What's Going On?
I realize it's been quite a few days since my last post... about 4 if I count correctly. So what's been going on? Well... not a whole lot, and then again, quite a lot. We listed the house again, so there was an amount of work to get some things photographed, set up virtual tours, etc. That's out of the way (now sell, you!)... then there's the constant cycling that we're doing. We've reached a bit of a groove with our routine that includes cycling everyday (so much so that my Achille's tendon is a little sore).
Things at work are pretty exciting. Today marks the 1-week-until-assimilation-begins countdown. That is, on August 1 I will become an Oracle employee. We've had a few meetings about it, and from what I can tell, this transition will be well-managed and the end result should be a fantastic organization. I'm happy to be a part of this company as you can probably tell.
The kids are doing well, and we are prepping for their 2nd birthday which we are celebrating a few days early on Saturday. We've invited their friends (ok, really our friends who happen to have kids about the same age) to Kangazoom for some jumping, cake and juiceboxes. Yummy! Vicki is flying up from sunny Ft. Myers to hang for a week while Chris is working in France, so that will be nice to have some additional adult company. I also have a quick jaunt out to Orange County as well.
After that, we've got a trip to the Georgia Aquarium with Shelly, Paul and their clan, which should be really fun. We haven't been for about a year and a half, and we just got annual passes so that will make the trip quite easy. On a side note, they just announced a swim/dive program where you can pay some coin ($300!!) to dive in the big tank. I'm not sure it's worth $300, but I may ask for this for my birthday + Christmas + Father's Day gift, hint hint if you're reading this.
Then, we finally have a trip back up to Charlotte to celebrate multiple birthdays and see everyone up thattaway.
I guess now you can see why I haven't posted recently!
Bugs in the Park
When we stopped biking after lunch, I spotted this feller harvesting pollen on a flower. Neat!
Sit For Breakfast
Our morning ritual involves feeding our dogs, Cooper and Stella. To begin the ritual, Cooper & Stella must sit and lay down in the doorway to the kitchen, while I prepare their food. Usually they stay put, but occasionally Cooper will inch his way up to the bowl as I'm working, or Stella will simply stand up.
If it happens that I feed the doggies after the kids are done with their own breakfast, they are inclined to assist me by helping scoop food, or pour food in the bowls, or pour food on the floor, in the cabinets, pick up the intentionally-poured food and then redistribute to the dogs or [[gasp]] to themselves.
This morning, Maya decided she wanted to sit with the dogs rather than help out. Fine then, have it your way.
I am Andy Scissorhands
We’ve been having intermittent problems with the reception on our HD20 DirecTV HD DVR, but since I’ve been on vacation for 10 days and then business traveling for a few days, I haven’t had a chance to look at it. Normally, we just attribute problems to the quirks of the HD DVR. Today, after a lot of rain, we were not able to reacquire the satellites and I was finally getting pissed off about it. At 9:30pm this evening, I was fed up and went outside to physically inspect the dish. Turns out with all the rain we’ve been having, the bushes along the side of the house were overburdened with the water weight, and were bent far over the dish. It was dark, and I actually had to poke around in the bushes to find the dish! After 15 minutes of Scissorhandian artistry, I have hopefully exposed the dish yet again to the Southern Skies.
On a side note, all the plants are just bursting at the seams. The Leland Cypress in our front yard is pushing 15’ in height – probably 4’ of growth in a year! The rain this season is just fantastic!
Decor Part 2
I posted previously about the decor changes Stephanie has planned for the kids’ new rooms. Devin is getting an air travel motif as he is currently obsessed with airplanes. Maya is getting a nature motif as she is currently afraid of large animals in love with naming things, and flora/fauna scientific nomenclature should prove a challenge for her. To whit, I present Stephanie’s latest creations: an airplane clock with rotating propeller/second hand and a whimsical flower clock with pendulum.
You Know You’re In the South When…
You can get deep fried peanuts, roadside. And surprisingly, this was not in Georgia… where, you may ask? South Carolina.
457 mph
I powered up the Tomtom One on the trip back from White Plains to Atlanta. We were cruising along at 456mph! Nice.
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Check the cool kicks
I stopped by Palisades Center mall on the way to the airport. This place is huge! It has a Best Buy, Circuit City, BJs, Home Depot, Target, Bed/Bath/Beyond, Dave & Busters, a paintball range, a bowling alley, a ferris wheel, a merry-go-round and all sorts of stores. It was huge. And, there was this group of women, all wearing the same black/silver sneakers and head scarves. A cult, perhaps, or just not slaves of fashion?
Hello, World, this is iPhone 2.0.
Apple unveiled the iPhone 2.0 today. Interestingly enough, this mall has both an Apple Store and an AT&T store. This is the line outside the AT&T store - about 5 people deep. The line outside the Apple Store, just around the corner, was about 40 deep.
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