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  So I headed south last weekend.  What a great weekend it was.  I really enjoyed myself.  What else can I say about it?  A great time! 

    I'm heading down to San Diego again next month.  I'm looking forward to that trip.  I'll be there for 8 days.  I get to spend a weekend with my cousin before a week of 'hard' work.

    Okay, so this isn't going to be the longest post I've ever done.  Ya gotta give me some credit for posting more often though.  But, does anybody actually read this crap?  Leave a comment if you do.   

 

~Bob

> Posted on: October 21st, 2009

 

 

CAN'T STOP IT!
 

  I know that you've all been patiently waiting for my newest update, so here it is.  Where should I begin?  Lets start with the divorce.  It's officially started.  Just have a ton of paperwork to fill out and turn in.  After that I get a final court date.  Hopefully it's going to be in February. 

    Wondering what's going on in other aspects of my life?  First answer is no, I don't have a girlfriend.  It was discussed and decided that that it will be discussed once the divorce is final.  It's the best decision.  It's still early in the split, and I do need to get my head on straight and make sure that I'm ready for something like that.  There are other issues that I won't go into here, but you get the gist of things.

    Overall, life is good for me now.  Work is going great.  I'm taking a couple of trips in the next few months that I'm looking forward to.  Overall, I'm happier now than I've been in quite a while. 

    My buddy and I went wine tasting on Saturday.  What fun that was.  Went to Door County with no real plan, only a mission to accomplish, and decided to hit every winery up there and taste a bunch of wine. It was a lot of fun.  We were initially going to go fishing, but the weather prevented us from that. 
 

 

~Bob

> Posted on: October 7th, 2009

 

 

 

WHAT'S UPDATE?
 

  Well, why not say what's going on?  I have nothing to hide.  Life has taken a turn for me and a divorce is on the way.  It's ok, my faithful followers, it's for the best, really.  I'm not sorry that it's come to this.  I just couldn't take the crap any longer.  So, I moved out about 8 weeks ago, and have been living life since then.  What's next on my agenda?  I couldn't tell you.  I get the kids every other week, which is good.  I'd like them more, but would that really be fair to the kids to keep them from their mother?  It would probably be better for them, but well, that's how it is now.  Am I seeing anybody right now?  That one is a bit more difficult to answer.  It's an interesting situation.  That is something that will be discussed.  We hung out for a very wonderful weekend.  Enough about that (she reads this site too). 

What's new with you guys out there in internetville? 

The kids started school a few weeks ago.  That's going well for them.  

Isn't this great?  More updates, more often.  I guess I have a bit more motivation now.  Amazing how that works once you start to get your life in order. 

 

~Bob

> Posted on: September 20th, 2009

 

 

ANOTHER UPDATE ALREADY?
 

  So much is going on right now.  I wish I could say what’s all up, but I can’t. Not yet.  Eventually I will.  To my 3 loyal followers, please be patient.

  Took the kids to the Dells this weekend.  Well, Jr. and Bug any way.  Wow did they have fun!  Jr. was pretty upset that he’s still too small for the big waterslides.  I don’t know if he’ll be able to do it next year or not.  Bug went on all of them.  The bigger and faster, the better.  I was really surprised.  And pleased.  The fastest one there was a body flume.  That was her favorite!  In her words, describing the first time she went on it – “…when it was all black and I couldn’t see, I was kinda scared… then I saw the big hill I had to go down and thought ‘uh oh!’.”  What a hoot! 

  Other than that, my life is chaos right now.  But, it’s manageable, so far.  Which is good.  Surprisingly, I’ve been able to connect with some old friends in facebook.  Actually, they found me.  I’m choosing not to talk a lot about that at this moment, but be certain that there will be more to post on this eventually.  Once again, have patience. 

  I really need to be a bit more motivated and update this more often.  I could lie and say I don’t have time.  It’s more getting up the energy to actually sit down and write stuff…

I had a really nice time over Labor Day weekend. I spent the weekend with a friend that I haven't seen in a while.  I thought we picked up where we left off, almost as if we were never apart.  It was great to reconnect, and I hope to do it again soon.  It was actually a very good weekend.  Probably the best I've had in a really long time...

Ever watch The Office?  I have to say that I love that show.  Some people don't get it.  Other people are offended by it.  That's ok though.  Not everybody needs to like what I like.  What am I saying?  Of course everybody should like what I like.  For crying out loud!  Get with the program and watch the show!

 

~Bob

> Posted on: September 15th, 2009

 

 

 

WTF???
 

 Yeah, I know that it's been forever since I've updated this.  Can you ever forgive me.  I have to apologize profusely to all 4 of my faithful followers. 

I've had a lot going on this year.  Kids are another year older.  I've done some fishing, gone to some baseball games, taken the kids fishing, gone camping, and did I mention that I moved out?  Yup, I'm out on my own now.  What are the next steps?  Don't quite know. Just keep plugging along. 

So what else is new with me?  I have somebody special to me coming to visit.  I'm pretty stoked to about that!

But, that's all I'm going to write about it now.  I can't reveal too much now.  I like to keep the suspense going!
 

~Bob

> Posted on: August 15th, 2009

 

 

Holy Crap!
 

 Well, I'm back!  I'm sorry that it's taken so long to write but I was abducted and molested by very horny female alien sub-species from another galaxy.  I'd go into explaining what all happened but I'd rather not.  Just know that it was a rather enjoyable experience. 

So, what's new?  Not a whole lot. The holidays came and gone.  The kids had a great time.  My birthday was here and now it's going to be another 11 months until I have another one.  That was uneventful. 

We got Alexis's grades for the second quarter.  Happy to report that she did very well again.  She could pick up her math a bit, but I'm not going to complain because overall it was an excellent report card.

I'm going to take Bobby to the monster truck races for his birthday.  He's really looking forward to that.  He also wants an alarm clock for his birthday.  What do you expect, he's going to be 5. 

Work decided to pay for a cell phone for me.  It's a Motorola Q 9C.  It's a pretty cool phone.  Best of all, they pay the bill!  Doesn't get any better than that. 

Well, I'm taking the kids to JD's for lunch today and they're getting hungry. 

~Bob

> Posted on: January 31st, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

I'm Back!
 

Well, I'm back in freezing Wisconsin!  I really enjoyed my trip to San Diego.  I think that the best part was being able to spend time with my cousin Tiffany (right) and her girlfriend Shari!  Tuesday night they were wonderful enough to take a 45 minute drive to pick me up so we could have dinner together.  We went to this microbrewery  called Rock Bottom.  I may have only had one beer there but it was tasty.  We had a lot of good conversation that night.  Shari was very easy and fun to talk to and it was great being able to catch up with Tiff. My luck continued when I asked Tiff if she'd be available for lunch again on Thursday since she works in the San Diego area.  We went to eat at T.G.I.Fridays.  I had a prime rib stroganoff and Tiff had fish tacos.  The stroganoff was very good.  I was impressed.  I think that the absolute best time that I had while in southern California was that lunch.  Tiff and I had some very good conversations.  I have to say that I wish we lived closer so we could talk more often.  Yeah, there's the phone, but nothing beats a good face to face conversation.  She is a wonderful and easy person to talk to.  I have to say that I am grateful for the communication that we had that afternoon. 
After lunch, we strolled a bit in the Gaslamp Quarter.  I picked out some souvenirs for the kids.  When I went to pay, the credit card was denied.  Stupid bank.  They thought that it was fraudulent charges and denied me.  I called them up and got things straightened out.  Went to a different place and got other gifts. 
Wednesday evening, I went out to a couple of bars with some guys from work.  The best one was Dublin Square. Perhaps it's got something to do with the amount of alcohol that was consumed there.  Can't be.  It has to be the 3-man band that was playing there that night.  If anybody knows who they were, let me know!  I'd like to check out their website.  They had a plethora of music in a variety of styles.  Some of the easiest listening music I've heard in a long time.  I think that they knew every hit that there ever was and played flawlessly. 
Overall, a good and informative convention and an excellent trip.  All expenses paid too!  Can it get any better? 
I do want to thank Tiffany and Shari for their hospitality and conversation we had.  I'm looking forward to seeing them again.

 

~Bob

> Posted on: November 25th, 2008

 

 

 

Getting Warmer!
 

Well, currently I'm on an airplane over Pueblo, Colorado on my way to San Diego.  Looking forward to the trip.  Fortunately, so far this trip has been uneventful.  Only one delay, but it didn't cause any missed connections.  With any luck, there won't be any lost luggage when we land.  Flight has been good.  Only minimal turbulence. 

I have been dabbling in Flash again.  I'm looking for a good way to create a slide show for the website.  I've been screwing around with templates, but I want to create one from scratch.  Difficult when I've never had any instruction with it.  So, I take a template and dissect it to see how it all works.  Then try to create my own.  Slow work.

Damn, I have to pee and I really hate airplane bathrooms.  The last time I was in an airplane bathroom was when I had to change my son's diaper shortly before landing once.  What a chore that is.  You barely have enough room in there to turn yourself around much less change a diaper. Thankfully, they had a changing table in there.  But, with the table down, I couldn't reach the diaper bag.  The table was too small for the boy and the diaper bag.  What a dilemma.  I would up holding the diaper in my teeth, balancing the wipes on him.  Too bad the didn't appreciate that.  
I was only reminded of that because the woman across the aisle from me had to change her daughters diaper.  I guess the bathroom on this plane does not accommodate diaper changing.  She was quite embarrassed but changed the diaper in the seat.  Could be much worse.  It's actually a family of six.  The father seems like a bastard.  Hopefully I'm wrong.  He's sitting a row ahead of the mother, next to what I'll guess as a 7 year old daughter.  The mother sits in a row behind him (which is across the aisle from me) with a baby less than a year old, another toddler which I'm sure is less than two years old, and another perhaps 4 years old.  The father is of no help.  Of course, he was kind enough to carry the baby on board and hand her off to mommy as soon as she got the rest of the children situated.  What a bastard.  I really hope that I'm seeing this wrong but I don't think so. 

Well, I'm going to be writing  more later.  It's really hard to see the screen at an odd angle as small as these seats are.

 

~Bob

> Posted on: November 17th, 2008

 

 

Happy Birthday Mom!
 

It's my Mom's birthday today!  Don't be afraid to wish her a happy birthday!  I'd put out her cell phone number so you could personally call her, but I don't think that would have a good ending.  Anyhoot, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!

We have elected our first black President.  Now that the election is over, I'll tell you that I voted for Barack.  Politics aren't something that I enjoy discussing with people.  Seems like too many people are closed minded about politics.  They and their respective candidates are correct and anything else or even considering any other candidates or ideas is blasphemous.  You can't reason with people that won't even respect you enough to hear you out.  Those that I will talk politics with aren't out to try and change your mind or tell you how wrong you are by your beliefs or opinions, but only trying to convey a message.  It pisses me off when somebody is telling me that my opinions and beliefs are wrong!  There is nobody in this world that can to that. 

On another note, I've finally moved things to the archive page.  This one was getting a bit long.

 

~Bob

> Posted on: November 6th, 2008