. I will post more stuff when I move on to the next phase.

TTFN

Happy Sap Day

2010-02-14T17:10:00.001-08:00

Oh yeah! Umm, I give up... my wife has not one romantic bone in her body....
We went to church, had a wonderful dinner, rented movies, and she promptly fell asleep.

Warhammer research here I come! Oh good news on that front though. Within the next year GW is putting a shop like 10 mins away from home... YAY!

EDIT: It did get better once she woke back up... but for a second there I thought I was a goner.

let it snow (but go away please)

2010-02-12T08:45:00.000-08:00

Okay, North Texas just broke the record for most snowfall in a 24 hour period. 11.5"!

At our house we got almost 9" of the white white powder.
If I didn't have to work or drive or anything it would be one of the most perfect sights to behold. But no, I had to drive into work this morning making my usual 45 min commute last an hour and a half roughly. All the while watching the other inexperianced drivers think that black ice on the road is no biggie. LOL!

I'm at work, so updates will follow later.

3 am

2010-02-08T05:22:00.000-08:00

It was three a.m. but it had nothing to do with being lonely.
Yeah, so I wanted to take a half-day at work today so I could make sure the new washer and dryer get installed correctly, and make sure my car doesn't esplode. So, on Friday I called my boss after work and we worked it out. He is really pretty reasonable if you do your job and ask nicely. Anyways, kitten (which will be the code name for my wife) has two doctors appointments today. One at ten and the other at one, so she will effectively not be at home at all till two. So, I came in at 4 a.m. to get off at 8 so I could be flexable on the time for the deliveries. Well, it should go without saying that it pretty much blows. Kitten probably won't even be awake when I get home and I'm going to be exhausted all day. Even after all my errands are done I will have to tackle the ever growing pile of laundry that the past week without a dryer has placed on my floor basket. It could be worse, but in the past 3 days I've spent almost a months worth of pay. Yeah, no eating out for a while, and my last purchaced video game (Star Trek Online) had better be good. I've got other stuff to do, but being stuck at home for the next month (or 2) might be challenging. Maybe I should use the time to catch up on my 'honey do' list. Nah, I'd rather sleep... lol

"but don't take my word for it." ba da dum (very obscure reading rainbow ref.)

If I were a rich man. . .

2010-02-04T13:13:00.000-08:00

No, I'm not starring in broadways revival of Fiddler, but maybe someday.

Ah, so here it is the nearing of spring. Were not there yet but I'm feeling a mighty cleaning a-comin on. I live a cluttered life. I know where everything is... mostly, but every now and again I feel the need, the need to clean. The only problem is I'm either hella tired from work or way to busy on the weekends. Not to mention things I actually want to do (gaming, 40k, waste time) and whatnot. Such a quandry! I thought this up today cause I've been scouring the net for a new washer/dryer set. Ours is on its way out and I hung up my last load of wet laundry in my garage. So, why not overhaul other stuff too. The office probably needs the most attention. I never really finished it after the move in. We didn't have alot of time. My side of the bedroom is pretty scary too. When I got my new table it rapidly accumulated stuff.

so there I am ... where are you?

Friggin' People

2010-01-30T17:45:00.001-08:00

Why in bloody hell do people insist on creating drama for me? WTF have I done to deserve all the drama in my life. I mean really. I'm not a cereal killer. I don't rob banks or hurt people. I try to be nice and generally stay out of people's way.

Some people are so selfish that it makes me want to @&%$ing throw up. When someone asks for you to be in their bridal party there are rules. Unwritten, common sense, everybody should understand, though some don't, RULES. Don't come in and tell the bride what color she should pick and the type of gown to go with just because you don't think you look good in it. Its NOT your day. If you don't like it bow out. Luckily she did, but not very damn gracefully. . . and THEN don't try to use your influence on your husband (the brides brother) to not be in the bridal party too.

If I had to rate my in-laws one to ten most of them are an 8 or 9. I truly love them and they are family, but this spoiled brat of a girl gets a minus 2.

... and dammit I really did want Swords, lol

Sick and tired of being sick and tired

2010-01-29T04:25:00.001-08:00

OMG! This is really happening. I don't get sick very often so when I'm sick twice in the span of two weeks its bad. Plus, I turn into a little girl when I get sick so yeah, its really annoying.

A few days ago I woke up with a sore throat and I brushed it off... like you do. You know what I mean, by mid-day I didn't even notice it. Then wednesday I woke up with sore throat and congestion. I thought okay I feel like crap, take the day off and recoup. So I did. I stayed in bed till 10:30, watched what I ate, and started dayquil. Thursday morning when I woke up I didn't really feel any better but I decided to go into work anyways. I carried along my dayquil, a bottle of Theraflu (which I finished) and a box of Kleenex. I actually had a very productive day, but I contribute it to not being my normal performer type self and just sitting at my desk. Okay so now we are caught up to today. I woke up at 5 am, almost a whole hour early, and I can't go back to sleep so I got ready for work and here I am. Sore throat, sinus headache, slight cough (from drainage), and runny nose. I feel like 'or death'. Someone must have run out of cake and my choices are now limited. If I get through today it will be a miracle....

Joke time

2010-01-13T08:30:00.000-08:00

A man was pet sitting for his boss and on the first day his boss called him up to see how it was going. The man said, "I'm sorry but your cat died."

"Oh my god!", said the boss, "You just laid it out there? You need to learn some tact man. You should have said that it was stuck on the roof and you couldn't get it down. Then tomorrow you should have told me that its still on the roof and it doesn't look too well. Then on the next call you should have let me know that it died. Geez learn how to talk to people."

"Okay!"the man said, "I'm sorry I'll try harder."

A few days later the boss called back to see if everything was okay and the man replied, "Oh yeah, but I'm afraid your mom is on the roof and we can't get her down."

The biggest loser

2010-01-07T19:22:00.000-08:00

So, I've been inspired to join a gym. gasp. . .
No its not the end of the world
Yes its happening around the new year
No its not a resolution. lol
Yes I want to lose a ton of weight
No I haven't worked out in a very VERY long time.

Okay, now that the yes no game is annoying I'll just type now.
The gym is called anytime fitness and its super sweet.
Everyone gets their own key ma bobber and its open 24 hours a day.
Not that I will be there that much but it might be good for... something.
Since my spouse gets off of work later than I do I will be going
after work for 45mins to an hour... or however long I can stand...
Today, I was there for a whole hour and was extremely proud of myself.
Next tuesday I get a semi-personal training session with a licensed
trainer (for free) and will repeat the process every tues and thurs for 4 weeks.
I am very excited. And so you know its a big deal for me to be
excited about working out.

pshh, you carry around 150+ pounds of overweightness everyday and
see if you don't get effing tired by 4:30... sha.

Wish me luck and pray that I can stick to this.... I'm very scared
about my health. My family is prone to bad tickers and the sugah...

Awesome childhood

2010-01-03T07:54:00.000-08:00

Please tell me you remember these old school bumpers

blog burned?

2009-12-30T14:36:00.000-08:00

So instead of posting everyday, I think once or twice a week will have to suffice.
So there.

Daily Rant:
Overtime sucks, time and a half is not good enough for overtime.
I get really burnt out when I work overtime. It generally makes
me really cranky and not fun to be around. I will work it only when
I really have to or when I'm doing something uber fun later in the
day. This weekend? Tri-Stat goodness: it makes life bearable.... lol

Daily (er well not so daily) Wisdom:
If you want someone else to do something for you, you had better
have a least TRIED to make some effort to do it yourself!
(lol wisdom/rant)

Sometimes Poems:
There once was a young man named Ed,
Who insisted new music was dead.
He could have used soul
to make him feel whole
but listened to Creedence instead.

Merry Christmas Ya'll

2009-12-25T07:01:00.000-08:00

Yeah, I said ya'll. I'm going to tell a Christmas story. Long but worth it.

There once was a man who didn't believe in God. His wife did believe and raised their children to have faith in God and Jesus.
One snowy Christmas Eve, his wife was taking their children to a Christmas Eve service in their little farm community. She asked her husband to come but he refused. "The Christmas story is nonsense. Why would God lover Himself to come to Earth as a man?", he said. With sadness the wife and children went, and he stayed home.
Later, the night wind began to blow and the snow turned into a blizzard. When the man looked out the window all he could see was the blinding snowstorm. Suddenly there was a lout thump. Something had hit the window. . . then a second thump.. He looked out, but couldn't see more than a few feet in front of him because of the storm.
When the storm let up a little, he ventured out to see what could have been beating on his window. In the field near the house was a flock of wild geese. Apparently they were flying south when they were caught in the blizzard and couldn't go on. They were lost and stranded on his farm, without food or shelter. Flapping their wings, they aimlessly flow around in low circles. Some had apparently flown into the window.
The man felt concern for the geese and wanted to help them. The barn would be a great place for them to stay, he thought. It was warm and safe. They would be saved if the spent the night there waiting out the storm.
He opened the barn doors wide. Then watched and waited, hoping they would notice the open barn and enter. But the geese just fluttered around aimlessly and didn't seem to notice the barn or realize what it could mean for them.
The man tried to get their attention, but that just seemed to scare them and they moved further away. He went into the house and brought out some bread, broke it up, and made a breadcrumb trail leading to the barn. They still didn't catch on. He was getting frustrated.
Nothing he did could get them to go into the barn where they would be safe. "Why don't they follow me?" he puzzled. "Can't they see this is the only place where thy can survive?"
He thought for a moment and realized that they just wouldn't follow a human. "If only I were a goose, then I could save them," he said out loud. Suddenly he had an idea. He went into the barn, got one of his own geese, and carried it in his arms as he circled around behind the wild geese. Then he released his goose and it flew through the flock and straight back into the safety of the barn. One by one the other geese followed it to safety.
The man stood silently for a moment as the word he had spoken a few minutes earlier replayed in his mind: "If only I were a goose, then I could save them!" then he thought about what he had said to his wife.
Suddenly it all made sense. That is what God had done. We were like the geese--blind, lost, perishing. God had His Son become like us so He could Show us the way and save us. That was the meaning of Christmas, he realized. As the winds and snow died down, his soul became quiet. He now understood what Christmas was all about, why Christ had come.

- May God richly bless you and your family this Holiday Season.

Merry Christmas.

2009-12-20T19:23:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of our newest Christmas Tree.

Isn't it cute? We will plant it in the springtime and have a

Christmas tree all year round.

YAY!

missed

2009-12-20T07:11:00.000-08:00

Man I totally missed posting on Saturday... crud

Well here's what happened anyway.

I had to work some overtime in the morning. booo
but I rewarded myself with Sonic on the way home. yay
I tried to help my sis with cover song lists, but I wasn't much help, booo.
then we played tristat with donnie and dave. YAY!
after a bit Jess came home and we ate at Mercado Juarez. YAY!
then we came back home and the in-laws came over to watch Christmas Vacation. Yay.
kicked the in-laws out roughly at 10:45 and went to sleep.. YAY!

so pretty much a great day!
I'll post later for Sunday... you can count this as Saturday lol

Oh Christmas Tree...

2009-12-18T15:26:00.000-08:00

Oh Christmas Tree.
Oh Christmas Tree.
Oh Christmas Tree, oh Christmas Tree.

Who wants a real christmas tree for um, christmas?
Not me - Cause I just got one from May!

It is so cute and tiny, but in the spring I can plant it and it will grow up and be a big christmas tree. YAY!

Now I can make a mini popcorn string without the fear of the dog eating it.

more later

P A R T --- Y? Because I gotta!

2009-12-17T20:18:00.000-08:00

Oh yeah who won a $50 gift card to Targe't?
MEEEE! whoohoo!!!

I must say that the company christmas party was pretty okay. Its kinda weird hanging out with co-workers but hey it could be worse.

Dee oh gee

2009-12-16T15:03:00.001-08:00

Okay now, maybe I shouldn't be too upset, but my dog is driving me crazy. She's on this 'you went on vacation and I'm going to be bad' kick and its getting old. sheesh..

She is a good dog when other people are around.. just not by herself... great I'll probably have to get another one.

:(

Sing Off

2009-12-15T19:35:00.000-08:00

If you haven't yet experienced this phenom you should go to nbc.com and watch the first two episodes of this awesome show. OMG! I hope this sparks some people in my life to start singing again... LOL

Seriously though... go watch..

Just another...

2009-12-14T14:03:00.000-08:00

manic monday... whoa woo oooh

everybody hurts, sometimes.

Is this the real life is this just fantasy

gotta short little span of attention oh my nights are so long

just can't wait to get on that road again.

2009-12-13T06:42:00.000-08:00

good morning to you
good morning to you
good morning
good morning
good morning to you

*pauses*

oh great my dog just yacked on the floor...

'clean up on aisle 3'

working

2009-12-12T08:23:00.001-08:00

OMG! working on Saturday blows....
well thats life I guess. Too much good was happenin' and it had to balance out somehow.

ruttin' lousy good for nuthin'
goram piece of Noy Jitat

New new new

2009-12-11T14:31:00.000-08:00

So I was reading my sisters blog and thought to myself. Hey I should do that. So I go to bloggers home page and its like.. hey you should make a post on your blog. Ummm I don't even remember creating a blog, but oh well here I am.

ok ok ok

now for a limerick

A moment in time is needed
to ponder the words you've heeded
but once they've sunk in
I know you will grin
'cause thats how a joke is treated.

yay! bye!